Elaine, how great -- Yes, it looks to me like you found them. Guess the Census-taker wrote down "brother" due to mis-info given or received <g> Seems like "boyfriend" or "fiance" of daughter may have been more appropriate <g> Thanks so much for your quick help on this. Denver145@aol.com wrote: > Hello BPW & BPN. I found the following. Is this who you were looking for? > > ? means image is very faded and smudged on actual census page, so I am > guessing. > 1900 Federal Census > Florence County, South Carolina, Florenct Twp. Sheet 4B, ED 37, June 9 > Household (?) #274 Lines 92-94 > Eason, Lucy- Head, age 42, Widow, born Oct 1857, NC, NC,NC > Eason, Effied, daughter, born (?)April 1883, age 17, single, NC,NC,NC > Poythress, John A., brother, (?) March 1875, age 25, machinist R.R., > NC,NC,NC > > Take care, > Elaine

I noted a few additions/clarifications when looking at the Census page online, at the Heritage Quest pages. The page is very dark, but things are more clear when the image is enlarged to 400%: The Supervisor's District is 6. The household was on Cheves Street, in Ward 2 of Florence city. The actual house number *may* be 272. The Census-taker marked through the dwelling number and family number, changing them to dwelling 350, family/household 376 (while these numbers aren't extremely clear on Lucy's line, they become clearer when looking at the few households above her on the page). Lucy Eason is listed as having had only 1 child, with 1 child living; and it is listed that she is renting. John A. Poythress is shown as single; his birth month may actually be shown as May with a short tail on the "y", though it could also be "Mar." I think Lucy is shown with a middle initial "B" (for her maiden name of Bryan), but since the Census-taker wrote over it when he was toting up his numbers it isn't terribly clear. Effie is not shown with any middle initial, though the tail of the Census-taker's toting-up notations at first made it look possible that one was there. At first I thought perhaps John A. Poythress was listed as "Boarder" but upon further magnification, I agree with Elaine's reading of it as "Brother" <g> Maybe "Boarder" is what the Census-taker intended to write down. I am inserting those additions/clarifications below. 1900 Federal Census Florence County, South Carolina, Florence Twp. Ward 2 of Florence city, Sheet 4B, ED 37, Supervisor's District 6, June 9 Dwelling 350, Family/Household 376 Lines 92-94 Cheves Street, house number may be 272: Eason, Lucy B., Head, age 42, Widow, born Oct 1857, had 1 child, 1 child living, NC, NC, NC, renting --- , Effie, Daughter, born Apr 1883, age 17, single, NC, NC, NC Poythress, John A., Brother, Mar (or possibly May) 1875, age 25, single, machinist R.R., NC, NC, NC (Note: I know from BPW that he family records show he was actually born 19 Jun 1874, so his age is correctly shown as 25, but whoever gave the Census-taker his birth month & year was off a bit)