McMillan Genealogy

McMillan Genealogy

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I'm 66 years old, from South Carolina, USA.

All her life my grandmother kept repeating the history of the family and telling me who we were kin to. I attended a number of McMillan Reunions & was always told that someone was working on the genealogy of the family. No names were ever mentioned. In 1980, I decided I was going to find out who these people were. What I found out was that no body was working on the genealogy of this family. I decided I would try. This story of my great,great grandparents is one of 64 families which I research. I hope you enjoy reading about my family.

By the way, I like fishing also. My biggest fish was a catfish which weighed about 60 pounds.

Henry William McMillan II Family

Henry William McMillan

Captain Henry William McMillan, son of James M. McMillan and Martha �Patty� Sandifer was born 8 July 1809, in Barnwell County, S.C. and died 7 June 1871, in Barnwell County, S.C. He is buried in �Shady Rest� Cemetery, in the Colston Community, Bamberg County, S.C.. Note 2

Henry William McMillan II was named for his paternal grandfather

Henry was a farmer, and held through the years the office of Magistrate

He was a member of Springtown Baptist Church, in the Springtown Community, of Bamberg County for forty Four years. He must have joined the church in 1827 when he was about eighteen years of age. His wife�s brother, Col. Owen Riley Faust and other of her relatives were members of this church also.
(Information from Baptist Courier, University of S.C. ) Note 3

On 28 October 1862, Henry William McMillan, Magistrate, signed the inventory papers of the estate of Henry Thurston, Jr., of Barnwell County. Henry Thurston, Jr. was a first cousin, the son of Henry McMillan Thurston, Sr. and Elizabeth McMillan, who was the daughter of Henry McMillan and the grandfather of Henry William McMillan.
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Captain McMillan was the second Worshipful Master of Hope Masonic Lodge, at Lodge, Bamberg County, S.C., from 1868 until his death on 7 of June 1871. (Information furnished to me by Roy Fender, secretary of the lodge.)

Captain Henry took out a life insurance policy on his life in the amount it two thousand dollars. I found the petition that my great-grandfather, Henry Zachary McMillan, made to the Probate Court of Barnwell Court to appoint him as guardian of Owen Faust McMillan and Julius A. McMillan. They were minors and could not legally sign a receipt for their share of the insurance money and that this was holding up the Southern Life Insurance Company from paying off the policy.

FOREST HOME

These are some of the thing I remember about �Forest Home� and the people who lived there at the time. You must remember I am remembering these facts as a child of four, five and eight years of age.

I remember going often to �Forest Home� with my grandparents to visit, Aunt Florine, Cousin Mary Addie and Cousin Roy. Mr. Marion, as he was called, had married and moved out of the house.

On one visit, with my Granddaddy Henry, to visit Cousin Florine, my Grandmother �Mattie� told me what a proper lady Aunt Florine was. She reminded me that I must behave like a proper little lady. When we got back, she asks me how I had behaved. I said, �I haved just like a cow.� Probably more like a bull in a china shop.

Aunt Florine was an invalid and her daughter, Mary Addie, took care of her for years. I understand that, Cousin Mary Addie and her husband, Allison Sanders, went together for 22 years before marrying. I believe Allison had an invalid parent that he looked after. I was surprised to hear that they finally married.

The house called �Forest Home� did not sit directly on the road, you turned on a dirt driveway that led up to the house. One of the first thing that I was aware of was the old magnolia tree that stood to the left of the house. My husband and I visited "Forest Home� a few summers before the house was torn down. My husband said, �that the magnolia tree maybe one of the oldest trees in Bamberg County or the state of S.C. I can remember that the tree was old when I was a child, that was some fifty seven years ago.

I believe �Forest Home� was considered a four story house. The house was built high off the grounds. I have been told this was done so they could park the buggies underneath the house. There was a wooden enclosed room under the house. Cousin Mary Addie told me that they kept the canned goods down there. It probably served as a smokehouse also. Along the walls of this room hen nests were attached. I have watched and helped Cousin Mary Addie gather eggs from these nest. I always thought it was kind of spooky up under the house

As you came up the front steps and came in the front door, you entered a large hallway. There was a beautiful old china cabinet filled with beautiful china. I also remember three large sterling trays which I admired every time I visited. Also in this hallway was the stairs leading to the upper floors.

Too the left of the hallway was the formal living room. As you entered the living room, the first thing noticed was the concert grand piano. In a book at the Orangeburg County Library, Orangeburg, S.C., titled �JENNINGS � MCMILLAN �FAULLING � WHALEY � BLUER � AND OTHER EARLY FAMLIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA� by Carnice Jennings Groves, one of two daughters, of Henry William McMillan, who married James Jacob Turner Jennings, stated that the piano was an �Empire� piano. The piano was well cared for by Cousin Mary Addie. I have been told she did not play piano and hated it. As a child, I spent hours admiring myself in the reflection of that old piano.

As you went past the living room, you entered the bedroom that Aunt Florine was confined in. I can remember hearing Aunt Florine telling my grandfather �Henry, I haven�t slept in seven years.� My father, Robert Aldrich McMillan, Sr., remembers Aunt Florine telling him the same thing. I think she told everybody that.

She had about twenty five cats and one of the meanest little dogs that I ever came in contact with. I can�t remember the dog's name but he wouldn�t let you get near Aunt Florine. Usually the dog and all the cats were on her bed when you visited. I think you can imagine what her bedroom smelled like.

On past Aunt Florine�s bedroom was the kitchen area which had been added on to the original house. My uncle, Vallentine McMillan, said, �you went down some stairs and the original kitchen was on the outside of the house.� He said, �that it either rotted away or was torn down after the other kitchen was built.�

To the right of the hallway was what use to be the formal dining room which I think was turned into a bedroom which was used by Roy McMillan. There was another room behind what use to be the dining room. I don�t know what this room was used for.

Using the stairs in the front hallway, you went up to what I think was the third floor. As you entered the hallway on the third floor, you noticed a huge piece of furniture with huge draws. I remembered that I pulled out one of these draws to look into it. I saw what looked like a fresh snake skin. I went looking for my grandmother and I didn�t leave her apron strings for the rest of the day. The third floor contained five bedrooms. Two of the bedrooms you had to come through the other bedroom to get to the hallway. There were two bedrooms on the second floor.

I was aware of the attic which I think was considered the fourth floor. I was told that the attic was so big that you could put a modern day house in it. In 1988 I visited �Forest Home� for the last time. I went up into the attic for the first time. I am convinced you could put another house up there This old house was put together like they did in the old days with wooden pegs instead of nails. Nails in the old days were made one by one in the blacksmith shop and were quite expensive.

As a child, of four or five years of age, maybe at the time Mr. Marion McMillan went to Savannah, GA to bring back Aunt Florine�s two sister. I was staying with my Grandmother �Mattie�. My grandmother was either asked or volunteered to go help Cousin Mary Addie while Mr. Marion was gone I remember Cousin Mary Addie put us in a bedroom up on the third floor. This bedroom was to the left of the hallway. The next morning my grandmother went to the kitchen to help cook breakfast. She left me sleeping in bed. I woke up and was soon plundering around looking at many beautiful objects in the many bedrooms up there. My great, great-grandparents needed a lot of bedroom space as they had eight sons and seven daughters. In one of the bedrooms, it may have been in the bedroom that Aunt Florine�s dollhouse was in, I leaned on the wall, suddenly I was no longer in the bedroom but on some very dusty, two or three inches in dust, stairs filled with cobwebs. I don�t remember looking up the stairs but instead looked down the stairs where I saw a small amount of light. I don�t remember if I screamed or hollered but I realized if I was going to get off these stairs I was going to have to walk down the stairs. I came out under the house near the smokehouse. For years I thought they were hidden stairs. I was told by Mrs. �Jack� Pate McMillan that they were not hidden stairs but stairs which led up to the attic. All I can say is that at the time I was on those stairs they hadn�t been used in years and years.

In the summer of 1989 �Forest Home� was torn down. �Forest Home� needed some repairs especially a new roof. Emily McMillan Carroll and Mary Faith McMillan Martin decided to have the old house torn down to be able to save the lumber that the house had been built of. The lumber for this old beautiful home had been milled right on the property. My Aunt Minna Clyde called me to tell me the old house was gone. When I learn of this, I felt as if a part of me had died.

Henry William married, on 13 March 1828, to Sophrona Delilah�So-fi-yah� Faust who was born 23 October 1809, in Barnwell County, S.C., and died 4 August 1894, in Barnwell County, S.C. She is buried in �Shady Rest�. the family burial grounds, with her husband

Sophrona was the daughter of Christian I. Faust and Eunice Abstance of Barnwell County, S.C.. Note 2, 3

ACCOUNT OF THE FIRST MCMILLAN REUNION

The following story of the first reunion of the McMillan family was written 15 July 1892 to the Editor of the BLACKVILLE HARP, Blackville, South Carolina. A newspaper printed at that time by one of those present: The story was reprinted in 1937 and 1 September 1977 in the BAMBERG-HERALD, Bamberg, South Carolina. The original documentary was furnished by Mrs. George Marion �Mamie� McMillan, of the Springtown Community, of Bamberg, South Carolina.

The original document had the paper listed just as THE HARP. I spent several months trying to find out what town this paper had been published in. I found the information in a book at the Orangeburg County Library, �JENNINGS � MCMILLAN � FAULLING � WHALEY � BLUER AND OTHER EARLY FAMILIES OF S. C. by Carnice Jennings Groves

To the editor of THE HARP: - Forest Home, 15 July 1892 � Away down here, a place so remote from any point along the railroads that the shrill cry of the whistle from the iron horse is never heard; away down here surrounded by the beautiful oak and pine forest in the heart of peaceful and progressive old Three Mile; here situated on the hillside of historic Colston, a tributary of the Saltkehatchie, in the midst of a happy, contented, and prosperous people is Forest Home � the homestead of the McMillan family. Tender memories crowd and cluster around this dear old home its history, since it was founded more than sixty years ago, is associated with true love and joy and peace. The dear old place has ever been the fount from which true friendship, Christian love and charity have had a perpetual flow.

