The only information
we have was told me by his Grandson, John Gainey Jordan, my Great Grandfather, and his sister, Martha Avant, a Grand-daughter.
John Gainey Jordan being then in his seventies, seemed to delight in telling
me of his Grandfather, who visited his father, Solomon Jordan, and another
son, William Jordan. Both, who when grown, moved further west and settled
on the border of Horry and Marion Counties, acquiring nearly all of the lands on
Little Pee-dee River, from North Carolina line to near the junction of the
Little
and Great Pee-dee Rivers, where they established their tinier and farm operation
that their father aided them in establishing. He spent most of his time with
Solomon Jordan and it was then that they spent much time with their Grandfather and learned what they conveyed to me. They spoke of their Grandfather as being
a very fine specimen of manhood, being tall, broad and handsome, who loved the outdoors. They knew little of the dates such as when born, when and who
he married, or how many children they had, or of when they died. They only told me of two of his sons, one William Jordan, who joined property with his
brother, Solomon, about five miles southwest of Gallivants Ferry, South Carolina
and reaching to near the Great Pee-dee River, which is and has been for many years, printed on the map of Horry County, as Jordan Ville.
I had occasion to visit the area called Jordan Ville, which is not a town, but
an
area which comprises the area settled by William Jordan whose descendents
still own most of the area. While in the area I stopped at a Mr. H. B. Jordan's
home on Route 3, Comway, and asked whether there were any Jordans in the
area. I got the reply that there was nothing else but Jordans or their marriage
connections, stating that the only way to get into the area was to marry into
it.
It is my purpose, that before I have a book printed, to get more information
of my cousins in JordanVille, South Carolina.
Being of a receptive age, I never forgot what they told me of the early history
of their Grandfather, King Solomon Jordan and their father, Solomon Jordan.
They spoke of their father as being a very fine specimen of manhood, resembling
his father and like him in many ways, especially as loving the timber and
farming business which he was in all of his life, establishing his operations on the
Little Pee-dee, at what is till known as Gallivants Ferry. He was instrumental
in establishing the present highway now known as State Road 502 from Myrtle
Beach to Conway to Marion, and which others extended on north. He established a country store, and Ferry, at Gallivants Ferry. The store is still standing,
but not used. I visited the store several times, as well as crossed the river on
the Ferry he and
his oldest son, John Gainey Jordan established, which was
replaced about
1920 by a long highway bridge.
John Gainey, his son, joined him in the general operations of their business as
long as he lived, and at the death of his father acquired the interest of his
sisters, who had married and settled in other sections. His brother, Dr.
Bennett; had already received his inheritance. He continued to own and operate
the farming, timber, store and ferry business until after the War, and after his
oldest son and wife died, then sold the holdings to old Joe Holliday, whose
descendents still own the property.
SOLOMON JORDAN AND RUTHY GAINEY
Mary, who married a Mr. John Heatwal, who was in partnership with her brother
John in the timber business in North Carolina and South Carolina. Their only
child was John T. Heatwal, who became an engineer of the Denver and Rio Grand
Railroad. He left a son now living at 1547 Monroe Street, Denver, Colorado. His
name is William Heatwal.
John Gainey Jordan,
who married Sara Smith, who bore him two sons, Doctor William King and George
Solomon; the two bore the name of their Great Grandfather, King Solomon Jordan.
John G. Jordan was born July 30th, 1819 at Gallivants Ferry, South Carolina. He died, November 12, 1900 and is buried in the old Nortan Cemetary in Mullins, South Carolina. His second wife, Heatley Myers bore him no children (she was an aunt of Corrine Sweet Jordan, our mother). He then married a Miss Lizzie Johnson who survived him. It was through John G. Jordan that the Sweet and Gainey blood began to flow in the veins of the Jordans. John G. Jordan was born in and raised in the timber business. He grew into partnership with his father, Solomon.
John Gainey Jordan married Sara Smith, a daughter of Captain Billie Smith of
Centenary, South Carolina, on November 15, 1838. She was born in 1821 at
Centenary, South Carolina; died April 5, 1873, and is buried in the old Whalley
Cemetary at Centenary, South Carolina. I do not have much on her life.
Their children were William King and George Solomon Jordan.
William King Jordan was born September 5, 1839 at Gallivants Ferry. He died in
prison in Elmyra, New York of pneumonia which he contracted while in prison from
exposure. He died September 16, 1864 and is buried in the Woodlawn National
Cemetary at Elmyra, New York in Grave No. 168. He was just 25 years old (25
years and 11 days to be exact) when he died, unmarried. His early schooling was
in the Marion High School in Marion, South Carolina. He, like his uncle Dr.
Bennett Jordan, studied dentistry at Jefferson Dental College, Philadelphia,
from where he graduated in March, 1863. He returned home, spent a few days with
his parents at their Gallivant's Ferry home. As his family owned many slaves, he
was just naturally in sympathy with the south, and to do his part in the
preservation of what he felt their legal belongings, he did, on the fourth of
April, 1863, enlist in the Southern army as a dentist. This was in Charleston,
South Carolina, in Company "J" 21st Regiment, S. C. V. Realizing his
need of divine guidance, he did on that same day purchase a large family
Bible with this inscription on the fly leaf, in his own handwriting,
"William K. Jordan's, bought April 4, 1863 in Charleston, South Carolina.
Bought while a soldier in Company "J" 21st Regiment, S.C.V." He
was said, by those who knew him, to be a very pious man and a devout Methodist
Christian. I have visited a Methodist church that he was most responsible for
its establishment. It is still in use and is still called by the name Sandy
Plain M. F. Church. It is located three miles S. E. of Gallivants Ferry, South
Carolina. He carried the Bible with him in the army, and it was in his
possession when he was captured by the Yanks, a short while before he died.
Eight years after the war, the War Department sent this Bible to his father, who
before he died wrote in the fly leaf that Dixon Jordan was to have this book,
which I am now the proud possessor of, and which I greatly appreciate and am
sharing knowledge of dates of births, marriages, and deaths, which we would
otherwise not have. It passed first to George. S. Jordan, My Grandfather, then
to Gospero Sweet Jordan, then to me. I never remember my Great Grandfather
speaking of William, his son, but that tears would stream down his face, as he
would often say, he was the finest looking many saw, as well as being the truest
Christian he ever knew, saying that his death was the most severe blow in his
life - he never got over his oldest son's death. His next sadness was when his
wife, Sara, died in 1873. After this he, so to speak, closed shop for a while,
and it was then that he went to Mullins where he visited his favorite sister,
Elizabeth. This did not satisfy his sufferings of the loss of his son and wife,
who he loved dearly. While at her home, he bought from her the first land in
Marion County, near Mullins, on which he cut all timber, turning his cut over
lands into farms that he cultivated till he died. It was then that he returned
to his home at Gallivants Ferry, and did then sell his lands, store and Ferry to
Old Man Joe Holliday, whose descendents still own the property. He served in the
army as a dentist, 1 year, 5 months and 11 days, and his Bible could be the
largest Bible to survive the war.
George Solomon Jordan was born March 25, 1841 at Gallivants Ferry, South
Carolina; died November 1, 1922 in Newton, Georgia, where he is buried. After he
finished his high school education in Marion High School in Marion South
Carolina, he was sent to Pokeespy Business College, said to be the oldest
Business College in the United States. He graduated in 1859 with the highest
business training possible in the United States. On his return home he was
employed as Manager on the farm of Mary Sweet Vaught, nee Wall, the wife of
Washington Bradley Wall, who died, 1856, leaving his wife with 8 children and a
large number of slaves, and a large farm that was then where Wampee, South
Carolina is now. It was in Wampee that her Wall children, as well as two of her
first Jordan children were born. It was after handling her farm and business
affairs that they were married in 1860. Soon after their marriage war broke out,
and as his sympathies were with the southern cause, he enlisted at the beginning
of the conflict and was with Lee's army when the surrender at Appomattox Court
House took place in 1865. He fought the entire time of the conflict without
getting as much as a scratch. However, I, as a child, delighted in listening to
him tell of experiences he had. An experience that he enjoyed telling most was,
that after the war, a northern and a southern general, by reason of their close
business association, became very close friends. After a long friendship, the
southern gentlemen
invited his northern friend to spend a vacation with him on his large southern
farm, where he had all that it took for anyone to have a good time; such as
hunting, fishing, horse back riding, and the like. His friend had a most
wonderful experience and as he was preparing to leave for New York, he insisted
that his friend pay him a visit at his New York mansion, which housed a very
fine selection of art, in the pictures of the Generals of the war, all life
size, and the finest that money could buy. The only difference was that as you
entered the main hall, the most prominent places were given to the generals of
the northern army. As you entered you faced Abraham Lincoln, then General Grant,
Sherman, and other northern Generals. Being asked what he thought of the
arrangement, he said, "Fine, wonderful. " He was then led downstairs,
where life size pictures of southern Generals such as Longtree, McClellan, Wade
Hampton, and other southern Generals were natural. He was at last led to the
door of the toilet area, where, as they entered they faced Robert E. Lee, and as
he turned around, he faced Stonewall Jackson. When he was asked what he thought
of this arrangement, he replied, "Of all the sights I have ever seen, this
is the most appropriate. There is nothing that would scare a Yankee half to
death like the sight of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. " Often times
he would laugh till he was sick at the thought, as it fitted his ego to the
limit.
He returned home after the war was over to the greatest devastation and ruin he
had ever heard of. Slaves free, no money to be had to re-establish the economy.
The future for the farmer looked so dark that they closed out their holdings at
Wampee, giving many of their slaves tracts of land (some of which are still
owned
by their descendents). They then moved to Marion County and settled in what is
known as Gapway, where their three younger children were born, and joined his
father in the timber business in 1867. In 1870 he moved to Mullins where he
still spent his time in their farming and timber business until the timber was
exhausted, then turning their cut over lands into farms which he operated until
1910, when he retired, spending the balance of his life writing life insurance.
In addition to his farming interest, he had as a very profitable hobby, making
chairs, all sizes, in what was called the farm chair shop. Many of the chairs he
made are still in use. He was the most even-tempered man I ever knew, and the
most lovable. If he had an enemy he never knew it. We dedicate these pages to
his memory. We, his grand-children, , affectionately called him Grand-Pa. His
children called him Pa.
He married Mary Sweet Vaught, daughter of Peter Vaught I, in 1860, which
marriage was the second union of the two very prominent families. He, a fourth
generation from Anthony Sweet I, and a fourth generation from Dr. John Vaught.
The first Vaught to come to the United States. She, a fourth generation of the
Vaughts and Sweets in America. More about her will be found in part concerning
her Wall children.
Their Jordan children are Emory Claudius, who married Anna Corrine Sweet, a
fifth generation of the Sweets and Vaughts. She was born in 1824 at Little
River, South Carolina; died, October 30, 1904 at Mullins, South Carolina and
buried in the old Millers Cemetery.
II. Ellen Vaught
Jordan, who married William Chelsey Kerce.
III. William King Jordan Jr., who as a young man went west, he became an
engineer on some western R.R. The last time he was heard from
was in1909.
IV. John Glennie Jordan. who married Nora Addison, and Gospero Sweet
Jordan who never married.
1. Emory C. Jordan
was born at Wampee S.C. Oct. 17th.1851. He died April the 24th. 1947, and is
buried with his wife, at Whigham, GA. He married Anna Corrine Sweet, March 11th.
1879, at Claussem S.C. The third Jordan to marry into the Sweet family. His wife
died August the 14th. and is buried with
him in the Whigham Cemetery, at Whigham, GA.
Through their
veins, flowed the blood of many of South Carolina's finest families, such as the
Jordans, Sweets, Vaughts, Gaineys, Dicksons, Wilsons, Avants, Gordons, Greegs,
Myers, Davises, and Hunters.
His wife Anna
Corrine Sweet, was a daughter of William Philip Sweet and Francis Wilson Myers,
a grand niece of Dr. John Layton Wilson, the First Missionary the Presbyterian
Church sent to Africa. his writings, was the beginning of the Present Christian
Herald, who he Edited until he died. She was a g-g.grand niece of Gospero Sweet,
a wealthy southern farmer, and pious Methodist Preacher. & the G-G* Grand
Father of Stephens and Margarett Mitchell, of (Gone with the Wind).
