This Week On My Family History Calendar-Remembering Two Birthdays.

 

June 16~
 Sarah Rebecca (Smith) Fleming Hudson (1835-1916), my paternal great-great-grandmother, would have been 190 years old. Born in Sumter District, South Carolina, Sarah was the daughter of Henry John Smith (1807-1949) and Martha Julia (Epps) Smith (1808-1854).

Possible photo of
Sarah Rebecca (Smith) Fleming Hudson
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June 17~
 My maternal great grandfather, Manning David Daughrity, Jr. (1889-1931) was born in Sumter County, South Carolina 136 years ago. David was the son of Manning David Daughrity, Sr. (1844-1918) and Mary Elizabeth (Stafford) Daughrity (1843-1930).

Manning David Daughrity, Jr.
About 1930
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This Week On My Family History Calendar: January Weddings

 

January 8~
    

Just two days after her 52 wedding anniversary, my paternal 3rd great grandmother, Margaret Cantey (Walker) Gibson (1830-1900) passed away. Margaret was 70 when she died 124 years ago in Clarendon County, South Carolina.

 

January 9~
   

My maternal great-great-grandparents, Manning David Dorrity, Sr. (1844-1918) and Mary Elizabeth (Stafford) Dorrity (1843-1930), were married 156 years ago.  They were married in Sumter County, South Carolina.  

Jan. 10-

 The 142nd anniversary of the marriage of my paternal great-great grandparents Arthur Wellington Baker (1857-1940) and Martha "Mattie" Victoria (Bradford) Baker (1952-1947). Arthur was 21, and Mattie was 16 when they married in Sumter County, SC. 

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December 18~

 My paternal 3rd great grandfather, Ezra Ashby Hudson (1821-1882), died 138 years ago in Sardis, Darlington, South Carolina. He is buried in Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery in Sardis, Florence, South Carolina.

Ezra Ashby Hudson
Headstone
Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery
Sardis, Florence, South Carolina
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Mary  Elizabeth Stafford Dority (Abt. 1843-1930), my maternal 3rd great-grandmother died 91 years ago of heart disease in Sumter County, South Carolina.
She is buried in the Sumter City Cemetery.

Mary Elizabeth (Stafford) Dority
Seated in the chair on the porch
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January 3~
     My maternal step second great grandfather, James Lewis Williams (1872-1937) was born 148 years ago in Camden, Kershaw, South Carolina.  

 January 4~
  Mary Baker Hudson (1920-2010) my paternal Grandmother died peacefully at her home in Scranton, Florence, South Carolina 11 years ago. She was buried in the Sumter City Cemetery, Sumter, South Carolina.  I miss you, Mimi!

January 6~
    Benjamin Reese Gibson (1824-1907) and Margaret Cantey (Walker) Gibson (1830-1900), my paternal  3rd great grandparents were married in Clarendon County, South Carolina 173 years ago. He was 24 and she was 18.

January 8~
    Just two days after her 52 wedding anniversary, my paternal 3rd great grandmother, Margaret Cantey (Walker) Gibson (1830-1900) passed away. Margaret was 70 when she died 121 years ago in Clarendon County, South Carolina.

 January 9~
   My maternal great great grandparents, Manning David Dorrity, Sr. (1844-1918) and Mary Elizabeth (Stafford) Dorrity (1843-1930) were married 153 years ago.  They were married in Sumter County, South Carolina.  

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December 18~
    My paternal 3rd great grandfather, Ezra Ashby Hudson (1821-1882), died 138

years ago in Sardis, Darlington, South Carolina. He is buried in Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery in Sardis, Florence, South Carolina.

Ezra Ashby Hudson
Headstone
Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery
Sardis, Florence, South Carolina
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Mary  Elizabeth Stafford Dority (Abt. 1843-1930), my maternal 3rd great grandmother died 90 years ago of heart disease in Sumter County, South Carolina.
She is buried in the Sumter City Cemetery.

Mary Elizabeth (Stafford) Dority
Seated in the chair on the porch
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June 16~
 Sarah Rebecca (Smith) Fleming Hudson (1835-1916) my paternal great great grandmother would have been 185 years old on this day. Born in Sumter District, South Carolina, Sarah was the daughter of Henry John Smith (1807-1949) and Martha Julia (Epps) Smith (1808-1854).