Forest home was settled by Captain Henry William McMillan some sixty years, ago where he lived most happily, accumulating considerable property and rearing to maturity a large and interesting family, eight sons and seven daughters, till his death in 1871. Five sons, and five daughters and Widow Mrs. �So-fi-yah� Delilah Faust McMillan still survive him.

The first bitter sorrow this happy family experience was in the death of Miss Addie McMillan, who had just developed into a young womanhood, before the war. A few years later a married daughter, Mrs. Julia Jennings, paid the debt she owed to Christ. Then came the Civil War and a son Lieut. Pinckney McMillan fell in the defense of his county in the front ranks of the army in northern Virginia in the fall of 1864. Dr. Francis Marion �Barney� McMillan, who had been a surgeon in the western army for four years, died of broken health no doubt caused from the exposures of war.

The war was over � Sherman had done his worst � but again the family was reunited and prospering � the past was almost forgotten. But the bitterest trial was yet to befall them, it was in June, about the year 1871. Captain McMillan, who was always jovial, was in a pleasant mood this June morning. He called the family together at the breakfast table and ate heartily. Arising from the table he went out into the cotton field, about a half mile from the house and issuing some orders to some hands, he turned and fell. He never spoke again and was dead in three minutes. His death was not only a blow of leaden weight to the family, but cast gloom over the entire neighborhood for miles around. Captain McMillan was a good man, a pillar in the Baptist church, and he was greatly missed.

Twenty two years have gone by. The family of seventeen was reduced by death to twelve, and by marriage it has been reduced to the number three. The youngest son, Julius, and the youngest daughter, Letitia, with their mother, Mrs. �So-fi-yah� Delilah Faust McMillan, at the advanced age of 83 are the only occupants of Forest Home.

A desire to see all of her living descendents gathered together, who are scattered over three counties, has been the foremost thought in Mrs. McMillan�s mind for a long time. So it was decided that a family reunion should be had, and the twelfth of July, 1892 was named as the day for holding it. It was the first call ever made for a family reunion and the very though of the pleasure and happiness such a day would bring forth caused the hearts of all interested to throb with delight. On Tuesday the arrivals commenced at an early hour and by eleven o�clock 184 persons had gathered together. 132 of who were relatives and descendents of the McMillan family. The balance were invited guest

The day was cloudy but through the broken rifts the sunbeams now and then peeped flooding the surrounds with rays of brilliant light. A more pleasant day has never been spent at Forest Home. It was a reunion indeed. The glad faces made more bright and cheerful with pleasant smiles bespoke the pleasures of the overflowing heart. The morning hours were spent in friendly greetings and pleasant conversation. Many who had never met before were afforded the pleasant and delightful opportunity on that day.

At one o�clock the signal was sounded and the dinner table, 80 feet in length was spread with the most tempting viands of every description in plenty for all present and to spare.
The evening hours were spent in playing different games, such as the ministers present, five in number, would engage in. The at intervals between the showers of rain (rain fell in the evening), while in the house we listened to as sweet music as we ever heard.

Then late in the evening a resolution was unanimously passed to have an annual reunion each year; and as we finished and looked out the rainbow spanned the eastern horizon which seemed to all present the bow of promise. A short while afterwards we were wending our way homeward happy to overflowing with pleasant recollections of the day.

FOOTNOTE:

We are gratefully indebted to Mrs. George Marion �Mamie� McMillan McMillan of the Springtown Community of Bamberg County for the above article. With her permission we are requesting THE ADVERTIZER-HERALD to again publish it believing that many of the present generation of the McMillan family will be delighted as we are to find such interesting documentary. Can�t you just picture the carriages and buggies as they arrived at the lovely colonial home with their passengers attired in clothing of antebellum days? Can�t you just hear the laughter and joyful greetings as kin greeted kin? Just to think that in �horse and buggy� days to have 184 persons attend a family reunion!!! And to have arrived by 11 O�clock. We rejoice that �Forest Home� continues in McMillan hands, Mr. George Marion McMillan, grandson of the founder and son of Julius Augustus McMillan.

�Shady Rest� was the name given to the family burial grounds, Mrs. �So-fi-yah� Delilah Faust McMillan. (We think is most appropriate). Miss Mary Adaline McMillan, being the first interred there on 27 June 1856.

Coming on over the branch is �Solitude� (also very appropriately named by our ancestors). A bit farther on �Hollywood� so named because of the many holly trees. This portion of the McMillan property was purchased some years ago by the late Guy S. Sanders, Sr. from Eleanor Virginia �Nell� McMillan Pate, a descendant of Captain Henry William McMillan. This property was recently purchased by Joseph �Joe� McMillan, the son of Perry Lee McMillan and Hermene Beard. (1996)

The lord and master of Forest Home have had a namesake continue through the succeeding generations. He, Captain Henry William McMillan, was succeeded by Henry Zachary McMillan, succeeded by Henry James Alfred McMillan, succeeded by Henry Vallentine McMillan, succeeded by Henry Clyde �Hank� McMillan who in turn has been succeeded by his son Henry Scott McMillan. We now have two living descendants carrying the name Henry. (18 January 1999)

In researching the �ACCOUNT OF THE FIRST MCMILLAN REUNION�, I saw an article printed 26 Aug 1937, in the BAMBERG-HERALD telling of a Second Annual McMillan Reunion, with 11 grandchildren of Captain Henry William and �So-fi-yah� Delilah Faust McMillan, in attendance. The article stated, that only three family reunions were held, and that after the death of Mrs. McMillan, the older generation decided they would let the younger generation carry on the reunions. If there were any reunions held after 1895 to 1936, I am unaware of them. By researching the first reunion, I became aware of the second reunion. My Aunt Minna Clyde O�Neal McMillan said, �that she remembers Uncle �Tine� and she attended a McMillan reunion, held at Cousin �Sudie� McMillan�s home in 1936 or 1937. She went to say, �that the reunion was held at Cousin �Sudie�s� home for a while, and then Aunt �Florie� McMillan Varn, mother of Jasper Brabham �Easter� Varn, Jr., tried to keep the reunions going. I remember going to some of these reunions at Uncle Jasper and Aunt �Florie� home. I do know that there was a McMillan Reunion held there as late as 1969.

Henry & �So-fi-yah� had 15 children and ten of their children were still living in 1892 when this picture was taken

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His Widow Sophrona Delilah Faust

Back Row:
Left to Right
Owen Faust, Eugenia Versilla, Sophia Letitia �Tish�, Susan Haseltine �Sue�, Cary Columbus, and Henry Zachary �Big Z�.

Front Row:
Left to Right
James Christian �Chris�, Caroline Amanda, The Widow, Julius Augustus and Emily Elizabeth. (in wheelchair)

The above picture was taken, at a family reunion, held on the 12 July 1892, at �Forest Home�, the ancestral home. The home was built, about 1832, in the Colston Community, of what is now Bamberg County, S.C..

Henry and �So-fi-yah� had fifteen children.

1. Julia Augusta
2. Emily Elizabeth
2. James Christian �Chris� CSA
2. Dr. Francis Marion �Barney� CSA
2. William Franklin �Frank� CSA
2. Carolina Amanda
2. Mary Adaline �Addie�
2. Susan Haseltine �Sue�
2. Lawrence Pinckney �Pink� CSA
2. Carey Columbus CSA
2. Eugene Versilla
2. Henry Zachary �Big Z� CSA
2. Sophia Letitia Teresa �Tish�
2. Owen Faust
2. Julius Augustus

1. Julia Augusta McMillan, was born in 1829, in Barnwell County, S.C., and died by the time she was 30 years old, about 1859, probably in the Canaan Community, of Orangeburg County, S.C..

She was married to James Jacob Turner Jennings, who was born 19 June 1824, and died 29 October 1894. He is buried at the second site of the Bethelehem Methodist Church Cemetery, in the Canaan Community, in Orangeburg County, S.C., with his second wife.

Her widower married her younger sister, Carolina Amanda McMillan.

Jacob and Julia had seven sons.

1. James Jacob Turner Jennings, Jr. He moved to California???
1. John Henry Jennings was born 24 November in Colleton County and died 2 Jul 1925 in Orangeburg County, S.C. He is buried in the Wesley Grove Methodist Church Cemetery, in Orangeburg County.

John married first wife Matilda Hamilton Pooser who was born 6 Nov 1858 and died 23 Sep 1889. She was the daughter of Benjamin Pooser and Laura Martin.

John married his second wife Anna Doro Barton who was born 5 Oct 1865 and died 7 Oct 1926.

3. Dr. William Samuel Jennings moved to Charleston, S.C.

4. George Phillips Jennings married his second wife who�s last name was Byrd.

4. Barnwell Stroman Jennings

4. Lawrence McMillan Jennings moved to Florida.

4. Julian Augustus Jennings was born in 1857 and died in 1927. He is buried in �Shady Rest� in the family burial grounds.

Julian married Cornelia S. McPhail who was born in 1855 and died in1910. She is buried in �Shady Rest�, with her husband.

Julian and Cornelia had three known children.

1. Julia Augusta �Gussie� Jennings was born 20 Jul 1886 and died in 1981. She is buried in �Shady Rest�.

�Gussie� married Robert Downs Wright who was born 17 Apr 1887 and died 20 Jun 1948. He is buried in �Shady Rest�, with his wife

Robert and �Gussie� had three children

1. Julian Byrd Wright married Almina Bishop.

Julian and Almina had four children.