After their Marriage,
in 1879, which began when she visited her Aunt Heatley Myers Jordan, the wife of
John Gainey Jordan. they made their home at Claussen S.C. where the first three
of their children was born. It was here on the banks of the Jeffres Creek that
in 1879, he began his career of farming, and where he established his first home
made chair shop. He as most other Jordans was opposed to manual labor, and as he
tired of distributing fertilizer by hand, he began to see what he sould provide,
mechdnicld to do this hard work, he proceeded to perfect this horse-drawn
distributor, which was the talk of the community, which secret he was able to
keep, until the day he went to Florence, to got money to sent off with his
application for a patent, and on the way he ran into John L. Dew, who went right
on to their home and told his wife, that Mr. Jordan told him to tell her to show
him the Distributor, she believing what he said, said just go in the barn and
back of the corn, you will find it. Mr. Dow did then and there make a drawing of
the machine, and immediately sent in an application for a Patent, this my father
did not know, until he sent in his own application. This underhanded theft so
enraged him, that he did nothing for several days, but hunt the culprit who
found out my father's rage, and fled to parts unknown. After every thing quieted
down and no one in the area know where he was. He opened up a factory for the
production of the first Horse-drawn Fertilizer Distributor, in the nation, and
from its sale he became a millionaire. From this experiance, he became disgusted
with the location and did in Dec. 1815, go back to Mullins where his Father and
Grand father lived, and did buy a nice tract of land from His Grandfather John
G. Jordan, just outside of the city limits of Mullins S.C. on which he
re-established his Farming and Chair making, the profits from which he put back
in more land, he would from his Grandfather or any one a neighbor who needed
money, and would sell a piece of land, until he had one of the largest and most
profitable farms of any one near. He, being a scientific farmer, made crops, by
others that just could not understand how did he do it. He was spoken of as
having fertilizer in his shoes, or that his tracks in a field were the same as
fertilizer.
He continued to make
chairs as long as he stayed on the farm. He would make and store the chairs and
when tobacco sales in Wilson, N. Carolina were on he would fill up a large wagon
with all sizes of chairs, which was pulled by a pair of beautiful Bay mares. He
would sell every chair for cash, then would return home for another load. While
at Wilson, N. Carolina, he conceived the idea that his land would make fine
tobacco as theirs, which he felt would help the economy of his own farm and the
area as well. He was, according to the Department of Agriculture in Washington,
the first to cultivate what was known as flue cured tobacco in South Carolina.
On his return trip home he brought a family of Croatan Negroes to show him how
to plant, cultivate and harvest his first crop of tobacco in 1890. Even though
he hated tobacco and never used it, he became interested in it as a crop that
was making good money for the farmers in N. Carolina and he reasoned that his
land in S. Carolina would grow just as good tobacco. He began making plans to
plant, and on a future trip with a load of chairs, he brought back with him a
Croatan Negro family that had been raised in tobacco growing. He induced two
other farmers to plant, and they were the first to plant tobacco in S. Carolina.
Tobacco continues to this day to be one of the best money crops in the state,
and Mullins, S. Carolina continues to be the largest tobacco market in the
state. His greatest desire was to get into the Turpentine business as had many
of his relatives before him. During the fall of 1903 he purchased a very fine
farm and turpentine location, 6 miles south of Whigham, Georgia with a big
country store, still, homes for owner, employees and hands. The place was known
as Sofkee (Indian for beautiful place). He chartered a Passenger coach from the
ACL RR in which on the last day of the year he loaded 68 Negro laborers and sent
me along with them to Georgia, and as the sun was rising on the first day of the
year 1904, we crossed the Savannah River and came into Georgia. The rest of the
family came later. He later moved to Whigham, Georgia where he was in the Drug
and Grocery business until he retired when up in his eighties.
He was a Methodist, Democrat, Mason, KofP, and a christian; faithful to his God
and church. He was for many years a Councilman in Whigham, Georgia.
They left five children, 21 grandchildren, and 38 great grandchildren to mourn
their loss and revere their memory ( I am proud to have been their son. ) They
celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary and they lived to a ripe old age. He
lived to a greater age than any other Jordan that we have record of, which was
next to his great grandmother, Ruth Gainey Jordan, who lived to be one hundred
and seven years old.
There are many
incidents and anecdotes that I would like to quote for the benefit of his
descendents, but space will not permit, however, I will give you and them some
of his traits, such as his steadfast belief in an everloving and compassionate
heavenly father; he had that kind of faith, that Jesus told his followers, that
if they had faith the size of a Mustard seed, that they could move mountains,
and may I reveal to you, his descendents, that if I bring you nothing else but
what he exemplified in his daily life, as he had few words, but many deeds, that
stood out in his dealings with his fellow man, that his word or position was
never to be questioned. To me, this can and should be to his descendents of
greater value or price than what he could have left in worldly goods. To me, he
was the finest man I ever knew. He was mild in manner, meek in disposition,
honest to his convictions, and was firm in his beliefs, and we, his descendents,
can be certain that the characteristics and model life, he lived before mankind,
will never let us down ay we seek to follow in his spiritual foot-steps. One of
his most outstanding faults was that he had too much confidence in humanity for
his own good. You would have to be proved crooked before he would believe you
were, and may I say that I may be too much like him in that I do and hope that I
will never have occasion to lose sight of the best in my fellow man.
Their children:
1. George Wilson Jordan Sr., Born May 1, 1881; Married Hessie Sally Gibson;
born Sept. 10, 1887 at Sallys, South Carolina; Married
December 30, 1903.
Died August 8, 1959 and is buried in Whigham, Georgia.
2. Daisy Leaf Jordan;
Born December 1, 1883 at Claussen, S. C. ; Married John
Woodson Herring, Sr. at Mullins, S. C., October 14, 1902. He
was born
February 6, 1879 at
Fairmont, N. C. ; died July 4, 1955 and is buried in
Tallahassee, Florida.
4. Anna Jordan; Born November 17, 1887 at Mullins, S. C. ; Died - one day
old.
5. and 6. Twins; died in infancy.
8. Sarah Hunter Jordan; Born May 25, 1896 at Mullins, S. C. ; died Sept. 7th,
1964 in University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia; Buried in Whigham, Georgia.
Daisy Leaf Jordan was Born December 1, 1883 at Claussen, S. C. She spent her
early life with her aunt, Mamie Duffus in Florence, S. C., our mother's only
sister. After Aunt Mamie died she returned to her parent's home in Mullins, S.C.
She has spent her time in usefullness to her husband as long as he lived, and to
her nine children, who now call her blessed. Even through much sickness, many
reverses, and many hardships, she never grew weary of watching over
Their children:
John Woodson;
Joan-Fay; Lawrence Jordan; Virginia Ann; George Albert; Mary Christine; Michael
Hayden; Elizabeth Marie.
Their address is: Mr.
and Mrs. George J. Herring
R. 1, Thomasville, Georgia
Telephone Number
John Woodson Herring Jr. and Parka Ann Peters
John W. Jr. was born November 22, 1929 at Akron, Ohio. He enlisted in the
United States Air Force, August 3, 1948, saw service in Japan, was discharged
July 10, 1952 with the rank of Staff Sargeant with honorable mention for his
meritorius service to his country. Upon his release he entered the employment
of the National Cash Register Company of Dayton, Ohio as salesman in their
Jacksonville, Florida office, where he worked for several years, and due to his
skill in the field of selling he was promoted a higher place of service in their
home office at Dayton, Ohio, where he is still employed and where he established
his home at 5061 Durwood Road, Dayton, Ohio.
Parka Ann Peters;
born, April 28, 1934 at Fort Myers, Florida; married August 23, 1954 at Fort
Myers, Florida.
Their children:
1. John Woodson, III;
born January 9, 1956 at Jacksonville, Florida
2. Donna Elizabeth; born
August 5, 1958 at Dayton,
Ohio
3. Vincent Michael; born July 30, 1960 at Dayton, Ohio.
Their address: Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Herring
5061 Durwood Road
Dayton, Ohio
Telephone
(II) Joan Fay (Sister Christine Marie) Born November 19, 1933 at Moultrie,
Georgia. A teacher at our Lady of Mercy of Charity Convent, Charleston, S. C.
(III) Lawrence Jordan Herring and Jacqueline R. Hoffman Lawrence; born January
30, 1937 at Walterboro, S. C. Enlisted in the U. S. Air Force, August 10, 1955,
saw service in France and Germany. Discharged on April 19, 1956 with rank of
Staff Sergeant. After his discharge from the
Air Force, he
entered into the trucking business in Thomasville, Georgia. Married, Jacqueline
R. Hoffman on February 21, 1958 at Mesnne, France. She was born February 18,
1934 at Mesnne France.
Their children:
1. Jone Renne, born March 22, 1959 at Thomasville, Georgia
2. Dominic Vincent, born May 26, 1960 at Thomasville, Georgia
Their address: Mr.
and Mrs. Lawrence J. Herring
R. 1, Thomasville, Georgia
(IV) Virginia Ann; born June 28, 1940 at Thomasville, Georgia. Married Braxton
Wayne Breckham on June 28, 1958 at Thomasville, Georgia. Broxton was born April
18, 1917 at Thomasville, Georgia.
Their son, Stephen Braxton Breckham, born June 23 at Atlanta, Georgia.
Braxton Wayne employed by American Finance Company, Palatka, Florida.
Their address: Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Breckman
1809 Oak Street
Palatka, Florida
(V) George Albert
Herring; born December 31, 1941 at Thomasville, Georgia Married Paula Ann; born
August 8, 1943 at Thomasville, Georgia. They were married on April 1959 at
Thomasville, Georgia. Albert, following the occupation of his father, is
devoting his time and energies in agriculture. We hope that he will be as
successful as his father. They have one son, George Paul, born November 3, 1959.
Their address: Mr. and Mrs. George Albert Herring
R. 1, Thomasville, Georgia
(VI) Mary Christine Herring; born May 15, 1944 at Thomasville, Georgia.
Married, Ray D. Ulm on June 23, 1963 at Thomasville, Georgia.
Their address: Mr. and Mrs. Ray Daniel Ulm
Miccoaukee, Florida
(VII) Michael Hayden; born August 23, 1950 at Thomasville, Georgia.
(VIII) Elizabeth Marie (Beth) Herring; born January 24, 1956 at Thomasville,
Georgia.
Dixon Vaught
Herring and Blonza Langston
(II) Dixon Vaught Herring; born November 5, 1905 at Marietta, N. C. Died
September 1949 and is buried in Tallahassee, Florida. His business connections
were with the Woodman of the World, as general agent, and district manager of
the Tallahassee area. He served several terms as County Commissioner of Leon,
Florida. His being re-elected over and over gave rise to the fact that his
consituants loved him for his genial manner and respected him for his good
:judgment for the way he handled the county affairs. It was while looking after
his farm interest in Wakulla county that he was mysteriously killed, which has
never geen solved. He married Blonza Langston, 1933 at Tallahasse, Florida. She
was born July 25th at Woodville, Florida. Their only daughter, Lela Glenda
Herring; born April 16, 1935 at Tallahasse. Married Joseph Irvin Anderson, June
1955 at Tallahasse, born August 5, 1930 at Tallahassee. He enlisted in the U. S.
Air Force, June 22, 1948, served four years and was dicharged June 25, 1952,
Their daughter, Blonza Joe; born January 1st at Tallahassee. Blonza (Grant)
Herring; married Jack S. Booth and the address of Mrs. J. S. Booth and Mrs. J. L
Anderson is 625 McDaniel Street, Tallahassee, Florida.
III. Mary Albertine Herring and Walter T. Moore
Mary Albertine; born January 18, 1909 at Mullins, S. C. She is a graduate of Leon High School system where she took her business training and is now employed as a Steno-clerk for the State Livestock Commission at Tallahassee. Married, Walter T. Moore, born November 3, 1907 at Tallahassee. Married on July 20, 1935 at Tallahassee, Florida. He is employed by the City of Tallahassee as supervisor, street marking for the city.
Their address: Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Moore 1510 Yancy Street Tallahassee, Florida
Their children: 1. Mary Jane Moore and Alvin Ray
Grant
Mary Jane was born November 18, 1939 in Tallahassee. A graduate of Tallahassee
High School in the Leon County School system where she also got her business
training. She is employed by the Methodist Publishing House as
Secretary-Bookkeeper in Nashville, Tennessee. Married Alvin Ray Grant, July 22,
1959 at Tallahassee. He was born June 2nd at Bonafy, Florida in 1935. He
enlisted in the U. S. Army on 7/23/53, spending his time and term of serve in
Arlington, Virginia. Discharged June 20, 1956 with rank of Specialist 3rd Class.
Employed with the Gennessee Corp., Nashville, Tenn. as Electronics Engineer. A
graduate of FSU, 1960.
