▪ BELL, DELIA (1900‒1975) was born Cordelia Gaskill, daughter of Mary Hawkins and Michael Gaskill. Married in 1923, Delia and Charlie Bell were renting the home at 314 Queen Street in 1930. Delia was a cook for the marine lab on Piver's Island in the early 1930s. She would often stop by the Duncan House to pick up little Lou Waters (daughter of Ernest Waters and Emily Frances Duncan). Lou would play and roller skate around the lab porch. Dr. Prytherch, director at the time, would row over to pick them up and bring them back at the end of the day.
▪ BLOUNT, SILAS A. was born about 1854. The 1880 census recorded him as a barber living alone on Broad Street. Silas served as Beaufort town clerk in 1882, and as a town commissioner in 1895 and 1896.
▪ BOYD, SOPHIA – The earliest known deed record for property ownership by a free-black woman in Beaufort dates to 1820, when Sophia Boyd purchased lot 126 in "Old Town" from James Gibble. This property was located at the northeast corner of Broad and Craven streets, former site of Beaufort Ice and Coal. Sophia Boyd was recorded on the 1840 Carteret County Census, alone in household.
▪ BOYD, MARY LOUISE TILLERY (1920‒2016), daughter John Randolph Tillery and Parmilla G. Gaskill, graduated from Queen Street High School. She then attended Bennett College, NC A&T University, East Carolina University, and Winston-Salem State. In 1944 she married Anthony Manuel "Toby" Boyd.
Until 1989, Mary Louise was a biology technician at Marine Fisheries on Piver's Island. She then spent four years at Carteret Technical Institute. Her service included appointment to the Carteret County Mayors Committee for Persons with Disabilities, membership on the NC Marine Science Council, and membership on the Block Grant Program in Morehead City. Mary was also a trustee at Carteret Community College. As a member of St. Stephens AME Zion, she served as Director of Christian Education.
▪ BURR, BURNEY DAVID (1870‒1956), drayman and "handyman," was born on Queen Street to Jane and William Lambert Burr.
On September 14, 1893, Burney married Sarah Yerkey Davis, daughter of Tom Forlaw and Nancy Davis; the marriage was performed by Minister Michael P. Jerkins. Burney and Sarah were parents of Margaret Henriette, William, Ethel Virginia, Jany E., and Burney David Burr Jr. (1911‒1918), who died of typhoid fever. By 1900, the family owned the home at 608 Pine Street. Burney Burr Sr. was buried in Ocean View Cemetery, with Burney Burr Jr., Margaret Burr Oden, and Ethel Burr Pickett.
▪ BOYD, MARY LOUISE TILLERY (1920‒2016), daughter John Randolph Tillery and Parmilla G. Gaskill, graduated from Queen Street High School. She then attended Bennett College, NC A&T University, East Carolina University, and Winston-Salem State. In 1944 she married Anthony Manuel "Toby" Boyd. Until 1989, Mary Louise was a biology technician at Marine Fisheries on Piver's Island. She then spent four years at Carteret Technical Institute. Her service included appointment to the Carteret County Mayors Committee for Persons with Disabilities, membership on the NC Marine Science Council, and membership on the Block Grant Program in Morehead City. Mary was also a trustee at Carteret Community College. As a member of St. Stephens AME Zion, she served as Director of Christian Education.
▪ BURR, BURNEY DAVID (1870‒1956), drayman and "handyman," was born on Queen Street to Jane and William Lambert Burr. On September 14, 1893, Burney married Sarah Yerkey Davis, daughter of Tom Forlaw and Nancy Davis; the marriage was performed by Minister Michael P. Jerkins. Burney and Sarah were parents of Margaret Henriette, William, Ethel Virginia, Jany E., and Burney David Burr Jr. (1911‒1918), who died of typhoid fever. By 1900, the family owned the home at 608 Pine Street. Burney Burr Sr. was buried in Ocean View Cemetery, with Burney Burr Jr., Margaret Burr Oden, and Ethel Burr Pickett.