1. Janie Wright married Willard Utsey, Jr.

Willard and Janie had two children.

1. Williard Utsey
1. Susan Wright Utsey

1. Patricia Wright married Edwin Chitty, Sr.

Edwin and Patricia had two known children.

1. Edwin Chitty, Jr.
1. Kenny Chitty

1. Tammie Wright

1. Elaine Wright

1. Margaret Wright married Charles Hartzog.

Charles and Margaret had no children

1. Janie Wright was born 21 Aug 1917.

She married Oscar Eugene Kearse.

Oscar and Janie had one known child.

1. Margaret Kearse.

1. James Alexander �Alex� Jennings was born 2 Feb 1893 and died 9 Mar 1972, in Bamberg County, S.C. He is buried in �Shady Rest�.

He married on 21 Dec 1913 to Alma Kirkland who was born 13 Jul 1897, in Bamberg County, S.C. and died in 1988, in Bamberg County. She was the daughter of Robert Frank Kirkland, Sr. and Laura Eva Folk.

�Alex� and Alma had two known children.

1. James Wyndham Jennings was born on 30 Dec 1914, in Bamberg County, S,C. and died 13 Dec 1989, in Sycamore, S.C. He is buried in Carolina Memorial Gardens.

He was a retired Supervisor of Maintenance Operations at Westvaco. He was a member of Colston Baptist Church, Bamberg County.

He married Elizabeth Lee Pace.

James and Elizabeth had four known children.

1. Devra Marlene Jennings was born 5 Mar 1951 and died 8 Mar 1951. She is buried in �Shady Rest�.

1. Randolph Adrian �Randy� Jennings was born 14 May 1955.

1. Wanda Lynn Jennings was born 19 Jun 1959.

1. James Wyndham Jennings, Jr.

Some of this information on this family I already had. The rest of the information was taken from the death notice of James Wyndham Jennings, Sr.

1. Laura Cornelia Jennings was born 19 May 1917.

She married on 6 Jun 1939 to G. Horace Cone.

Horace and Laura had one known child.
1. Donald Kenneth �Kenny� Cone was born on 12 Jan 1942.

He married on 5 Aug 1967 to Delaine Hill

1. Virginia Florence Jennings was born 23 Apr 1893.

She married Roy Higginbottom.

Roy and Virginia had seven known children which include a set of twins.

1. Florene Higginbottom married Joe Santaro.

1. Eleanor Higginbottom

1. Catherine Higginbottom married Roy Thompson.

1. Lucile Higginbottom married Ruben Earl Kirkland who was born 6 Jun 1905. He was the son of Robert Frank Kirkland, Sr. and Laura Eva Folk.

Ruben and Lucile had two known children.

1. Jeanette Kirkland was born 9 Nov 1941.

She married on 1 Sep 1968 to David Overton Simpson.

David and Jeanette had one known child.

1. Chadwell Kent Simpson was born 18 Apr 1971.

1. Alvin Thomas Kirkland was born 31 Dec 1943.

He married on 27 Jun 1964 to Carolyn Cynthia Folk.

Alvin and Carolyn had one known child.

1. Dewayne Thomas Kirkland was born 23 Sep 1970

1. Louise Higginbottom

1. Marie Higginbottom, twin,

1. Marion Higginbottom, twin,

2. Emily Elizabeth, was born on 19 May 1830, in Barnwell County, and died the 4 of March 1900, in Bamberg County. She is buried in �Shady Rest�, the family burial grounds.

She was married twice, first to Major Samuel Wingard Eaves, son of Norville and Mary Sease Eaves.

Major Eaves, died sometime after 1856 and before 1860. He was undoubtedly well off. Emily, her father, and her brother James Christian McMillan put up a twenty thousand dollar bond on this estate.

In the 1860 Barnwell County Census, we find Emily was listed as head of house hold.

See Bundle 136 Package 1, at the Probate Office, Barnwell County Courthouse, Barnwell, S.C. She was appointed the guardian of the estate and effects of Henrette E., Wayne H., Elliott A., Walter S., and Ida A. Eaves.

On Tuesday, 7 May 1878 Mrs. E. E. Bishop applied for and was granted final discharge as guardian of Henrietta E., Wayne H., Elliott A., Walter S., Ida A. Eaves.

Received of Mrs. E. E. Bishop, payment and satisfaction in full of any and all demands, I have or may have against her.
W. S. Eaves, D. C. Copeland, E. A. Copeland, G. E. Copeland, W. E. Copeland, Jno. R. Carter, Ida A. Carter, Wayne H. Eaves.

Samuel and Emily had eight children.

1. Henrietta Elizabeth was born 7 Mar 1850, in Barnwell County and died 8 Sep 1913.

She married Francis Elzy Copeland who was born 9 Feb 1847, in Barnwell County and died 25 Feb 1926.

Francis and Henrietta had eight children.

1. Emily Eugenia Copeland

1. Gertrude Olivia Copeland
1. Mary Lucille Copeland

1. Samuel Wingard Copeland married three times, first to Maude Alice Sease, second to Mrs. Bessie Baston Ehrhardt, and third to Mrs. Ruth Groseclose Ehrhardt.

1. Josephine Copeland

1. Wayne Copeland married Dora Hiers born 18 Oct 1885 and died 12 May 1945.

1. Sophia Copeland married William G. Muller

1. Julia Copeland

1. Wayne Hampton Eaves was born 8 Nov 1852, in Barnwell County and died 21 Jan 1918.

He married Clyde Jane Anderson who was born 7 Aug 1885, in Barnwell County, a daughter of Henry Peter Anderson, who was born 1851 and died 1936 and Emma Delilah Weatherbee, who was born 1857 and died 1928.

Waye and Jane had two children.

1. Waynette Eaves was born 27 Sep 1906.
She married Bert York.

Waynette and Bert had no children.

1. Vera Eaves was born 23 Nov 1913.

She married H. A. Melville.

H. A. and Vera had two children.

1. Ronald E. Melville was born 21 Nov 1939.
1. Sandra Lee Melville was born 25 Oct 1941.

1. Walter S. Eaves was born 1854, in Barnwell County and died 1911.

Walter never married

He is buried in �Shady Rest�, the family burial grounds.

1. Elliot Amanda �Ellen� Eaves was born 28 Sep 1853 and died 9 Jan 1937.

�Ellen� married David C Copeland who was born 4 Nov 1849 and died Sep 1929.

David and �Ellen� had seven children

1. Willie J Copeland was born 24 Nov 1877 and died 31 Oct 1881.

1. Emmett Probst Copeland married May Ehrhardt.

1. Etta Copeland married Martin Lightsey.

1. Pearl Copeland

1. Clara Copeland

1. Eugene Copeland

1. Capers Bernard Copeland was born 8 Mar 1893 and died 20 Jul 1895.

1. Ida A. Eaves was born 24 Aug 1856 and died 29 Nov 1923. She is buried in the Carter Cemetery, near Carter�s Ford Baptist Church, near Lodge, S.C.

Ida married John Redding Carter who was born 25 May 1854 and died 13 Oct 1934. He is also buried in the Carter Cemetery.

Emily, after her husband�s death, married, a second husband, Adam Bishop (a twin). They had no children. I have been told that Adam Bishop was buried with his first wife.

Captain James Christian �Chris�, was born on 26 October 1831, in Barnwell County, and died on 26 January 1907, in Bamberg County, S.C.. He is buried in �Shady Rest�

�Chris� served in the 3rd S.C. Calvary during the War Between the States. He also held various county offices and served in the House of Representatives of S.C. from Bamberg County.

James Christian married Mary Susanna Folk, who was born 13 July 1832, in Barnwell County, and died 26 January 1907, in Bamberg County, S.C.. She is buried in �Shady Rest�, the family burial grounds, with her husband.

James and Mary were members of the Springtown Baptist Church, located in the Springtown Community, of Bamberg County, S.C. and sometime later moved their membership to Saint John Baptist Church, Bamberg County.

�Chris� and Mary had twelve known children, with the possibility of a thirteenth child.
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1. Cornelia Elizabeth
1. Urbanna America
1. Martha Anna
1. George Folk
1. Carolina Amanda
1. William Christian
1. Rosa Eugenia
1. Emmett Faust
1. Susan Haseltine �Sudie�
1. Jane Counts
1. Benjamin Franklin
1. James Edwin
1. F. W. (?)

1. Cornelia Elizabeth McMillan, born 26 Feb 1851, in Barnwell County and died 5 Oct 1935, probably in Orangeburg County. She is buried in the, second site, Bethelehem Methodist Church Cemetery, Canaan Community, Orangeburg County.

Cornelia married William Washington Westbury, who was born 29 Mar 1847, in Orangeburg County and died 26 May 1887, in Orangeburg County. He is buried in the Bethelehem Methodist Church Cemetery with his wife. He was the son of James Alfred Westbury and Elizabeth Matilda Rush and brother of Frances Virginia �Ginnie� Westbury who married Henry Zachary �Big Z� McMillan.

�Wash� and Cornelia had six children which included a set of twins.

1. James Christian (twin)
1. Ada (twin)
1. Urbanna McMillan
1. Corrie
1. Rebecca
1. Wash

1. James Christain McMillan, twin, was born 1 Feb 1879 and died 27 Nov 1899.

James married on 18 Nov 1896 Pearl Smoak. No further data.

1. Ada McMillan, twin, was born on 1 Feb 1879 and died 24 Dec 1906.

Ada married Daniel Lewis Antley

Daniell and Ada had one known child.