Their address: Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Grant
c/o Methodist Publishing House
Nashville, Tennessee
III Mary Albertine -
Her children (continued)
II. Thelma Moore,
Born March 15, 1944 in Tallahassee. Graduate of
Leon High School, Class of 1961.
Her address: Miss Thelma Moore
1510 Yancy Street, Tallahassee
IV. Clisby Truluck
Herring and Lilla Maige
Clisby Truluck Herring; born July 12, 1910 at Gallivants Ferry, S. C. Attended
Leon High School at Tallahassee, Florida. Entered U. S. Navy on April 7, 1944.
Saw service in the South Pacific and was discharged from the service November 2,
1945 as Seaman 2nd Class. Employed as Fireman for City of Tallahassee, Florida.
He is developing and enlarging his farming operations upon which he expects to
retire when the time arrives. Married Lilla Maige, November 6, 1935 at
Tallahassee, Florida.
Their address: C. T.
Herring
421 West 6th Avenue
Tallahassee, Florida
Their children:
Janice Marie, Shirley
Jeanette, Orris Vernie and Clisby T. Herring Jr.
1. Janice Marie
Herring and Lewis Daniel Boutwell II.
Janice Marie Herring; born June 23, 1938 at Tallahassee, Florida. Employed as
bus driver for Leon County School System. Married Lewis D. Boutwell, August 28,
1957 at Tallahassee, Florida. He was born September 25, 1937 at Andelusia,
Alabama. Entered the U. S. Navy on October 8, 1952. Discharged on October 7,
1956 with rank, Seaman Third Class. Employed as Mail Clerk, Post Office,
Tallahassee, Florida.
One son - Robert Andrew Boutwell; born March 5, 1959 at Tallahassee, Florida
Their address: Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Boutwell
2041 Warwick Street
Tallahassee, Florida
Their address: Lt. L. H. and Mrs. Shirley Hosford 5400 Benton Street Lincoln, 4, Nebraska
3. Orris Vernie
Herring; born November 9, 1942 at Tallahassee, Florida.
Graduate of Leon High School, Class of 1961.
4. Clisby Truluck
Herring Jr., Born June 6, 1947 at Tallahassee. Now a student in Leon High School
5. Major General Charles Kendry Herring and Ann Dove Henderson
Charles Kendry Herring; born July 22, 1914 at Gallivants Ferry, S. C. Military
Record: National Guard from 1938 till 1940. Transferred to the infantry, 1940
till 1942. Began training as a pilot in the Air Corps. Graduate July 29, 1943
with a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant. Continuing training till July 1944. Was
transferred to the Pacific theater of operations as a Troup Carrier Pilot,
flying C-47 and C-46 type aircraft. Saw service in New Guinea, Berk Island,
Luzon, Okinawa and participated in the initial invasion and occupation of Japan.
Flew 85 missions in combat area with a total of 1040 hours overseas flying time.
Was discharged January 1951 with the rank of Major. Married Ann Dove Henderson
in 1955 at San Antonio, Texas. She was born July 16, 1921 at San Antonio, Texas.
One child - Leigh Jan Herring; born November 20, 1960 at San Antonio, Texas.
Their address: Major General Charles K. Herring
1002 West Magnolia Avenue
San Antonio, Texas
6. Genevieve Herring and George Anderson Hentz
Genevieve Herring; born March 13, 1917 at Quincy, Florida. Graduate of Leon High
School and Business College, Tallahassee, Florida. Employed as Medical Secretary
to Blue Shield and Blue Cross, Jacksonville, Florida. Married George Anderson
Hentz, November 29, 1938 at Dothan, Alabama. He was born January 12, 1909 at
Bristol, Florida. Entered U. S. Navy on July 1928, discharged July 1934. Rank at
time of discharge was M. Mate 2nd Class. Employed as Supervisor, Electrical
Maintenance (USNAS) civil service commission of City of Jacksonville, Florida.
Their children:
1. Vincent Rodney Hentz, born august 29, 1942 at Jacksonville, Florida. Now a
student at Davidson College, presently councillor to Youth Camp at Newton, New
Jersey (NROTC) at Davidson College.
2. George Douglas Hentz; born October 27, 1943 at Jacksonville, Florida. Now a
student at Lee High School, Jacksonville, Florida.
Home address: Mrs. George A. Hentz
20 Lee Drive
Edgewater, Florida
7. Sara Medanue Herring and Walter Edward Player Sr.
Sarah Medanue Herring; born November 28, 1918 at Havana, Florida. Married Walter
Edward Player Sr., July 2, 19 47 at Thomasville, Georgia. He was born February
28, 1919 at Valdosta, Georgia. Entered service Jan. 4, 1937, was attached to
Infantry school at Fort Benning, Georgia. Volunteer
for the 505th
Parachute regiment of the 82nd Air borne Division; saw service in France and
Germany; was in three combat battles and was awarded the Purple Heart Medal and
Presidential citation and good conduct medal. Served 8 years and 7 months.
Discharged July 10, 1945 with Honorable Discharge as
Master Sgt. Employed as Farm Superintendent.
Home address: Mrs. Walter E. Player
R. 2, Box 26-A
Cochran, Georgia
Their children.
1.Emory Craig Player, born January 23, 1949 at Tallahassee, Florida
2. Walter Edward Player, Jr. ; Born December 26, 1950 at Tallhassee, Florida
3.Robert Frank Player; born July 18, 1952 at Camilla, Georgia
4.Robecca Elizabeth Player; born December 24, 1954 at Camilla, Georgia
8. Corrine Sweet Herring and Nathan Hale
Corrine Sweet Herring; born April 21, 1921 at Havana, Florida. Graduated Leon
High School, Tallahassee, Florida. Employed for several years as clerk in a
Tallahassee Drug Store. Married Nathan Hale, October 24, 1953 at Tampa, Florida.
He was born February 12, 1908 at Tampa, Florida. Was in service during World War
II. He was Civil Aide to the Commander of 314th Air Base Commant at Drew Field,
Tampa, Florida. He was recommend to Army Specialist Corps. His application was
considered for promotion. Allied Victory ended participation in the armed
services. Employed as General Manager for Avis-Rent-A-Car System, Office in
Tampa, Florida.
Home address: Mrs. Nathan Hale
8022 Ola Avenue
Tampa, Florida
9. William Francis Herring Sr. and Edna Earl York
William Francis Herring Sr. ; born January 27, 1929 at Tallahassee, Florida.
Attended Leon High School, Tallahassee, Florida. Entered the U. S. Navy on June
30, 1946 at Tallahassee, Florida. Received Boot Training at Bainbridge,
Maryland. Served on several U. S. Navy vessels and has been stationed at
Stations-Naval Ship Yard, Charleston, S. C., Naval Air Station, Sanford.,
Florida, Mine Defense Laboratory at Panama City, Florida and present Duty
Station, U. S. Naval Commissary Store at Port Hueneme, California. Employed with
U. S. Navy as Career Serviceman.
Home Address: William Francis Herring
214 Smith Street
Oxnard, California
Married Edna Earl York, March 29, 1951 at Charleston, S. Carolina.
She was born June 7, 1929 at Boyd, Florida.
Their children:
1. William Francis Herring, Jr.; born May 31, 1952 at Charleston, S. C.
2. Cecelia Corrine Herring; born January 28, 1954 at Orlando, Florida
3. James York Herring; born January 28, 1957 at Panama City, Florida
4. Myron Ashford Herring; born February 5, 1959 at Boston, Massachusetts
Lineage of Emory C.
and Anna C. Jordan
1. George Wilson
Jordan Sr. and Hessie Sally Gibson.
He was born May 1, 1881 at Claussen, S. Carolina. Married Hessie Sally Gibson,
on December 30, 1903 at Norway, S. Carolina. She died August 8, 1959 and is
buried in Whigham, Georgia. She is of the lineage of the very prominent S.
Carolina families , Gibson and Sallys, among whom many prominent men and women
have served in the highest places of the Church, State and educational levels.
Dr. Sally, her Grandfather, practiced medicine in Orangeburg County for many
years, and his two only sons, Dr. 's A. E. and O. B. Sally practiced medicine in
Augusta, Georgia. all of their professional lives and during all of these years
was connected with the State Medical College and Hospital. Hessie was not only
the mother of his two fine sons and two fine daughters, but she was for 56 years
his constant companion and devout christian mother, helping in training their
children in the way they should go. They taught by Precept and Example and left
a precious heritage for their children as they made Christ the head of their
home. It is no wonder that her children called her Blessed.
Wilson, as well as I,
followed our father down and back many a row as we learned from him the science
of the soil, and as we saw him prepare the soil, plant the seed, and enjoyed
helping him as the soil was turned that was cooling to our bare feet. We had a
heritage few boys had, in that our father was a natural born agriculturist. He
taught us both by precept and example, and the knowledge we acquired as we
followed in his footsteps proved most useful in the coming years as he was
chosen as the first Tobacco Demonstrator in S. Carolina when he was employed by
the wealthy Williams Company of Denmark, S. Carolina to instruct the farmers of
that area how to grow and process Tobacco for market (as well as prepare me to
be a part of the L. J. Cooper Company of Waycross, Georgia as an early
demonstrator in Ware County, Georgia) that was the beginning of the Tobacco
Industry in Georgia.
Wilson's schooling
was all at Mullins High School from where he went into business, training at
Augusta Business College where he first met N. L. Gibson, whose sister he later
married on December 30, 1903. He joined his father in Turpentine Business
at Sofkee, Georgia, near Whigham, where he learned the most important of the
industry as a Stiller, in which he remained until his father sold out.
At this time the U. S. Postal authority made the first experiment in what was
called Rural Free Delivery mail service in the Rural area. He took the
examination for R. F. D. Carrier, and his business training came to his
assistance for 1. was appointed an early Carrier, and remained so from March 15,
1906 until January 22, 1922. He was appointed by (R) Harding for 4 years, then
Calvin Coolidge for 4 years, also a 3rd term by Coolidge, 1 term each under
Wilson, Hoover and Roosevelt. In 1934 was transferred to Tallahassee Post Office
as clerk that he might finish his full P. O. Service. After finishing his
fortieth year in the P. O. Service, he retired and returned to his home, cattle
farm and Pecan orchards, that he had established through the years, and as of
now (1966) being past 85, is still in charge of his affairs and is still active
and on the Board as an official of the Whigham Methodist Church as he continues
to serve his master in the program of the M. E. Church that he Joined in the
early 1890's. He was for many years City Councilman, Master of the Masonic and
Knight's of Pythias Lodges. One of his greatest desires in life was that his
children first have christian training, next realizing the need for knowledge in
the arts and sciences, was determined that they should have the best in
education.
His second marriage
was to Ollie Mae O'Neal of Atlanta, Georgia on June 4, 196, She was born March
23, 1900 at Atlanta. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Walter Brown;
father born Oct. 24, 1873, died April 17, 1945 and is buried in Atlanta,
Georgia. Mother born July 5, 1880 at McMinnsville, Tenn., died June 17, 1943 and
is buried in Atlanta. Their home address is Mr. and Mrs. Gorge W. Jordan Sr.,
Whigham, Georgia. Telephone 22111.
Children of George
Wilson arid Hessie Sally Gibson:
1. Narcissus Catherine; born Dec. 11, 1904 at Sofkee, died 3/15/1905.
2. Louise Jordan; born Dec. 6, 1906 at Whigham, Georgia. Married Robert Henry
White, Jr., ; born in Atlanta, Georgia, January 2, 1907.
3. Madelyn Jordan; born Jan. 31, 1908 at Whigham, Georgia. Married Alvin Patten
Bennett; born Feb, 9, 1903 at Caro, Georgia.
4. George Wilson Jordan, Jr., ; born Dec. 10, 1910 at Whigham, Georgia. Married
Gennell Wre Perry; born Sept. 3, 1917; Married in Tallahassee.
5. Emory Claudius Jordan Jr, ; Born May 10, 1912 at Whigham, Georgia. Married
Reba L. Ragsdale of Dallis, Georgia; born Nov. 16, 1915; Married 3/5/33.
2. Louise Jordan and
Robert Henry White, Jr.
Louise Jordan was born Dec. 6, 1906 at Whigham, Georgia. Graduated from Whigham
High School. Entered Emory University School of Nursing where she was graduated
as a Registered Nurse. She continued with the University System and was advanced
to be one of the head nurses in surgery. Taking a leave of absence, she became a
private nurse for Mrs. Asa G. Candler Sr. in her last illness at Daytona Beach,
Florida. After Mrs. Candler's death, she returned to Atlanta where she became
head of the Professional Nurses Registry of Atlanta Georgia, which she still
heads. She married Robert Henry White, Jr. on February 2, 1940 in Atlanta,
Georgia. He was born January 2, 1907 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Children:
Son - Robert Henry White, III; Born September 10, 1942 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Home address: Mrs. R. H. White, Jr., 431 Page .Avenue, N. E., Atlanta, Ga.
