Goodspeed's Henry County Biographies - V surnames
Rev. Robert L. Veazey,
farmer and minister of the Eleventh District, and a son of
Fielding and Mary T. (Bowden) Veazey, was born in Granville
County, N. C., December 31, 1820. The father was a native of
North Carolina, born about 1792, received a fair education and
was a farmer and mechanic. At the age of twenty-six he married,
and in 1821 emigrated to Carroll County. At the end of two years
he came to Henry County, settling in the Eleventh District, and
here remained till his career ended in 1829. He was a soldier in
the war of 1812. Mrs. Veazey was born in Granville County, N.
C., in 1794, and died about 1877, a devout member of the
Primitive Baptist Church. Our subject was reared principally by
his mother. He being the eldest son the main support of the
family depended upon him, thus depriving him of the advantages
of an education. This he made up to some extent by close study
in after life. November 23, 1843, he married Caroline B. Bowden,
and five children were born to this union (all deceased). Mrs.
Veazey died September 30, 1861, and May 29, 1862, Mr. Veazey
married Ann E. Pierce, a native of North Carolina, born in 1825,
and a devout member of the Primitive Baptist Church. They have
two children: Mary Jane and Robert L. In 1851 Mr. Veazey entered
the mercantile business at New Boston, which he continued with
good success till the breaking out of the Rebellion, when he
sustained a loss of about $10,000. He then farmed as a tenant
for several years, and in 1867 purchased 140 acres in the
Eleventh District, where he has resided ever since. He is one of
the oldest residents of the county, having lived here
sixty-three years. In May, 1843, he identified himself with the
Primitive Baptist Church at Walnut Fork Church, and has since
continued an unswerving and active member of that organization.
In September, 1862, he was ordained to enter the ministry, and
has had the pastoral charge of the Walnut Fork and other
churches for nearly ten years, and of one church for eighteen
years. He has been a faithful worker in his high calling and has
done a noble work in advancing the Christian religion. He is a
life-long Democrat and cast his first presidential vote for
James K. Polk.
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