Saturday Night Genealogy Fun!

Randy Seaver has issued this challenge for tonight's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun:
 We are to go back 4 generations and list the middle names of the children in those families.
 Here are mine~

Maternal Great Grandparents:

Manning David Daughrity, Jr. (1889-1931) and Loretta (McRady) McManus (1894-1936). 
Their children:
Mildred Chrystanella (Daughrity) Jolly Finfrock (1914-2006)
Frances Elizabeth (Daughrity) Hicks (1916-1989)
Lila Lorine (Daughrity)Robinson (1918-1951)
Loretta Geraldine (Daughrity)Dennis (1919-1959)
Azile Juanita (Daughrity) Roberts Sullivan (1921-2009)

Daughrity Sisters
About 1924
©Cheri Hudson Passey

  
William Treadford Roberts (1894-1959) and Beulah Mae (Price) Roberts (1897-1980)
Their children:
Ruby Mae (Roberts) Robinson (1916-1997)
Bertie Lee Roberts (1917-2001)
Wilbert Lewis Roberts (1918-1944)
Lester Philip Roberts (1919-2009)
Gilbert Ernest Roberts (1920-1944)
Viola Roberts (1921-2003)
Edman George Roberts (1922-1943)
Leroy Calvin Roberts (1923-2010)
Thelma Burdelle (Roberts) Waynick (1925-2010)
Edith Marie Roberts (1926-1926)
Baby Girl Roberts (1927-1927)
William Treadford Roberts, Jr. (1928-1928)

Thelma, Bertie Lee and Viola Roberts
Late 1940's
©Cheri Hudson Passey

My paternal Great Grandparents:

John McSwain Hudson (1880-1961) and Louvinia Blanche (Thames) Hudson (1886-1918)
Their children:
 Benjamin Allen Hudson (1918-1976)

Benjamin Allen Hudson
About 1920
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Jubal Ransom Early (1888-1964) and Emma Ruth (Baker) Early (1901-1993)
Their children:
 Mary Ann (Baker) Hudson (1920-2010)
 Lola Bess (Early) Rawls (1923-2012)
Annie Ruth (Early) Fetner Johnson (1926-2013)

Lola, Mary and Ann
Late 1990's
©Cheri Hudson Passey

Out of these 29 names
2 have no middle name
2 daughters are named after their mother
1 son is named after his father
1 son is named after his grandfather
1 daughter named after her aunt

The others are names not found to have a family connection. 

What middle names are in your family tree?

Are we kin? Please contact me. Together we can find our people.





    

52 Ancestors Week 26-Who's Taking Up My Time?

 Since we are Halfway through the year for 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2015 Edition, a blog prompt series by Amy Johnson Crow, I decided to share information on some of my family lines that I have been researching since the early 1980's.
 Amy asks in this week's prompt:
 " What ancestor takes up half of your research time?"

These South Carolina (and a couple of North Carolina) families take up all of mine~

   John McSwain Hudson (1880-1961) married 1st. Louvinia Blanche Thames (1886-1918) and 2nd her sister Margaret Anne Thames (1875-1960). They lived in Clarendon County.      
   John's parents were Ezra Ashby Hudson (1821-1882) and Sarah Rebecca (Smith) Flemming Hudson (1835-1916). Ezra and Sarah lived in Darlington and Florence Counties.  
 Blanche and Annie were the daughter's of Benjamin Thomas Thames (1854-1931) and Margaret Francis (Gibson) Thames (1854-1929), also from Clarendon County.

Thames Sisters
Left- Louvinia Blanche Thames (1886-1918)
Right-Margaret Anne Thames (1875-1960)
©Cheri Hudson Passey

   Jubal Ransom Early (1888-1964) was born in Statesville, North Carolina. Moving to South Carolina, he married Emma Ruth Baker Early (1901-1993). They made their home in Richland County. 
 Jubal's parents were Ransom Taylor Early (1829-1888) and Ellen Caroline (Martin) Early (1850-1926) from Statesburg, North Carolina. 
  Ruth grew up in Sumter County and was the daughter of Arthur Wellington Baker (1857-1940) and Martha "Mattie" Victoria (Bradford) Baker (1862-1947). 

