Rev. 7 Nov. 2007, Gen. 156
DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH
GREAVES AND MARY BENNETT
OF ENGLAND & SOUTH
CAROLINA
GENERATION 1
Joseph Greaves (1) may have been
born about 1710-1720, probably in England.
He married Mary Bennett on 29 April 1743 in Prince Frederick Parish,
Marion District, SC. It is not proven
that this is the same Joseph who was the father of the Joseph Greaves who
served in the American Revolution, but it is likely that is so. Note that a grandson was named Bennett
Greaves. (R‑5, R‑7)
Children - Greaves
+2. Joseph Greaves, b. 9 Feb. 1744, m. Rebecka Evans.
3. Elizabeth Greaves, b. 12 Jan. 1745.
+4. John Greaves,b.c. 1746, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑,
d. 3 March 1808.
5. Francis Greaves, b.c. 1747. Capt. during the Rev. War.
6. Mary Greaves, b. 27 Nov. 17‑‑.
7. James Greaves
GENERATION 2
CHILDREN OF JOSEPH GREAVES (1)
AND MARY BENNETT
Joseph Greaves (2) was born 9 Feb.
1744 in Prince Frederick Parish, Britton’s Neck, Marion District, SC, and
probably died between 1790 and 1810 in Marion District, SC. He married Rebecka Evans. They lived in Britton’s Neck, SC. He was a captain during the Revolutionary
War. All their children were born in
Prince Frederick Parish, Marion Dist., SC.
(R‑5, R‑7)
Children - Greaves
+8. Joseph Greaves, b.c. 1777, m. Mary (probably Baker or Blythe), d. 6
Dec. 1829.
+9. Francis Greaves, b.c. 1783, m. Mary Alice Gause, d. 1 Jan. 1839.
+10. Bennett Greaves, b. 26 April 1785, m. Rachel R. Davis, 16 Feb.
1811, d. 1849.
+11. Mary Ann Greaves, b.c. 1786, m. Francis Allison, 12 Nov. 1805.
John Greaves (4) died 3 March 1808
in Marion Co., SC, and died 3 March 1808 in Marion District, SC. His name may have been William John
Greaves. He married Charity ‑‑‑‑‑‑. He served under Capt. Joseph Greaves as a
private during the Revolutionary War.
(R‑5, R‑7)
Children - Greaves
+12. William Henry Greaves, b.c. 1772, m. Elizabeth Davis, d.c. 1834.
13. Susannah Greaves, b.c. 1775.
+14. Sarah Greaves, b.c. 1778, m(1) James C. Johnson, m(2) Henry F.
Williams, d. 11 May 1874.
+15. Elizabeth Greaves, b. March 1793 (?), m. Francis Johnson, c. 1810,
d. 16 Sept. 1819.
GENERATION 3
CHILDREN OF JOSEPH GREAVES (2)
AND REBECKA EVANS
Joseph Greaves (8) was born about
1777 in Prince Frederick Parish, Marion District, SC, and died 6 Dec. 1829 in
Georgetown, SC. He married Mary B.
(probably either Baker or Blythe). A
questionnaire filled out by his grandson, Clarence B. Greaves, stated that
Joseph came from England and fought "throughout the Revolution with
Marion's brigade." Clarence's son,
Harry B. Greaves, obtained a collection of documents from the National and
South Carolina Archives concerning military service by Joseph. He also received an intriguing collection of
documents concerning horses, money and various supplies provided to the
Continental Army by Joseph, William, Francis and John Greaves. These men signed each other's documents as
witnesses, etc., so they were probably related and/or lived near each
other. These documents are summarized
in Appendix A.
Family tradition has it that Joseph
B. killed a man in a duel in the 1830's and that his children moved to
Mississippi about 1840. The descendants
have a copy of his will dated 1829, but do not know where or when he died. (See Appendix B for this will, plus that of
the abovementioned William Greaves.)
There is a family story that the
Greaveses were loyalists who immigrated during the time of Oliver Cromwell
along with some relatives named Cromwell who changed their name to Crowell
because they were embarrassed to be connected with Oliver.
According to Harry B. Greaves (R‑3),
"Many years ago a group of families, all related, left England and came to
the new world. Most of them settled in
the Carolinas, and many of this group later moved to Mississippi and made new
homes in Hinds and Madison counties.
The family names that come to mind as being closely or distantly related
are: Greaves, Goodloe, Jiggitts, Dinkins, Riddick, Durphrey, Decatur, Thompson,
Wailes, and Crowell (Cromwell with the M eliminated)."
Based on name similarity and living
in the same areas, it seems possible that Joseph was a cousin of Joseph Decatur
Greaves, and that Jonathan Greaves (genealogy 18) was his uncle.
According to family records, son
S.A.D. Greaves was born in 1817 in Sumter Co., SC, and son William Francis
Greaves was born in 1824 near Charleston, SC.
However, neither the 1810 nor 1830 censuses show any Greaves or Graves
family in either of these counties.
Instead, it appears that they lived in Marion Co. (north of Charleston
Co. and east of Sumter Co.). Also, based
on the will of Joseph Greaves being written in 1829 and his not being listed in
the 1830 SC census, he probably died in 1829 in Marion Co., SC. It is possible that Joseph was living with
one of his children in 1830; however, this seems unlikely, since Mary Greaves
(probably his widow) was listed as head of household in Marion Co. in 1830.
The SC census indexes have been
checked for 1790, 1810, 1830, and 1850.
It should be noted that the spellings Graves and Greaves were used
interchangeably in these records. The
following lists (listing name of head of household, county of residence, and
census page) show all the Greaves families in those records, plus all the
Graves families living in Marion Co., and any other Graves families which seem
possibly connected.
1790
census
Francis Greaves Prince Georges Par., Georgetown
Dist.
John Greaves " "
Joseph Greaves " "
Lewis Greaves Laurens Co., Ninety-Six Dist.
Richard Greaves Cheraw Dist.
James Graves Prince Georges Par., Georgetown
Dist.
Thomas Graves " "
1810
census:
Charles Greaves Beaufort p. 135
Peter Greaves Colleton 315
Archibald Graves Marion 84
Bennett Graves
" 80
Francis Graves
" 85
Hardy Graves "
82
Henry William Graves " 84
John Graves " 83
Joseph Graves "
85
Sarah Graves "
78
Stephen Graves
" 84
William Graves Lancaster 3
1830
census:
Bennet Greaves Marion 19
Francis Greaves
" 19
Mary Greaves "
19
William Greaves
" 19
William Graves
" 20
Charles Graves Charleston 90
Charles Graves
" 170
Emeline Graves
" 133
John Graves Orangeburg 40
Joseph Graves "
41
Peter Graves Georgetown 214
1850
census:
no Greaves
Archibald Graves Marion 81
William Graves
" 81
Of the Greaves men listed in the
Revolutionary War papers (Joseph, William, Francis, and John), all of them may
be included in the 1810 census. It
looks as if both John and Joseph died by 1830.
Who were Archibald, Bennett, and Stephen, and were they related to
Joseph and the others? (R‑1)
Children - Greaves
16. Major) John Madison Greaves, b. 7 Feb. 1803,
never married. He had a plantation,
"Sub Rosa", south of Pocahantas, MS.
He moved to California.
+17. Joseph Blythe Greaves, b. 10 May 1808, m. Priscilla Dupree.
18. Mary Jane Greaves, b.c. 1811. She remained in SC with her parents.
+19. Charlotte C. Greaves, b.c. 1813, m. George Stokes.
+20. Stephen Arne Decatur Greaves, b. 30 Jan. 1817, m(1) Sarah Anna
Frances Lowe, m(2) Jennie Battley, d. 17 Nov. 1880.
+21. Araminta D. Greaves, b.c. 1820, m. R. C. Cowan.
+22. William Francis Greaves, b. 19 Feb. 1824, m(1) Eleanor Matilda
Dupree, 6 Dec. 1854, m(2) Lucilla Hulme, 14 Nov. 1875.
Francis (“Frank”) Greaves (9) was
born about 1783 in Marion District, SC, and died 1 Jan. 1839 at age 56 in
Haywood Co., SC. He married Mary Alice
Gause (or Mary Paisley). (R‑5)
Children - Greaves
+23. Amanda Malvinia Fitzallen Greaves, b. 14 Nov. 1807, m(1) Thomas
Gerald Rice, m(2) ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Fitzallen, m(3) ‑‑‑‑‑‑
Brown, d. 12 Dec. 1894.
+24. Rebecca Greaves, m. Benjamin Huger Capers.
Bennett Greaves (10) was born 26
April 1785 in Marion District, SC, and died in 1849 in Haywood Co., TN. He married Rachel R. Davis, daughter of
Benjamin Davis, Jr., on 16 Feb. 1811 in Marion Co., SC. She was born about 1793 in SC. All their children were born in Marion Co.,
SC. In the 1860 census for District 15,
Haywood Co., TN, page 500, she was living with her son Andrew. (R‑5)
Children - Greaves
25. William Leonard Greaves, b. 20 Jan. 1812, died
in infancy.
+26. Edwin Augustus Greaves, b. 28 Sept. 1814, m. Emily F. Davis, d.c.
1880.
+27. Andrew Jackson Greaves, b. 25 March 1816, m. Sophronia ‑‑‑‑‑‑,
d. 7 April 1869.
+28. Ann Belum Greaves, b. 23 Jan. 1818, m. David M. Henning, 10 Dec.
1840, d. 1878.
29. Francis Bennett Greaves, b. 19 March 1822,
died in infancy.
+30. Sarah Adelaide Greaves, b.c. 1830, m. William J. Shaw.
Mary Ann Greaves (11) was born
about 1786. She married Francis Allison
on 12 Nov. 1805 in Marion District, SC.
