This Week On My Family History Calendar

July 13

 My great great grandmother, Bessie Mae (Eargle) Price (1878-1943) would be 142 years old. She was born in Aiken County, South Carolina and was the daughter of George David Eargle (1827-1886) and Elvira America (Booth) Eargle (1834-1898).

Bessie Mae (Eargle) Price
1878-1943
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July 29-August 3

July 29~
 My maternal 3rd great grandfather, Thomas J. McRady (1821-1896) died 123 years ago. Thomas died in Sumter County, South Carolina and is buried in Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery in Pisgah Crossroads, Sumter, South Carolina.

Thomas J. McRady
Headstone
Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery
Pisgah Crossroads, Sumter, South Carolina
Photo Credit: Remember Me For Find A Grave
Used with permission

August 1~
 My maternal great great grandmother, Bessie Mae (Eargle) Price (1878-1943) died 76years ago in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina from heart disease. She was buried in the Graniteville Cemetery, Aiken, South Carolina.

Bessie Mae Eargle Price
Headstone
Graniteville Cemetery, Aiken, South Carolina
©Cheri Hudson Passey

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July 7 - July 13

July 8-

 My paternal 3rd great grandfather, William A. Martin (1813-1887) was born 206 years ago in North Carolina. William lived much of his life in the Statesville, Iredell County area and may have been born there too. 

William A. Martin
Headstone
Bethesda Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina

July 13-

 My great-great grandmother, Bessie Mae (Eargle) Price (1878-1943) would be 141 years old. She was born in Aiken County, South Carolina and was the daughter of George David Eargle (1827-1886) and Elvira America (Booth) Eargle (1834-1898).

Bessie Mae (Eargle) Price
1878-1943
©Cheri Hudson Passey

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July 8-July 14

July 8-

July 8~ 
 My paternal 3rd great grandfather, William A. Martin (1813-1887) was born 204 years ago in North Carolina. William lived much of his life in the Statesville, Iredell County area and may have been born there too. 

William A. Martin
Headstone
Bethesda Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina

July 13

 My great great grandmother, Bessie Mae (Eargle) Price (1878-1943) would be 140 years old. She was born in Aiken County, South Carolina and was the daughter of George David Eargle (1827-1886) and Elvira America (Booth) Eargle (1834-1898).

Bessie Mae (Eargle) Price
1878-1943
©Cheri Hudson Passey

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July 30-August 5

August 1~
 My maternal great great grandmother, Bessie Mae (Eargle) Price (1878-1943) died 74 years ago in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina from heart disease. She was buried in the Graniteville Cemetery, Aiken, South Carolina.

Bessie Mae Eargle Price
Headstone
Graniteville Cemetery, Aiken, South Carolina
©Cheri Hudson Passey

August 5~
 Samuel James Bradford, II (1815-1875), my paternal 3rd great grandfather died 142 years ago in Sumter County, South Carolina. 



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April 6-April 12

April 11~
 The 114th Wedding Anniversary of my Maternal Great Great Grandparents, Bertrand Campbell Price (1876-After 1922) and Bessie Mae Eargle (1884-1943). Cam was 23 and Bessie 15 when they married in 1900 in Aiken County, SC.

Are we kin? If so, please contact me! Let's work together to find our people!

©Cheri Hudson Passey

Celebrating National Women's Month- Newsmaker: "Grand Old Lady"

Blog Prompt for Day 14 from Lisa Alzo at The Accidental Genealogist

Newsmakers? Did you have a female ancestor who made the news? Why? Was she famous or notorious? Did she appear in the social column?

 While searching for information on my Great Great Grandmother Bessise Mae Eargle Price (1884-1943)

 I discovered this wonderful article about her sister Emma Eargle Williamson (1866-1958). Printed in the Augusta Chronicle in April 1953, 86 year old Emma gives the reader information on her life growing up in Aiken County, SC, and about her father George David Eargle (1827-1888) who served in the Civil War.

How fun to read about the tonics her father made, her memory of the mail being delivered by mule, how difficult it was to travel -taking all day to go 20 miles. She tells about how her father  David Eargle walked back from Gettysburg after the Civil War .He came home caring the Testament with him that he had kept during his time of service.

 Emma seems to have been quite a character and local celebrity.There are several more  mentions of Emma in the papers in August,Ga. and Aiken,SC.