2. The Gruesome Frankie: The famous song “Frankie and
Johnny” was based on a true event involving Frankie and
Charlie Silver in Burke County, North Carolina. Legend has it,
Charlie was a womanizer and was “doing [Frankie] wrong”. So,
Frankie cut him up into little pieces and threw them into the
fire. The pieces that did not burn were stuffed into holes in the
trees outside their house and under the floorboards. Frankie
was a 4 foot tall woman, so the book written by Sharyn
McCrumb explains that the mother must have helped in some
way. The song “Frankie and JOHNNY” changed Charlie’s
name to Johnny. It was sung by Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash,
and many others.
1776 1832 Late
1800s
American Revolution: George David Riley Bane: David
Silver (my 4th great grandfather)
fought beside George Washington
built the very first plank
in the American Revolution. He house in the western part
was wounded in the war and his of North Carolina.
son took his place. He was given Because of the planks, it
a large land grant and there is a
monument in Burnsville, NC for was two stories tall and
his service. people came from all
around just to look at it.
3. Kinetoscope: The
Kinetoscope was
invented by Thomas
Edison and sparked the
rise of film. This connects
to my family because my
dad worked for WLOS
and has a degree in
radio and television. The
Kinetoscope began a
family interest in movies.
Late 1892 1929
1800s
The depression: when the
The Gilded Age: This time stock market crashed in
period brought the rise of 1929, my grandmother’s
industries and factories family was hit hard. They,
around the United States. lost everything they had and
Because of this, that is why, to this day, my
Champion Paper Mill, in
grandma feels the need to
Canton, North Carolina,
held the jobs for my Great hold onto everything she
Great grandfather, Great receives, believing that she
Grandfather, and will need it one day.
Grandfather.
4. World War Two: My great
grandfather, Clyde Bayne, fought in
the war and won an award for saving
another soldier from an alligators
grasp. He spent four years, four
months, and fourteen days in the
service and didn’t see his first born,
my grandmother, until she was two
years old. His outfit received many
awards and four bronze stars,
however, Clyde Bayne didn’t want
any part in the rankings or awards.
1937 1945
The Appalachian Trail:
The first person to
hike the great trail was
in 1937. My family
section hikes a little bit
every Spring Break.
This year we finished
off the Smokey
Mountains. As you
can see, we had loads
of fun in the rain, hail,
and tornados.
![The Gruesome Frankie: The famous song “Frankie and
Johnny” was based on a true event involving Frankie and
Charlie Silver in Burke County, North Carolina. Legend has it,
Charlie was a womanizer and was “doing [Frankie] wrong”. So,
Frankie cut him up into little pieces and threw them into the
fire. The pieces that did not burn were stuffed into holes in the
trees outside their house and under the floorboards. Frankie
was a 4 foot tall woman, so the book written by Sharyn
McCrumb explains that the mother must have helped in some
way. The song “Frankie and JOHNNY” changed Charlie’s
name to Johnny. It was sung by Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash,
and many others.
1776 1832 Late
1800s
American Revolution: George David Riley Bane: David
Silver (my 4th great grandfather)
fought beside George Washington
built the very first plank
in the American Revolution. He house in the western part
was wounded in the war and his of North Carolina.
son took his place. He was given Because of the planks, it
a large land grant and there is a
monument in Burnsville, NC for was two stories tall and
his service. people came from all
around just to look at it.](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)