(R‑7)
Children - Allison
31. James Allison
32. Frances Allison
CHILDREN OF JOHN GREAVES (4) AND
CHARITY ------
William Henry Greaves (12) was born
about 1772 and died about 1834. He
married Elizabeth Davis (or Elisabeth McWhite). (R‑7)
Children - Greaves
33. Margaret Elisabeth Greaves Davis (?)
Sarah Greaves (14) was born about
1778 and died 11 May 1874, both in Britton’s Neck, Marion District, SC. She first married James C. Johnson, son of
William Johnson and Celia ‑‑‑‑‑‑. He was born about 1782 in Marion Co., SC, and
died 19 Jan. 1817 in Britton’s Neck, Marion Co., SC. She married second Henry F. Williams. All her children were born in Marion Co., SC. (R‑7)
Children - Johnson
+34. Caroline Matilda Johnson, b. 17 Feb. 1812, m. Edward Hyrne Britton,
d. 11 May 1874.
35. William Johnson, b.c. 1815, d. after Jan.
1817.
36. Jennett Johnson
+37. Frances Rebecca Johnson, b. 17 Sept. 1817, m. Jehu Leonard Stone.
Elizabeth Greaves (15) was born in
March 1793 (?) and died 16 Sept. 1819, both in Marion District, SC, and was
buried 17 Sept. 1819 in the Johnson family cemetery, north side of Lynches
River, west of highway 41. She married
Francis Johnson, son of William Johnson and Celia ‑‑‑‑‑‑,
about 1810. He was born about 1790 in
Marion Dist., SC, died before Oct. 1854 in Mt. Crogham, Chesterfield Co., SC,
and was buried in Mt. Croghan, SC. (R‑7)
Children - Johnson
+38. William J. Johnson, b.c. 1812, m. Margaret Stone, d. after 1853.
39. Francis S. Johnson, b.c. 1813.
40. Samuel Wilds Johnson, b.c. 1814.
+41. Mary Lee Johnson, b.c. 1815, m(1) Orison J. Hinds, c. 1832, m(2)
Andrew J. Hinds, after 1835, m(3) Samuel J. Steele, Feb. 1838.
GENERATION 4
CHILDREN OF JOSEPH GREAVES (8)
AND MARY ------
Joseph Blythe Greaves (17) was born
10 May 1808 in SC. He married Priscilla
J. Dupree, daughter of James Dupree, a Mississippi state senator during the
1840’s, and his first wife. Priscilla
first married a Mr. Hall and was widowed soon after. James D. Hall on the 1850 census record was probably a son from
that marriage. She was born about 1824
in LA. She was a half-sister of Eleanor
who married his brother William F.
Eleanor was born to James Dupree and his second wife. Another daughter of that second marriage,
Anna Dupree, married Robert Moss at the home of Joseph and Priscilla and was
living on a plantation near Edwards, MS, during the Civil War.
They were in the 1850 census for
Hinds Co., MS, page 201, dwelling 1291, with Joseph B., 42, planter, Priscilla
J., 26, Mary M., 7, Ida R. (or B.), 6, John D., 3, William F., 4/12, James D.
Hall, 9, John Kisinger, 45, overseer, and Mary J. Greaves, 39. The 1860 census for Clifton, Hinds Co., MS,
dwelling 567, listed J. B. Greaves, 50, farmer & mayor of Clinton, P. J.,
35, J. M., 16, F, J. B., 14, F, J. M., 12, M, J. B. Jr., 8, M, Ann D., 3, F,
James B. Hall, 19, M, J. Dupree, 13, F, all children born in MS. The 1870 census for Clinton, Hinds Co., MS,
page 594, dwelling 21, listed Joseph B., 62, merchant, Prissilla J., 48, Joseph
B., 18, clerk in store, Mary, 24, Ida B., 22, Anna P., 11, and James Hall, 26,
druggist. The 1880 census for Edwards,
Hinds Co., MS, page 156A, listed Joseph B., 72, P. J., 55, J. B., 28, son,
attorney, and A. D., 18, dau. Joseph
had a plantation near Clinton, MS. (R‑1,
R‑11)
Children - Greaves
42. Mary M. Greaves, b.c. 1843.
43. Ida B. Greaves, b.c. 1844.
44. John D. Greaves, b.c. 1847.
45. William F. Graves, b.c. 1850, probably d.
before 1860.
+46. Joseph B. Greaves, b.c. 1852, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑
Elliot.
+47. Anna D. Greaves, b.c. 1857, m. Thomas Randolph Henry, d. Sept.
1897.
Charlotte Greaves (19) was born
about 1813 in SC. She married George
Stokes. He was born about 1806 in
Ireland, and probably died 1860-1870.
They lived north of Clinton, Hinds Co., MS, at their plantation,
"Grassdale."
The following account written by
Elmore D. Greaves was based on an interview with Charlotte Priscilla Greaves
Neal in 1943.
Dr. George Stokes, from Cork,
Ireland, was in love with Charlotte Greaves in South Carolina, followed her to
Mississippi, and married her there. They lived in Clinton, MS, where he practiced medicine. Dr. and Mrs. Stokes had seven children. Dr. Stokes was one of the founders of Mississippi
College at Clinton. The beautiful old
chapel in the middle of the campus was given to the college by Dr. Stokes. A few years after Dr. and Mrs. Stokes had
lived in Clinton, Dr. Stokes bought a 2400 acre plantation four miles north of
Clinton, called Grassdale, where they later moved. Grassdale was not one of the
beautiful white-columned mansions, for which the South was famous. Instead, it was a large, comfortable house
that had porches and rooms running in and out.
Across the comfortable house, there was a long gallery in the front,
twelve feet wide and extending the length of the two front middle rooms. The front door opened into a wide hall and
on each side of the hall were two large rooms.
At the end of the hall was another long gallery across the back. The kitchen and dining room were in a
separate wing, attached to the back of the main part of the house.
In the spring of 1863, when the
final operations against Vicksburg were under way, 10,000 Yankee troops camped
around Grassdale on their way to Vicksburg.
Charlotte Priscilla
("Tal"), then a little girl of six, relates the story of one of her
most horrifying memories of the war between the states: "The Yankees came
through the yard, tearing down the flowers and shrubs. They stole the horses
and went all through the house, taking what they wanted. The storehouse, as on all old southern
plantations, was the grocery, hardware, and clothing store of the
plantation. Here were kept all the
cured hams, the hogsheads of sugar, flour, corn meal, all kinds of preserves,
and vegetables. Mrs. Stokes knew this
would be the first thing the Yankees would try to get, so she stood with her
back against the storeroom door to keep them from going in. The soldiers tried every way to get in and
finally someone ran out and told her that the Yankees had found her husband's
pistol and coat under the bed. The
minute they left, she, being terribly frightened, ran to the house to see what
they had done. The Yankees then tore
down the door and carried all the hams and other foods they wanted out and
destroyed the rest. Hogshead after
hogshead of molasses was poured on the ground and when Mrs. Stokes begged the
Federal officers to stop the men, they only laughed at her.
Dr. Stokes had a very fine dog,
that would catch chickens, and as soon as they found this out they tried
it. Charlotte Priscilla tried to call
off the dog, but when one big Yankee soldier pointed his gun at her and
threatened to shoot, she ran horrified into the house to her mother. When she found her mother, she was amusing
two Federal officers who were playing with a game of backgammon they had
found. Behind Mrs. Stokes stood a
Yankee, sticking at her with a sword."
They were in the 1840 census for
Hinds Co., MS, with 1 male 5-10, and 1 female under 5. They were in the 1850 census for Hinds Co.,
MS. They were in the 1860 census for
Clinton, Hinds Co., MS. He was a
medical doctor. She was in the 1870
census for Hinds Co., MS, without George, and with 3 of her children, Mary, 19,
George Ann, 18, and Tal (Charlotte), 16.
All their children were born in MS.
(R‑1, R‑2)
Children - Stokes
48. James S. Stokes, b.c. 1831.
+49. Ada Zenobia Stokes, b.c. 1837 m(1) ‑‑‑‑‑‑
Johnson, m(2) Jack Fontaine.
50. Ella Regena Stokes, b.c. 1842, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑
Chilton.
51. Adelle Amenta Stokes, b.c. 1845.
52. Martha Ann Stokes, b.c. 1847.
53. Mary Margaret Stokes, b.c. 1849.
54. George Ann Stokes, b.c. 1852.
+55. Charlotte Priscilla Stokes, b. Feb. 1855, m. William D. Neal, c.
1873.
Stephen Arne Decatur Greaves (20)
was born 30 Jan. 1817 in Sumter, Sumter Co., SC, and died 17 Nov. 1880 in
Madison Co., MS. He first married Sarah
Anna Frances Lowe, daughter of William Figures Lowe and Martha ‑‑‑‑‑‑
, and widow of her cousin John Lowe.
She was born 20 Aug. 1825 in Richmond, VA, and died 2 Aug. 1865 in
Madison Co., MS. He secondly married
Jennie Battley. She was born about 1843
in NC.
Stephen first settled at
Pocahantas, MS, and then moved to Raymond, MS, where he practiced law. He was elected to the Mississippi State
House of Representatives in 1846. At the
outbreak of the Mexican War in that year, he joined the Raymond Fencibles which
enlisted for the war. The Raymond
Fencibles (sometimes referred to as the Downing Rifles) was under the command
of Capt. R. N. Downing and was outfitted for service June 2, 1846. This company joined the First Mississippi
Volunteers under the command of Col. Jefferson Davis. By June 10, 1846, the Vicksburg Southerns, State Fencibles of
Jackson, and the Raymond Fencibles had been mustered in Camp Brown near
Vicksburg. The regiment was formed at
Vicksburg and divided into companies.
The Raymond Fencibles was formed into Company G., with R. N. Downing
commander and S.A.D. Greaves as one of the lieutenants. This regiment was armed with rifles instead
of muskets by request of Col. Davis to General Winfield Scott. The regiment then sailed down the Mississippi
River and camped near New Orleans. Col.
