Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameJesse Floyd Page 
Birth5 Oct 1916, Stanly County, NC
Death30 Apr 1998, Rowan Memorial Hospital, Salisbury, Rowan County, NC
Burial3 May 1998, Rowan Memorial Park, Salisbury, Rowan County, NC
Occupationowner of Page's Barber Shop
FatherDaniel Cicero Page (1883-1965)
MotherElizabeth Sophronia Dunn (1891-1971)
Spouses
Birth14 Jun 1918, Lee County, NC
Death30 Oct 2006, The Laurels of Salisbury, Salisbury, Rowan County, NC
Burial2 Nov 2006, Rowan Memorial Park, Salisbury, Rowan County, NC
Occupationhomemaker
FatherFloyd Phillips Sellars (1886-1952)
MotherMary Elizabeth “Betty” Campbell (1890-1968)
Marriage22 Feb 1942, Salem Methodist Church parsonage, Millingport, NC
ChildrenDanny Floyd (1943-)
Terry Wayne (1947-)
Notes for Jesse Floyd Page
Jesse was valedictorian of the second graduating class at Millingport High School, Stanly County, NC.
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By Nelson Page (learned in conversation with Jesse on 30 Jun 1996):
Jesse moved to Salisbury in 1938 to work in a textile mill and lived with Franklin and Mamie Page at 213 South Lee Street. He had a bed in the hall and furnished his own sheets and towels. He paid $2.50 per week for bed and board. When Franklin and Mamie moved to the Fred Frick house on highway 52, Gertrude and Norman Frick moved into the Lee Street house and Jesse continued to stay there.
Jesse enrolled in barber school in Charlotte without knowing how he would pay for it. He asked his Dad if he would sign a note for him. This conversation took place at the site were D. C. Page was then building a house for someone. Grandpa said he had the money himself, but needed it to build his own house. Apparently he already owned the farm, because the first prospective lender whom Jesse approached readily agreed but wanted a mortgage on Grandpa's farm. This was out of the question. A Mr. Lipe agreed to loan $250 on Grandpa's signature only. When Jesse presented the check at the bank, the teller refused to honor it because she did not know him. Conversation led to a common acquaintance whom they both knew, and the teller agreed to accept the check if signed by this acquaintance. Jesse went to Wachovia Bank where the lady worked, and she said she would cash the check herself. Jesse took $50 cash and put the rest in a checking account. Barber school cost him $20 per month tuition and he paid $20 per month room and board. With about a month to go in the six month program, he was out of money, and Wachovia loaned him $60 on a note signed by his Dad.
Upon finishing barber school, Jesse went to work at a shop in Albemarle. Luther Fry, then barbering in a shop near the Five-Points area in west Salisbury, was planning to open a two-barber shop at Five-Points. He told Franklin Page to inform Jesse that he wanted him as his second barber. The pay was room and board and $5 per week. There was a delay in getting the Five-Points shop ready, so Jesse actually worked with Luther ten days in the other location.
By 1942 Luther's nerves were bothering him so bad that he wanted out of barbering. After a long day at the shop he could not sleep at night. He wanted to sell the shop to Jesse. Business was off because men were away in service, so Jesse was barbering only part-time while also working at Earnhardt's Grocery Store and Stanback, both located at Five-Points. Margaret also worked for Mr. Earnhardt. He was a binge drinker and many times Margaret poured out all the whiskey he had at his request to stop him. One Saturday night Mr. Earnhardt wanted Jesse to come over. When Jesse arrived Mr. Earnhardt was in his office drunk and crying. Out of that conversation came the loan for Jesse to buy the barber shop.
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By Nelson Page (learned in conversation with Jesse on 30 Jun 1996):
Jesse moved to Salisbury in 1938 to work in a textile mill and lived with Franklin and Mamie Page at 213 South Lee Street. He had a bed in the hall and furnished his own sheets and towels. He paid $2.50 per week for bed and board. When Franklin and Mamie moved to the Fred Frick house on highway 52, Gertrude and Norman Frick moved into the Lee Street house and Jesse continued to stay there.
Jesse enrolled in barber school in Charlotte without knowing how he would pay for it. He asked his Dad if he would sign a note for him. This conversation took place at the site were D. C. Page was then building a house for someone. Grandpa said he had the money himself, but needed it to build his own house. Apparently he already owned the farm, because the first prospective lender whom Jesse approached readily agreed but wanted a mortgage on Grandpa's farm. This was out of the question. A Mr. Lipe agreed to loan $250 on Grandpa's signature only. When Jesse presented the check at the bank, the teller refused to honor it because she did not know him. Conversation led to a common acquaintance whom they both knew, and the teller agreed to accept the check if signed by this acquaintance. Jesse went to Wachovia Bank where the lady worked, and she said she would cash the check herself. Jesse took $50 cash and put the rest in a checking account. Barber school cost him $20 per month tuition and he paid $20 per month room and board. With about a month to go in the six month program, he was out of money, and Wachovia loaned him $60 on a note signed by his Dad.
Upon finishing barber school, Jesse went to work at a shop in Albemarle. Luther Fry, then barbering in a shop near the Five-Points area in west Salisbury, was planning to open a two-barber shop at Five-Points. He told Franklin Page to inform Jesse that he wanted him as his second barber. The pay was room and board and $5 per week. There was a delay in getting the Five-Points shop ready, so Jesse actually worked with Luther ten days in the other location.
By 1942 Luther's nerves were bothering him so bad that he wanted out of barbering. After a long day at the shop he could not sleep at night. He wanted to sell the shop to Jesse. Business was off because men were away in service, so Jesse was barbering only part-time while also working at Earnhardt's Grocery Store and Stanback, both located at Five-Points. Margaret also worked for Mr. Earnhardt. He was a binge drinker and many times Margaret poured out all the whiskey he had at his request to stop him. One Saturday night Mr. Earnhardt wanted Jesse to come over. When Jesse arrived Mr. Earnhardt was in his office drunk and crying. Out of that conversation came the loan for Jesse to buy the barber shop.