3. Madelyn Jordan and Alvin Patten Bennett
Madelyn Jordan; born
January 31, 1908 at Whigham, Georgia. Graduated from Whigham High School at
Whigham, Georgia, Class of 1926. Freshman and Sophomore years at Young Harris
College, Class of 1928. Graduate of (GSCW) of Milledgeville, Georgia with A. B.
Degree, 1930. Married Alvin Patten Bennett who was born February 9, 1903 at
Cairo, Georgia. Deceased - buried at Cairo.
Children:
Twins - John Jordan and Joan Sally Bennett; Born June 7, 1937 in Miami, Florida
Joan
Sally Bennett and Davis Winn
1 son - William Davis Winn; born March 23, 1961 at Pelham, Georgia
Home address: Mr. & Mrs. Davis Winn, R. 2, Pelham, Georgia
To reach John J.
Bennett, it will be best to use his mother's address:
701 E. Colquitt Circle, Albany, Ga. I have lost sight of his family record.
4. George Wilson Jordan Jr. and Gennell Wren Perry
George W. Jordan Jr. ;
Born Dec. 10, 1910 at Whigham, Ga. Married Gennell Wren Perry; born Sept. 3,
1917 at Tallidega, Alabama, the daughter of Samuel B. and Vallerana A. Perry. A
graduate of Albany Georgia High, Class of 1934. Graduated from (FSU)
Tallahassee, Class of 1938 with A. B. degree, Cum Laude. She has for several
years been a member of the Faculty of FSU, as head of the Department of
Secretarial Science. Wilson, a graduate of Whigham High School, Class of 1926.
Graduate of Young Harris College, Class of 1928, took pre-med course at Emory
University, Atlanta, Georgia, Class of 1931. His first employer was with Dania
Post office as Assistant Post Master, transferred to Miami Post Office in 1936.
Enlisted in the U. S. Navy, Dec. 9, 1942 as S. P. 3rd Class Navy Mailman at U.
S. Naval (USNTS) Navigation at Hollywood Beach Hotel, Hollywood, Florida.
Detached, May 1945 and assigned to Fleet P.O., San Francisco, Calif., for
transfer to Navy #3230, C/O P.M., San Francisco for transfer to L. S. T. 689 for
Mt. Vesuvius AE 15 to F. P. Office, Norfolk, Va. Discharged, December 23 at
Yokon in Florida with highest rate SP/Mic.
One daughter:
Janis Louise Jordan; Born Oct. 16, 1942 at Miami, Florida. Married Richard
Ullman Row on January 2, 1962. A graduate of Leon High School, Tallahassee,
Fla., Class of 1960. She is now a sophomore of Huntington College, Montgomery
Alabama. They now have a little girl.
After G. W. Jr., was discharged from service, he returned to the Miami P.O. where he worked several years and until he was transferred to the Tallahassee P.O. where he now works. Their P.O. address is: Mr. and Mrs. George W. Jordan, Jr., 1038 Merritt Dr. , Tallahassee, Florida
5. Emory Claudius Jordan and Reba L. Ragsdale
Emory was born May 10, 1912 at Whigham, Ga. He graduated from Whigham Georgia
High School, Class of 1928. Graduate of the University of Georgia, Class of 1933
with a BSC Degree. His first employment was with Armour and Co. as auditor for
all of their plants in the state, which position he held for several years after
which he joined his father-in-law, Mr. Ragsdale, and son, in Utilities with
Frigidaire concession at Austell, Ga., later selling out to his brother-in-law.
He and Mr. Ragsdale built a group of stores at Smyrna, Ga., using the largest
store in which they established Home Furniture Co., which they closed out in
1964 to enter the building trade in which is now engaged. Married Reba L.
Ragsdale, March 5, 1933 at Villaricca, Ga. She was born Nov. 16, 1915 at Dallis,
Ga. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Ragsdale; a brother of former Mayor Ragsdale
of Atlanta, Ga. Reba and her children have attended school in Austell and have,
or will graduate from Cliff High School of Austell, Ga.
Their children are: 1. Emory Cary; born May 17, 1941, graduate of Emory U. in
his pre-Med course; he is now in the service in the U. S. Air Force. 2. Tyron
Lee; born Dec. 2, 1946. 3. Gill Laurine; born April 12, 1951. Their home address
is Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Jordan, 5926 Love St., Austell, Ga.
Having a natural
desire for furniture, I, to get the experience that I needed before entering
into the furniture business, entered the employment of the Fort Lauderdale
Furniture Company, October, 1937, as a salesman, later joining the Rhodes Cha in
Miami, Florida.
On November 1, 1945,
(my 60th birthday) my son James Jordan and I, opened Jordan Furniture Company.
On February 14, 1946, James J. McMillan, my old daughter's husband, joined us in
the operation, which has continued to grow and is now one of the largest, and
with the best assortment of Early American Furniture in the states. This has
been the most enjoyable operations in my business career.
As of January 1,
1961, I sold the majority of my interest to James and Lillian McMillan, and
James and Earlene Jordan, that I might devote more time to Memorial Hospital,
that I helped Found, and as present Chairman of the Board Commissioners, making
my 3rd year as Chairman, and to Citizens National Bank that I organized and am a
director and Vice-President of; also of Diversified Finance Corp., that I
founded and am Chairman (Emeritus) of the Board of Directors. It has been my
privilege to organize 2 Masonic Lodges, and serve as their master for two years
in each; they being the Eureka Lodge #269 F & AM at Dania, Florida, early in
the 1930's, and the Roe Foulkerson Lodge 299, F & j in West Hollywood,
Florida. I served as City Commissioner of Dania, Florida in 1929 and 1930, and
am recognized in the Southern History Biography of those who helped build
Florida. Since I retired from active duty with Jordan Furniture Company in 1961,
I have been Co-founder of Citizens National Bank of Miami and Citizens National
Bank of Hollywood; also on the Hospital Commission.
Home address: 221
S. W. 5th Street, Dania, Florida; Zip code 33004
Lineage of Dixon
Myers Jordan and Lillie Verner Shingler
Married Lillie Verner Shingler, September 24, 1912 at Holly Hill, S. Carolina..
Born March 20, 1890 at Holly Hill, S. Carolina, daughter of John Monroe Shingler
II, who was named for his Grandfather, John Monroe Shingler, who was the first
of the Shinglers to come to America from Germany early in the 17th century, and
Claudia Pritchard Woodberry of Georgeton, S. Carolina. She attended school at
Roadville, S. C., Orangeburg County, where she received the normal high school
training of the early nineteen hundreds.
She has chosen a
career of wife and mother, which is the greatest of all. It has been her love
for, and her trust in her God, also her devotion and dedication to her family,
that has been for nearly fifty-four years, my greatest inspiration. It was
through her that the blood, traits and character of some of S. Carolina's finest
families that will continue to be a heritage to her descendents; beginning with
Richard Woodberry who came to Britton's Neck, Marion County, S. Carolina from
Wales early in the 17th century and became the ancestor of General Wade Hampton
of Revolutionary War fame, who became the Grandparent of General Wade Hampton of
Civil War fame and later Governor of S. Carolina as well as several officers in
both Revolutionary and Civil Wars. General Woodberry, himself, rendering
distinguished service both in time of war and peace, being Sheriff of Marion
County for a period of years and representing his county in the State
Legislature for many years, after which he retired to his farm as on of the best
loved men of his day. A descendent of his, a soldier in the Civil War, Richard
Woodberry (about the 6th) who married Miss Mary Emily Verner, to whom was born
Claudia Pritchard Woodberry, who married John Monroe Shingler II, whose children
now living are Belle Monroe, Ruby Dantzler, Lillie Verner, Robert Sessions, Mary
Emily and Reverend John Monroe Shingler III, and the late Virgil Pritchard
Shingler, who married Emma Lee of Lakeland, Georgia. Their only son, Vinson
Pritchard Shingler married Ruth Rhymes, whose daughters are Miss Sallie Shingler,
a graduate of the Valdosta High, class of 1966 and who will enter Weslyan
College, Macon, Ga., and there complete her education, and the other daughter,
Miss Susan Shingler, a junior at Valdosta Junior High. Also to Richard Woodberry
and Mary Emily Verner was born Mary Ann, who married the honorable George
Pinckney Shingler, Sr., whose son, Dr. George Pinckney Shingler is a graduate of
Mercer University, Macon, Ga., and from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
where he received his Masters Degree. He joined Emory University as Professor of
Chemistry and after World War II gave distinguished service through the U. S.
Dept. of Agriculture. He was instrumental in having the Dept. take over a very
important industry, the Turpentine farming; his first service was to teach the
Turpentine Operator how to get the most and the best out of crude Gum through
better methods of distillation. His success led the Dept. of Agric.ulture to
establish at Olustee, Florida what we call a Turpentine College, which provided
better facilities for training than could be done at their farms. He founded,
established and operated the only college of its kind in America, the last 40
years, and is now living in honored retirement at Lake City, Fla., where he and
his fine wife, Annie Julia Shingler reside, and where their 3 living children
were raised. Their children being Dr. Angus Julius (Bobby), Elizabeth Davis and
Adele Antoinette Shingler. It can be truly said that he honored the name of
Shingler as had his Great Grandfather, Col. John M. Shingler I, also his
Grandfather, Capt. George W. Shingler
distinguished
himself as a State Officer and as a signer of the Seccession, a price was put on
his head, brought in dead or alive.
Richard
Woodberry, Grandfather of Lillie Shingler Jordan, who as a young man served in
the Confederate Army and lost his life near the close of the war and is buried
near Corinth, Mississippi.
It can be truly said that Lillie must have inherited all of the good traits of her ancestors, as she at 76, has lived a life of consecration, dedication and a life of Christian service, that her descendents can consider that they have a heritage of great price in the exemplary life she has lived before them, and her husband still calls her blessed. God has blessed us with four fine children, who, in their youth were our pride and joy, and in our declining years a great source of help, consolation and security. If you will read how we met, you may feel that we were born to be together.
Our Children
Lillian (Mrs. James. J. McMillan), Dixon Monroe, Emily (Mrs. Graham T. Simpson)
and James Claudius Jordan.
Lillian Jordan;
born October 16, 1913 at Whigham, Georgia. Graduate of Dania High School Class
of 1931 and was Valedictorian. In 1935
she
graduated from Georgia State College for Women, Milledgeville, Ga., with a
Bachelor of Science Degree in Education, majoring in Secretarial Science. During
her four college years she was student assistant in the President's office. Her
first employment was with Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company, the
State Traffic Manager's office, later transferred to the Atlanta Traffic Office
and then to the Benefit Department until 1937. After her marriage, she returned
to G. S. C. W. and was Assistant Registrar to Dr. E. H. Scott from 1939
to
1941. During the war she was employed by the U. S. Engineers under Civil
Service, during construction of Cochran Field Air Base, Macon, Ga., since moving
to Florida in 1946 she has been associated with her husband, brother and father
in the Furniture store as secretary, bookkeeper, and now sales person, where her
commercial training has served her well.
Lillian Jordan and James Jordan McMillan
Married James Jordan McMillan, August 24, 1937
at Dania, Fla. He was born March 17,
1908 in
Milledgeville, Ga., the son of James Hatton McMillan of
Milledgeville, Ga. and Lydia Priscilla Jordan of Sandersville, Ga. Grandson of
James Wilson McMillan, born Glascow, Scotland, and Hattie Cornett of Madison,
Ga.
Mr. James W. McMillan was one of the first of his clan to come to America. Being
a Ceramic Engineer; as soon as he reached N. Y., he set out to find suitable
clay. It was found in Madison, Ga., where he established his first Brick Plant
when he was awarded the contract to make the brick for the State Asylum, which
was located near Milledgeville, Ga., he decided to move his plant there instead
of having to make a 50 mile haul with a mule team. It was in 1883
that
the Milledgeville Brick
Company was incorporated. After many years of operatic producing brick that was
used in many thousands of buildings all over the south, the
plant was sold to Campbell Coal Company of Atlanta. Some years before the
establishment of the Brick Company, Asa G. Candler and Frank Woodruff of Atlanta,
had organized the first Coca Cola Bottling Plant in America. They were good
friends with Mr. McMillan and stock was exchanged by the owners of the two
companies. After his death, the stock was sold for a very large profit.