Arthur Wellington Baker (1857-1940)
1911
©Cheri Hudson Passey

William Treadford Roberts (1894-1959) was the son of George Phillip Roberts (1856-1930)  and Hattie (Brazell) Roberts (1870-1927).  Both the Roberts and Brazell families  
lived in Richland County for many generations.  
  William married Beulah Mae Price in 1914.  She was the daughter of Bertran Campbell Price (1876-after 1922) and Elizabeth "Bessie" Mae (Eargle) Price (1878-1943).
 The Eargle and Price families were from Aiken and Edgefield Counties. 

George Phillip Roberts and Hattie (Brazell) Roberts family
About 1907
©Cheri Hudson Passey

   Manning David Daughrity, Jr. (1889-1931) married Loretta "Etta" McManus (1894-1936) in Sumter County in 1912. He was the son of Manning David Dority, Sr.(1844-1918) and Mary Elizabeth (Stafford) Dority (1843-1930).

  Family stories say the name Dority was changed to Daughrity by David, Jr. 

  Etta was the daughter of William A. McManus (1854-1914) and Frances "Fanny" Virgina (McRady) McManus (1856-1903). 

These families all have roots in the Sumter County area. 

Mary Elizabeth Stafford (1843-1930)
Sitting in chair
 Sons and grandchildren enjoying time on the porch
©Cheri Hudson Passey

  Francis "Frank" Emerson Sullivan, Sr. (1880-1925) was a soldier who served in WWI and was assigned to  Camp Jackson, South Carolina after the war. Conflicting information has his birth place as Pensylvania or Indiana.
 He married Mary Christine Williams (1896-1930) in Camden, Kershaw County in 1921. Frank's parents are unknown. 
 Christine was the daughter of James Lewis Williams (1873-1937) and Lizzie (Pettigrew) Williams of Kershaw County. Lizzie's birth and death are unknown, but she most likely died between 1895-1900. 

Francis "Frank" Emerson Sullivan. Sr. (1880-1925)
Headstone
Quaker Cemetery, Camden, Kershaw, South Carolina
©Cheri Hudson Passey

  Many years of research have provided this and much more on these families. It has also produced many questions still needing answers. 

Are we kin? Please contact me. Together we can find our people.
Thanks so much for stopping by!

This Week On My Family History Calendar

Sept. 29-Oct. 5

Oct. 2
  Frances "Fannie" Virginia McRady McManus was born 167 years ago. She was born in Sumter County, SC. and was my 2nd Great Grandmother.


© Cheri Hudson Passey

Celebrating Women's History Month: Death By Suspicious Circumstances?

Blog Prompt 11 From Lisa Also at The Accidental Genealogist

Did you have any female ancestors who died young or from tragic or unexpected circumstances? Describe and how did this affect the family?

Buried in Pisgah Cemetery, Pisgah Crossroads, Sumter, SC are my Great Grandmother's Sister and Brother in Law.
  The headstones of Effie Vida Mcmanus Burkett and her husband William J. Burkett  lead me to wonder what happened to this couple and what caused their deaths just a day apart.
  

Effie Vivda Burkett (1882-1896)
Headstone, Pisgah Cemetery
Pisgah Crossroads, Sumter, SC
© Cheri Hudson Passey

Willie J. Burkett (1872-1896)
Headstone, Pisgah Cemetery
 Pisgah Crossroads, Sumter,SC
© Cheri Hudson Passey

 

          
A Search of Chronicling America gave me new insights on the untimely deaths of this young couple.   

                                                                     

        Death Announcement from the Sumter Watchman and Southron January 29, 1986 pg.5
  
                                                                    Deaths
 Mrs. W.J. Burkett died on Friday evening last, at her home near Pisgah, this county, and on the following evening her husband, Mr. W.J. Burkett died. They had both been ill several weeks ago, and were just able to sit up when they contracted measles from another member of the family. In their weakened condition they succumbed to the disease after an illness of about one week.
 Their death was particularly sad, as they were both young and had been married but a few weeks. Mr. Burkett was the only son of Mr. J.H. Burkett and was but 22 years old. Mrs. Burkett was the only daughter of Mr. W.A. McManus, of Spring Hill, and had but recently reached her fourteenth year


This also from the same edition of the paper:

The Watchman and Southron, Jan.29, 1896, page 3


Sad Deaths
 Pisgah, SC Jan. 28, 1896.
 Mr. Willie Burket and his wife, of this place, are dead. One was buried Saturday afternoon, and the other Sunday afternoon, at Pisgah Church, after services by the Pastor, Rev. J. R. Smith. This is indeed a sad case. The were married about the middle of last December and a short time afterwards both of them took sick with something like fits. They had gotten some better of this when they took measles, which resulted in congestion of the brain, and death ensued.
The sympathy of the entire neighborhood has gone out to the afflicted parents of the untimely deceased young couple.
                                                  J.E.D.