1. McMillan

1. McMillan Antley was born 27 Sep 1899.

McMillan married on 12 Nov 1938 Dorothy King who was born 26 Apr 1910.

McMillan and Dorothy had 3 known children

1. George McMillan
1. Daniel Lewis
1. Mary Emily

1. George McMillan Antley was born 7 Oct 1940.

George married Mary Joyce Mixon

George and Mary had 3 known children.

1. Holly Danette
1. Trisha Emily
1. Joyce Kersh

1. Holly Danette Antley was born 6 Dec 1965

1. Trisha Emily Antley was born 24 Oct 1967

1. Joyce Kersh Antley was born 2 Mar 1970.

1. Daniel Lewis Antley

1. Mary Emily Antley was born 8 Oct 1944,

Mary Emily married 3 Aug 1963 first husband Elton Franklin Kirby. They were divorced in 1967

Elton and Mary Emily had one known child.

1. Jennifer Marie

1. Jennifer Marie Kirby was born 27 Sep 1964

Mary Emily married 3 May 1968 second husband Karl Kalber

Karl and Mary Emily has one know child.

1. Karl Matthew Kalber was born 6 Mar 1970

1. Urbanna McMillan Westbury was born 7 Aug 1881 and died 7 Apr 1912. She is buried in �Shady Rest�, in the Colston Community, of Bamberg County.

1. Corrie Westbury was born 31 Aug 1882 and died 22 Apr 1884

1. Rebecca Westbury was born 31 Aug 1884 and died 6 Jul 1908.

Rebecca married 19 Jan 1908 Raysor Antley

1. �Wash� Westbury was born 26 Aug 1887 and died 11 Jul 1915.

�Wash� married 11 Dec 1910 Connie Smoak.

�Wash� and Connie had 3 known children.

1. Lawrence Washington
1. William Jennings
1. Paul Edwin

1. Lawrence Washington Westbury, Sr. was born 20 Feb 1912.

Lawrence married 27 Jun 1936 Wandalyn Linker.

Lawrence and Wandalyn had 2 known children.

1. Lawrence Washington
1. Judith Lyn

1. Lawrence Washington Westbury, Jr. was born 9 Aug 1943.

Lawrence married 26 Jun 1965 Carol Brandt.

2. Judith Lyn Westbury was born 18 Apr 1946.

1. William Jennings Westbury was born 14 Jul 1913.

William married 30 Aug 1941 June Gillan.

1. Robert William
1. Mark Gregory

1. Robert William Westbury was born 14 Sep 1944.

Robert married 13 Feb 1965 Cheryl Schwartz.

Robert and Cheryl had 2 known children.
1. Gregory
1. Darin

1. Gregory Westbury. No further Data
1. Darin Westbury. No further Data

2. Mark Gregory Westbury. No further Data

1. Paul Edwin Westbury was born 14 Jul 1915.

Paul married 18 Sep 1940 Faye Norman
Paul and Faye had 3 known children.

1. Paula
1. Marsha
1. Lynette

1. Paula Westbury married John Kuszynaski.

1. Matthew

1. Matthew Kuszynaski who was born 1970.

1. Marsha Westbury was born 26 Sep 1946.

Marsha married Dale Cutler.

Dale and Marsha had one know child.

1. Maija

1. Maija Cutler who was born in 1973.

1. Lynette Westbury was born 4 Feb 1948.

Lynette married Robert Baird.

No known children.

1. Urbanna America McMillan
1. Martha Anna McMillan was born 1 Oct 1854 and died 14 Jun 1920. She is buried in the Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery, near Ehrhardt, S.C.

Martha married 10 Dec 1876 Haigler A. Hughes, the son of William Hughes and Eva B. (Birthname Unknown).

Haigler and Martha adopted one known child. No record of having any children of their own.

Their adopted child was William Christian Hughes, who married first wife Ida Lou Hiers.. No known children by this marriage

William Christian Hughes married second wife Laura Bell Bunch.

William and Laura had two known children

Leonard
William Haigler

Leonard was born 26 Nov 1936.

Leonard married 22 Jul 1957 Anita Elizabeth Synder.

Leonard and Anita had four known children.

Leonard William Hughes who was born 4 Jul 1958.
Lara Elizabeth Hughes who was born 23 Jan 1961.
Lesia Kathryn Hughes who was born 8 May 1964
Lanissa Dawn Hughes who was born 14 Aug 1969

William Haigler Hughes was born 6 May 1938.

William married 23 Oct 1960 Hazel Juanita Seago Seago who was born 10 Jun 1942.

William and Hazel had two known children.

Cynthia Ann Hughes was born 20 Jul 1963.
Karen Sue Hughes was born 14 Apr 1966.

1. Martha Anne McMillan was born 25 Mar 1855 and died 17 Jul 1905.

Martha married Charles Ehrhardt.

Charles and Martha had seven known children.

1. Annie Sue
1. Maude
1. Julius Frederick
1. Archie Benjamin
1. Virginia
1. William Conrad
1. Herbert Wilson

1. Annie Sue Ehrhardt was born 3 Mar 1882 and died 7 May 1900.

Annie married T. A. Dominick.

T. A. and Annie had no children.

1. Maude Ehrhardt was born 30 Jul 1881 and died in 1969.

Maude married Henry Planer.

Henry and Maude had three known children.

1. Zeita Vernelle
1. Vera
1. Charles Henry

1. Zeita Vernelle Planer was born 10 Aug 1903.

Zeita married 23 Nov 1951 Jim F. Hiers.

Jim and Zeita have no known children.

1. Vera Planer was born 28 Oct 1906.

Vera married 6 Sep 1925 Heyward Loadholt.

Heyward and Vera adopted a child. No known children of their own.

The child they adopted was William Henry Loadholt.

1. Charles Henry Planer was born 23 Jun 1917.

Charles married Louise Bledsoe.

Charles and Louise had two known children.

1. Charles
1. John Wayne

1. Charles Planer was born 12 Nov 1942.

2. John Wayne Planer was born 7 Jun 1948.

1. Julius Frederick Ehrhardt married Bessie Baston.

Julius and Bessie had one known child.

1. Minnie

1. Minnie Ehrhardt married Robert Sojourner.

Robert and Minnie had two known children.

1. Frederick E.
1. Robert D.

1. Frederick E. Sojourner
1. Robert D. Sojourner

1. Archie Benjamin Ehrhardt was born 28 Jul 1883.

Archie married first wife Mamie A. Sowell.

Archie and Mamie had six known children.

1. Charles
1. Adelaide
1. Eula Lee
1. Hazel
1. Willham V.
1. Doris

1. Charles Ehrhardt. No further data on this child.

1. Adelaide Ehrhardt was born 26 Dec 1905 and died 10 Oct 1964.

Adelaide married John Boswell.

No known children.

1. Eula Lee Ehrhardt was born 1911 and died 1919.

1. Hazel Ehrhardt was born 10 Jun 1914.

Hazel married Lamar R. Peters, Sr.

Lamar and Hazel had eight known children.

1. Lamar R., Jr.
1. Otis Albert
1. Grace
1. Robert Benjamin
1. Gail
1. Anthony
1. Amelia
1. Wanda

1. Lamar R. Peters, Jr. married first wife Merle Hiott.

Lamar and Merle had four known children.

1. Lamar R., III
1. William Theodore
1. Larry Joe
1. Gary Lee

1. Lamar R. Peters, III

1. William Theodore Peters

1. Larry Joe Peterrs

1. Gary Lee Peters

Lamar R. Peters, Jr. married second wife Virginia Benton???
I am not sure about this marriage as the children carried the Benton name.

Lamar and Virginia had four known children.

1. Sherrel
1. Gerald
1. Melvin
1. Donald

1. Sherrel Benton

1. Gerald Benton

1. Melvin Benton

1. Donald Benton

3. Otis Albert Peters married first wife Norma Jean Beach.

Otis and Norma Jean had three known children.

1. Lucky
2. Vickie
3. Sidney

1. Lucky Peters

2. Vickie Peters

3. Sidney Peters

Otis married second wife Janet Thompson.

Otis and Janet had three known children.

1. Pat
2. Allen
3. Sonja

1. Pat Peters

2. Allen Peters

4. Sonja Peters

5. Grace Peters Married James Black.

James and Grace had three known children.

The names of these children are unknown.

6. Robert Benjamin Peters was born in 1943 and died in 1972.

7. Gail Peters married David Davis.

David and Gail have two known children.

The names of the children are unknown.

8. Anthony Peters. No further data on this child.

9. Amelia Peters died when about six weeks old.

8. Wanda Peters was adopted by the Hickmans.

2. Willham V. Ehrhardt

6. Doris Ehrhardt

2. Virginia Ehrhardt

3. William Conrad Ehrhardt

4. Herbert Wilson Ehrhardt

2. George Folk McMillan
3. Carolina Amanda McMillan
4. William Christian McMillan
5. Rosa Eugenia McMillan
2. Emmett Faust
3. Susan Haseltine �Sudie�
4. Jane Counts
5. Benjamin Franklin
6. James Edwin
6. F. W. (?)

4. Dr. Francis Marion �Barnie� McMillan, was born 1837, in Barnwell County, and died on 20 January 1868, in Barnwell County. He is buried in �Shady Rest�, the family burial grounds.

Francis Marion was a doctor in Mississippi before the outbreak of the War Between the States. He received his degree, after studying in the State of New York and Paris, France. �Barnie� was a surgeon attached to General Qualls Brigade, he served in the . Western army for four years, dying of poor health which no doubt was a result of his war years.. He was only 31 years old at the time of his death. and unmarried.

He was loyal to the southern cause and
in one of his letters written to his sister Sue, he told of attending a barbecue at which Jefferson Davis made one of his campaign speeches.