Possible photo of
Sarah Rebecca (Smith) Fleming Hudson
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June 17~
 My maternal great grandfather, Manning David Daughrity, Jr. (1889-1931) was born in Sumter County, South Carolina 131 years ago. David was the son of Manning David Daughrity, Sr. (1844-1918) and Mary Elizabeth (Stafford) Daughrity (1843-1930).

Manning David Daughrity, Jr.
About 1930
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January 5-January 11

January 6~
    Benjamin Reese Gibson (1824-1907) and Margaret Cantey (Walker) Gibson (1830-1900), my paternal  3rd great grandparents were married in Clarendon County, South Carolina 172 years ago. He was 24 and she was 18.

January 8~
    Just two days after her 52 wedding anniversary, my paternal 3rd great grandmother, Margaret Cantey (Walker) Gibson (1830-1900) passed away. Margaret was 70 when she died 120 years ago in Clarendon County, South Carolina.

 January 9~
   My maternal great great grandparents, Manning David Dorrity, Sr. (1844-1918) and Mary Elizabeth (Stafford) Dorrity (1843-1930) were married 152 years ago.  They were married in Sumter County, South Carolina.  

Jan. 10-

 The 141st anniversary of the marriage of my paternal great great grandparents Arthur Wellington Baker (1857-1940) and Martha "Mattie" Victoria (Bradford) Baker (1952-1947). Arthur was 21 and Mattie was 16 when they married in Sumter County, SC. 

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December 14-December 21

December 18~
    My paternal 3rd great grandfather, Ezra Ashby Hudson (1821-1882), died 137

years ago in Sardis, Darlington, South Carolina. He is buried in Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery in Sardis, Florence, South Carolina.

Ezra Ashby Hudson
Headstone
Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery
Sardis, Florence, South Carolina
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Mary  Elizabeth Stafford Dority (Abt. 1843-1930), my maternal 3rd great grandmother died 89 years ago of heart disease in Sumter County, South Carolina.
She is buried in the Sumter City Cemetery.

Mary Elizabeth (Stafford) Dority
Seated in chair on porch
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December 16-December 22

December 18~
    My paternal 3rd great grandfather, Ezra Ashby Hudson (1821-1882), died 136

years ago in Sardis, Darlington, South Carolina. He is buried in Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery in Sardis, Florence, South Carolina.

Ezra Ashby Hudson
Headstone
Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery
Sardis, Florence, South Carolina
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Mary  Elizabeth Stafford Dority (Abt. 1843-1930), my maternal great great Grandmother died 88 years ago of heart disease in Sumter County, South Carolina. She is buried in the Sumter City Cemetery.

Mary Elizabeth (Stafford) Dority
Seated in chair on porch
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January 7-January 13

Jan. 8-

 Margaret Canty (Walker) Gibson (1830-1900), my Paternal 3rd Great Grandmother died 118 years ago at the age of 70 in her home in Clarendon County, SC.

Jan. 9-

 The 1450h Anniversary of the marriage of my Maternal  Great Great Grandparents Manning David Dorrity, Sr. (1844-1918) and Mary Elizabeth (Stafford) Dorrity (1843-1930). Manning was 23 and Mary was 25 when they were married in Sumter County, SC.

Jan. 10-

 The 139th Anniversary of the marriage of my Paternal Great Great Grandparents Arthur Wellington Baker (1857-1940) and Martha "Mattie" Victoria (Bradford) Baker (1952-1947). Arthur was 21 and Mattie was 16 when they married in Sumter County, SC. 

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December 17-December 23

December 18~
    My paternal 3rd great grandfather, Ezra Ashby Hudson (1821-1882), died 135

years ago in Sardis, Darlington, South Carolina. He is buried in Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery in Sardis, Florence, South Carolina.

Ezra Ashby Hudson
Headstone
Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery
Sardis, Florence, South Carolina
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Mary  Elizabeth Stafford Dority (Abt. 1843-1930), my maternal great great Grandmother died 87 years ago of heart disease in Sumter County, South Carolina. She is buried in the Sumter City Cemetery.

