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Here's what I know about the Angles of Franklin County. I would be very
interested in information of the Angle Book you mention of the genealogical
web site. Also, whatever information you might have, I would find helpful.
Peyton
NTUCK@worldnet.att.net
318B. NATHANIEL C. ANGLE ? - ? m. SARAH FRANCES WILLS ? - ?
318B1. MARY ELIZABETH ANGLE 7/27/1860 – 12/20/1909 m. PEYTON FRANKLIN
CARTER 1/15/1858 – 10/16/1931 (see # 318)
318B2. Nathaniel Peter Angle 9/16/1861 – 12/23/1936 m. 11/19/1891 Mary E.
Shearer 2/28/1859
9/14/1926
318B3. James E. Angle 1862 – 1922
318B4. C. W. Angle ? - ? at forty years of age
318B5. John R. Angle ? - ? at twenty – two years of age
318B6. Joel W. Angle ? - ?
318B7. Benjamin Lewis Angle 12/5/1868 – 8/5/1936 m. 1893 Kate Winston Angle
8/1/1870 –
3/7/1950 (see ADDENDUM B-A)
318B71. Buford B. Angle ? - ?
318B72. Lewis W. Angle ? - ?
318B73. Carlton D. Angle 1/15/1899 – 4/17/1934 m. Dora Scott 8/30/1901 - ?
318B74. Ludwell L. Angle ? - ?
318B75. Edwin Wills Angle 1901 - 1907
318B76. Katie Wills Angle ? - ?
318B77. William Nathaniel Angle 1909 - 1955
318B78. Benjamin L. Angle Jr. ? - ?
Nathaniel C. Angle (#318A)
? - ?
Sarah Frances Wills, a native of Bedford County, Virginia, married
Nathaniel C. Angle, a native of Franklin County, VA. Nathaniel spent his
life as an industrious farmer and honorable citizen near Ferrum, served as
a Confederate soldier in the war between the states, was an active democrat
and a trustee and steward of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He
enlisted in the Confederate Army as a Private in Company G of the 57th
Virginia Infantry on October 6, 1864 in Franklin County. Nathaniel was
captured at Five Forks on April 1, 1865 and was imprisoned at Point
Lookout, Maryland on April 6, 1865. He was released on June 23, 1865.
Nathaniel was described as five feet, eleven and a half inches tall, dark
complexion, black hair, and hazel eyes. He and his wife were each about
sixty when they died, Mrs. Angle surviving her husband by several years.
They were very devout in religious matters, and their sons every Sunday
attended Sunday school, riding four miles on a sheepskin for a saddle to
the place of worship. Nathaniel Angle was also interested in schools and
education and was a successful farmer. He had a large place, growing stock,
grain, and tobacco. The Angle family is of German origin, and members of it
came to Virginia from Pennsylvania. Nathaniel and Sarah had six sons and
four daughters: James E. (#318A3) was a farmer, saw mill operator,
carpenter, and builder at Ferrum, and died in 1922, at the age of sixty;
C.W. (#318A4), who was a farmer in Henry County, died at the age of forty;
Nathaniel P. (#318A2), of Rocky Mount, was reputed to be the wealthiest man
in Franklin County, his brother Benjamin L. (#318A7) ranking second; John
R. (#318A5) lived at the old home when he died at the age of twenty-two;
Joel W. (#318A6) was a traveling salesman in West Virginia; Mary Elizabeth
(#318A1), or Molly, as she went by, married Peyton Franklin Carter (#318)
of Amelia County, VA and had four children: Charles Angle (3181), Benjamin
Franklin (#3182), Mary Peyton (#3183), and William Joel (#3184).
Nathaniel Peter Angle (#318A2)
16 September 1861 – 23 December 1936
In the splendid record of business trust and civic energy associated with
the name of Angle in Franklin County, VA, Nathaniel P. Angle of Rocky Mount
was one of the most important contributors.