Davis returned from a visit to his Brierfield Plantation and the regiment
sailed on the steamship Alabama July 26, 1846, and landed at Brazos Island. There they remained until August 2. They were assigned in the organization of
General Taylor's army. Lt. Greaves fought in several battles, including the
assault on Monterrey which began Sept. 21, 1846. Quitman's Brigade attacked the
fort, called Temeria. Col. Davis advanced his Mississippi riflemen obliquely by
the left of companies into a line near the works, under the enemy's fire. The Mississippians opened fire as soon as
they formed in open order. Then as the
Mexican fire slackened, the Mississippians charged. The enemy fled, leaving behind the artillery, a considerable
number of muskets, the wounded and dead.
Sept. 23, the last day of the battle, Col. Davis took Company H (Lt.
Moore), Company G (Lt. S.A.D. Greaves), and two Tennessee companies out on a
perilous reconnaissance into the fort of El Diablo. Col. Davis specifically mentioned Lt. S.A.D. Greaves for his
outstanding gallantry in the battle of Monterrey. In 1846, Brigadier General Samuel S. Heard of Spring Ridge was
succeeded by S.A.D. Greaves. After his return from Mexico, he was made a Brigadier
General of the Mississippi state troops.
The Mississippi State Archives contains a report made by Lt. Greaves to
Col. Jefferson Davis on the events of Sept. 23, 1846.
After the Mexican War he married a
rich widow, Sarah Lowe, and they lived on her plantation,
"Sunnyside", in Livingston, Madison Co., MS, lavishly by all
accounts. He changed clothes completely for each meal, had 90 pairs of
hand-made boots, and was spared complete destruction of the property by
Sherman's forces because of his war record.
Instead, reconstruction caused them to lose all they had. Sunnyside was destroyed by fire in 1924.
According to Harry B. Greaves (R‑3),
at about the same time that the Greaves family moved to Mississippi, another
family, not related, the Lowes, also moved to Mississippi in wagons pulled by
oxen. There were two brothers, John and
Figures Lowe. John had a son, John,
Jr., and Figures had a daughter, Sarah, both about the same age. One brother was a lawyer and the other a
farmer. In time they accumulated many
thousands of acres and bought slaves numbering in the hundreds. They settled near the small town known as
Livingston. In time they built a lovely
mansion on a hill. The home had
fourteen bedrooms, a bowling alley, pool room, and a dining room that could
seat thirty or forty people.
A large ballroom adjoined the house
in some manner, but it had been removed before my time, although I do remember
the ladies' and gentlemen's dressing rooms.
One was on each end of a spacious front porch, both erected in a perfect
circle shape. About twenty steps led
from the ground level to the front porch.
I recall that the windows in the front rooms extended from the floor to
near the ceilings which were about 14 feet tall. I was told that the ballroom and ladies dressing room had mirrors
about 10 feet tall and four feet wide scattered throughout both rooms.
By the time the Lowes' children
became adults, the parents decided that if the vast plantations they had
acquired were to remain as one, their children should marry each other. This they did and everything went well for a
short while, but a real tragedy brought their plans to an abrupt end one
Christmas morning.
My father told me he had been
informed that the slaves were not permitted to have any kind of alcohol except
on Christmas morning, when each and every one was given a small amount of
whiskey. While young John was out among
the slaves, one of them hit him on the head with a shovel while his back was
turned. John died immediately. I asked my father several times what was
done to the slave and all he ever told me was, and I quote: "He was taken
care of."
When Col. S.A.D. Greaves was
relieved of his Mexican War duties, he went to his brother John's home just
south of Pocahantas. While there, he
heard about the lovely and wealthy Lowe widow and decided he wanted to meet
her. He therefore went to Mr. Robinson, a very close friend, for help.
Mr. Robinson dispatched a slave
with a note to Mr. Lowe asking for permission to come bring a young hero of the
Mexican War for a visit. The slave
returned with a note from Mr. Lowe inviting Mr. Robinson and his friend to
dinner, or supper, I suppose, for this is what night meals were called. My memory is vague as to how long the
courtship lasted, but in due time they were married.
Another recollection of Harry B.
Greaves is as follows. "Lawzee,
Little Miss, you look just like Ole Miss, your grandma, the General's
wife." I heard that statement
nearly every time some of the ex-slaves or their descendants would see my
sister Eleanor for the first time, and possibly every time they saw her.
They usually also said, "Your
coal black hair and shiny black eyes make you look just like Ole Miss."
One time I heard my father say,
"That is the Indian blood showing up." I asked my father what what he meant by that, and he told me a
story that has stuck with me for nearly seventy years.
To the best of my memory he stated,
"My mother's grandmother was the daughter of Pocahantas' sister."
(This would have referred to the grandmother of Sarah A. F. Lowe.) He may have said first cousin and not
sister. I cannot understand why I did
not ask my father more about it as time went by, but I failed to do so and now
I regret it. I stated earlier that I
want to leave a written record of everything I possibly can to pass on to the
younger generations, and I hope some of them will take up where I leave off.
He was in the 1880 census for
Livingston, Madison Co., MS, page 160C, with S.A.D. Greaves, 63, lawyer,
farmer, J.B., wife, 37, S.A.D., 26, J.M., 20, C.B., 17, H.B., 12, M.I.,
10. (R‑1, R‑2, R‑3)
Children - Greaves, by Sarah A.
F. Lowe
+56. Stephen Arne Decatur Greaves, Jr., b. 2 Feb. 1854, m. Julia
Elizabeth Fondren, 24 Nov. 1881, d. 5 Dec. 1915.
57. William Figures Greaves, b. 3 June 1856, died
young.
58. Paul Victor Greaves, b. 28 May 1858, d. Oct.
1861.
59. Ione Greaves, b. Dec. 1858, d. Oct. 1861.
+60. John Madison Greaves, b. 16 April 1860, m(1) Elise Goodlow, m(2)
Mary Dewees.
61. Corinne Greaves, b. 5 Feb. 1862, d. 1863.
+62. Clarence Budney Greaves, b. 22 Aug. 1863, m. Elizabeth Baker, 16
July 1893, d. 8 Aug. 1940.
Children - Greaves, by Jennie
Battley
+63. Harry Battley Greaves, b.c. 1868, m. Lilah Parker.
64. Mamie I. Greaves, b.c. 1870, m. (Dr.) ‑‑‑‑‑‑
Hunt.
Aramanta (or Araminta) D. Greaves
(21) was born about 1820. She married
R. C. Cowan. He was born about 1817 in
Ireland, and probably died 1860-1870. They
are said to have lived at Hattiesburg, MS.
They were in the 1850 and 1860 censuses for Harrison Co., MS. He was a merchant. She was in the 1870 census for District 2, Madison Co., MS,
without him, and with all 4 of their children, and they were farming. (There is a possibility that these children
were not hers and were all by a previous marriage of her husband, since the
1850 census showed the wife as Martha A., 25, the 1860 census listed her as M.
A., 35, and only the 1870 census listed her as Araminta, 50. However, perhaps her middle name was Martha,
or that was the name that she usually went by, and the name of the son Decatur
certainly indicated she was his mother.)
All the children were born in MS.
(R‑1)
Children - Cowan
65. John M. G. Cowan, b.c. 1848.
+66. Decatur D. Cowan, b.c. 1850, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑.
67. Ara G. (or Alinta) Cowan, b.c. 1852.
68. Robert G. Cowan, b.c. 1854.
Dr. William Francis Greaves (22)
was born 19 Feb. 1824 near Charleston, SC.
He first married Eleanor Matilda Dupree on 6 Dec. 1854 at the home of
his father, Col. Joseph B. Greaves, in Clinton, MS. She died 25 Dec. 1873. He
secondly married Lucilla Hulme on 14 Nov. 1875 in Madison Co., MS. He lived at Boscobel plantation, near
Pocahantas, MS.
The following article (possibly
published in a local newpaper) tells of an incident during the 1863 Civil War
campaign at Jackson, MS, was written by Ed Blake, March 7, 1972, and was titled
"Union Raiding Party Captured Boscobel Owner in Springdale Hills
Incident."
"Dr. William Francis Greaves,
the central character in this incident, came to Mississippi with a company of
his kinsmen and settled at Pocahantas, MS, about 1840. He was a native of SC and son of Col. Joseph
Greaves, who in the 1830's had killed a man in a duel in the period that
dueling was being outlawed.
Shortly he was to build a
two-story, white columned, white frame home with a brick kitchen to the rear
atop a flat summit, surrounded by loess, red sand and clay cliffs that today is
a part of Springdale Hills Park and Arboretum.
Meanwhile, another member of the family, Major John Greaves who had come
from South Carolina with the party, settled two miles south of Pocahantas at
Sub Rosa Plantation, where he built a beautiful two-story home that still
stands today and which is on the Jackson tour circuit and is shown to the
public by Mrs. T. A. Turner, owner for the past thirty years.
Both homes, Boscobel, located two
and a half miles west of Pocahantas, and Sub Rosa, two miles south of
Pocahantas, were to be visited by Union soldiers of Sherman's army who were
converging on Jackson in 1863 to destroy that city. This account will relate the events that occurred at Boscobel
Plantation owned by Dr. William Francis Greaves.
Facts about the raid were related
to Ed Blake by Mrs. Lula Greaves Russell, a daughter of Dr. Greaves. Mrs. Russell visited Springdale Hills Park
on Oct. 16, 1971, at the age of 86, in the company of a niece, Mrs. Virgie
Greaves Huggins, of Pascagoula, who lived at Boscobel for a year in 1895 while
the home was demolished escept for the brick kitchen. In the company of members of their families, the two ladies
visited the brick kitchen remains of Boscobel, and there Mrs. Lula Greaves
Russell related the story of the Civil War raid as described to her by her
father, Dr. Greaves.
Dr. Greaves had taken the hand of
Miss Eleanor Matilda Dupree of Brownsville on Dec. 6, 1854, in the home of Col.