 What a sad story! They were newly weds, she only 13 when they married. I am sure their families were happy to have them getting well from their previous illness and devastated to have them then catch the measles and die.
 Willie was his parents only son, and at the time, Effie was the McManus' only daughter. My Great Grandmother Loretta McManus never knew her sister.

 Even though it happened over 100 years ago I felt so bad for their families- imagining all that they went through after the deaths of their beloved children. It was bad enough reading about the tragic deaths, but then I found more:

Sumter Watchman and Southron 5 February 1896, page 4

                                           The Deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Burkett

  The subjoined statements concerning the untimely deaths of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Burkett are published with pleasure. We would state, in this  correction, however that we have " insinuated" nothing, as Mr. McManus charges, but published what seemed to be a well authenticated rumor. We stated distinctly that "it is reported" that they died "under very suspicious circumstances". We do not seem it proper to go in to details in a newspaper concerning these reports, but will very readily give Mr .McManus or anyone else interested our authority, whenever demanded privately.
 We sympathize very much with Mr. McManus in his sad affliction, and a hope that his statement together with that made Mr. J.E. Dupre will put a "quietus" to these reports, but from all we've heard it would seem that an investigation is eminently in order. It will be observed that Mr. Dupre is silent, whether intentionally or not, as to what their first sickness was and what brought it on. 
 If the reports are not true, and no attempt has been made to shield a criminal then a great injustice has been done to the deceased couple and their families, and for the sake of all parties concerned we hope there is no foundation for the damaging rumors.
 The following are the statements referred to:

 I noticed in your paper on January 26 an article insinuating that my daughter and her husband, W.J. Burkett were poisoned. I would like to know what authority you have for such a statement. 
They had been sick nearly three weeks with nervous disorders, from which they were recovering when they contracted measles and finally congestion of the brain, which proved fatal. Your article is absolutely without foundation, as they had had the best medical attention through their entire illness  I would like to know who your informant accuses of administering the "overdose of a dangerous drug". Please publish this correction and oblige.
    Yours etc. W.A. McManus

The deaths of Mr.and Mrs. W.J. Burkett, of this place who died here recently were caused from measles. Their first sickness had about been controlled, when in their weakened state, they took measles, which resulted in congestion of the brain, in death ensued in a short time. I have this statement from their attending physician and this should put a quietus upon the many reports about the matter, which to say the least, are very distressing to the parents and relatives of the young couple whose untimely taking off is regretted by all.   Jas. E. DuPre

Pisgah, S.C. Feb. 5, 1896
                                                                                       


 The original article that W.A.McManus refers to from the January 26. 1896 paper has not been found. A search after this date did not find any more information regarding the accusation of the Burkett's being poisoned  No evidence has been uncovered as to an investigation being conducted. Perhaps the joint statements put the issue to rest and the family was able to mourn in peace..


© 2013 Cheri Hudson Passey

Wordless Wednesday- William A. McManus' Headstone

                                   W.A.McManus born June 4, 1854 died September 13, 1914
              "Safe in the arms of Jesus, safe on his gentle breast, there my savior has gone     before me to fulfill my soul's request".         
                                   
                                            Pisgah Church Cemetery, Sumter County, South Carolina

Previous posts about William McManus:
http://carolinagirlgenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/10/amanuensis-monday-letters-from-past.html
http://carolinagirlgenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/11/amanuensis-monday-letters-from-past.html

http://carolinagirlgenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/11/amanuensis-monday-letters-from-past_19.html

Amanuensis Monday- Letters From the Past-Part 3

Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.

 On the 23 of August 1914  William A. McManus wrote to his daughter Etta Daughrity. This is the third of three letters that I found in the Daughrity family Bible.

I have transcribed it just as it was written. I did not change any spelling or grammar.