Mr. Angle, who consistently relied upon his own efforts and energy to
achieve things his ambition craved, was a member in 1924 of the industrial
commission sent by the Southern Commercial Congress to Norway and Sweden.
In addition, he was president of the Bald Knob Furniture Company, which was
organized in 1906 to manufacture furniture. He also helped organize and was
an executive official in a number of other plants and firms that
represented the important industry of this section of the state.
He was born on a farm near Ferrum, Franklin County, in 1861. He attended
country schools, qualified as a teacher, and his earnings as a teacher
enabled him to complete a commercial course in Piedmont's Business College
at Lebanon, Ohio. As a young man he became a leaf tobacco buyer at Rocky
Mount, and continued some interests in the tobacco industry ever since. By
1924 he owned two leading tobacco warehouses, the Banner and the Farmers at
Rocky Mount. About the time the railroad was being constructed through this
section of Franklin County he as a member of the firm Peak & Angle
established the pioneer general mercantile store at Rocky Mount. His
associate was H.B. Peak. In later years this firm had limited its business
to furniture. Another offshoot of the original firm was known as Angle &
Company, and later the Angle Hardware Company. Mr. Angle was president of
the Franklin & Pennsylvania Railway Company, and he built a hotel at Rocky
Mount that would be a credit to any town in the state. He did much to
develop real estate, and owned a large amount of property. He was president
of the Rocky Mount Motor Company, of the Peoples National Bank, the Angle
Hardware Company and the Rocky Mount Light and Power Company and a director
of the Franklin County Telephone Company.
Mr. Angle was chairman of the Board of Stewards of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, a Knight Templar and Shriner. He served several years as
chairman of the finance committee of the Town Council, and was head of that
body when light water and sewerage facilities were installed.
Mr. Angle married Miss Mary Elizabeth Shearer (28 February 1859 – 14
September 1926) of Appomattox County on 19 November 1891. They owned one of
the magnificent homes of Franklin County. Mr. Angle also built the Masonic
Temple at Rocky Mount. He and his wife are both buried in Rocky Mount, VA.
He was reputed to be the wealthiest man in Franklin County.
Benjamin Lewis Angle (#318A7)
5 December 1868 – 5 August 1936
Benjamin L. Angle grew up with his brothers at the old homestead and
attended local schools. Beginning at the age of seventeen, he spent three
years in the schoolroom as a teacher. For some years after that he was a
farmer and a saw miller at the old homestead and also spent one year in
North Carolina in the same occupation.
Mr. Angle at the age of twenty-five was elected sheriff of Franklin County.
By reelection he held that office for eight and one-half years, and
performed its responsibilities with an enviable degree of efficiency.
Since leaving the office of sheriff Mr. Angle had been in business in Rocky
Mount. He became manager of the hardware department of Angle & Company, and
as this business grew and prospered it was reorganized and was by 1924 the
Angle Hardware Company of which he was secretary, treasurer, and manager.
This business was housed in the Angle Building, erected especially for the
purpose. Mr. Angle was a democrat, and he was chairman of the Franklin
County School Board. He and his wife were active members of the Scott
Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He taught the intermediate
class in the Sunday school.
In 1893 he married Miss Kate Wilson Angle (1 August 1870 – 7 March 1950),
daughter of Joel Angle (#318A7A) of Glade Hill, Franklin County. She
attended the Norman School, becoming a teacher; she also painted beautiful
watercolors. Eight children were born to their marriage: Bufford B.,
associated with his father in business; Lewis W., a student of medicine in
the Medical College of Virginia; Carldon D., associated with his father's
business; Ludwell L., who finished a commercial course in the National
Business College at Roanoke; Edwin Wills, who died at the age of six years;
Katie Wills, who taught the beginners' class in the Sunday school at Rocky
Mount; William N.; and and Ben L., Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Angle are both buried
in Rocky Mount, VA.
In the business and civic affairs of Franklin County no one name commanded
greater respect than that of Angle. The members of that family seem
possessed of splendid traits of character, have made notable success in
commercial lines, and have stood for the very best interests of their
community.
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