James J. McMillan received his education in the High School and Junior College work at Georgia Military College in June 1925. Realizing the need for business training, he entered the Georgia-Alabama Business College in Macon, Ga., and finished the course in 1926. Since his grandfather was interested in his learning more about the brinkmaking and ceramic industry, he persuaded his very good friend, Dr. O. M. Cone, President of Georgia Tech, to add a course in Ceramic Engineering so that his grandson and other men could receive further training. In order to encourage Dr. George Henry, who was put in charge of this department, the facilities of the Millegeville Brick Co., and the Milledgeville Pottery (which at the time had the contract to make Carter's Ink bottles) were offered to the College as a laboratory for this training. James took advantage of this and took extension work for Georgia Tech while working at the plant and was among the first to receive credit in Ceramic Engineering.
In 1935 he became connected with, and was one of the organizers of the Burns Brick Company of Macon, Georgia and was for ten years the Superintendant. It was during this time that he helped with the construction of one of the first continuous brick kilns built in the state, at Burns.
On February 14, 1946, he joined with his father-in-law, D. M. Jordan and his brotherin-law, James C. Jordan, in the business of Jordan Furniture Company, Dania, Florida. As of December 31, 1960, he and his wife, Lillian, and James and Earlene Jordan, acquired most of the stock of the business and new own and operate one of the largest Colonial Furniture Stores in the state.
Children
Emily Joyce, their adopted daughter, was born December 30, 1946 at Washingtc Georgia. She was graduated from South Broward High School in the dass of 1964 She attended Andrew Junior College, Cuthbert, Ga., for a summer session after graduation. The next fall she enrolled in Drake College of Florida, Ft. Lauderd Florida, for a business course, majoring in selling and management, having just completed her second year.
Their operation
proved successful from the production angle and the knowledge they gained from
their research has proven of great worth to the industry, as theis now a very
successful operation in the production of Ramie Fiber near Belle Glade, Florida.
From a profit standpoint it was a failure, as they were years ahead of machinery
that would properly decordicate the fiber, which was the profit product sought.
They provided the incentive for engineers to perfect a machine that would do
this most important job which is now credited with being the reason for the
success of the industry today.
He returned to West
Palm Beach, Fla. in 193-, where he had formed a number of friends, and one
especially, L. C. Vaughn, owner of Vaughn and Wright, one of the largest
wholesale Auto Parts concerns in the south. His first job as outside salesman,
and now as general manager for all of their stores in the state, and is in
charge of their business in other countries including a large store and machine
ship in Cuba which Mr. Castro now operates. The success of these stores has been
his greatest concern, and was only disrupted for the period that he served in
the second World War. He is now one of the three owners of the Company.
War Service Record:
He enlisted in the U. S. Air Force, received his training in Oklahoma, where he
qualified as a pilot with the rank of Lieutenant. He spent some time in the twin
engine advance training before being transferred to the China-Burma theater for
the battle for Burma. He flew "the Hump" of the Himalaya Mountains
delivering vital cargo, and was in charge of operations to fly two Chinese
Armies to Peking. China, where he was advanced to the rank of Captain the day
before Japan surrendered. He returned to West Palm Beach, Florida, where his
faithful wife and friends awaited his return, and to the job he left to serve
his country. It was then he was made General Manager for the entire operations
of Vaughn and Wright, Inc. where he continues to serve.
Married Winona Lee Webb, June 5, 1940 at West Palm Beach, Florida. She was born
March 20, 1913 at Sumter, Georgia. Daughter of Ida Varina Goynes of Enterprise,
Alabama and George Franklin Webb of Sumter, Ga. A graduate of Americus High
School at Americus, Ga., Class of 19__ . She completed the first two years of
college in the University of Ga. Then she attended the Fla. State University at
Tallahassee, Florida, where she received her B. A. and Master's degrees.
From childhood
her ambition was to be a teacher, for which career she was well prepared, and by
reason of her abilities she has advanced to the top in teaching, and for a
number of years she has served as principal of one of the largest elementary
schools in Palm Beach County, Florida, where she is now employed. She was for a
number of years, one of three selecting the text books used in Florida schools.
She is listed in the National Who's Who in American Education. She participates
in community activities
and
has Held many offices in the local Zonta Club, a womens' civic club, and was
recently elected Governor of the Southeastern district of this International
organization. Her hobbies: She is an enthusiastic gardener, growing Orchids and
flowering plants, working with Garden Clubs and Orchid Societies; teaches
conservation of natural resources, both by precept and example, and in so doing
helps make the world a better and more beautiful place to live. No children.
Home address: 6000 South Olive, West Palm Beach, Fla.
Emily Jordan and
Graham T. Simpson
Emily Jordan; born January 10, 1917
at
Colquitt, Ga. Graduated from Dania High School, Class of 1939,
where she
received a Bachelor of Science in Home Economics. She taught one year in
Sylvania, Ga., and two years at Adel, Ga. Married Graham T. Simpson on January
31, 1943 at Macon, Ga. He was born October 9, 1909
at
Washington, Ga. The son of Dr. Addison W. Simpson Sr. and Clara B. Simpson. He
has two brothers, Dr. Albert F. Simpson and Dr. Addison W. Simpson Jr., and one
sister, Mrs. Garland Hollman, the former Floy Simpson. Dr. Albert Simpson is an
air force historian and lives at Montgomery, Ala. Dr. Addison Simpson is a
practicing Physician and Surgeon at Washington, Ga. Floy Simpson is the wife of
Rev. Garland Hollman, a Methodist Minister and District Superintendent of the
Methodist Church, whose District Parsonage is in New Albany, Miss., where he
makes his home. The families are few who have the heritage of good and useful
men and women as does the Simpson Family. His ancestors were among the group of
faithful Presbyterians who originated in Virginia, settled first in North and
South Carolina, finally migrating to where they made their final and permanent
homes, and where their descendents have been and are still influential in the
moral, spiritual and financial life, of not only Wilkes County, Ga., but the
state and the whole south as well. The Simpsons have been among the leaders in
the Church. They have not only built churches, but have filled the pulpits,
superintended the Sunday Schools, promoted colleges, and many innovations that
have been a blessing as well as a heritage to their descendents, as they
continue to fill the pulpits, serve as doctors of medicine, history, science and
education, and none can foresee when this influence will lose its power or its
influence. I am happy in the knowledge that the same blood that flowed in their
veins, flows in the veins of my grandchildren. Graham gets from his mother,
Clara Barnett, a sister of the Rev. W. Barnett, who for many years have filled
the many ,prominent pastorates of the Methodist churches in Georgia, and which
family has, as have the Simpsons, been prominent, in the Church, government and
educational institutions of the state. He has a heritage in his ancestors that
he can be very grateful and proud of, and one that no influence under the sun
can obliterate.
Graham a graduate
of Washington high school, class of 1927: A graduate of the University of Ga.,
Athens Ga. class of 1932
with a
degree of B.S. in the science of Chemistry. He taught 12 years as teacher and
coach in the schools of Ga. He entered the U.S. Air force and was stationed at
Maxell field near Montgomery Ala.., as coordinator or pre-flight School, and
was later made head of the weights & Balance Division, where he served
until the war ended.
In 1945 he returned to his home in Washington Ga.where he established Simpson Auto parts, which he ran for several years, which business he liquidated in 1960.
In 1958 be became associated with The Citizens National Bank of West Hollywood,
Fla. where he has served in many of the most important places in the bank, and
in which he soon was, by reason of his service and usefullness, made Vice
President of the bank, a position he still holds.
Their Children:
Claudia born Jan. 8th,1945, Montgomery Ala. Maxwell field.
On Nov. 27th,1964, she married Prof. Carl Grieco in the shade of the
Vaughn-Jordan Orchid Gardens in West Palm Beach, Fla. Carl, for several years,
taught in the High Schools of Broward county. Claudia graduated from South
Broward High, class of 1962.
Graham Barnett
Simpson, born Sept. 12th, 1954 at Washington Ga. He has attended Stirling
Elementry School from 1966 through 1966. It is becoming more and more
noticeable, that he is becoming more interested in the Profession of his
ancestors, and will in all probability make medicine his choice of his life's
work.
IV. James
Claudius Jordan, Born Feb.9th 1921 at Valdosta Ga.
Graduate of Dania High School, class of 1938. He was one of the few ever in the
county to have a perfect attendance record, in that he was never absent or tardy
a single day of the whole 12 years of schooling, from Kindergarten through High
School.
His war Service.
He enlisted in the U.S. Air force at Jacksonville, Fla., Nov 9th 1939, was
assigned to Maxwell field, Montgomery Ala. for recruit training, and then to
Panama Canal Zone and South American theater of operations where he spent four
years in Central and South America.
He was returned
to the U.S. in 1943 and assigned to Mitchell Fie1d at Hemstead L.I.; was soon
transferred to Langley field, Richmond, Va., then to Norfolk, Va., later to be
assigned to Wilmington Air Base from where he detached through Camp Blanding
Fla., August 21st, 1945 from where he returned home and to civil life, with the
rank of Master Sergeant.
Business:
On Nov. 1st, 1945 he and his father D.M. Jordan, opened up Jordan Furniture Co.,
(His father's 60th Birthday). He has given his time and efforts, that his first
venture might be successful, the fruits of his dedication is shown in that what
he began, is now one of the outstanding furniture establishments in the state.
In March of 1946,
he was joined by his brother-in-law, James J. McMillan, and formed Jordan
Furniture Co., Inc. As of Dec. 30, 1960, he and his wife Earline Jordan, James
J. McMillan end Lillian McMillan, bought the majority of the stock of D. M.
Jordan, and now own and operate one of the largest furniture stores in the
state, specializing in Colonial and Early American Furniture, with one of the
largest assortments and most beautiful lines of Maple and Cherry furniture in
the states.
Married Angie Darline
Benton, November 6, 1943 at Hollywood, Florida. She was born February 14, 1919
at Comer, Georgia. Daughter of Charles Daniel Benton and Nobie Hall of Comer,
Georgia and grand-daughter of Henry and Ester Hall of Comer, Ga. Both the Benton
and Hall families were early settlers and prominent families of Georgia. Her
Grandfather Hall served many years as Sheriff of Madison County, Georgia. She
was a graduate of Dania High School at Dania, Florida, Class of 1938, where she
received her business training which she practiced before she married. She has
been active in social and church work and the raising of her two sons.
Children: Norris
Steven Jordan; born March 12, 1945 at Langley Field, Richmond, Va. A graduate of
South Broward High School, Class of 1953. He began the continuance of his
education at Wake Forest at Winston Salem, N. C., and is now finishing his
training at Campbell College at Buies Creek, N. C. where he is completing the:
course for a B. S. Degree in Secretarial Science and Business Administrative.
Jeffrey-Dixon Jordan;
born November 20, 1955 in Memorial Hospital, Hollywood, Florida, now in the
fourth grade at Hollywood Central Elementary School.
Their address: 1329
Polk Street, Hollywood, Fla. ; Phone 922-9835
Lineage of Emory C. and Anna C. Sweet (Continued)
V. Mary Elizabeth
Jordan and Byron Euzema Dixon
Mary Elizabeth Jordan; born December 6, 1892 at Mullins, South Carolina. A
graduate of Whigham High School at Whigham, Georgia, Class of 1911. She chose to
be a wife and mother, and has made a career of giving to her family, including
her mother and father in their last years, that love, service and devotion that
will ever endear her to her husband, children, brothers and sister which will
never be forgotten. It is from such homes that she and her husband established
that fine Christian men and women go out to bless the world. Married Byron
Euzema Dixon November 17, 1912 at Whigham, Georgia. He was born August 7, 1888
at Bainbridge, Georgia. Graduate of Bainbridge High School at Bainbridge,
Georgia.
War Record: Too young for Spanish American War; his classification was not
called in World War I, and was too old for World War II.
Business connections. He and his father-in-law, E. C. Jordan, established Jordan
Dixon Mercantile business in Whigham, Ga. which they ran for many years. Aftex
disposing of his interest in the company, he moved to Climax, Ga., where he
established the home in which he now resides. He was connected with a lumber and
Variety Works in Bainbridge, Ga., from which he has recently retired. Died, Feb.