Envelope from 23 August 1914 letter
W.A. McManus to Etta Daugherity

Envelope is addressed to

 Mrs. Etta Daugherity

710 Church St.

Sumter, SC

The stamp has fallen off but it looks like the postmark was from Lucknow,SC.

Page 1

   Page 1                                                                     

                                                                                      

  Bishopville, SC

  Aug. 23th  1914

 My Dear Children I am

  writing you theas few 

  lines in answer to your ever

 welcome letter which I received

some time ago and was glad
hear from you and to hear

 that you were well theas 

 leaves me well trusting 

 that they will find you

 boat the same

I th would have wrote to 

 you before now but I

 thoat that I would wait

 untell I moved and I moved  

to the poor farm thursday
and I am writing to you

today  Etta you asked

me if I had  paid that

Page 2

Page 2

five dollars that Davied

owed Mr. Halloman no I

have not paid it yet but
will if Daived hasent paid

it

Ella you asked me if I 

was mad with you and

that you onely asked me

to board jainey some

whear els that did not

make me mad but 

Etta my Dear Child I

am 60 years old now

and I have spent 20 years of that for you

and you no that my wife

left me on your and

jaineys acout and

Emmie turned janey out of her house and

then for you to do

the same thing

Page 3

Page 3

 Why you no that

 it hurt my heart more

over  Etta you are the only

 one that knows how I had

my money in the Bank

and I told Daivd

to tell you what I would

do if you turned jainey

out of your hous so

you was not going by

what other popel said

but that you was going 

to do what you thout was

your Duty so if corse 

I am satisfied if you are

           Now Etta

you know that was

going to make my

home with you

and Daived and I have

 Page 4

Page 4

decided that you would 

 do that to keep from 

being Bothered with  

me in my old age but    

my Dear Child what  

I have dun fore you  

I dident do it for eney  

 selfsis notive but    

what I thoat was my    

Duty to you and my     

god so I onely ask you   

to thank god that he   

gave me helth and  

strength to work for 

you and never give    

me a thoat eney more in 

life for I am not wortey
of even a thoat 

 your father

  W.A. Mcmanus

  Bishopville, S.C.    

R..F.D.2.4.                                                         

                             This is such a sad letter. Again there is the mention of the mysterious Jainey. It seems that she is the source of some contention in the family. According to the letter, two family members have asked Jainey to leave their home. The first was Emma McManus, W.A. McManus' daughter-in-law,and the second his daugher Etta. What the relationship between Jainey and the McManus family was is still unknown to  me but clearly she is important to William (W.A.) McManus.
                        William McManus died on the 13th of September 1914, only a short time after this letter was written.  I don't know when it was mailed or how long it would have taken to get to Etta. Did she get it before her father died? Was she able to see or write to him again and resolve what ever was going on or did he die with it still between them?  I really hope that she did but I doubt I will ever know.   Perhaps the answer is in solving the mystery of who Jainey/Janey was and her relationship to the McManus famly.


Previously transcribed letters from W.A. McManus to daughter Etta.

Letter 1

http://carolinagirlgenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/10/amanuensis-monday-letters-from-past.html

Letter 2

.http://carolinagirlgenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/11/amanuensis-monday-letters-from-past.html

                                            

                                                                                                      

                                          

                       

Letter Transcribed 11 November  2012 by Cheryl Hudson Passey
From original letter found in Daughrity family Bible
Original letter in  possession of Cheryl Hudson Passey archived in Daughrity Family File

                             

                                                                                                               

Amanuensis Monday- Letters From the Past: Part 2

 Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.




 On  the 21st of June 1914 William McManus wrote a letter to his daughter Etta Daughrity . This letter is the second of  three letters that I found in the Daughrity family Bible.

The following is a transcription of the letter as written. No grammar or spelling corrections were made.