5 Captain William Franklin �Frank� McMillan, was born, in 1833, in Barnwell County, and died in 1865, at Charleston, S.C.. He is buried in Old Union Methodist Church Cemetery, near Cope, Orangeburg County, S.C. CSA

Frank� died of yellow fever at Charleston, S.C., near the end of the War.

�Frank� married Martha Ann Mary �Matt� Jennings, who was born in Orangeburg County. She is buried in the old Union Methodist Church Cemetery, near Cope, Orangeburg County, S.C., between her two husbands.

During the War Between the States, �Frank� was an official in the Treasury Department of the Confederate Government. He was associated with the Bank of S.C. and his signature was required on much of the Confederacy�s Fiscal paper, such as bonds & currency. He used gold pens and when they were worn out, he gave them to �Matt�. She had a finger ring fashioned from the gold.

Kenneth Cone, of the United Sons of the Confederacy, in exchange for information on the six sons of Henry William and Sophrona Delilah �So-fi-yah� Faust McMillan who fought in the War Between the States gave me two paper 25 cent and 50 cent pieces which William Franklin McMillan had signed.

When Sherman�s Army was in Bamberg County, S.C., at Forest Home, the family plantation, a Negro Union soldier slashed the picture of William Franklin McMillan. This picture is still in the possession of one of the descendants of Cary Columbus McMillan.

�Frank� and �Matt� had no children

After the death of her husband, �Matt� married his brother Cary Columbus McMillan.

6. Caroline Amanda, who was born on 19 October 1834, in Barnwell County, and died 24 September 1903, in Orangeburg County. She is buried at the second site of the Bethelehem Methodist Church Cemetery, located in the Canaan Communty, Orangeburg County, with her husband.

She married James Jacob Turner Jenning, the widower, of her sister Julia Augusta.

James and Caroline Amanda had eight children.

1. Mary Sophia Jennings married Brooks Fairy.

Brooks and Mary had one known child.

1. Laurie M. Fairy married (Birthname Unknown).
Laurie and his wife (Birthname Unknown) had one unnamed child.

1. (?) Fairy

2. Isaac Pinckney Jennings was born 30 Aug 1862 and died 4 Oct 1956. He is buried in �Shady Rest�.

Isaac never married.

3. Carey Faust Jennings married Jeanette Meyers.

Carey and Jeanette had three known children.

1. Margaret Jennings

2. Mary Jennings

3. Owen Robert Jennings married Mary Louis Gilbert of Lynchburg, VA.
Owen and Mary had one known child. There were other children.

1. Carey Gilbert Jennings married, on 14 Jun 1959, in the Union Methodist Church, at Cope, S.C., by the Rev. George Strait to Barbara Lynn �Bobby� Staley who was born 4 Aug 1928. She was the daughter of Belton Otis Staley and Mary Ella Vallentine, of Cope, S.C.

Gilbert and �Bobby� had four children.

1. Mary Oliva Jennings was born 26 Aug 1961, in Orangeburg County, S.C.

She married Dennis Earl Hall of Walterboro, S.C.

Dennis and Oliva had one known child.

1. Daughter Hall

2. Gibert Carey Jennings was born 28 Aug 1963, in Orangeburg County.

Carey is unmarried at this time. (1999)

3. Owen Linn Jennings was born 27 May 1965, in Orangeburg County.

Linn is unmarried at this time. (1999)

4. John Belton Jennings was born 2 Sep 1966, in Orangeburg County and died 21 May 1991, in Orangeburg County He was buried on 23 May 1991 in the Bethelehem Methodist Church Cemetery, second site, in the Canaan Community, Orangeburg County.
John was never married.

4. Patrick Franklin Jennings

5. Marion Shuler Jennings married Sophie Murphy.

Marion and Sophie had two known children.

1. Maude Jennings

2. Margaret Jennings

6. Caroline Virginia Jennings

7. Julia Augusta Jennings married David J. Salley, Sr.

David and Julia had two known children.

1. David J. Salley, Jr.

2. Alex Salley

8. Robert Eugene Jennings, Sr. married Maude (Birthname Unknown).

Robert and Maude had on known child.

1. Robert Eugene Jennings, Jr. married (Birthname Unknown).

1. Son Jennings.

7. Mary Adaline, was born on 22 June 1838, in Barnwell County, and died 27 June 1856, in Barnwell County. She is buried in �Shady Rest�, the family burial grounds. It has been said, �that she and a friend staying with her, died from Typhoid fever�.

She was the first of Captain Henry and �So-fi-yah�s� children to die. Her tombstone is the oldest tombstone in �Shady Rest�, which Captain Henry established for the family at the time her death.

At the time of her death, Indian Camp Creek was flooded. Captain Henry claimed he couldn�t get her body over the creek to be buried in his father�s cemetery, the James McMillan Cemetery, in the Colston Community, of Bamberg County.. Some of the members of the family indicated that Captain Henry could have floated the body across the creek for burial in his father�s cemetery. He was rich enough to have bought a boat and rowed her body to the other side. It is thought that Captain Henry just wanted to start his own cemetery.

9. Susan Haseltine McMillan, was born in 1840, in Barnwell County. She died and is buried somewhere in Greenville, County, S.C.

She was a beloved school teacher.

She married T. M. Bailey., DD

10. Second Lieutenant Lawrence Pinckey �Pink� McMillan, was born in 1842, in Barnwell County, and died 21 June 1864, near Petersburg, Virginia. He is buried in the Soldier�s Cemetery. CSA

�Pink� was a student at Newberry College when the War Between the States was fixing to break out. He left Newberry College to join the cause.

Cary Columbus, the brother, that was the closet to �Pink�, at the time of his death, buried �Pink� in the Soldier�s Cemetery, nears Petersburg, Virginia

Cary wrote, �that the news came to him in June, by Martin Sease, that his brother �Pink� had been killed�. �Pink� had been carried to the field hospital on stretcher by four men. Cary wrote, I found him lying on a table in pale moonlight, cold in death. A better boy, a braver or more faithful soldier never lived. Only those under similar trials can realize the anguish and sorrow of such an experience. Hammond Froberg, our carpenter and blacksmith, made me a coffin and I buried him in the Soldier's Cemetery and marked his grave. The day before his death I went to see him. He was on firing line behind breastworks. The firing was kept up incessantly day and night. At times so heavy it was that I lay down several times, waiting for the firing to lighten up. When I finally reached him, I told him I would never go to see him again, for I would be doing it at the risk of my life. But such is war.

The next day word came to Cary of �Pink� �s death.

�Pink� never married.

11. Sargent Cary Columbus McMillan was born on 6 May 1843, in Barnwell County, and died 26 August 1932, in Orangeburg County. He is buried in the Old Union Methodist Church Cemetery, near Cope, S.C., in Orangeburg County.

Cary was a student at Newberry College when the War Between the States was fixing to break out. He left Newberry College to join the cause

Cary Columbus, enlisted at Cole�s Island, S.C., as a private, later he was promoted to fifth Sergeant, than after he was wounded he was demoted back to a Private. Later he worked his way back to third Sergeant. (See S.C. TROOPS IN CONFEDERATE SERVICE by Salley, Vol., I, pages 454, 467, 709 and 714.)

Cary was the last of 92 men to die, that formed THE BAMBERG GUARDS, Bamberg, S.C., during the War Between the States.

Cary stated in his request for a pension, the date of his birth. He served in Company A 1st S.C. Regt, Brattons Bridgade, Fields Division, Longstreets Corp. He served from December 1860 until 9 April 1865 when he surrendered with General Lee, at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. He was discharged from service on the 10th day of April 1865. Cary was living with his daughter, in Greenville, S.C., when he made his petition for a pension. The pension date was dated 27 March 1919. His brother Henry Zachary �Big Z� McMillan was one of the witnesses for his petition for a pension.

Cary Columbus McMillan, Wesley Sease, Sylvester Guess, Peter Inabinet and Donald Rowe agreed to walk home together from Appomattox Court House, Virginia.

Donald Rowe left the group in Virginia, to visit a young lady that he had met and was recaptured.

Wesley Sease left them about an hour before Cary reached his home �Forest Home.�

Sylvester Guess and Peter Inabinet left them after they passed Orangeburg, S.C. going to their homes in Grahams Turnout, now Denmark, S.C..

Cary married his brother�s widow Mrs. Martha Ann Mary Jennings McMillan.
She is buried between her two husbands.

Cary and �Matt� had two children.

1. Franklin McMillan married Hattie Guess.

Franklin and Hattie had two known children.

1. Ryerson McMillan was born about 1904 and died 22 Nov 1988, in Denmark, S.C. He is buried in the Denmark Cemetery, in Denmark, S.C.

Ryerson married Miriam Carson.

Ryerson and Miriam had no children.

2. Frank McMillan married Ruth McDonald.

Frank and Ruth had one known child.

1. Harriet Jane McMillan married Ken Desvernine.

Ken and Harriet have several children I understand. The names of the children are unknown.

I have been told that this family lives at Norcross, GA.

2. Mary Hampton McMillan married. in the old Union Methodist Church, at Cope, S.C., Orangeburg County to Dr. Thomas Bailey.

According to Barbara Lynn Staley Jennings their marriage was the last rite performed in this old church.

Thomas and Mary lived at Greenville, S.C.

12. Eugenia Versilla McMillan, was born in 1845, in Barnwell County.

She married Robert S. Williams, Sr.

Robert and Eugenia had four known. There could be more children.

1. Robert S. Williams, Jr. married, first wife, (Birthname Unknown).

He married, second wife, Lillian Anderson.

There are no known children of either of his marriages.