Mary Elizabeth (Stafford) Dority
Seated in chair on porch
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January 8 - January 14

Jan. 8-

 Margaret Canty (Walker) Gibson (1830-1900), my Paternal 3rd Great Grandmother died 117 years ago at the age of 70 in her home in Clarendon County, SC.

Jan. 9-

 The 149th Anniversary of the marriage of my Maternal  Great Great Grandparents Manning David Daughrity, Sr. (1844-1918) and Mary Elizabeth (Stafford) Daughrity (1843-1930). Manning was 23 and Mary was 25 when they were married in Sumter County, SC.

Jan. 10-

 The 138th Anniversary of the marriage of my Paternal Great Great Grandparents Arthur Wellington Baker (1857-1940) and Martha "Mattie" Victoria (Bradford) Baker (1952-1947). Arthur was 21 and Mattie was 16 when they married in Sumter County, SC. 

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December 18-December 24

December 18~
    My paternal 3rd Great Grandfather, Ezra Ashby Hudson (1821-1882), died 134 years ago in Sardis, Darlington, South Carolina. He is buried in Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery in Sardis, Florence, South Carolina.

Ezra Ashby Hudson
Headstone
Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery
Sardis, Florence, South Carolina
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 Mary  Elizabeth Stafford Dority (Abt. 1843-1930), my maternal Great Great Grandmother died 86 years ago of heart disease in Sumter County, South Carolina. She is buried in the Sumter City Cemetery.

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Jan.3-Jan.9

 January 3~
     My maternal Step Great Great Grandfather, James Lewis Williams (1872-1937) was born 143 years ago in Camden, Kershaw, South Carolina.  

 January 4~
  Mary Baker Hudson (1920-2010) my paternal Grandmother died peacefully in her home in Scranton, Florence, South Carolina 6 years ago. She was buried in the Sumter City Cemetery, Sumter, South Carolina. How I miss her!

January 6~
    Benjamin Reese Gibson (1824-1907) and Margaret Cantey (Walker) Gibson (1830-1900), my paternal  3rd Great Grandparents were married in Clarendon County, South Carolina 168 years ago. He was 24 and she was 18.

January 8~
    Just two days after her 52 wedding anniversary, my paternal 3rd Great Grandmother, Margaret Cantey (Walker) Gibson (1830-1900) passed away. Margaret was 70 when she died 116 years ago in Clarendon County, South Carolina.

 January 9~
   My maternal Great Great Grandparents, Manning David Dority, Sr. (1844-1918) and Mary Elizabeth (Stafford) Dority (1843-1930) were married 148 years ago.  They were married in Sumter County, South Carolina.  

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June 14-June 20

June 16~
  My paternal Great Great Grandmother, Sarah Rebecca (Smith) Fleming Hudson was born 180 years ago in Sumter District, South Carolina. Her parents were Henry John Smith (1807-1849) and Martha Julia (Epps) Smith (1808-1854).

June 18~
  Manning David Daughrity, Jr. ( 18889-1931), my maternal Great Grandfather was born in Rembert, Sumter, South Carolina 126 years ago. He was the son of Manning David Dority, Sr. (1844-1918) and Mary Elizabeth (Stafford) Dority 1843-1930). The name Dority is spelled many ways depending on the time period.

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52 Ancestors Week 12~Different~A Sunday With Family

  Researching newspapers this week lead me to the ancestor(s) for 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2015 Edition. The topic for week 12 is "Different". What did I find that was different? Spelling. 

  My search was on the Stafford family of Sumter County, South Carolina during the late 1800's to the early 1900's. Now, you're probably thinking, Stafford?-there's not much you can do to mess up the spelling of Stafford, but it wasn't the Stafford name that I found.
 It was Dortery. 

My maternal Grandmother was a Daughrity. The surname is found in records spelled many ways. 
  Dorrity in the census.
  Dority on Civil War records.
  Darrity on a headstone.
  Daugherty by a collateral line. 

 This new spelling is one I may have never found it if my Stafford and Daughrity families weren't connected in more than one way.
    From a society column on 26 July 1911 I learned that:

County Correspondence
Newsy Letters From Our Special Correspondents
Items of Interest from Sections of Sumter and Adjoining Counties
Sumter County Watchman and Southron (Sumter, South Carolina)
26 July 1911 pg.8

  

Manning David Dorrity (1844-1918) and  Mary Elizabeth (Stafford) Dorrity (1843-1930) were my maternal Great Great Grandparents. They both were born, lived and died in the Sumter County area of South Carolina.  