The envelope is addressed to  Mrs. M.D.Daughtriy
710 Church St,
Sumter,SC

The 2 cent stamp is still attached and it is postmarked Bishopville, SC., June 27 1914                                                                                                        
                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                        Bishopville,SC  June 21th 1914                                                                                                            
 Dear children I am writing
you theas few lines to
let you know that I

am well trusting that
they will find you
the same
I got home all ok
and found everything all
Rite
David pleas express
Janeys trunk so I can
get it next Saturday
sure send it in
Ben Shoemaks name
So if I have moved
he can get it I will
pay the express hear
be sure to send it in


                                                                                                                     
 2
                                                             

Ben Shemaks name

Daived I am sure
proud of your garden
for it is sure fine
and I am glad that
you children are trying
to have sommthing and
I love to slip up on
you children for then
I can find out what
you are doing,
oh let me tell you
I had peach pie for
Breakfirst this
morning My best girl sent it to me
well Il cloas your
father  W.A. McManus


Back of pg. 2

W.A. McManus                                                                        
Bishopeville, SC
cof  Mary Shoemake






     3

Etta 2 girls cam
to see me to day                                           
brout me enoghf
cooked to eat to last
me untell Sunday so
you see I am all o.k.
and I am sure glad that
I have got so meney
nice friends
I will send you a check
before long Well Il
cloas with love to all
your father
 W.A. McManus
Bishopville Route 2




   The first letter sent by William McManus to his daughter Etta talked of  the mysterious Janey (Jainey) as well as this second one. I have been wondering who Janey was since I first saw a picture of some McManus children and one was said to be Janey. I know she was important to the family because the others were William and Fannie McManus' grandchildren No one in the family seems to know who she is. To see the first blog post about William McManus' letters to his daughter Etta click on this link  http://carolinagirlgenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/10/amanuensis-monday-letters-from-past.html.
 I have read these letters several times but it seems that I had never noticed the back of page 2 and the actual address that W.A McManus had written on it. It said in care of Mary Shoemak. The letter had said to send Janey's trunk to Ben Shoemake.  I decided to look up this family in the census. Was W.A. living with them? What I found out from the 1910 Lee County Census was that Mary was Ben's daughter and his wife's name?  Jane! Could this be the Janey I have been looking for? At this point more research needs to be done to know for sure.
 Again I have learned that transcribing any documents that you may have is worthwhile. Not only to preserve the original information, but to help look more closely and see the information in a new light. By focusing on what was written , I could see clues that I had missed before.




Letter Transcribed 5 November  2012 by Cheryl Hudson Passey
From original letter found in Daughrity family Bible
Original letter in  possession of Cheryl Hudson Passey archived in Daughrity Family File
Digital Copy of the letter also in possession of Cheryl Hudson Passey in Daughrity Family Documents Computer File 

Wednesday's Child- Bessie Mcmanus

Pisgah Baptist Church ,Sumter County, South Carolina

    The William A. McManus family were members of the Pisgah Baptist Church in Sumter County,SC for many years. Several of the family are buried in the church cemetery. I was excited when my parents took a trip to take pictures of the headstones for me.

  I received the pictures and was surprised to find a picture of the headstone of a child named Bessie McManus. I had never heard of Bessie. She was not in any family record that I had seen. She was not recorded in the family Bible.  I asked my Grandmother and her older sister Mildred if they knew anything about her, but neither had any memories of a child named Bessie in their McManus line. Growing up they had heard that the McManus' were kind and generous. They were known to "take in children". Their own mother, Loretta, is said to have been adopted by William and Fannie.so they were not surprised to see evidence of this "adopted " daughter.

Headstone of Bessie McManus
Pisgah Church Cemetery, Sumter County, SC

                                                           
                                                                   Bessie,  
                                                           Adopted daughter
                                                                      of                                                                     of
                                                              W.A, & Fannie
                                                                 McManus
                                                          Born Dec. 10, 1887
                                                          Died Mar. 31, 1892

                 
 So far a search of court, church and vital records have not shed any light on this little girl. She lived for such a short time-just a little over 4 years. I can't imagine how hard Bessie's death must of been for my Great Great Grandparents. This was not the first loss of a child William and Fannie had suffered. Years earlier they endured the pain of losing their first born twin girls. Hattie and Lula McManus died just days apart at only 3 months old.
  Bessie McManus is now found and she will not be forgotten. Her life story will be researched and added to the family who loved and cared for her.                                                                                                                                                                                       

Amanuensis Monday- Letters From the Past: Part I

Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.

