Friday, December 25, 2009
Joe Burns home
Pa Bates father died when he was 12 years old. His morther returned to her fathers home in Beardstown, Tennessee.
It was not a good experience for him. He told us about it, but unfortunately I did not write down the details. I just don't want to record the information incorrectly.
It must have been a huge change for a 66 grandfather who was born before the civil war to parent a twelve year old boy who was probably grieving for his father and friends. He grew up in Lobeville, Tennessee which is about six miles away.
Washington Marion Harry
According to the 1850 census, he was a miller. His mill was in Grover, NC. There may be a picture of the property, but I don't think you can recognize a structure.
In 1860, he is showing as a farmer with $550 in real estate and $1780 in personal property. He was living in , Cleveland, NC.
According to the 1880 census Washington M Harry's father was born in Maryland and his mother in Virginia. His wife's parents were born in South Carolina.
Cleveland County, Rutherford County were the same place.
Carter M & Miriam Bates and infant Andrew Lafayette Bates
These photos were probably taken on the same day. Miriam has on the same dress and your Granddaddy Bates, the baby in arms, is the same size in both pictures.
The DePriest family is all together in the picture.
Her father was LaFayette DEPRIEST and her mother was Eugenia SUTTON Depriest.
Her siblings included: Albert Carter Depriest, Roffie Lorene Depriest King, Robert Caswell Depriest, Bernie Ferndale Depriest, Caleb Clement Depriest, Melville Enloe Depriest, Roy Ray Depriest, George Dewey Depriest and Susan Villa Depriest.
Miriam was born 21 years after Albert Carter, but Villa was born when she was five.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
William Grady Bennett
This is the photo of Granddaddy Bennett that ran in the Spartanburg Herald when he retired after 43 years. He was 73 years old.
Granddaddy Bennett was Superintendent of Spartanburg Water Works. His home was within walking distance of the complex that processed the water for the county. It was just above Rainbow Lake.
My dad and his sisters enjoyed summers with all the people who came to the lake. My Dad was a life guard at the lake. Probably his sisters had jobs at the concession stands.
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