Joseph B. Greaves in Clinton. Shortly
thereafter, they set up housekeeping at Boscobel where in subsequent years five
sons and two daughters were to come into the household.
Four large cedar trees stood in a
row in front of the house which faced west.
In front of it was a springhouse surrounded by crepe myrtle trees which
have multiplied over the ensuing period of a century and a quarter and which
still put forth a dazzling display of pink glory at the Boscobel home site each
summer. White iris was planted in
clumps along the roadway down the steep hill and a black walnut tree stood
behind the house. The kitchen was made
by slave labor of bricks which were made on the place. The kitchen was removed from the house to
spare the dwelling from the fumes of cooking and for safety reasons as
well. It had an interior dimension of
15 x 18 feet with a large fireplace and hearth along the south wall and a
window along the east wall.
The home had porches across the
front on both levels with a view westward of five miles to a slightly higher
ridge, and to the south to Clinton and Jackson, the latter being some fifteen
miles southeast. From the home could be
heard the incessant cannonading of the Blue and Grey during the spring and
summer siege of Vicksburg in 1863.
Vicksburg's battlefields were approximately 35 miles west and slightly
south.
After the surrender of the
Confederate fortress at Vicksburg, the strategic moves of the Union forces came
in the form of wide destructive swaths by the raiders on their way to
Jackson. General Grant was to move to
Grand Gulf and approach Jackson subsequently from the southwest while General
Sherman was to move directly from Vicksburg to Jackson, having been called in
from West Tennessee to assist Grant in wreaking all manner of havoc upon the
South from Vicksburg to the Atlantic.
Dr. Greaves and his family were at
home when the Union troops arrived and took him in custody. They blindfolded him, put him on a horse and
told Mrs. Greaves that she would never see her husband alive again. Before leaving, they took the family
carriage with its gold upholstery to the smokehouse and loaded it with meat
before riding off with Dr. Greaves and his pantry to a nearby Union encampment. It is not known just where he was taken, or
whether the incident occurred just prior to or after the fall of
Vicksburg. He could have been taken to
Grassdale Plantation five miles to the south, where 10,000 Union troops were
encamped during the Vicksburg campaign, presently Camp Kickapoo, owned by Dr.
George Stokes, a native of Cork, Ireland, who had married Charlotte Greaves, a
member of the Greaves family that arrived from South Carolina in 1840 with Dr.
Greaves. Or, it may have been to Flora,
to a Union encampment there.
Dr. Greaves was put to work
ministering to the wounded Union soldiers, among them an officer that he nursed
back to health. The Union officer,
grateful to Dr. Greaves for restoring his ableness, returned the favor and
released Dr. Greaves to reunite with his family at Boscobel. The shock of her husband's capture had ill
effects on Mrs. Greaves however, and Christmas day ten years later, in 1873,
Mrs. Greaves died. Children born of the
marriage were: five sons, William Francis, Walter Joseph, Marion Lee, William
Dudley, and Hal Percy, and two daughters, Alma and Eleanor Matilda. Only Walter Joseph, Hal Percy and Alma
reached maturity. Walter Joseph, born
on June 12, 1857, was to become a medical doctor, was to return to Boscobel in
1895 at age 38 to live there a year to look for $40,000 in gold purportedly
buried near the home site during the war, and to demolish the then
deteriorating home. He was later, about
1935 at age 78, to return to the home site with this writer, Ed Blake, in a
final unsuccessful search for the buried gold.
He died at a Jackson nursing home on May 26, 1946, at the age of 89, and
was buried in the Greaves family lot in Bolton.
Two years after his first wife
died, Dr. William Francis Greaves remarried, taking to wife Miss Lucilla Hulme
at the home of J. G. Hulme, her father, in Madison Co. Four more children came from this marriage:
Mary, Lula (who recalled the story of her father's capture related in the
foregoing account), and Gertrude, and one son, Frank Marvin of Bolton... Dr. William Greaves is buried in a small
family plot near the entranceway to Sub Rosa Plantation,two and a half miles
south of Pocahantas."
The family was in the 1880 census
for Beat 1, Hinds Co., MS, page 117C, with W.F. Greaves, 56, doctor, Lucilla,
27, Alma, 20, Harry P., 13, and Gertrude, 1.
(R‑1)
Children - Greaves, by Eleanor
M. Dupree
69. William Francis Greaves, b. 12 Dec. 1855, d.
11 July 1856.
+70. Walter Joseph Greaves, b. 12 June 1857, m(1) Lucy Harrison, 23 Dec.
1885, m(2) Anna Rice, m(3) Bonny MacLavander.
71. Alma Greaves, b. 18 April 1860, d. 27 July
1902.
72. Marion Lee Greaves, b. 30 April 1863, d. 8
Nov. 1873.
73. William Dudley Greaves, b. 8 April 1865, d. 26
Sept. 1868.
+74. Harry Percy Greaves, b. 17 March 1867, m. Elizabeth Pitchford, d.
12 June 1928.
75. Eleanor Greaves, b. 3 Aug. 1872, d. 4 April
1874.
Children - Greaves, by Lucilla
Hulme
76. Gertrude Greaves, b.c. 1879.
+77. Mary Greaves, m. Marvin Collum.
+78. Frank Marvin Greaves, m. Anna Gaddis, d. 1969.
+79. Lula Greaves, m. W. S. Bailey Russell.
CHILDREN OF FRANCIS GREAVES (9)
AND MARY A. GAUSE
Amanda Malvinia Fitzallen Greaves
(23) was born 14 Nov. 1807 in SC, and died 12 Dec. 1894 in Lauderdale Co.,
TN. She first married Thomas Gerald
(“Tom”) Rice, son of Charles Rice and Hannah Phillips. He was born 1 Nov. 1807 in SC, and died 24
Feb. 1877 in Lauderdale Co., TN. She
married second ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Fitzallen. She married third ‑‑‑‑‑‑
Brown. (The evidence for these last two
marriages is not known.) (R‑6, R‑8)
Children - Rice
+80. Franklin Thomas Rice, b. 17 Feb. 1839, m. Virginia Tally, d. 25
Oct. 1894.
+81. Mary Louise Rice, b. 29 July 1840, m. Hiram Bradford Mann, 4 Nov.
1857, d. Feb. 1868.
+82. Amanda Rebecca Rice, b. 17 July 1842, m. Andrew Brown Jayroe, Jr.,
8 Oct. 1860, d. 8 Aug. 1892.
83. Charles Joseph Rice, b. 14 Feb. 1844, d. 1844.
84. Hannah Elizabeth Rice, b. 4 March 1845, d.
1849.
85. John Shadrach Rice, b. 16 June 1847, d. 10
June 1864 (Gun Town, TN).
+86. Charles Hannah Rice, b. 9 Feb. 1850, m. Ella Lou Capers (#87), d.
1927.
Rebecca Greaves (24) married
Benjamin Huger (“Ben”) Capers. Rebecca
was mentioned in the Thomas Gerald Rice Family Bible. (R‑6)
Children - Capers
87. Ella Lou Capers, b.c. 1852 (Holly Springs,
MS), m. Charles Hannah Rice (#86, her first cousin). See #86 for descendants.
CHILDREN OF BENNETT GREAVES (10)
AND RACHEL R. DAVIS
Edwin Augustus Greaves (26) was
born 28 Sept. 1814 in Marion District, SC, and died in 1884 (or about 1880) in
Lauderdale Co., TN. He married Emily F.
Davis. She was born about 1819 in AL,
and may have died between 1860 and 1870.
He was a minister (according to R‑5).
They were in the 1850 census for
Dist. 9, Haywood Co., TN, page 23, dwelling 287, incorrectly indexed as
Givens. They were in the 1860 census
for Dist. 15, Haywood Co., TN, page 500, dwelling 1473. The 1870 census for Dist. 1, Lauderdale Co.,
TN, page 519, dwelling 202, listed Edwin Greaves, 55, Judy Greaves, 37, Henry
Windrow, 18, John Windrow, 15, and Howel Jordan, 7. Was Judy the second wife of Edwin? Edwin was a farmer, and all his children were born in TN. (R‑7)
Children - Greaves
+88. Edward Bennett Greaves, b. 2 May 1838, m. Annie Wills, 11 April
1861, d. 10 April 1911.
89. John F. Greaves, b.c. 1840.
+90. Joseph Andrew Greaves, b. 8 March 1843, m. Grace D. ‑‑‑‑‑‑,
d. 27 Sept. 1907.
91. James D. Greaves, b.c. 1844.
92. George N. (or W.?) Greaves, b.c. 1850.
93. Frances E. Greaves, b.c. 1854.
Andrew Jackson Greaves (27) was
born 25 March 1816 in Marion District, SC, and died 7 April 1869 in Haywood
Co., SC. He married Sophronia ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She was born about 1817 or 1823 in AL. They were in the 1850 census for Dist. 10,
Haywood Co., TN, page 25, dwelling 317, indexed as Greaver, with his mother
Rachel and sister Sarah living with them.
They were in the 1860 census for Dist. 15, Haywood Co., TN, page 500,
dwelling 1473, with Andrew’s mother living with them. He was a farmer, and all their children were born in TN.
Children - Greaves
94. William F. Greaves, b.c. 1843.
95. Andrew A. Greaves, b.c. 1848.
96. Bennett B. Greaves, b.c. 1850.
+97. Edward D. Greaves, b.c. 1853, m. Sarah ‑‑‑‑‑‑.
98. M. Adella Greaves, b.c. 1855.
99. James B. Greaves, b.c. 1858.
100. Mary I. Greaves, b.c. 1859.
Ann Belum Greaves (28) was born 23
Jan. 1818 in SC, and died in 1878 in Lauderdale Co., TN. She married Dr. David M. Henning, son of
John Bonhost Henning and Judith Burnley Meriwether, on 10 Dec. 1840. He was born about 1814 in GA. All their children were born in Lauderdale
Co., TN. (R‑5, R‑9)
Children - Henning
+101. Frances Ann Henning, b. 10 April 1843, m. William Moorer, 16 Nov.