2. McMillan Williams. No further data on this child.

3. Emily Williams married Dwight Cain. No further data on this child.

4. Sue William married a Mr. Riley. No further data on this child.

12. Henry Zachary �Big Z� McMillan, was born 29 March 1847, in Barnwell County, and died 15 December 1923, in Bamberg County. He was buried 16 December 1923, in �Shady Rest�., the the family burial grounds.

Back Row: Left to Right Letitia Foriemell �Florrie�, Henry James Alfred �Bubber�, and Eleanor Virginia �Nell

Front Row: Left to Right: Henry Zachary �Big Z� and Frances Virginia �Ginnie� Westbury McMillan

The above picture is of, �Solitude�, my great-grandfather�s home. The house burnt in 1926.

Hank and Anne, their children, recently sold Uncle �Tine� and Aunt Minna Clyde O�Neal McMillan�s home to someone in the Bishop family. 1997/98. Just the spot where the house sits was sold. They kept the other land.

Henry married Frances Virginia �Ginnie� Westbury, daughter of James Alfred Westbury and Elizabeth Matilda Rush, of Orangeburg County. She was born on 16 April 1853, in Orangeburg County, and died 15 October 1911, in Bamberg County. She buried in �Shady Rest�, the family burial grounds.

They were members of the Springtown Baptist Church, in the Springtown Community, Bamberg County.

Henry, �Big Z�, nicknamed some of his grandchildren. He named my Uncle �Tine� �Governor�. He nicknamed my father �Lieutenant�. He nicknamed my father�s first cousin �Jack�. �Jack� �s name was Eleanor McMillan Pate. Nobody in Denmark, S.C., ever heard her called anything other than �Jack�.

Henry, �Big Z� as he was called, followed his brother Cary back to war when he was thirteen years of age. �Big Z� was a sergeant at the age of fifteen in the War Between the States. I was told by Mrs Eleanor McMillan Pate McMillan that her grandfather �Big Z� was a Captain in General Wade Hampton�s Red Shirt Riders. She had the buttons off his Red Rider�s uniform.

My Aunt Minna Clyde O�Neal McMillan told me that �Big Z� �s home was call �Solitude�. The house was a single story house which had the kitchen separated by a walkway. The house caught fire in the chimney, my father, Robert Aldrich �Bob�, took a bucket of water up on the roof to pour on the fire. His foot slipped and before he could get another bucket of water, it was too late, and the house burned to the ground. My grandmother �Mattie� told me, �that they lost everything.� Only the house burnt, I remember the other buildings on my granddaddy�s property. There was the corn house, I remember helping my Uncle �Tine� replace the sill on this old building. There were several stalls to keep the horses and mules in. There was another hugh old building known as the cotton house. All these old building have long since rotted away.

According to my Uncle �Tine� and Aunt Minna Clyde, �Big Z� was the neighborhood dentist. They showed me the root of an old oak tree, in their back yard, where he sat his patients.

Uncle �Tine� said, �that his grandfather made burial caskets for the neighborhood.� He went on to say, �that his grandmother �Ginnie� lined the inside of the caskets. My father said, �that �Big Z� made his own burial casket and kept the casket in the cotton barn at the home place. He said, �that as a young boy, he had seen his grandfather�s casket.�

Mrs. Eleanor McMillan Pate McMillan gave me a picture of her grandfather, and my great-grandfather. She said, �that this picture was taken before he was thirty-five years old. She said, �that her grandfather had pure white hair by the time he was thirty-five years old.

My brother, R. A., his wife Frances, and I were looking at the picture of �Big Z�, I made the comment that it looked as if he was missing a finger. Frances thought it was more than one finger. I checked with my Uncle �Tine and Aunt Minna Clyde. They said, �that he had two fingers missing. He caught them in a sugar cane mill grinder, and the fingers were ground off.

Uncle �Tine� said, �that long years back men used straight razors to shave with.� His grandfather, �Big Z�, sharpened the razors for the men in the neighborhood. My uncle remembers turning the grind for his grandfather. He said, � that he turned the grind either too fast or too slow to please his grandfather.� After, his grandfather finished sharpen the razors, he would place the razor into a box with other unlabeled razors. His grandfather seemed to know which razor or razors belonged to which men.

While looking for my grandfather�s will at the Bamberg Courthouse, I found an interesting document. My grandfather had been appointed as guardian over my uncle and my father. It seems that my great-grandfather Henry Zachary �Big Z� McMillan left all his money on hand to his grandchildren. The sum of $225.00 had been left each grandchild. There were seven grandchildren at the time. �Big Z� left all his property to his three children. My grandfather inherited his father�s home called �Solitude�.

Henry and �Ginnie� had five children. Two children died as infants. Three children lived to leave descendants.

1. Eleanor Virginia �Nell� Pate, was born 10 December 1874, in Barnwell County, S.C. and died 19 February 1935, in Denmark, S.C. She is buried in �Shady Rest�.

She married William Preston Pate, who was born 17 October 1876, in Ravenel, S.C., and died 1948. He was the son of William Washington Pate, and Mary Alice Rodgers.

Aunt �Nell� and William Preston Pate were either separated or divorced sometime after 1928.

Information on the parents of William Preston Pate was compiled by, his daughter, Mrs. Alice Virginia Pate Osborne Mejack.

William Preston and Eleanor Virginia had three daughters.

1. Alice Virginia Pate was born 3 December 1902, in Bamberg County, S.C. and died 4 January 1996, in Charleston, S.C. She is buried �Shady Rest�.

She married on 17 August 1924, in Albemarle, North Carolina, to Reuben Witt Osborne.

Reuben and Alice had one daughter.

1. Virginia Ruth Osborne, was born 14 December 1926.

She married, on 29 November 1947, to Paul Fram.

Paul and Ruth had two children.

1. Daniel Witt Fram, was born 11 February 1949.
He married on 22 October 1977, Ruth Ann Hirsekorn.

Daniel and Ruth have three known children.

1. Bryan Joshua Fram, was born 15 April 1979.

2. Rachael Laeh Fram, was born 1 July 1981.

3. Ari Benjamin Fram, was born 15 November 1984.

2. Ellen Elizabeth Fram, married Richard Lee Wolman.

Richard and Ellen Elizabeth have two known children.

1. Marc Abraham Wolman

2. Jay Isaac Wolman

3. Eleanor McMillan �Jack� Pate, was born 24 July 1904, in Bamberg County, and died 11 May 1994, in Orangeburg, S.C. She was buried in the Denmark Cemetery, Denmark, S. C.

She was a member of the first Baptist Church, Denmark, and S.C.. For many years, she taught music.

�Jack� graduated from Winthrop College at Rock Hill, S.C.

�Jack� married James Calvin �Cap� McMillan, Jr., a cousin, who was born about 1901, in Bamberg County. He was buried on 2 July 1997, in the Denmark Cemetery, Denmark, S.C.
He was the son of the late James Calvin McMillan, Sr. and Adriene Barbot.

�Cap�, as he was called, was a member of the Denmark City Council, a member of the Lions Club, a member of Masonic Lodge # 246 A.F.M.

�Cap� and �Jack� had two children.

1. James Lawrence McMillan, was born in Bamberg County, S.C., and died in Bamberg County, S.C.. He is buried in the Denmark Cemetery, in Denmark, S.C.

Lawrence married first wife Betty Faust. They divorced.

Lawrence and Betty had two sons.

1. Lawrence Calvin �Larry� McMillan, Pharmacist, was born 1 February 1949, in Bamberg County S.C., and died 23 December 1987, in Bamberg County, S.C. He is buried in the Denmark Cemetery, Denmark, Bamberg County, S.C..

�Larry� married Kathryn �Kathie� Hargrove.

�Larry� and �Kathie� had two children.

1. Lawrence Kirkland �Kirk� McMillan, was born 19 April 1979.

2. Kathryn Riley �Kate� McMillan, was born 13 September 1981.

2. Douglas Faust McMillan, was born 3 May 1950, in Bamberg County, S.C..

Douglas married, on 2 December 1972, Edna Lamb, who was born 30 October 1951.

The Douglas Faust McMillan family lives in Ohio.

Douglas and Edna had two known daughters.

1. Stephanie Lamb McMillan, was born 16 October 1978, in St. Louis, Missouri.

2. Lauren Pate McMillan, was born 8 February, in Logan, Utah.

James Lawrence McMillan married, second wife, Lala Smith.

Lala Smith helped raise Lawrence�s children.

2. Jacqueline McMillan married Vincent McCoy Cox Sr.

Vincent and Jacqueline had three children.

1. Vincent McCoy, Jr., was born 14 March 1951.

Vincent married Janet Ray.

Vincent and Janet had one known child.

1. Amy Pate Cox, was born 9 August 1975

2. Jacquelyn Priscilla Cox, was born 20 July 1956.

Jacquelyn Prisilla married, first husband, Larry Knippenberg.

Larry and Jacquelyn Prisilla had one child.

1. Kimberly Michelle Knippenberg, was born 20 February 1978.

Larry and Jacquelyn Prisilla are divorced.

Jacquelyn Prisilla Cox Knippenberg married, second husband, Charles Clifton Moorer

Charles Clifton and Jacquelyn Prisilla have two known children.

2.. Rachel Almelia Moorer, was born 6 May 1984.

3. Charles Zachary Moorer, was born 18 January 1990.

4. Timothy McMillan Cox, was born 24 August 1960.

He married Cynthia Hallman.

Timothy and Cynthia are divorced.

Timothy and Cynthia had no children.

2. Son McMillan, was born and died on 1 April 1876. He is buried in �Shady Rest�. His death data is listed on the tombstone of his brother Paul Eugene McMillan who died as an infant.

4. Letitia Foriemell �Florrie� McMillan, was born 4 May 1882, in Bamberg County, S.C.and died 7 February 1966, in Bamberg County. She is buried in �Shady Rest�.