    Who were they visiting on that Sunday in July of 1911? A search of the 1910 census along with finding his Delayed Birth Certificate lead me to Arthur Franklin Stafford (1883-1960). Arthur was Mary Dorrity's nephew, the son of her brother Franklin Bradford Stafford (1869-1926).  They had traveled about 20 miles from home for a family visit. 

Arthur Franklin Stafford (1883-1960)
Photo Credit: Charles Farmer

Franklin "Frank" Bradford Stafford (1869-1926)
Photo Credit: Charles Farmer

   An earlier search of this same newspaper for the same period for the Dorrity family using known name variants did not produce this search result.  Luckily, due to the association that the Dorrity's had with the Stafford family, I was able to find out that Manning and Mary spent a Sunday with nephew Arthur in July of 1911.

 A hole in a brick wall? No, but just something fun to know.

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Jan. 4-Jan. 10

Jan. 4~
  My paternal Grandmother, Mary Baker Hudson (1920-2010), died 5 years ago at the age of 89 in Lake City, Florence, South Carolina.  She is buried in Sumter City Cemetery, Sumter, South Carolina.

Jan. 6~
  My paternal 3rd Great Grandparents, Benjamin Reese Gibson (1824-1907) and Margaret Canty Walker (1830-1900) were married 167 years ago in Clarendon County, South Carolina.

Jan. 8~ 
 Margaret Canty Walker Gibson (1830-1900), my paternal 3rd Great Grandmother died 115 years ago in Manning, South Carolina.

Jan. 9~
 Manning David Daughrity, Sr. (1844-1918) and Mary Elizabeth Stafford (1843-1930), my maternal Great Great Grandparents were married in Sumter County, South Carolina 147 years ago.

Jan. 10~
 My Great Grandparents Arthur Wellington Baker (1857-1940) and Martha Victoria Bradford (1862-1947) were married 136 years ago. Arthur was 21 and Mattie was 16 when they married in Sumter County, South Carolina.

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Dec. 14-Dec. 20

   


Dec. 18~

    My paternal Great Great Grandfather, Ezra Ashby Hudson (1821-1882) died 132 years ago. He was buried in Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery in what is now Florence County, South Carolina.

   Mary  Elizabeth Stafford Dority (Abt. 1843-1930), my maternal Great Great Grandmother died 84 years ago in Sumter County, South Carolina. She is buried in Sumter Cemetery, Sumter, South Carolina. 

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Jan. 5-Jan. 11-

Jan. 6-

  The 166th Anniversary of the marriage of my Paternal 3rd Great Grandparents, Benjamin Reese Gibson (1824-1907) and Margaret Canty Walker(1830-1900). Benjamin was about 24 and Margaret about 18 when they married- possibly in Clarendon County, SC.

Jan. 8-

 Margaret Canty Walker Gibson (1830-1900), my Paternal 3rd Great Grandmother died 144 years ago at the age of 70 in her home in Clarendon County, SC.

Jan. 9-

 The 146th Anniversary of the marriage of my Maternal  Great Great Grandparents Manning David Daughrity, Sr. (1844-1918) and Mary Elizabeth Stafford (1843-1930). Manning was 23 and Mary was 25 when they were married in Sumter County, SC.

Jan. 10-

 The 135th Anniversary of the marriage of my Paternal Great Great Grandparents Arthur Wellington Baker (1857-1940) and Martha "Mattie" Victoria Bradford (1952-1947). Arthur was 21 and Mattie was 16 when they married in Sumter County, SC. 

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Dec. 15-Dec.21-

Dec. 18-

 Ezra A. Hudson (1821-1882), my Paternal Great Great Grandfather, died 131 years ago in Sardis, Darlington, SC. He died at the age of 61 from a stroke and is buried in the Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery.

Mary Elizabeth Stafford Dorrity (1843-1930), my Maternal Great Great Grandmother, died 83 years ago at the age of 87 from heart disease. Mary died in Sumter County, SC and is buried in the Sumter City Cemetery, Sumter, SC.


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