1859, d. 14 Nov. 1885.
+102. John Bennet G. Henning, b.c. 1850, m. Nellie Frazier.
+103. Adelaide W. Henning, b.c. 1852, m. J. D. Hall.
104. David Henning, b.c. 1855.
+105. Ella Henning, b. 3 March 1857, m. Henry Moorer, 15 Dec. 1875.
Sarah Adelaide Greaves (30) was
born about 1830 in Marion District, SC.
She married Capt. William J. Shaw.
He was born about 1826 in NC.
They were in the 1860 census for Dist. 15, Haywood Co., TN, page 500, dwelling
1467, with William J. Shaw, 34, Sarah A., 29, William J., 9, F. B., 6, Elenora
Shaw, 15, and James E. Key, 30, carpenter, VA.
Their children were all born in TN.
Children - Shaw
106. William J. Shaw, b.c. 1851.
107. F. B. Shaw (son), b.c. 1854.
CHILDREN OF SARAH GREAVES (14)
AND JAMES C. JOHNSON
Caroline Matilda Johnson (34) was
born 17 Feb. 1812 in Marion Co. (now Florence Co.), SC, died 11 May 1874 in
Williamsburg Co., SC, and was buried in Old Johnsonville Methodist Church
Cem.. She married Edward Hyrne Britton,
son of Francis Britton and Martha Elizabeth Jenkins. He was born 5 June 1806, died 25 Sept. 1873, and was buried in
Old Staples Lake Cem., Williamsburg Co., SC.
They were in the 1850 and 1860 censuses for Williamsburg, Williamsburg Co.,
SC. The 1850 census listed his wife as
Harriot, but the age was right to be Caroline, and one of the children was
named Caroline M., so Harriot was probably either a nickname or an error. The family has not yet been found in either
the 1850 or 1870 censuses. Edward was a
farmer. At least the first 6 children
were born in SC. (R‑7)
Children - Britton
108. Sarah G. (or J.) Britton, b.c. 1832.
109. Frances Rebecca Britton, b.c. 1835, m. Martin
Van Buren Timmons. He was b. 12 March
1839 and d. 10 Jan. 1880.
110. Elizabeth M. Britton, b.c. 1837.
111. William J. Britton, b.c. 1841.
112. Caroline M. Britton, b.c. 1845.
113. Edward Britton, b.c. 1849. Not in 1860 census.
114. G. S. Britton, b.c. 1853.
+115. Mary Jones Britton, b. 12 March 1855, m. Archibald Davis Cox, d. 1
Aug. 1928.
Frances Rebecca Johnson (37) was
born 17 Sept. 1817 in Marion Co. (now Florence Co.), SC. She married Jehu Leonard Stone, son of
Dotson C. Stone and Frances Stone. He
was born about 1812 in Marion Co., SC, and died 18 Sept. 1852. They were in the 1850 census for
Williamsburg, Williamsburg Co., SC. He
was a farmer. All their children were
born in SC. (R‑7)
Children - Stone
116. Frances Caroline Stone, b.c. 1843.
117. Leonard B. Stone, b.c. 1847.
118. Margaret R. (or L.) Stone, b.c. 1849.
CHILDREN OF ELIZABETH GREAVES
(15) AND FRANCIS JOHNSON
William J. Johnson (38) was born
about 1812 in Marion Co. (now Florence Co.), SC, and died after 1853. He married Margaret Stone, daughter of
Dotson C. Stone and Frances Stone. She
was born about 1810 in Pee Dee, Marion Co., SC, and died after 1853. All their children were born in Marion Co.
(now Florence Co.), SC. (R‑7)
Children - Johnson
+119. Mary Elizabeth Johnson, b. 15 Oct. 1830, m. Thomas Bath, 12 Nov.
1848, d. 23 March 1908.
+120. Frances Permilla Johnson, b. 17 Sept. 1832, m. John Brown, 13 Dec.
1855, d. 1912.
+121. Celia Greaves Johnson, b.c. 1835, m. William J. Grier, d. 1924.
122. Francis Johnson, b.c. 1836.
+123. Thomas Edward Johnson, b. 22 July 1839, m. Mary Elizabeth Stone, 5
July 1865, d. 29 Dec. 1912.
124. William Chesley Johnson, b.c. 1841, d. 26
June 1919.
+125. Henry F. Johnson, b.c. 1843, m. Sarah D. ‑‑‑‑‑‑,
d. 26 June 1919.
+126. Benjamin B. Johnson, b. 22 May 1845, m. Mary Agnes Brown, d. 22
Feb. 1927.
+127. James Foster Johnson, b.c. 1847, m. Sue J. Taylor, d. 1918.
+128. Robert H. Johnson, b.c. 1851, m. Fannie ‑‑‑‑‑‑.
+129. Sara Martha Adieu Johnson, b. 25 May 1853, m. Richard James Cox,
d. 23 Dec. 1922.
Mary Lee Johnson (41) was born
about 1815 in Marion Co., SC. She first
married Orison J. Hinds about 1832. He
was born about 1810, died 6 March 1835 in Marion Co., SC, and was buried in
Bryan Cem., Old River Road, Florence Co., SC.
She married second Andrew J. Hinds after 1835. He died in Aug. 1837. She
married third Samuel J. Steele in Feb. 1838.
(R‑7)
Children - Hinds, by Orison J.
Hinds
130. Henry N. Hinds, b.c. 1833.
131. Juventa Ann Hinds, b.c. 1835.
Children - Steele
132. Amelia Steele, b.c. 1838.
133. Mary Steele, b.c. 1846.
134. Francis Steele, b.c. 1850.
135. George J. Steele, b.c. 1851.
GENERATION 5
CHILDREN OF JOSEPH B. GREAVES
(17) AND PRISCILLA J. DUPREE
Joseph B. Greaves (46) was born in
March 1853 in MS. He married ‑‑‑‑‑‑
Elliot. He was in the 1900 census for
Beat 2, Hinds Co., MS, widower, with his son, his mother, and his nephew and
niece, Joseph and Anna Henry. He was a
lawyer. (R‑1)
Children - Greaves
136. Joseph B. Greaves, b. Nov. 1898 (MS).
Anna (or Ann) D. Greaves (47) was
born about 1857 in MS, and died in Sept. 1897 in Edwards, Hinds Co., MS, of
yellow fever. She married Thomas
Randolph Henry[1]. He may have been the Thomas R. Henry, born
about 1868, who was in the 1910 census for Calhoun Co., MS, with his second
wife. In the 1900 census for Hinds Co.,
MS, children Joseph and Anna were living with their uncle Joseph Greaves and
their grandmother Priscilla Greaves. (R‑1)
Children - Henry
137. Sudie Parker (or Lucy) Henry
138. Joseph (“Jobie”) G. Henry, b. Dec. 1883.
139. Thomas (“Tom”) Henry
140. Anna G. Henry, b. July 1889.
CHILDREN OF CHARLOTTE GREAVES
(19) AND GEORGE STOKES
Ada Zenobia Stokes (49) was
probably born about 1837 in Hinds Co., MS.
She first married ‑‑‑‑‑‑
Johnson. She secondly married Jack
Fontaine. They have not yet been found
in census records. (R‑1)
Children - Johnson
141. Eliza Johnson
Children - Fontaine
142. John Fontaine
Charlotte Priscilla Stokes (55) was
born in Feb. 1855 in Hinds Co., MA. She
married William D. Neal about 1873. He
was born in June 1850 in MS. They were
in the 1880 census for Dist. 3, Madison Co., MS, and he was a farmer. They were in the 1900 census for Beat 4,
Hinds Co., MS, when he was a deputy assessor.
All their children were born in MS.
(R‑1)
Children - Neal
143. Frank Neal, b.c. 1876.
144. L. Berry Neal, b. Oct. 1877.
145. Ruth Neal, b. Feb. 1880.
146. William D. Neal, Jr., b. Dec. 1883.
147. George Neal, b. Oct. 1887.
148. Nancy Neal, b. May 1891.
149. Thomas J. Neal, b. June 1897.
CHILDREN OF STEPHEN ARNE DECATUR
GREAVES (20)
Stephen Arne Decatur Greaves, Jr.
(56), called Arne, was born 2 (or 26) Feb. 1854 in SC, and died 5 (or 4[2])
Dec. 1915 in Livingston, Madison Co., MS.
He married Julia Elizabeth Fondren, daughter of Richard Fondren and Ella
("Nedella") Douglass, on 24 Nov. 1881. She was born 3 Sept. 1861 in SC, and died 12 April 1918.
The 1910 census for Jackson, Beat
1, Hinds Co., MS, page 100B, lists Stephen A. D., 56, member of the
legislature, Julia E., 48, Elmore D., 26, Peyton R., 21, Delia F., 15, and Sara
L., 9, all children born in MS. (R‑1,
R‑4)
Children - Greaves
150. Stephen Arne Decatur Greaves, died young.
151. Paul Victor Greaves, died young.
+152. Elmore Douglass Greaves, b. 23 March 1884, m. Mamie Gray Cook, d.
1 Jan. 1951.
153. Dr.) Peyton Read Greaves, b. 2 Feb. 1889, m.
Minnie Mae Carr.
+154. Delia Fondren Greaves, b. 27 Nov. 1894, m(1) William Wallace
Whitesides, m(2) John Dan Davis, d. 19 Nov. 1986.
+155. Sarah Lowe Greaves, b. 8 Aug. 1900, m. William Barnes Wilson, d.
12 Sept. 1987.
John Madison Greaves (60) was born
16 April 1860 in MS. He first married
Elise Goodlow. He secondly married Mary
Dewees about 1890. She was born about
1872 in MS. They were in the 1910
census for Beat 3, Madison Co., MS, page 284A, with John M., 49, farmer, Mary
S., 38, and John M., 19. (R‑1)
Children - Greaves, by Elise
Goodlow
+156. Elise Greaves, m. John Robinson Anderson.