10, 1962; buried Whigham, Ga. Home address: Box 111, Climax. Georgia
Children of Mary
Elizabeth Jordan and Byron Euzema Dixon
1. Martha Corrine Dixon; born August 19, 1913 at "Whigham, Ga. Graduate of Climax High School at Climax, Ga., Class of 1931. Georgia State College for Women at Milledgeville, Ga., Class of 1933. Began her teaching with the Danville Georgia School System, September 1933, where she is continuing her teaching career with the same school system and is now completing her 32nd year. Married Forest Hembie Helton, October 30, 1938 at Climax, Georgia. He was born October 23, 1912 at Danville, Ga. Ph. 912-3601
War Record: Entered
the service at Warner Robbins Air Force Base, Macon, Ga. December 18, 1944. Was
never called for foreing service as hostilities ceased. Employment: He continued
his services at Warren-Robbins under Civil Service
status, where he continues to work.
No children.
Home address: Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Helton, Danville, Georgia
II. William Hinter Dixon and Joyce Elaine Durham
William Hunter Dixon; born November 11, 1914 at Whigham, Georgia. Graduate
of Climax High School at Climax, Ga., Class of
Entered U. S. Navy, August, 1943, taking his basic training at Pensacola, Fla.
Hostilities ceased before being called to service. Discharged, April, 1945.
Employment with Bates Candy Co. of Medford Oregon in 1945 and is still employed
by them.
Married Joyce Elaine Durham, June 16, 1942 at La Junta, Colorado. Daughter of Daniel and Elsia Peterson Durham of La Junta, Colorado. Born September 2, 191 at La Junta, Colorado
Children: 1. Byron
Hunter Dixon; born April 8, 1943 at Washington, D.
C. 2. Daniel Gregory
Dixon; born December 5, 1945 at Pensacola,
Florida
3. Paul William Dixon; born June 29, 1952 at Medford, Oregon
Home address: Mr. and Mrs. W.M. Dixon, Medford, Oregon
Phone 503-3225, Central Point, Oregon
Byron Alford Dixon and Zena Marie Prettyman
Byron Alford Dixon; born Sept. 29, 1918 at Whigham, Georgia. Graduate of Climax
High School, Climax, Ga.
War Record: Entered U. S. Air Force, January 3, 1942, served in the 20th Air
Force Division, seeing service in China theater, Guam and Saigon. (Duty in
Signal Corp). Discharged December 5, 1945 with rank of Master Sergeant.
Employment: Upon his return home he resumed his connection with Neal Brothers of
Thomasville, Ga., as salesman in the Men's Department with advancement to
Manager of the store, in which he became a partner in the business. In 1959 he
sold his interest and entered the Men's Clothing Business on his own in
Thomasville, Ga., where he had built up a clientele of friends and customers
that have contributed greatly to his success early in this new venture. As of
now, he has a very successful operation.
Married Zena
Marie Prettyman , she was born Febuary the 11th. 1927
in Marion, Ohio. A graduate of Asbury College, Wilmore Ky.
with A.B. Degree in Spanish & English Employment.
for a number years she has taught Spanish & English in Thomasville
Ga. High School.
Their Children,
1. Karen Marie Dixon, Born June 13,
1951. Thomasville
Gs.
2. William Alfred Dixon, Born July 2nd. 1957, Died, 7/3rd.57.
3.
Alfred Byron (Ron) Dixon, Jr. Born March 30th.1961.
4. Charles Burton Dixon, Born May 5th. 1963,All B. In Thomasville
Married Dr. Julian Pryor Cragmiles, Dec.12th.1949 at Climax,Georgia He was born Jan.17th, 1921 at Thomasville, Ga. A graduate of Thomasville High School, class of 1938. In Sept ., 1938 he entered Abraham Baldwil Agricultural College, Tifton, Ga. Entered the University of Georgia at Athens Ga., majoring in Agronomy. Graduated from the U. Of Georgia, with BSA degree conferred in 1942. He joined the staff of the Ga. Experiment station and continued his studies in plant pathology at the U. Of Georgia. He received his MSA degree in 1948. In 1949 he entered Cornell University, where he worked toward his PHD, which was conferred in 1952. He was research assistant at Cornell in plant brooding. he returnad to Ga. experiment station as small grain breeder, from which he was called to Military duty in the Cprean conflict. In 1955 the forage crop section was created in the Agronomy Dept. to which Dr. Cragmiles was appointed to head, and where he continued to serve , with headquarters at Griffin Ga.
Awards, He received
the Sears Roebuck Award in 1958 for his significant contribution to Fa.
Agriculture for the year, also $300 and key. A second award from Ga. Plant food
Society for his accomplishment in the study of disease in Oats and the raqaed of
another $300.00. Dr. Cragmiles is a member of the American Society of
Agronomists of the USA. a member of the Ga. Crop Improvement assn. Adviser to
the lawn institute ,a member of the Ge Genetics assn. Collaboration for
Biological Abstracts; a member of the U. of Ga. Graduate facility.
War Record:
Entered the service, June 1942. Commissioned a 2nd Ltd., U.S Marines and,
received wings, March 1943. Went overseas in Nov: 194e as fight pilot in the
Pacific theater. aftor receiving his Doctorate in in 1952 he was called to
active duty and served as a Photograph Pilot, flying Jets in Korea. Was awarded
three distinguished flying crosses, 17
Air Medals,
Precipitated unit Citation and Korean Presidential unit Citation, Served 7
years
in the Marines and is now a Lt. Colonel in the Marines.
Present
employment: Agronomist and head of the Forage Crop Section, Georgia
Experiment Station.
Address: Dr.
and Mrs. J. P. Craigmiles, 5925 Honeysuckle Dr., Beaumont, Tex,
Telephone
TW2-6090
Children: Julian Pryor Craigmiles, Jr. ; born Feb. 19, 1950
2. Mary Elizabeth Craigmiles; born May 21, 1953
3. Lee Dixon Craigmiles; born December 24, 1954
Dr. Julian
Craigmiles accepted the position as Agronomist for the State of Texas with
offices in Beaumont, Texas, resigning the same position as Agronomist of Georgia
that he held for several years.
Sarah Hunter
Jordan and John Thomas Terry
Sarah Jordan; born
May 25, 1896 at Mullins, South Carolina. Daughter of Emory C. and Anna C. Jordan
(Sweet). Married John Thomas Terry, an Attorney and Judge at Whigham, Georgia,
December 30, 1925. He was born Aug. 5, 1898 at
Milledgeville, Georgia. He died February 2, 1945 and is buried at Milledgeville,
Ga. Sara graduated from Whigham High School at Whigham, Georgia, Class of 1917.
Entered Georgia State College for Women at Milledgeville, Ga. in the fall of
1917 and graduated in 1923 with a Bachelor of Science Degree. Entered Columbia
University in 1923, from where she received her Masters degree in 1937 with
Post-graduate work at Columbia University, 1938 to 1941 and received a
Supervisor Certificate in Business Administration. During World War II, she was
employed at the Army Air Base in Bainbridge, Georgia from 1943 till 1946, was
secretary to the Superintendent of County Schools of Decatur County Board of
Education from 1944 to 1948. After graduating , she taught on the Summer
faculty from 1938 to 1941. She was secretary to three presidents of Georgia
State College for Women; Dr. P/1. M. Parks, Dr. J. L. Beeson, and Dr. Guy Wells.
She made teaching her career and during the 46 years she was in the Georgia
school and University system she contributed much to the profession, and for her
accomplishments she was recognized in Who's Who in Education. Completing her
full term of service, she retired at the close of the 1962 school year. She died
October 5, 1964 in University Hospital, Decateur, Ga., and is buried by
her parents in Whigham, Georgia.
J. T. , as he was
affectionately known, was born, the son of Samuel L. and Francis Mills, both
natives of Baldwin County. Samuel Terry was elected to 8 terms of 4 years as
Sheriff of Baldwin County, most of the time unopposed. The eighth election,
while on his death bed, during his last term, his son, John T. Tc was appointed
and ran the office until his 8th term was over, after which he refused to run
for office.
J. T. was a
graduate of the Milledgeville High School; a graduate of Georgia Military
College, Class of 1918.; a graduate of the University of Georgia at Athens,
Georgia, Class of 1928, after which he practiced law in Milledgeville. He was
appointed County Judge by Gov. Eugene Talmage, for the county of Baldwin which
position he filled with honor and credit until his death, February 2, 1945.
He was a graduate of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation and helped organize the Georgia Department
of Public Safety in 1937. He was a Veteran of World War I and served as
Lieutenant in the Navy in World War II. He was attached to the Naval Station in
Pensacola, Florida as legal advisor to the civilian council for the Navy
Department in the Base Extension Program. He was a member of the Baptist Church,
The Georgia Bar Association, Mason Shrine, Elk, American Legion, and the Indian
Island Club. He was buried in the Milledgeville Cemetery with all the honors the
associations and societies he belonged to could confer.
Positions she held:
Bookkeeper, Womens' College of Georgia, Milledgeville, Georgia; 1918-1920
Assistant Bursar, Womens' College of Georgia; 1920-1924 Head of the Accounting
Dept.. Richard J. Reynolds High School, Winston-Salem, North Carolina,
1924-1925. Executive Secretary to the President of Womens' College of Georgia,
1925-1928. Director of Personnel and Counseling Services of Worsens' College of
Georgia, 1928-1934. Assistant Professor of Business Education, 1934-1943
Supervisor of Training and Instruction, General Accounting Office, Atlar.ta
Audit Division, 1943-1945. Head of Business Department, Lanier High for Boys,
Macon, Georgia, 1945=1947 Director of Occupational Therapy, Milledgeville State
Hospital, 1949-1952. Head of Business Department, Dublin High School, 1952-1953.
Dekalb School System, Decateur, Georgia, Business Education, Supervisor of
Vocational Office Training and Counselor, 1953-1954.
Member of First
Methodist Church, Milledgeville, Georgia; American Legion
Auxiliary; Daughter of American Revolution; American Association of University
Women (A.A.U.W. ); Pi Lambda Theta and Kappa Delta Pi of Columbia University
Travels: United
States, Mexico and Canada
Lineage of John
Gainey Jordan and Sarah Smith
Ellen Vaught Jordan and William Chelsey Kerce Ellen Vaught Jordan; born June 1,
1864, at Gapway, S. Carolina. Graduate of Mullins High School, Mullins, S.
Carolina. Taught school at Brooker, Florida with her nephew Bradley Shaw.
Married William Chelsey Kerce; born December 15, 1841 in S. Carolina; died Sept.
17, 1934 and is buried north of Gainesville, Florida. Their home was in
Gainesville, Florida. She died April 6, 1957 and war 93 years old when she died.
She is buried with her nephew, Bradley Shaw in Gainesville, Florida. No
children.
William King Jordan II; born Dec. 2, 1865 at Gapway, S. Carolina. When a young,
man he went west and for years was an engineer on one of the western railroads.
The last his family heard of him was around 1900. He was a man of great stature,
being about six foot five inches tall, weighing over 300 pounds and wore a size
15 shoe. If he ever married, we never heard of it.
John Glennie Jordan and Nora Addison
John Glennie Jordan
was born August 22, 1868 at Gapway, South Carolina Died, August 24, 1947 and is
buried 5 miles East of Colquitt, Georgia. He was a graduate of Mullins High
School at Mullins, S. Carolina. He taught school in S. W. Georgia and S. E.
Alabama for many years. He retired from teaching about 1912 and established his
home in Colquitt, Georgia, entering the U. S. Postal Service in 1913, from which
he retired about 1930, after which he established a pecan nursery and grove at
Fitzgerald, Georgia which he ran until he died. He was the best educated Jordan
of the family in his time.
Married Nora Addison of Miller County, Georgia. After her husband's death, she and her daughter Selma established their home in Atlanta, Georgia, where they still live. She was born April 3, 1878, is now in a rest home in Blakely, Ga.
Children: 1. Selma Jordan; after graduation from High School, entered Emory
University School of Nursing, from she graduated as a Registered Nurse. She has
since made nursing a career. She was born Aug. 23, 1900.
2. Myron Glennie
Jordan; born December 19, 1903. Chief Boatswains Mate. He was killed in action
in the South Pacific, November 29, 1942. His body, with several Georgia Boys,
was returned to their native state for burial. They were all buried in Marietta
National Cemetary with full military honors. No record of whom he married, or
his children.
Miss Selma Jordan
never married; lived with her mother in Atlanta until she died in May, 1963. She
was buried by her father in the Addison Cemetery in Miller County, Ga.
Gospero Sweet (Gause) Jordan; born August 7, 1870 at Gapway, S. Carolina.
