Does anyone know who the parents of this Margaret and Salena Farris were? According to information on Rootsweb Worldconnect, Margaret was Margaret Susanna and was born Nov 14, 1824 York Co, SC, died Sept 8, 1879 in Gaston County, NC. She was married to James Oliver Beattie. They were living in Gaston County, NC in 1850 and 1860 as follows: 1850 Gaston County, NC p 420 #625 James O. Beaty 26 b Gaston Co. bricklayer Margaret L. " 25 SC Salena Farris 34 William W. Mary F. 1860 Gaston County, NC Pg 28b Crowder's Creek #435 James O. Beaty 37 Margt 35 b. SC William 13 Mary 11 Catharine 8 Martha 6 Margaret 4 I found the following death notice for Margaret's sister, Salena: SOURCE: Associate Reformed Presbyterian Death and Marriage Notices from the Christian Magazine of the South, The Erskine Miscellany, and The Due West Telescope, 1843-1863 by Lowry Ware, 1993. May 25, 1860 Died near Pisgah, Gaston County, NC, Miss Salena Faris, on the 1st of May, in her forty eighth year. She was a member of a large family and has left but one of that family behind her -- a sister -- Mrs. Beattie, at whose home she was living, and who stood at her dying bed. Miss Faris was a native o York District and raised near the Nation Ford; made a profession early in the Methodist and afterward in the A.R. Church, Pisgah, NC.