Years ago my grandmother Azile Daughrity Roberts Sullivan showed me a Bible that her parents used when she was a child. She told me that her father, Manning "David" Daughrity, read to the family from this Bible every night. 
Tucked inside the pages of the Bible  were three letters written by William McManus to his daughter Loretta  McManus Daughrity.  Etta, as she was called, was David's wife and my grandmother's mother.
 Until now I have kept the letters safe but had not ever transcribed them.  I wish I had done it sooner. I am finding that as I transcribe I am seeing things that I didn't see before and feeling a stronger connection to Williiam, David and Etta.
The first letter was written in March of 1914. William, or W.A. McManus as he signs this letter and is often named in records, wrote from Lucknow, Lee, SC.

The first letter is in an envelope addressed to:


Mrs. M.D. Daugherity
710 Church St.
Sumter, SC

The postage stamp for 2 cents is still attached and the postmark is from Oswego,SC April 20 1914 p.pm



The following is the transcribed  letter as written without correction of grammar or spelling mistakes.  


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                                                                                                      Lucknow,SC
                                                                                                       March 25th 1914

dear children I am

writing you thias fiew
lines in answer to your
ever welcom letter which
I Received last night
Mr Evans came to see me
and broat it to me I 
am up at Halls Mill
and will be hear all
next weeak theas leeves 
me quite on well but
albal to be up but
I hoap that theas will 
find you all well
 Etta enclosed you
will find a check




(other side of page)
for 10.00 ten dollars for
Jainey that is all
that I can send
you now as I had to
 pay Walter Hollamon
five Dollars for $5.00
Davied..
Davied I paid
Walter Hollamon 
five Dollars for
 you as youwrote
and asked me to do
and if it is not
Rite why you
write me and let me no
as this is all the paper
I have I clous write soon
W.A. Mcmanus

A smaller page was found in with the letter-

p.s. Etta if I ow you
children eney thing
why just make out a
Bill and I will send it to you
did I forget the Lightening 
killed 3 of our mules 
and knoke dow 2 of the
convicts on the 3th of 
this month



 I have a few questions after transcribing this letter. First, why was the letter written in Lucknow,SC on the 25 March and posted in Oswego,SC on April 10? The two towns are several miles apart and Lucknow had a post office at the time. Maybe he forgot to mail it or had to wait until he actually had the money promised to put in it before he mailed it.
 The second question I have is why was William Mcmanus in Lucknow or later in Oswego? He says he was at Hall's Mill which was a Grist Mill in Lucknow. Did he have business there? I am not sure where William was living at the time. In 1900 he was living in Rafting Creek, Sumter, South Carolina where he owned a farm. I have not been able to find him in the 1910 Sumter or Lee counties in SC. Some of the pages form the area he would have been in are faded and unreadable.  By 1914 his wife had died and  his children were grown. Daughter Etta was living in Sumter with her husband and children and son George was married and living with his family in Rafting Creek.
    The letter adds wonderful detail to William's life .He worked as a farmer and for a time as a guard for the prison known as "The State Farm" in Sumter County, SC. This explains the reference to the "convicts" being "knoke" down by lightening as he tells his daughter Etta. Is there a newspaper report of the lightening strike that killed the mules and injured the convicts?
  I am interested to see if I can find out who Mr. Evan was and why he may have come to see him. I'd also like to look into Mr. Hollamon. Who was he to both William and David? Is there a newspaper report of the lightening strike that killed the mules and injured the convicts?
 And finally there is the reference to "Jainey". Who is she to the Mcmanus family? This is not the first I have heard of the mysterious girl. I have a picture of the some children from the Mcmanus family and one is labeled as being Janey. All others are known to be the granchildren of William and Fannie McManus but  I have no other documentation of a Janey and where she fits in the family. She is not the daughter of Loretta and David Daughrity and I have seen no evidence that she belongs to William's son George. If William is sending money for her then he obviously feels a responsibly. I just need to find out why.
  An interesting item to note is that William spelled his daughter's married name -Daugherity-. yet another variation of the many spellings of the name.
  There are two more letters to transcribe. I wonder what I will find in them that I had not noticed before. Will they answer some of my questions or provide me with more?
This transcription journey to be continued......



Letter Transcribed 28 Oct 2012 by Cheryl Hudson Passey
From original letter found in Daughrity family Bible
Original letter in  possession of Cheryl Hudson Passey archived in Daughrity Family File
Digital Copy of the letter also in possession of Cheryl Hudson Passey in Daughrity Family Documents Computer File