Children - Greaves, by Mary
Dewees
157. John Madison Greaves, b.c. 1891, m(1) Katie
Mae Kidwell, m(2) Lorena Cohn.
Clarence Budney Greaves (62) was
born 22 Aug. 1863 in Madison Co., MS, and died 8 Aug. 1940 in Flora, Madison
Co., MS, not far from Jackson, MS. He
married Elizabeth ("Lizzie") Baker, daughter of James McCulloch Baker
and Frances Ann Pettus, on 16 July 1893 in Madison Co. She was born 24 Sept. 1868 in Guadalupe Co.,
Texas, and died 13 Nov. 1938 in Okmulgee, OK.
They were both buried in Flora Cem., Flora, MS.
Clarence was a well-known trial
lawyer specializing in murder trials, and for 33 years a member of the
Mississippi State Senate despite being blind for much of his adult life. He was educated at Miss. A & M, and read
for the bar with a private tutor.
Lizzie was educated at a teachers' college in Jackson, MS, and was a
teacher and housewife. He belonged to
the Episcopal church, she was a Methodist, and they were both Democrats. All their children were born in Flora, MS.
The following article about
Clarence Greaves appeared in the Jackson Daily News shortly after his death:
"Clarence Greaves, the fiery
Flora attorney, recently killed at the age of 77 in an auto accident, was a
picturesque figure in two terms in the legislature. He wore many scars of battle -- literally. But till the day he died, without a streak
of gray or any sign of infirmity, he was a man of raw courage, iron will, and
indomitable spirit. Yet beneath it all,
he was genial, kindly, tender. It was
his deep feeling for what he considered the 'neglected interests' of the
underdog that motivated Clarence Greaves at all times, whether in the
legislature or pleading at the bar.
Money seldom cut any figure with him.
He often offered his services to men in trouble purely because of his
sympathy for them on his feeling that they were being imposed upon. 'He was born to be a watchdog for the
underdog,' one fellow state senator said of him. Tall, springy, with flashing dark eyes and knife scars on his
face, he was a mixing figure in action, and when he threw back his hair and
lifted his high-pitched voice, he usually was heard and he was never
boring. Many disagreed with him. None ever failed to listen to whatever he
said. His law practice could have made
him more money in a city like Jackson, Meridian, or Vicksburg. But he preferred the quiet life of a country
squire. He used to say: 'Madison county
is my home, the legislature is my pastime, and the court room is my
battleground.' But it is a matter of
record that he found many battlegrounds over his home county, and he was never
known to take a backward step."
Some of the stories recorded by
Harry B. Greaves are given in Appendix C.
The 1910 census for Beat 2, Madison
Co., MS, page 180B, listed Clarence B., 47, lawyer, Lizzie B., 42, Lila, 15,
Harry, 14, C. B. Jr., 12, Eleanor E., 9, Mary B., 5, and Charles S., 2, all
children born in MS. (R‑1, R‑3)
Children - Greaves
+158. Leila Crisler Greaves, b. 8 June 1894, m. Philip Naquin, 17 Feb.
1922, d. 22 July 1980.
+159. Harry Battley Greaves II, b. 20 Jan. 1896, m. Wanda Lillian Feiro,
20 July 1930, d. 26 April 1979.
160. Clarence Budney Greaves, Jr. (called C.B. Jr.
and "Bee"), b. 7 Jan. 1898, never married, d. 6 July 1964
(Albuquerque, NM).
161. Eleanor Elizabeth Greaves, b. 30 July 1901,
m(1) Leo Flynn, m(2) Anthaires Maxwell Andrews, 8 Jan. 1933.
162. Mary Baker Greaves, b. 1 Nov. 1904, m(1)
Alfred Lewis, m(2) Joe Staley, 15 March 1945 (Santa Fe, NM), d. 30 Nov. 1975
(Santa Fe, NM).
+163. Charles Scott Greaves, b. 17 April 1908, m. Vera Nicks, 22 June
1942, d. 5 Feb. 1982.
Harry Battley Greaves (63) was born
about 1868 in MS. He married Lilah
Parker. She was born about 1874 in
MS. They were in the 1910 census for
District 1, Madison Co., MS, page 58A, with Harry B., 42, lawyer, Lila P., 36,
Florence, 11, Stephen A. D., 10, and Harry B., Jr., 3, all born in MS. (R‑1)
Children - Greaves
164. Florence Greaves, b.c. 1899, m. Olson Cobb.
165. Stephen Arne Decatur Greaves, b.c. 1900.
166. Harry Battley Greaves, Jr., b.c. 1907, never
married. Born severely mentally
handicapped.
CHILDREN OF ARAMANTA D. GREAVES
(21) AND R. C. COWAN
Decatur D. Cowan (66) was born in
July 1850 in MS. He married ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She must have died by 1900, since he was in
the 1900 census for Scranton, Beat 3, Jackson Co., MS, as a widower and county
superintendent of education. No son
Cliff could be found, but there was a Decatur D. Cowan, b. June 1891, and
Carrie Cowan, b. Jan. 1889, living with their grandparents, Thomas W. and Ann
Grayson, in Ocean Springs, Jackson Co., MS.
(R‑1)
Children - Cowan
167. Cliff Cowan
CHILDREN OF WILLIAM FRANCIS
GREAVES (22)
Dr. Walter Joseph Greaves (70) was
born 12 June 1857 at Boscobel plantation, Pocahantas, MS, and died 26 May 1946
in Jackson, MS. He studied medicine in
Louisville, KY, and practiced in Livingston, MS, Duckport, LA, Biloxi, MS, and
New Orleans, LA. He first married Lucy
Harrison on 23 Dec. 1885 in Edwards, MS.
She was born 28 June 1870 and died 21 Nov. 1954. They were divorced in 1913. She was the
first woman admitted to the bar in Mississippi. He secondly married Anna Rice.
After her death he married Bonny MacLavander (or Bonny Mae Lavendar). (It is possible that his third wife was
Nellie, and Bonnie was his daughter, since that is what the 1930 census
indicates.)
The 1920 census for Canal St., New
Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA, ED 42, page 7A, listed Walter J. Greaves, 62, born
MS, both parents born MS, with wife Anna, 43, born LA, father born England,
mother born Ireland, no children in household.
The 1930 census for New Orleans, New Orleans Parish, LA, 1719 Second
St., listed Walter J., 73, physician, Nellie, 22, wife, and Bonnie N.,
5/12. (R‑1)
Children - Greaves, by Lucy
Harrison
+168. Eleanor Virginia Greaves, b. 7 July 1890, m. Cleveland Pol
Huggins, 12 Dec. 1912.
169. Lucy Greaves, m. Don Miles.
Children - Greaves, by Bonny M.
Lavendar
170. Bonnie N. Greaves, b.c. 1929.
171. girl
172. boy
Harry (“Hal”) Percy Greaves[3]
(74) was born 17 March 1867 in Flora, MS, and died 12 June 1928. He was an M.D. He married Elizabeth ("Bettie" or Bettie Elizabeth) R.
Pitchford, called "Vardie".
She was born in 1870 in Pocahantas, MS, and died 12 Aug. 1959.
The following biography was
published in a local book. "Greaves, Hal Percy, M.D., mayor of Waterproof,
and one of the prominent men of Tensas parish, is a son of William Francis and
Eleanor Matilda (DuPree) Greaves, and was born March 17, 1867, in Hinds county,
Miss.
William Francis Greaves was born
near Charleston, S.C. in 1820, and came to Mississippi in early youth, settling
near Jackson. He obtained the degree of
M.D. at Philadelphia and practiced medicine in Hinds county, Miss., until his
death in 1885. Eleanor DuPree whose
death occurred in 1873 was a native of Mississippi, her father having been a
native of France.
H. P. Greaves lived in Hinds
county, Miss., until about 20 years of age, and obtained his preliminary
education in the country schools of that county. Later he passed 2 years of the regular course in the Agricultural
and Mechanical college at Starkville.
In 1887 he came to Madison parish, La., and did clerical work and
bookkeeping for 3 years. He then went
to the Memphis Hospital Medical college at Memphis, Tenn., where he took the
degree of M.D. in 1892. Following this
he practiced medicine one year in Madison parish and then located at Madison,
Miss., where he continued his professional labor for 7 years. At the end of that period he came to
Waterproof, Tensas parish, and here he has continued his professional calling
to the present time, earning the reputation of a careful and skillful
physician. Dr. Greaves is a member of
the Knights of Pythias, a democrat in politics, and is now mayor of Waterproof
to which office he was elected in the fall of 1913.
June 30, 1894, he was married to
Elizabeth R., daughter of J. C. Pitchford, a school teacher and farmer of
Madison parish. They are the parents of
the following children. Evie Hinton,
Percy DuPree, John Pitchford, Francis Landon, Sterling Groesbeck, William
Ridley. Mrs. Greaves' ancestors were
from North Carolina. Mr. Pitchford, a
native of that state, was living in Mississippi at the outbreak of the Civil
war and at once enlisted in Pogue's battery of artillery with which he served
through the war. He was wounded and
left on the field at Cold Harbor, and was also wounded at the battle of the
Wilderness. All his service was in
Virginia, where he saw some severe fighting.
He surrendered at Appomatox Court House and from there he was paroled
and returned to Mississippi to resume farming.
Dr. Greaves by his own industry and
strict attention to his duties has acquired high standing in his
profession. Their home at Waterproof is
the center of hospitality and refined influence." (R‑1)
Children - Greaves
+173. Evie Hinton Greaves, b.c. 1897, m. Joseph Carroll Seaman, d. 15
Dec. 1926.
174. Percy Dupree Greaves, b.c. 1899, m. Gertrude
Carroll (or Eleanor Ruth Sheely). He
was an attorney, and was living in 1974.