�Florrie� married Jasper Brabham Varn Sr, who was born 14 November 1881, in Bamberg County, S. C. and died 4 July 1960, in Bamberg County. He is buried in �Shady Rest�, with his wife. He was the son of Perry M. and Ernestine �Tinie� Furman Varn.

Jasper and �Florrie� had three children.

1. Florence Brabham Varn, married Orville Preiss.

Florence may have been married three times. She had no children by any of her husbands..

2. Floyd Monroe Varn, was born 2 July 1921, in Bamberg County, S.C. and died 30 January 1933, in Bamberg County. He is buried in �Shady Rest�

3. Jasper Brabham �Easter� Varn, married Barbara Wiles.

�Easter� and Barbara had two children.

1 Jasper Brabham Varn, III, married Mary Shannon Alexander.

Jasper Brabham and Mary Shannon had two known children.

1. Jasper Brabham Varn, IV

2. Mary Shannon Varn

2. Carla Patricia Varn, married John Paul Dupre, Jr., of Columbia, S.C..

John Paul and Carla Patricia had one known child.

1. John Paul Durpre, III, born 21 February 1990, in Columbia, S.C..

4. Henry James Alfred �Bubber� McMillan, was born 24 July 1886, in Barnwell County, S.C. and died 2 February 1941, near Cope, S.C., Orangeburg County, S.C. He is buried in �Shady Rest�.

Granddaddy Henry played several instruments. We know he played the bass fiddle He may have played a mandolin. At the time of his death, there was a mandolin in the china cabinet.

Henry James Alfred was named after both of his grandfathers.

Granddaddy Henry played and sang with

�THE COLSTON STRING BAND�

Other members of this band were Uncle Jasper B. Varn, Sr., his brother Uncle Monty Varn, a Mr. Chisom, and a Mr. Beard. Uncle �Tine� said, �that he didn�t know where they played�. He has one of their programs which is dated 12 May 1906. Some of the songs which I recognized were �TURKEY IN THE STRAW�, �ANNIE LAURIE�, �OVER THE WAVES�, �MAGGIE�, �HOMESWEET HOME�, AND �DIXIE�. Some of the songs I didn�t know were �EVERY NEGRO�, �BAMBOO TREE�, and �DORIS�. Uncle �Tine� said, �that they probably just played with guitars and fiddles. He said, �that he was told that Uncle Jasper played a five string banjo.

I believe that the �THE COLSTON STRING BAND� was an old band. On the 12 July 1892, a band with the same name was listed as having played at a big McMillan Reunion held at, �Forest Home�, the ancestral home of the Henry William McMillan family.

I often went with my grandfather to the family cemetery �Shady Rest� to rake leaves and clean the cemetery. There were some descendants of families buried there that didn�t want you to clean their section of the cemetery, so the graveyard looked partially cleaned. It was only completely cleaned when there was to be a funeral.

My grandfather was a deputy sheriff under Sheriff Tom Hadwin. He came home on Saturday night, but rarely during the week. He always brought a large bag of candy for Anne and me. Also my brothers and sister if they happened to be there. Granddaddy Henry, usually, cooked Sunday morning breakfast. Just before he had breakfast ready he would send Grandmother �Mattie� to get Uncle �Tine�, Aunt Minna Clyde, and Anne to eat breakfast with us. While grandmother was gone, he would let me go into the bag of candy and get the one piece of candy I wanted the most. This was our little secret.

I was staying with my Grandmother �Mattie�, Granddaddy Henry was staying in Bamberg. Late one night, he and Sheriff Tom Hadwin came by the house to bring me a present. It seems the two of them were in the courthouse this particular night and found a small male kitten, in the courthouse. They decided to give the kitten to me as a present. I named the kitten Tom Sheriff after Sheriff Hadwin. Tom Sheriff had a sad ending, he turned into a chicken killer and Uncle "Tine� had to get rid of him.

One time, when I was real small, I went with my grandfather to the cemetery to help him clean the cemetery. We were on our way back to the house, when I saw what I thought was a worm wiggling it�s way across the road. I ran to pick the worm up, but my grandfather stopped me. The worm was not a worm but a baby rattlesnake. My grandfather said, �that a baby rattlesnake probably was just as poisonous as a big rattlesnake�.

To this day, after the passage of nearly fifty seven years, I can still remember the day that word came that my grandfather Henry had died of a heart attack. I was in the second grade of school, at Cope, S.C.. He had his heart attack, in the courthouse, at Bamberg, S.C.. He died in the yard of his niece, Elise Gray Richards, near Cope, S.C.. They were trying to get him to the hospital in Orangeburg, S.C.

I remember my sister, Martha, and I were not allowed to attend the graveside funeral. Everybody thought we were too young to know about death. Instead we were made to stay in the car with our other grandmother, Lucille Ray Free. I have resented this, even to present day of not being allowed to attend his funeral.

Granddaddy Henry married Martha Alice �Mattie� Valentine, school teacher, who was born 6 March 1883, in Orangeburg County, S.C., and died 3 December 1963, in a Columbia Hospital, Columbia, S.C.. She was the daughter of the late Elisha C. Vallentine and Martha Ella Lane of Orangeburg County, S.C.,

Grandmother �Mattie� graduated from Winthrop College, Rock Hill, S.C. She was not eligible for Social Security benefits because of discrimination of the sexes. A male teacher would have drawn benefits.

In later years, she lived on the few dollars that she had been able to save. This is how female teachers were treated in the past.

My grandfather gave Grandmother �Mattie� a pearl handled 38 pistol. I had the feeling that grandmother slept with her finger on the trigger of that gun. She frequently shot the heads off of rattlesnakes. When she shot the snake, she would comment that either a rattlesnake had gone ahead of this snake or that another rattlesnake would soon come along. She seemed to know the difference in the male and female rattlesnake. If she said that another snake was coming, she usually was right.

One night, while staying with my grandmother, we went to bed and went to sleep. Way past midnight, I was awakened by some shooting. It seems my grandmother had heard a noise. She sat up in the bed and without putting her glasses on, she put three bullets through the same window pane. I don�t know if she ever found out what she had shot at, but the noise didn�t occur again.

Grandmother �Mattie� taught school at the old Colston school house before and after she married Granddaddy Henry. In the third grade I attended this school. This was the year 1942, the year before I left the community to move to Sumter, S.C..

The school house, as I remember was heated with a pot bellied stove. The classroom was one big room with an additional room which had been added to the original building. The other room was used as the lunchroom. �Babe� Kearse prepared lunch for us. The year I went to school there my grandmother was the teacher. Aunt Minna Clyde thinks that my grandmother last taught at Colston School in the school year 1942/43. Grandmother taught grades one through the six the year I attended.. Some of the other students who attended this same year were Furman �Fundy�, �Terry�, Harriet and Gwen McMillan.

I believe that some of the students thought that since I was the granddaughter of the teacher that life for me was going to be a bed of roses. Grandmother �Mattie� was harder on me because I was the granddaughter of the teacher. She said, �that she couldn�t let me get away with anything as the other students would think she was showing favoritism towards me�. On one occasion, she sent me to the cloak room for having sassed her. She had me remain in the cloak room until school was dismissed. I climbed out the window of the cloak room. I crawled up under the school house until I thought I was where �Terry� McMillan sat. There was a little hole in the floor just about at the spot, I took a long broom straw and tried to tickle �Terry�s� feet. Undoubtedly, grandmother didn�t realize what I had done. Just about everybody else in the school room knew what I had tried doing. After a while, I climbed back through the cloak room window and waited until school was out. My grandmother may have wondered how I got so dirty in the cloak room.

Another teaching job which my grandmother had was teaching on Hilton Head Island. This job was after her teaching job at the Colston school. She taught about six years on the island. In the old days, it was harder for an older teacher to get a good teaching position. The older teachers took the jobs the younger teachers didn�t want. At the time Hilton Head Island wasn�t developed. The school board hired a black man to row a boat from the island to Beaufort, S.C., to pick my grandmother up and row her back to the island. Uncle �Tine� and Aunt Minna Clyde can�t remember the man�s name. They said, �that he was very dependable and on time�. In thinking back, those students were lucky to have had my grandmother as their teacher. I was told by my uncle and Aunt that grandmother lived with the Hudson family while she taught on the island.

My brother, �R.A�., said, �that grandmother made the statement that Hilton Head Island was so undeveloped at the time she taught there that she could have brought the whole island for one hundred dollars. If this was the truth, I sure wish she had had the presents of mind to buy the island.

Mattie� as she was called, wasn�t the easiest person to get along with. Never the less, she was an excellent teacher who instilled in me a wanting to know and learn.

Grandmother �Mattie� made the best �Hoe Cake�. This is the same type of cake the slaves made out in the fields. They would slip into the kitchen and take some dough. They would then clean their hoe, put the dough on the hoe, and bake it out in the fields. This was what some of the older black people told me. You cooked this cake very slowly. I have tried to duplicate this recipe but have failed. The modern day recipe calls for cornmeal. My grandmother used flour.

�Bubber� and �Mattie� had two children.

1. Henry Valentine McMillan, was born 14 February 1909, in Ehrhardt, S.C. and died 7 January 1999, in the Orangeburg Regional Hospital, in Orangeburg, S.C. He was buried on 10 Jan 1999 in �Shady Rest�. He was residing at Methodist Oaks, in Orangeburg County before he died. He was a Mason and member of Woodmen of the World. A member of Colston Branch Baptist Church, in Bamberg County, S.C., he served as a deacon and Sunday school teacher, and in his later years held the distinction of being the oldest male member of the congregation.

