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The  Henry Shore  Home  on  West  Mountain  Street  circa  1890.                The  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  N.  W.  Sapp  (as  photographed  in  1893).
                                                                                         It  is  now  known  as  "The  Dr.  Paddison  house."  Daughter  Zora  Sapp
                                                                                         married  John  R.  Paddison  who  remodeled  the  house,  and  they  lived
                                                                                         h ere  until  their  deaths.  Mrs.  Paddison  was  born  and  died  in  this  house.
                                                                                         On  the  opposite  side  of  the  street  stood  the  old  bank  building.  (now  the
                                                                                         Chamber  of  Commerce)  and  the  W.  S.  Linville  Store.


               Pierce  Funeral  Service  was  organized  in  196.5  hy  Jack  Pierce.  The
           business  was  bought  from  the  Ragland  Funeral  Home,  and  is  located  in  one
           of  Kern ersville's  oldest  buildings.  It  was  originally  known  as  the  Plunkett
           Place  and  later  was  the  H enry  Shore  Home.  About  1930  Mr.  "Ad"  Linville   no  neighbor  nearer than  the  little  settled  community  of
           established  his  funeral  business  in  the  building,  and  it  has  been  used  for
           this  purpose  almost  entirely  since  that  time.
                                                                                         Friedland  which  they  had  just  left.  We  know  from  the
                                                                                         records that it was a cold, drizzly day and we can imagine
                                                                                        that  the  mother  and  daughter  and  perhaps  the  boys,
                                                                                         too,  felt  sad  as  they  drove  along.  Yet  they  were  going
                                                                                         to own the tavern which meant travelers  coming and go-
                                                                                         ing  almost  every  day.  That  would  be  something  novel
                                                                                         and  exciting  for  they  would  be  on  the  two  important
                                                                                         arteries  of  travel  North-South  and  East-West.
                                                                                              Who  were  these  people  whose  name  the  town  still
                                                                                         bears after these many years?  The patriarch of the fam-
                                                                                         ily,  Joseph  Kerner,  deserves  a  whole  book  of  his  own.
                                                                                         We  are  deeply  indebted  (as  the  whole  town  should  be)
                                                                                         to  the  late J.  Gilmer  Komer  for  giving  us  that excellent
                                                                                         book,  Joseph  of Kernersville,  which  traces  the  history  of
                                                                                         Joseph,  his  forebears  and  descendants.  It  makes  for
                                                                                         fascinating  reading  and  is,  unfortunately,  out  of  print.
                                                                                         In  this  history  we  can  only  relate  a  very  brief  account
                                                                                         of Joseph's  biography.



                This  was  the  home  of  Israel  Kerner,  son  of  John  Frederick,  built  b efore
           the  Civil  War.  This  home,  known  as  "The  Kerner  House"  burned  in  19~2   This  house  on  South  Main  Street  was  built  by  Paulina  Kerner  Fulton,
           and  stood  where  the  Main  Street  Methodist  Parsonage  is  now.  Shown  m   and  her  husband,  Robert  Fulton,  for  their  daughter,  Cornelia,  who  married
           the  picture  are:  H enry  and  Jule  Korner  standing  at  the  fence.  Mr.  J.  M.   Alexander  Hastings.  Mrs.  Annie  Hastings  Allen  (N.  W.),  a  daughter  was
           Greenfield  leaning  against  tree.  James  Frederick  Kerner  sitting  on  banisters,   born  and  married  here.  Mrs.  Allen  ljves  in  Kernersville  at  the  age  of  88
           leaning  against  post  at  far  end.  Minnie  Kerner  next  to  James  F.  Kerner   years.  Later  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  D.  Hooker  and  family  from  East  Bend,
           and  Charlie  W.  Hunt leaning  on  the  corner  of  porch.                  N.  C.  moved  into  the  house.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hooker  were  grandparents
                                                                                        of  Bess  and  Olivia  McKaughan.  The  house  was  then  bought  by  Mr.  and
                                                                                        Mrs.  S.  L.  Duckworth  who  with  their  family  lived  here  for  several  years.
                                                                                        The  house  (now  torn  down)  stood  on  the  site  of  the  Moravian  Church
                                                                                        parking lot.































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