He had no children. Address:
Apt. 15-B, Edgewater Gulf Apts., Biloxi, MS.
+175. John Pitchford Greaves, b.c. 1901, m. Gertrude Carroll.
+176. Francis Landon Greaves, b.c. 1910, m. Frances Cooper, d. Aug.
1972.
+177. Sterling Groesbeck Greaves, b. 12 Aug. 1910, m. Frances Louise
Fulton.
178. William Ridley Greaves, b. 17 March 1912
(Waterproof, Tensas Par., LA, on the Mississippi River, just across from MS),
never married. He was a bank cashier
for 44 years. 1974 address: 1603 St.
John Ave., Ruston, LA 71270.
Mary Greaves (77) married Marvin
Collum. (R‑1)
Children - Collum
179. Margaret Collum, m. Ray Morgan.
180. Marvin Collum, m. Alline Jones.
181. Leslie Collum
182. Mary Collum, m. Lee Roy Chapman.
Frank Marvin Greaves (78) married
Anna Gaddis. He died in an automobile
accident in Bolton, MS. He was a major
stockholder in banks in Bolton and Jackson, MS. (R‑1)
Children - Greaves
183. Katherine Greaves, m. Hastings Kendall.
184. Lucille Greaves, m. David Graham.
Lula Greaves (79) married Bailey
Russell. (R‑1)
Children - Russell
185. Will Bailey Russell
186. Francis Russell
CHILDREN OF AMANDA M. F. GREAVES
(23) AND THOMAS G. RICE
Franklin Thomas Rice (80) was born
17 Feb. 1839 in TN, and died 25 (or 24) Oct. 1894. He married Virginia Tally, daughter of John P. Tally and Jedidah ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She was born about 1844 in Brownsville, and
died in 1898. All their children were
born in TN. (R‑8)
Children - Rice
187. Thomas Rice, b.c. 1869.
188. Charley F. Rice, b.c. 1871.
189. Thomas P. Rice, b.c. 1875.
190. Os. S. Rice, b.c. 1877.
Mary Louise Rice (81) was born 29
July 1840 in TN, died in Feb. 1868, and was buried in St. Paul’s Cem. between
Ripley and Orysa, TN. She married Hiram
Bradford Mann, son of Austin Mann and Phredonia Bradford, on 4 Nov. 1857 in
Lauderdale Co., TN. He was born 12
Sept. 1835 in TN, died 11 Oct. 1899, and was buried in Oakwood Cem.,
Brownsville, Haywood Co., TN. (R‑8)
Children - Mann
+191. Austin Mann, b.c. 1858, m. Virginia Williams, 5 Feb. 1880, d. 1
April 1899.
192. Thomas Mann, b. after 23 June 1860, d. before
1870.
193. John Mann, b.c. 1864 (TN), d. after Aug.
1899.
+194. Minnie Ola Mann, b. 25 July 1867, m. John Thomas Allen, before
1898, d. 29 Jan. 1956.
195. Mary Donie Mann, b. 2 Feb. 1868, d. 23 Nov.
1882.
Amanda Rebecca Rice (82) was born
17 July 1842 in Orysa, Lauderdale Co., TN, died 8 Aug. 1892, and was buried in
St. Paul Cem., Durhamville, TN. She
married Andrew Brown Jayroe, Jr., son of Andrew Brown Jayroe and Hannah Rice,
on 8 Oct. 1860 in Sumter, SC. He was
born 7 April 1838 in Georgetown District, SC, died 11 Nov. 1894, and was buried
in St. Paul Cem., Durhamville, TN. All their
children were born in Orysa, Lauderdale Co., TN. (R‑6)
Children - Jayroe
196. Francis Annie Josephine Jayroe, b. 12 Aug.
1861, m. Thomas Chalmers McCallum, 17 Oct. 1880, d. 23 April 1937 (Memphis,
TN). He was b. 15 Aug. 1859 and d. 30
Sept. 1931.
197. Infant, b. 14 Nov. 1862.
+198. Thomas Andrew Jayroe, b. 4 Oct. 1866, m(1) Aimee Young, m(2) Mary
Elizabeth Lewis, 18 March 1900, d. 12 Feb. 1920.
199. Donie Mary Jayroe, b. 17 July 1868, d. 19
Sept. 1875 (Orysa, Lauderdale Co., TN).
+200. Ora Ionya Jayroe, b. 29 Jan. 1871, m. Walter Angus McCallum, 2
April 1901, d. 13 Jan. 1954.
201. John Charles Jayroe, b. 14 Sept. 1875, d. 19
Sept. 1875 (Orysa, Lauderdale Co., TN).
202. Allie Fitzallen Jayroe, b. 18 July 1877, d.
29 Oct. 1885 (Orysa, Lauderdale Co., TN).
Charles Hannah Rice (86) was born 9
(or 10) Feb. 1850 in TN, and died in 1927.
He married Ella Lou Capers (#87), his first cousin, daughter of Rebecca
Greaves and Benjamin Huger Capers. She
was born about 1852 in Holly Springs, MS (or 1854 in TN), and died in
1894. (R‑8)
Children - Rice
203. Gerrold H. Rice, b.c. 1872 (TN), m. Aetna ‑‑‑‑‑‑.
204. Mamy A. Rice, b.c. 1877 (TN).
CHILDREN OF EDWIN A. GREAVES
(26) AND EMILY F. DAVIS
Edward Bennett Greaves (88),
possibly called Bennett, was born 2 May 1838 in Haywood Co., TN, and died 10
April 1911. He married Annie Wills on 11
April 1861. She was born about 1840 in
VA. They were in the 1880 census for
District 9, Haywood Co., TN, when he was listed as B. E. He was a farmer. All their children were born in TN, probably in Haywood Co. (R‑10)
Children - Greaves
+205. Emma E. Greaves, b. 5 Aug. 1863, m. Henry Bascomb Moorer, 7 Jan.
1895, d. 22 Jan. 1944.
206. Fannie H. Greaves, b.c. 1866.
207. Joseph L. Graves, b.c. 1868.
208. Helen Greaves, b.c. 1870.
209. Etta Greaves, b.c. 1875.
Joseph Andrew Greaves (90) was born
8 March 1843 in Haywood Co., TN, and died 27 Sept. 1907 in Collinsville,
TX. He married Grace D. ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She was born about 1845 in AL, and died
before 1900. They were in the 1880
census for Henning, Lauderdale Co., TN, ED 80, page 110B, dwelling 209. He was in the 1900 census for Collinsville,
Grayson Co., TX, ED 109, page 1A, dwelling 7, as a widower, with his last 3
children, and Melton, his grandson. He
was a physician. All the children were
born in TN. (R‑7)
Children - Greaves
210. Annie W. Greaves, b.c. 1873.
+211. Samuel Augustus Greaves, b. 2 Oct. 1874, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑,
d. 24 April 1937.
212. Hattie C. Greaves, b. Dec. 1877.
+213. John Gordon Greaves, b. Dec. 1879, m. Annie ‑‑‑‑‑‑.
CHILDREN OF ANDREW J. GREAVES
(27) AND SOPHRONIA ------
Edward D. Greaves (97) was born
about 1853 in TN. He married Sarah ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She was born about 1858 in TN. They were in the 1880 census for District
11, Lauderdale Co., TN, ED 83, page 154C, dwelling 131. He was a farmer. All their children were born in TN.
Children - Greaves
214. Sparell (or Sharell) Greaves (son), b.c.
1875.
215. Iola Greaves, b.c. 1847.
216. Leona Greaves, b. July 1879.
CHILDREN OF ANN B. GREAVES (28)
AND DAVID M. HENNING
Frances Ann Henning (101) was born
10 April 1843 and died 14 Nov. 1885, both in Lauderdale Co., TN. She married William Moorer, son of William
A. Moorer and Harriett B. Jenkins, on 16 Nov. 1859 in Lauderdale Co., TN. He was born 2 Oct. 1836 in Orangeburg
Cistrict, SC. All their children were
born in Lauderdale Co., TN. (R‑9)
Children - Moorer
217. Willie May Moorer, b. 6 March 1863, m. Robert
Lipscum.
+218. Charles A. Moorer, b. 23 Sept. 1866, m(1) Nettie Allison, m(2)
Dora Hotchkiss.
219. T. Mary Moorer, b. 18 Aug. 1868, m. Sidney
Harris.
220. Harriett A. Moorer, b. 8 Feb. 1871.
221. Frances A. (“Fannie”) Moorer, b. 22 Dec.
1872, m. William Keller.
222. Greaves H. Moorer, b. 29 July 1874, m. Lula
Haynes.
John Bennet G. Henning (102) was
born about 1850 in Lauderdale Co., TN.
He married Nellie Frazier. (R‑9)
Children - Henning
223. Max Henning, m. Charlie Scott.
Adelaide W. (“Addie”) Henning (103)
was born about 1852 in Lauderdale Co., TN.
She married J. D. Hall. (R‑9)
Children - Hall
224. David Meriwether Hall
Ella Henning (105) was born 3 March
1857 in Durhamville, Lauderdale Co., TN.
She married Henry Moorer, son of William A. Moorer and Harriett B.
Jenkins, on 15 Dec. 1875 in Lauderdale Co., TN. He was born 16 Sept. 1850 in Lauderdale Co., TN. All their children were born in Lauderdale
Co. (R‑9)
Children - Moorer
225. Allen M. Moorer, b. 26 Jan. 1881, d. 17 Dec.
1883 (Lauderdale Co., TN).
226. Henry B. Moorer, b. 14 May 1883.
227. Earl H. Moorer, b. 31 July 1885.
CHILDREN OF CAROLINE M. JOHNSON
(34) AND EDWARD H. BRITTON
Mary Jones Britton (115) was born
12 March 1855 in Marion Co., SC, died 1 Aug. 1928 in Florence Co., SC, and was
buried 3 Aug. 1928 in Old Johnsonville Methodist Church, Johnsonville, SC. She married Archibald Davis Cox, son of
William James Cox and Elizabeth T. Stone.