He was born on Valentine�s Day, 14 February 1909. He would have been named Vallentine even if he hadn�t been born on Valentine�s day as his mother�s maiden name was Vallentine. This information on �Uncle Tine� was published in Ripley�s Believe It or Not.

Uncle �Tine� and his brother �Bob� died on 7 January thirteen years apart. His brother died 7 January 1986.

Vallentine attended Clemson College and retired in 1971 from Westinghouse Corp., Micarta Division.

Uncle �Tine��s grandfather �Big Z� nicknamed him �Governor� His brother�s children called him �Uncle Tine�. I think that when we were small we couldn�t pronounce Vallentine but we could pronounce the tail end of the name so he became �Uncle Tine�.

For a number of years, Uncle �Tine� played in a country music band. The Fabulous Five was the name of the band. Members of the band were Mervin Russell who played lead guitar and violin, Marion McCollum who played rhythm guitar, Von Lee Huffman who played the mandolin, Uncle �Tine� who played the bass guitar and Rev. Gene Sexton who played rhythm guitar. The band at one time played frequently at the old McMillan Hut, off 301 S, south of Laurie McMillan�s store and home and at Kearse�s Hut.

I especially remember the Christmas Eve of the year I turned sixteen. I had on my very first pair of high heel shoes. My father knew that Uncle �Tine� and the band was playing at the McMillan Hut this particular night. My father decided to go by the hut that night. We got out of the car and went in the hut. I was just barely managing to wobble along wearing those shoes. Reuben Kearse McMillan, who was slightly intoxicated, grabbed me, dragging me out on the dance floor. I thought before that dance was over that I was going to fall and break my neck. It was a long, long time before I got up enough nerves to wear those shoes again.

Vallentine was an accomplished carpenter and in his retirement, he enjoyed woodworking projects.

Uncle �Tine� married, on 2 May 1936, Minna Clyde O�Neal, who was born 11 February 1915, in Bamberg County, daughter of Joe Jean O�Neal and Minerva Getsinger. She is a residence of Methodist Oaks as of 16 Jan 1999

My Aunt Minna Clyde taught as a substituted teacher at Colston school house. She said, �that some of the older students thought they could run over her�. She went outside and catching them by the collar told them they most certainly were going to attend school and proceeded to march them into the classroom.

Minna Clyde reported the Colston news to the Advertizer Herald for years. This was a favorite column for a number of people.

Uncle �Tine� and Aunt Minna Clyde had two children.

1. Martha Anne was born 6 March 1938, in the Colston Community, Bamberg County.

Anne graduated from Furman University, in Greenville, S.C. She works as directory of Donor Research, in the Office of Development, Furman University, in Greenville, S.C.

Anne married Rev. Ted Lee Purcell.

Ted and Anne are divorced.

Ted and Anne had two children.

1. Andrew McMillan �Drew�, was born on 19 Jul 1964, in Tryon, North Carolina.

He has a B.A. from North Carolina State University, Raleigh, N.C. (1986)

�Drew� is at the Baptist Seminary, Richmond, VA. (1999)

�Drew� married, on 15 Aug 1998, in the Broyhill Chapel, on campus of Mars Hill College, Melonee Marie �Mel� Eatmon, the daughter of Charles Edward and Judy (Birthname Unknown) Eatmon..

2. LeAnne, was born 12 October 1967, in Tryon, North Carolina.

She has a B.A. from the University of North Carolina � Chapel Hill (1989)

LeAnne is Co-manager of Trillium Gift Shop at Raleigh, N.C.

3. Henry Clyde �Hank� was born 16 February 1951, in the Orangeburg Regional Hospital, Orangeburg, S.C.

�Hank� graduated from the University of South Carolina.

He is Vice President of Sales Manger, Wyatt Seal, Inc.

�Hank� was married first to Marsha Ebbie Bishop. They are divorced They had no children.

�Hank�, as he is called, married, on 4 January 1975, to his second wife, Susan Elizabeth Wyatt, who was born 8 September 1950.

�Hank� and Susan have two children

1. Henry Scott, who was born 16 September 1977, in Lexington County Hospital, Lexington, S.C..

Scott is a student at Furman University.

2. Melissa Lynn, who was born 19 November 1979, in Lexington County Hospital, Lexington, S.C.

She is a student at Cornell University at Ithaca, New York. She is studying to be an Architect.

4. Robert Aldrich McMillan, Sr. was born 15 March 1912., in Bamberg County, and died 7 January 1986, in Columbia, Richland County. He is buried in the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Sumter, S.C.

My father had several nicknames he was known by. He was called �Bob�. �Bob Mack�, and � Mr. Mack�. His grandfather called him �Lieutenant�.

It seems that my father also had another name. He was listed as Claude Dunbar McMillan. Aunt Minna Clyde and Uncle �Tine� found his school diploma. The name on the diploma was Claude Dunbar McMillan. I decided to check the 1920 Orangeburg County, S.C. Census which was the only census he would be listed on that was available at the time without having to write off for this information. I found my grandparents living at Cope, S.C. and sure enough they had my father listed as Claude Dunbar McMillan. My uncle said, �that he had never heard my father called anything other than �Bob�.� No one in the neighborhood had ever heard of him being called �Claude Dunbar�. Daddy�s grandfather, who died in 1923, referred to daddy as �Bob� in his 1923 will. We never knew our father by any other name than Robert Aldrich � Bob� McMillan.

My mother�s nicknames were �Mrs. Mack� and �Colombo�. Her grandchildren called her �Colombo� after the detective on TV. Mother missed her calling. She would have made a very good FBI Agent. She seemed to know things before they happened. We kids couldn�t get by with many things.

Daddy�s job required him being out of town most of the time when we were growing up. Mother is the parent that raised us. She was a very strict mother, but she was fair. Usually the punishment that one of us got the other three got also.

Uncle �Tine� said, �that my father �Bob� had suffered a heart attack at age 12�. He said, �That he heard the doctor say heart attack�.

When my father was about sixteen, he witnessed the murder of his best friend Asbury Lawton Kirkland, Jr. who had married daddy�s first cousin Frances Marion Pate.

Asbury was shot and killed by his father-in-law William Preston Pate. My father said, �that if he hadn�t run, Mr. Pate would have shot him also�. I haven�t looked the trial up yet. The trial was moved from Bamberg, S.C. to Aiken, S.C. because they didn�t think Mr. Pate would get a fair trial in Bamberg County, S.C.. The McMillans and Kirklands were both very old families of Bamberg County, S.C. I don�t think that my grandfather�s sister, �Nell�, ever lived with Mr. Pate again. His daughter, Eleanor McMillan �Jack� Pate McMillan, of Denmark, S.C., didn�t want to talk about it. She said, �that it was too painful�.

Asbury�s murder had an effect on my brothers, sister and I for the rest of my father�s life. My father never got over Asbury�s murder, it haunted him until the day he died. R.A., Billy, Martha and I heard the story a million times. I heard the story for the last time about three weeks before my father died.

My father did some boxing before he married my mother. I also heard him tell about his last fight. Seems the other fighter was a heavy weight and my father was medium weight. I guess brass knuckles were legal back then. The other fighter used the brass knuckles on my father. My father said, �that the other fighter almost killed him�. He never fought again. My father was an extremely strong man. Just as my brother, Billy, neither knew their strength.

Daddy was an Electrical Supervisor for Sumter Builders. He installed the first set of under ground landing lights at Shaw Air Force Base.

Sumter Builders built the first electrical lines to the beaches of S.C.. During the summertime when school was out we stayed at the beach. I especially remember the summer we stayed at Pawley�s Island, S.C.. I, first, got stung by a school of small jellyfish. Second, I got the worst sunburn that I ever had. The sunburn was so bad, I wasn�t able to lay on my back for about six weeks. After that summer, I wasn�t to fond of the beach, anymore. I am sixty-five now and I�m still not fond of the beach. (1999)

Daddy was the type of man that had to have something to do all of the time. If he didn�t have anything to do, he would invent work. If he wasn�t fixing something here at the house in Sumter, he was down at the lake house fixing something.

Our father married, his childhood sweetheart, Mildred Lucille Free, who was born 10 January 1913, in Bamberg County, S.C., died 6 August 1977, in Tuomey Hospital, Sumter, S.C. She is buried in the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Sumter, S.C. Mother was the daughter of Jacob Edmund �Jake� Free and Lucille Ray of Bamberg County, S.C..

After moving to Sumter, S. C., mother went to work at the first A & P Tea Company. She worked under Pap Lewis who was the manager.

We lived at 106 W. Liberty Street, the A&P was located across the street from the Y. M. C. A. which was across the street from where we lived.

She worked at two other A&P�s as bookkeeper. She was the first woman to retired from the A&P in the southeast. She drew no benefits because she was a women.

Mother was a fabulous cook. She came from a long line of good cooks. Grandmother Lucille and Great-Grandmother Julia Adeline Free Ray were excellent cooks. Mother had many good recipes which she kept in her head. The family wishes now that she had written down for us.

Daddy and Mother had four children.

1. Robert Aldrich, Jr., �R.A.�was born 6 November 1930, and died 9 October 1997, in Tuomey Regional Center, in Sumter, S.C.. He is buried in Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, in Sumter, S.C..

�R.A.�, as he was called, retired after twenty-four years with the Air Force. He was a person that could do anything he set his mind to.

He married Frances Mae Windham, who was born 27 December 1930, in Lynchburg, Lee County, and S.C.. She is the daughter of the late Jack Windham and Lessie Mae Carter, of Lynchburg, Lee County, and S.C..

�R.A.� and Frances had three children.

1. Charles Nelson �Chuck�, who was born 25 January 1954, in Moses Lake, Washington.

�Chuck� married, on 23 June 1978, first wife, Helen Mari

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