Graduate of Mullins High School at Mullins, S. Carolina. Taught school several
years in south Georgia and S. E. Alabama. Following that inherent love for the
pine forest, he identified his interest in the Turpentine business, which after
many years, he quit. He invested heavy in Copper stock in Texas, in which he
lost heavy. Also invested heavy in real estate in New Orleans, La., which lost
heavy for him. In 1934, he liquidated what was left from his investments and
returned to Gainesville, Florida where he and his sister, Mrs. Ellen Kerce lived
together until her death in 1957. After this, he made his home in the Florida
Masonic Home at St. Petersburg, Florida, where he died, December 11, 1959, and
is buried in Royal Palm Cemetery, St. Petersburg, Florida. He loved his
relatives and was very liberal. He never married.
Pages 33 to
40, are of Dr. Bennett Jordan's Family, and are no blood Kin to the Wall side of
the family's.
-PART TWO-
THE LEGEND OF THIS HISTORICAL GENEALOGY OF MARY SWEET VAUGHT OF HER ANCESTORS AS WELL AS OF HER DESCENDANTS. WE GIVE YOU IN PART (ONE) AS HER SECOND MARRIAGE TO GEORGE SOLOMON JORDAN AND BECAME THE MOTHER OF HIS FIVE CHILDREN AND IN PART TWO WHEN SHE MARRIED FIRST WASHINGTON BRADLEY WALL AND BECAME THE MOTHER OF HIS EIGHT CHILDREN.
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HISTORICAL-GENEALOGY
OF THE ANCESTORS AS WELL AS DESCENDENTS
MARY SWEET (VAUGHT) WALL "NE" JORDAN
THEIR KIN EITHER BY BIRTH OR MARRIAGE.
They spoke in such
glowing terms of those just mentioned, as
well as of their Grand Uncle Gospero Sweet and Cousin by marriage, Col. Peter
Vaught, who married their cousin Mary Sweet II. As they spoke of the fine
Character, their resourceful abilities, as well as how the contributed to the
welfare of all. that my boyish mind, held them in such high esteem, that I
thought they were the greatest people, living. and I am proud to say that there
has nothing happened to make me change my mind of their greatness. I am proud
that I am one of their descendents.
Washington
Bradley Wall, a son of Wright Wall I, who married Rebecca nice; whose son Lt.
Wright Wall, Jr., who married Mary Bradley, who were the beginning of the Walls,
in Marion County, S.C. Anthony Sweet I, the first Sweet to come to America was
grandson of Admiral-John Sweeting, born in Scotland, settled in Liverpool,
England, and was made head of the British Navy by order of Queen Elizabeth I,
with instructions to destroy the Spanish Armada, the greatest Navy in the world
at that time. He did with the weakest navy completely destroyed the Spanish
Fleet, for which fete Queen Elizabeth Knighted him, changing his name to
"SWEET", by which his many descendents still wear and honor the name.
THE FAMILY OF VAUGHT
The family spelling the name VAUGHT seems to be an offshoot of the family of VOUGHT, VOGDT, VOGT, who were natives of the Palatinate in Germany. A member of this family came to America as one of a party of Lutherans headed by the Reverend Joshia Kockerthal, who left Germany and went to England in 1708 in order to petition the English Monarch Queen Anne, to grant them a tract of land in the New World upon which to colonize. Queen Anne was no doubt favorably impressed by their appearance of thrift and industriousness. At any rate the grant was made, and in 1708 the first ship load of them came to this country. A second ship of them came just afterwards on the "Lyon" in 1710. General Robert Hunter, newly appointed Governor of New York, came on the same boat. The special tract of land granted by Queen Anne lay along the Hudson River, near Newburg, New York, but Vought, called Simon Vought, one of these settlers having landed with the rest in New York City, preferred not to journey any further. He remained in the city for some time, and later, in April 1711, removed to western New Jersey, where he made his home in Middlesex and Hunterdon Counties. Simon and Cristina Vought had the following children in this country. Johannes Christoffle, Margareta, Johannes and Abraham. The oldest of these was known by his Anglicized name, John Christopher Vought and married Cornelia Putham, of the well known New York Dutch Family of that name. This explains the presence of the name Vaught, Vought in the New England Area until this day.As to the
beginning of the Horry County, South Carolina, family, it would appear that the
original immigrant was JOHN VAUGHT, who with his wife and infant son came to
this country in June, 1750. I quote from a letter of the Honorable John D.
Bellamy, Wilmington, North Carolina. "My father, who was eight years old
when he died, (and I am now seventy-nine-L933) told me that Matthias Vaught came
directly to that section from HANOVER, GERMANY. He was the father of Colonel
Peter Vaught, and Col. Peter Vaught was a brother of my father's mother."
Peter W. Vaught, (age 73 when his letter was written March 20, 1935)of
Wellington, Kansas, quoting a letter written b his father Anthony Sweet Vaught,
says (written by his father "My Grandfather, Matthias Vaught, was ten days
old when he landed at Charleston, South Carolina." This would indicate that
Matthias Vaught, the elder son of John Vaught, Senior, was born at sea while
enroute to this country.
John-Vaught,
Senior, arrived in Charleston, around June 10, 1750, according to the letter of
his great Grandson, Anthony Sweet Vaught. He was evidently a man of professional
qualities for we find no record of his acquiring land until about nineteen years
after his arrival. This land record is recorded in Royal Grants and gives date
of 29th November 1770 and would have to be the record of John Vaught Senior, for
census records show the age of John Vaught, Junior to have been 15 years this
date.
It is reasonable to believe that he spent his early years working and living in Charleston, where young John Vaught was born and schooled in Medicine. The name of his wife is not known to the writer, but it appears that his only children were:
2. MATTHIAS VAUGHT, born 5-31-1750, died 11-13-1833. married Martha Mercy Todd, daughter of Captain Charles Todd, who immigrated to this country.
3. JOHN VAUGHT, JUNIOR, born about 1757, died 1809. married Frances Moat, probably form Charleston, S. C.2 son
of 1
MATTHIAS VAUGHT, SENIOR, born May 31, 1750, died November 13, 1833, was born at sea while his parents, John Vaught, Sr. and his wife, were enroute to America from Hanover, Germany. He was ten days old when they landed at Charleston, South Carolina. Matthias and Martha were married about the year 1771. She was the daughter of Captain Charles Todd. Her brothers were Richard, Solomon and Joseph, and I feel sure there were others. Matthias Vaught was among the earliest landowners in what is now the Ocean Drive Beach area. In the S. C. Archives there is a record dated June 5, 1770 of a tract of land "admeasured and laid out to Matthias Vaught 200 acres in Craven Co., S.C. on Waccamaw River. "Matthias Vaught volunteered and joined Marion's Light Horse forces. He was with General Marion's men when he harassed the British by his forays from the swamps of the Santee and Waccamaw Rivers-particularly in the Battle of Cowpens and other engagements. Marion's Light Horse forces encountered Tarleton's Cavalry at Cowpens. There it was that Matthias Vaught engaged in a hand-to-hand saber fight with a British Cavalryman who practically cut off his left leg. The state of S. C. afterwards awarded him a pension for the rest of his life. See Salley's Indents Book 2 page 120; shows his receiving pay for 335 days Militia Duty.
The Lineage of
Dr. John Vaught, through Matthias Vaught and
Martha Mercy Todd. They made their home on a plantation between
Wampee and Red Bluff, near what is known as Lees Mill, in later
years as Hardy's Mill. Their children:
1. Solomon Vaught, who married Angeline Hughes.
2. Col. Peter Vaught, who married Mary Sweet II.
3. Mary
Vaught, who married Francis D. Price.
4. Sarah Vaught, who married Thomas D. Todd.
5. Joseph,
who married Sarah Brantley.
6. Elizabeth Vaught, who married John Bellamy Sr. his 2nd wife.
7. William Vaught, who married Mary Hawkins, Denis Hawkins
daughter.
8. Martha Vaught, married John Dunn, who was born in Scotland.
9. Charlotte
Vaught, who married David Taylor, born in N. C.
10. Rebeccah Vaught, who married Capt. Peter Cox, son of Josiah Cox.
11. Ann Vaught,
who married William Bellamy, Bro of J.D. Bellamy.
Col. Peter Vaught
Sr. and Mary Sweet II
Col. Peter
Vaught Sr. Born June 30, 1784, at Little River, S.C. Died Nov. 1867. Buried at
Little River, S. C. Married Mary Sweet II, daughter of Anthony Sweet II and
Polly (Dorthy) Davis, a Miss McCants, who patented the First Fishing net, and
other Fishing Gadgets, from which they became very rich.
He was not only one of the most wealthy men in the County but none either before or after him, was held in greater esteem. Many honors were bestowed upon him not alone for the service he rendered the county and state, but for his sterling qualities and his concern not only of his own, but for others. He began his career as a teacher, at Paulleys Island, S.C. where he taught the natives. His political life began when he was elected Tax collector, which he served for 14 years, then a similar period as Sheriff. The remaining 22 years was either State Represenative or State Senator when it was his county's turn, to provide a Senator. His last term was over in 1865, making 60 years of continued service to the county or state. Nomination then, Before & After was Equal to Election.
It was when the 1865 session was over that the State Democratic convention met in Columbia, of which he was a member from his county, along with several others, and several hundred from throughout the state, during the deliberations, the named Col. Peter Vaught Sr. was put in nomination to Represent the state of South Carolina, in the United States Senate, the nomination was duly seconded, and put before the House for action. He being past eighty, and getting feeble, was assisted to the platform, and with tears streaming down his cheeks, thanked the delegates for the Honor they wished to bestow upon him, and pleaded that the Nomination be withdrawn, as it was not fair to the state, as it then of all times needed a young man, to cope with the problems the state and South faced. Stating also that it was not fair to himself as he was past 80 and had given the state and County 60 of the best years of his life in dedicated service, and now felt that he should be allowed to return to his home and honored retirement, that he felt he deserved. Two years after retirement, he passed to a higher service to give, and at the age of eighty-two years, 7 months he died and is buried in the Vaught Family Burying Ground at Little River, S. C.
PETER
VAUGHT, son of Matthias Vaught and Martha Mercy Todd, born 5-301774,
died
November 1867. During the early years of his first marriage, lived on a
plantation near his father, between Wampee and Red Bluff. Later he lived on a
large plantation in the Long Bay area between Windy Hill Beach and Myrtle Beach.
The Dunes Club section of Myrtle Beach was once part of his plantation. He was
concerned about the Yankee ships shelling the numerous Salt Manufacturing Works
along the Horry Coast, and requested protection by the Confederate Forces. He
was a signer of the Nullification Ordinance at the Convention in Columbia,
S.C.(See N. D. Snowden's History). Other signers were Nathaniel Heyward,
Pinckney et al. The following is an excerpt from a letter written by John D.
Bellamy of Wilmington, N. C.
"I have often heard my father say that Colonel Peter Vaught was a man of wealth and considerable influence, and while he was not a lawyer, he wrote all the deeds and conveyances in the Conway Section, and owned a large plantation with a large number of Negroes and that the old slave quarters, constructed of brick were existing in his day."
Peter Vaught was
a dignified, scholarly gentleman; warm hearted sympathetic and gentle. He
married second Sarah Lee, of Lee's Mill in 1846. No children are known of this
marriage. However, he had six children by his first marriage to Mary Sweet,
daughter of Anthony Sweet II. (See Sweet Genealogy) a. Peter Vaught, Jr., b.
Anthony Sweet Vaught, c. Waties Alston Vaught d. Mary Sweet Vaught, e. Charlotte
Rebecca Vaught, f. Martha Carolina Vaught.
Mary Sweet
Vaught, daughter of Peter Vaught and Mary Sweet, married Washington Bradley Wall
(first husband) Their children were: Peter Wright Wall who married first Addie
P. Randall, and secondly Mary C. Lee; Martha Ann (Pattie) Wall, who married John
H. Cox; Gabriella Bradley Wall, who married Leonard R. Owens; George Washington
Wall who married (1) Mary Gertrude Owens and 2) Mary Caroline (Lucy) Lupo,
Columbus Wall, Sarah E. Wall, who married Henry Shaw, of Marion Co. (their
daughter Elizabeth Shaw married Eli Godbold, their son Abraham Bradley Shaw,
married Margaret Vereen (1) daughter of Joseph Dewitt Vereen and Ann Waller) and
(2) Alma Van Landingham Cellon of Florida). George Shaw married Eva Chesser.
Amanda Wall married Barney Collins and lived at McCall, S. C. Elizabeth Wall
married Charles Cox (brother of John Cox, who married her sister Martha) lived
in Horry Co., S. C.
Mary Sweet Vaught
Wall married secondly George Solomon Jordan.