He was born in March 1853 in Williamsburg Co., SC, died 9 July 1904 in
Florence Co., SC, and was buried 11 July 1904 in Old Johnsonville Methodist
Church, Johnsonville, SC. All their
children were born in Williamsburg Co., SC.
(R‑7)
Children - Cox
228. Missouri A. Cox, , b. 13 April 1880, d. 15
Nov. 1972 (Williamsburg Co., SC).
229. Mary Florence (“Florrie”) Cox, b. 28 June
1885, m. Irby R. Eaddy, d. 4 July 1953 (Williamsburg Co., SC). He was b. 8 Sept. 1890 and d. 9 April 1977.
+230. Stacy White Cox, b.c. 1888, m. Minnie Frances Rogers, d. 14 March
1945.
231. Daisy Cox, b.c. 1890, m. Melvin Haselden.
232. Caroline Elizabeth (“Bessie”) Cox, b. 29 Nov.
1892, d. 7 June 1966 (Williamsburg County Memorial Hospital, Kingstree, SC).
233. James (“Jim”) Cox, b.c. 1894.
234. William Beaman Cox, b.c. 1896.
CHILDREN OF WILLIAM J. JOHNSON
(38) AND MARGARET STONE
Mary Elizabeth Johnson (119) was
born 15 Oct. 1830 in Marion Co. (now Florence Co.), SC, and died 23 March 1908
in Georgetown Co., SC. He married
Thomas Bath on 12 Nov. 1848. He was
born 15 Nov. 1818 in Georgetown Dist., and died 20 Sept. 1906 in Georgetown
Co., SC. They were in the 1860 census
for Prince George Parish, Div. 2, Georgetown, SC. They were in the 1870 census for Collins Twp., Georgetown Co.,
SC. He was a farmer.
Children - Bath
235. Daniel Bath, b.c. 1852.
236. Sarah F. Bath, b.c. 1854.
237. Margaret Ann Bath, b.c. 1859.
238. Mary Jane Bath, b.c. 1866.
Frances Permilla Johnson (120) was
born 17 Sept. 1832 in Marion District, SC, and died in 1912 in Florence Co.,
SC. She married John Brown, son of
Robert Brown and Mary Perkins, on 13 Dec. 1855. He was born 25 Oct. 1822 in Lake Twp., Williamsburg Co., SC, and
died 6 Oct. 1897 in Florence Co., SC.
They were both buried in Brown Family Cem., Browntown, Florence Co.,
SC. (R‑7)
Children - Brown
239. William Johnson Brown, b. 25 Oct. 1856, d. 5
July 1872.
240. Jane Elizabeth Brown, b. 15 Oct. 1859.
241. Alexander Chesley Brown, b. 1 Aug. 1861.
+242. Robert Foster Brown, b. 23 July 1863, m. Sarah Jane Johnson, d.
1950.
Celia Greaves Johnson (121) was
born about 1835 in Marion Co. (now Florence Co.), and died in 1924 in Florence
Co., SC. She married William J. Grier,
son of Thomas Rothmahler Grier and Margaret Ann Johnson. He was born 4 March 1848, and died 8 Sept.
1917 in Florence Co., SC. They were
both buried in Grier Cem., Johnsonville, SC.
(R‑7)
Children - Grier
243. Louisa Grier, b.c. 1861.
244. Margaret E. Grier, b.c. 1862.
245. William I. Grier, b.c. 1868.
Thomas Edward Johnson (123) was
born 22 July 1839 in Marion District (now Florence Co.), SC, died 29 Dec. 1912
in Florence Co., SC, and was buried 31 Dec. 1912 in Trinity Methodist Church
Cem., Johnsonville, SC. He married Mary
Elizabeth Stone, daughter of William Henry Stone and Mary Elizabeth Singletary,
on 5 July 1865 in Marion District, SC.
She was born 7 Dec. 1832 in Marion Dist. (now Florence Co.), SC, died 28
April 1917 in Florence Co., SC, and was buried 30 April 1917 in Trinity Methodist
Church Cem., Johnsonville, SC. All
their children were born in Old Marion Co., SC. (R‑7)
Children - Johnson
246. William Francis Johnson, b.c. 1866, m. Lizzie
Johnson, d. 1934 (Florence Co., SC).
She was b. 15 April 1868 in Old Marion Co., SC, and d. 7 Dec. 1948 in
Florence Co., SC.
247. Elizabeth Johnson, b.c. 1868.
+248. James Walter Johnson, b. 1 Jan. 1873, m. Charlotte Higgins, d. 29
June 1934.
Henry F. Johnson (125) was born
about 1843 in Old Marion Co. (now Florence Co.), SC, died 26 June 1919 in
Florence Co., SC, and was buried in Trinity Methodist Church Cem.,
Johnsonville, SC. He married Sarah D. ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She was born 30 June 1836 in NC, died 26
June 1919 in Florence Co., SC, and was buried 28 June 1919 in Trinity Methodist
Church Cem., Johnsonville, SC. (R‑7)
Children - Johnson
249. Maggie Johnson, b.c. 1869.
Benjamin B. Johnson (126) was born
22 May 1845 in Old Marion Co. (now Florence Co.), SC, and died 22 Feb.
1927. He married Mary Agnes Brown,
daughter of John Brown and Sarah Jane Murphy.
She was born 18 July 1849 and died in 1923. (R‑7)
Children - Johnson
+250. Liston Bass Johnson, b. 5 Jan. 1874, m(1) Mary Kellahan, m(2) Cora
Estelle Huggins, d. 2 Jan. 1932.
251. Lonnie Olin Johnson, b. 29 June 1879, m.
Beatrice Cagle, d. 23 Aug. 1953. She
was b. 17 July 1888 and d. 12 Aug. 1955.
+252. Liller Eulalia Johnson, b. 11 Jan. 1883, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑
Williams, d. 25 Dec. 1958.
253. Verona Madge Johnson, b. 24 June 1886, d. 15
Sept. 1900.
254. Benjamin Lamar Johnson, b. 19 Feb. 1892, m.
Laura Rhem, d. 30 Jan. 1923.
+255. Wofford Jeddy Johnson, b. 6 July 1894, m. Annie Jane Legette, d. 7
Feb. 1970.
James Foster Johnson (127) was born
about 1847 in Old Marion Co. (now Florence Co.), SC, and died in 1918 in
Florence Co., SC. He married Sue J.
Taylor. She was born about 1852 in Old
Marion Co., SC, and died in 1937 in Florence Co., SC. They were both buried in Trinity Methodist Church Cem.,
Johnsonville, SC. Their first child was
born in Old Marion Co. (now Florence Co.), and the other two in Florence Co.,
SC. (R‑7)
Children - Johnson
256. Willie Johnson, b. 22 Dec. 1883, d. 12 July
1904 (Florence Co., SC).
257. Eugene McGahan Johnson, b. 17 July 1890, d. 2
Aug. 1899 (Florence Co., SC).
258. daughter, died in infancy.
Robert H. Johnson (128) was born
about 1851. He married Fannie ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She was born in 1854. (R‑7)
Children - Johnson
259. Mary J. Johnson, b.c. 1877.
260. Ethel V. Johnson, b.c. 1879.
Sara Martha Adieu Johnson (129) was
born 25 May 1853 in Old Marion Co., SC, died 23 Dec. 1922 in Columbia, SC, and
was buried 25 Dec. 1922 in Trinity Methodist Church Cem., Johnsonville,
SC. She married Richard James Cox, son
of Archibald J. Cox, Jr. and Elizabeth Cribb.
He was born 21 May 1848 in Pee Dee, (Kingsburg), Old Marion Co., SC,
died 24 Jan. 1898 in Kingsburg, Florence Co., SC, and was buried 26 Jan. 1898
in Trinity Methodist Church Cem., Johnsonville, SC. Their first 7 children were born in Old Marion Co., and the last
two in Florence Co., SC. (R‑7)
Children - Cox
+261. Witt Eldridge Cox, b. 26 June 1871, m. Nora Richardson, d. 10
March 1934.
+262. Margaret Jane Cox, b. 26 Oct. 1872, m. Robert Benjamin Tanner, d.
29 Sept. 1909.
+263. Henry Benjamin Cox, b. 17 Dec. 1873, m. Lula Louisa Flowers, d.
1912.
+264. William Franklin Cox, b. 16 Aug. 1876, m(1) Mary Lorena Coxe, m(2)
‑‑‑‑‑‑, m(3) Launa Harris, d. 12 June 1930.
+265. Andrew James Cox, b. 16 June 1880, m. Docia Creel, d. 30 May 1936.
+266. Ida Mae Cox, b. 1 April 1881, m. Albert Thomas Taylor, d. 28 March
1962.
267. Mary Frances Cox, b. 7 July 1885, m(1) Reuben
Turner, m(2) Daniel Huffman Williams, d. 5 Feb. 1937 (Florence Co., SC). Reuben died in Florence Co., SC. Daniel was b. 10 March 1877, and d. 25 Nov.
1937 in Florence Co., SC.
+268. Robert Harlee Cox, b. 17 Oct. 1887, m. Mae Ruth Hyman, 30 Jan.
1910, d. 28 Jan. 1950.
269. Neal Cox, b. 29 Aug. 1889, d. 27 Jan. 1892
(Florence Co., SC).
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[1] The information on this marriage, Anna’s death, and their children is from A History of the Henry Family From Its Beginning in this Country to the Present Time, by John Flournoy Henry, Louisville, 1900, page 113.
[2] R-1 gave date of birth for Stephen A. D. Greaves, Jr. as 2 Feb. 1854, and R‑4 gave it as 26 Feb. R‑1 gave date of death as 5 Dec. 1915, and R-4 gave it as 4 Dec.
[3] He apparently went by the name Hal, but he was listed as Harry in the 1880 census for Hinds Co., MS.