Their children were: Ellen Vaught Jordan who married William Chesley Kerce, of
Gainesville, Fla; John G. Jordan married Nora Addison. (Their son Myron Glenn
Jordan died in World War II). Gause Sweet Jordan (unmarried); Emory Claudius
Jordan, married Anna Corinne Sweet born 3-31-1859 died 8-14-1948; (Their
children were Wilson Jordan, who married Hessie Gibson of Orangeburg, Daisy L.
Jordan who married Woodson Herring; Sarah Jordan, who married John T. Terry, of
Milledgeville, Georgia; Mary Jordan, who married Byron Dixon of Climax, Georgia;
Dixon Jordan who married Lillian Shingler of Orangeburg, S. C. These Jordans
came to South Carolina from Virginia, Solomon Jordan settling at Gallivants
Ferry, S.C. and his brother settling at Jordansville, S.C.
MARY SWEET VAUGHT
(1828-1904), daughter
of Peter Vaught and
Mary Sweet, married WASHINGTON BRADLEY WALL (1813-1856). Son of
Lieut. Wright Wall and Mary Bradley (first marriage).
Their
children were: (1) Martha Ann, (2) Amanda, (3) Sarah,
(4) Columbus, (5) Elizabeth, (6) George, (7) Peter, (8) Gabriella Bradley .
1.Martha Ann Wall, born 1845 died 11-15-1917, married John H. Cox, born 1852, son of Rebecca Vaught and Capt. Peter Cox, whose father was Capt. Josiah Cox, of Cox's Ferry. Capt. Josiah Cox was a private in Capt. Moses Pearson's Company 1780-1782, according to Gregg's History of the Old Oheraws. Capt. Peter Cox father of John H. Cox, served as the only Postmaster of Dogwood Neck, S.C.,1847-1866. John Cox and Martha Ann Wall were married April 14, 1859. Both are buried at Little River, S.C. They had two sons:
John B. Cox born Feb. 1867 (died in infancy)
Peter Washington Cox
a. Peter Washington Cox, son of Martha Wall and John Cox, b. 2-13-1870 d. 4-27-1911 at Little River S.C. He carried on the tradition of his ancestors in Fishing and Farming. After his father's death, he and his mother, Martha Ann Wall Cox, continued to operate his father's farm, the main crop being peanuts. When he married he established his base of operations where his great grandfather, Matthias Vaught, lived. He owned and operated barge lines and other allied interests, both finishing and handling by barge timber and other freight along the coastal towns. This industry is still carried on by his descendants. Peter Cox married Missouri Bessent (born 5 March 1875, died May 1911) in 1894. She was the daughter of James Bessent of Little River. Peter and Missouri Cox died just a few days apart of influenza, after which his mother, who had lived with him all his life, took over the business, assisted by Victor Cox, the eldest son. She also reared the younger children. Their children were: a. Victor Sloan Cox, b. James Bertram Cox, c. Lois Ann, d. Alma Beatrice, e. John Marion Cox, f. Claude Earl Cox, and g. Nesbet Watson Cox.a. Victor Sloan Cox, 4-29-1875 to 7-24-1960. He married Mary Louise Arnold, of Southport, N.C. about 1920. He carried on and added to his father's business, adding sightseeing and fishing boats to his barge and freight boats. He served in the U.S. Army in World War I, and in the Navy in World War II. They had one son, Victor Earl Cox.
b. James Bertram Cox, born 6-9-1897, son of Peter Wall Cox and Missouri Bessent, married Mildred Ann Daniels (12-22-1905). She was the daughter of Charles Daniels and Amy Denning, Mayport, Fla. They were married Nov. 11, 1924. James Bertram joined the U.S. Engineers Corps and spent a year in France in Naval Aviation. After being discharged from the Navy, he continued with U.S. Engineers Corps and in 1937 was with the engineers who converted Calloosihacche River into the navigable canal it is today, and built Orton' Lock eight miles west of Moore Haven, Fla. He has continued service as Engineer and Dock Master for the locks, from which he plans to retire this year, after forty-sevenyears of continuous service with the U.S. Engineering Corps, both in time of war and of peace. His home address is: J. B. Cox Moore Haven, Fla. Their children: (a) James Claude (b) Lois Ann (c) Shirley Jean.Victor Earl Cox, son of Victor Sloan Cox, married 1. Louise Bryan 2. Cecil A. Causey. He was associated with his father in business and still lives in the old family home. He served in World War II; was wounded several times, from which he still suffers. There was one daughter of the first marriage: Drena Earl Cox, born 8-24-1942; second marriage: Beatrice Cecil born 12-14-1946 and James Marion; born 2-23-1949.
c. Shirley Jean Cox, born 5-16-1934, married Hillary Ben McClelland, of Clewiston, Fla. They have three daughters Kathryn Ann McClelland, b. 1-20-1954, Vicky Dawn McClelland b. 10-31-1960, Pamela Gaye, McClelland B. 6- 7-1955.
c. Alma Beatrice Cox, daughter of Peter Cox and Missouri
Bessent, born 9-9-1899,
died
12-16-1942,
married Rona C. Parmenter, of Wampee, S. C. There were four children of this
marriage: (a)
Jack
Wallace Parmenter ,
(b) Eugene Ralph, (c) Mary Ellen, (d) Ritchie Gordon
a. Jack Wallace Parmenter, born 1-9-1922, married Cleople Hardee Boyd, of Shallotte, N.C. There are two children of this marriage, Carol Parmenter, born 2-1-1948 and William Gordon Parmenter born 6-12-1956.
b. Eugene Ralph Parmenter, born 2-15-1923, married Lucile Inman of Ocean Drive Beach, S. C. They have two sons and one daughter. (a) Patricia Ann Parmenter, b. 9-24-1947; Eugene Ralph, born 11-7-1952; Denis Gene born 10-8-1956.
c. Mary Ellen Parmenter, born 5-17-1926, married Elrich Y. Hickman, of Shallotte, N. C. They have one son and one daughter, Elrich Y. Hickman, Jr. (Ricky) born 6-22-1949; Beatrice Diane Hickman, born 4-29-1952.
d. Ritchie Gordon Parmenter, born 9-24-1929, is unmarried and living in Albany, N.Y.
d. John Marion Cox son of Peter Cox and Missouri Bessent, born 9-16-1901, married Sarah Zulien Carter of Florence, S.C. There is one daughter from this marriage: Marion Carter Cox.
Marion Carter Cox, born 10-26-1925, married Herbert A. Still of Huntington, W. Va. He is now in the Wholesale Dry Goods business in Wilmington, N. C. Their children: John Herbert Still, Janet Marian Still, Carolyn Still, Laura Ann Still.
e. Claude Earl Cox, son of Peter Cox and Missouri Bessent, born 1-8-1905, died 5-22-1915 when ten years old.
f. Nesbet Watson Cox, son of Peter Cox and Missouri Bessent, born 7-25-1906 at Little River S. C. He is now Chief Technician for Owen DeYoung Park & Museum, San Francisco, Calif. He is unmarried and has lived in San Francisco for the past forty years.
3. SARAH E. WALL, born 1848, daughter of Mary Sweet Vaught
and Washington Bradley Wall, married Henry Shaw (born 1834), of
Marion Co., S.C. After
her husband's death she made her home
with her son Bradley Shaw, in Florida, and is buried twelve miles from Gainesville, Fla. There were three children of this
marriage, (a) Abraham Bradley, (b) Elizabeth, (c) George.
a. Abraham Bradley Shaw, born 10-25-1866, died Sept. 1950, son of Sarah Wall and Henry Shaw, married Alma Van Landingham Cellon on July 17, 1901 at LaCrosse, Fla. She was the daughter of John A. Cellon and Alice Van Landingham. She was born July 1882 and died February 1964. Bradley Shaw, after graduating from the Citadel, Charleston, S.C. taught school in South Carolina and later moved to Florida, where he taught for many years in Union, Clay and Alachua counties. He was in the turpentine business at Citra, Fla. for a number of years. He spent the last years of his life in Gainesville, Fla. He was a well-known Certi fied Public Accountant, specializing in Federal Income Tax Returns for local business men and corporations. He left a large estate, part of which was a stock farm at Brooker, Fla., which is now owned and operated by his son, Woodrow Shaw. Their children: a. Albert Bradley, b. Mary Elizabeth c. Woodrow Wilson Shaw.
a. Albert Bradley Shaw, born Aug. 1904, died Sept. 1950, married Lucile Ethel Wall, who was born at Ojus, Fla. They had one daughter, Elizabeth, who married Lee Richard Flowers, of Mobile, Ala., who was Athletic Director of Gainesville High School and now in Tallahassee, Fla. They have two sons, Albert Flowers, and Woodrow Lee Flowers.b. Mary Elizabeth Shaw, born March 1909, married A. Blitch Smith, who was for years with Montgomery Ward & Co. at Bradenton, Fla. He is now in the insurance business. Her address is: 2535 11th Avenue, W. Bradenton, Fla. They have one son Arthur.
c. Woodrow W. Shaw, son of Bradley Shaw and Alma Van Landingham Shaw, born Nov., 1914, married Bessie Pauline Allen, who was born in Apalachiocola, Fla., and reared in Dillon, S.C., the daughter of Judge Allen, of Dillon. Woodrow operates his stock and produce farm at Brooker, Fla.; also owns and operates the Gainesville Transit System. They have one daughter, Susan, born 11-29-1948. She is attending Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, studying Fashion Designing.
6. GEORGE WASHINGTON WALL, born 12-5-1852, died 12-21-1928, married Mary Gertrude Owens, born 1858, died 12-23-1900, the daughter of Mary Jane Greenwood and David Robert Owens and sister of Leonard R. Owens, who married George's sister Gabriella Bradley Wall. George W. Wall was in the mercantile business with the Blackwell Company, Marion, S.C. almost all of his adult life. The children of the first marriage:
- Mary Ellen Stalvey married William Hope Cox, of Fairmont, Minn. in 1961 at Tallahassee, Fla. She is a student at Florida State University working toward her Masters Degree in Science, Bacteriology, and Technology. He is also a student at Florida State University, majoring in Chemistry and Physics. They have one daughter, Allison Marie, born Jan. 23, 1964.
children: William, Robert, Kathy and Ann. Ann married James A. Hinson III. She graduated from Florida Presbyterian College in 1966. Will teach Math at Robert E. Lee High School, Jacksonville, Fla. in September.
Herbert Woodrow is serving in the Navy, Lieut. J.G., in the Pacific area, and David Carl is attending the University of Florida.
b. Louise Marie Wall, born 11-1-1896, Marion,S.C. married (first) Cornelius W. Wetherton in 1919. He died in 1928. She is a Registered Nurse, having received her training at Columbia Hospital, Columbia, S.C. Only one child of this marriage, Constance Virginia, born 1920 died 5-15-1964, She was never married. She attended Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
- They have one son, David Michael, 8 years old (1966). He is outstanding in Jr. Science and grades, and is a Cub Scout. And one daughter, Diane Marie, born 10-28-1963.
- b. Patricia June Beatty, born Jan. 26, 1936,was married to Robert Benton Baker, of Humboldt, Iowa, on her graduation Day, June 6, 1957. She is a graduate of the University of Iowa, receiving a B.S. Degree. Robert Baker is an attorney and is associated with his father's law firm, Miller, Baker and Baker, of Humboldt, Iowa. They have three sons: Thomas Robert, born 10-7-1959, John Michael, born 5-51961, William Arthur, born June 27, 1963.
6. GEORGE WASHINGTON WALL, born 12-23-1852, died 12-21-1928, son of Washington
Bradley Wall and Mary Sweet Vaught, married (2) Mary Caroline Lupo on October
14, 1904. She was the daughter of John Lupo and Laura Odom. She was born
12-25-1870, died 12-261944. Their children: (a) Mary (b) Maurice (twins), (c)
Marion Vaught, (d) Kenneth Larry, (e) Laurie Carolyn.
(b) John Maurice Wall, born 7-12-1906, married (1) Fran
e. Laurie Carolyn Wall, born 1913, was graduated from Marion High School in 1831 and Draughn's Business College in 1935. She was secretary of Board of Commissioners of Marion County 1944-1955. She is presently President of Marion Pilot Club, a civic organization, and Assistant County Veterans Officer, Marion County.
Peter Wright Wall and (1) Addie P. Randall
7. PETER WRIGHT WALL, born 1854, died 1918, son of Mary Sweet Vaught and Washington Bradley Wall. He traveled much as a young man. He was a talented musician, especially Piano and Violin, and with his wit and music made many friends. He returned to Little River, S.C. and established his home on part of the original Matthias Vaught estate, where he lived until his death in 1918.
He married (1) Addie P. Randall, born 5-4-1866, died 2-26-1 92, daughter of Asa R. and Josephine Randall.