good morning john - welcome to the charleston list. there are a lot of really good folks on this list. my connection to st. phillip street is as follows: my 2G grandfather, John Elliott Thames was born in clarendon co, sc in Dec 1823 and died in clarendon, sc on Dec 26, 1893. on nov 1, 1848 he married Anna Rosina Caroline Joye who was born in charleston on Sep 20, 1829. they were married by the Reverend J. H. Honor (spelled Honour later on in the family bible.) Anna was the daughter of Peter Sieversten Joye, b aug 9, 1803 in copenhagen, "kingdom of denmark" and Elizabeth Gleen Church Joye. (Peter Joye died on aug 18, 1837, the captain of a ship said to have been lost at sea during a storm at matanzas bay near san juan, puerto rico.) [aug is in hurricane season.] John Elliott Thames and Anna had, according to the family bible, 5 children; George W. Thames (my great grandfather) who married Mary Agnes Dudley in wilmington, nc on oct 22, 1874; Ida Elizabeth Thames, b. jan 30, 1854; Lillie Maria Thames, b. mar 30, 1856; Charles Elliott Thames, b. dec 17, 1849 and died at age 5, oct 14, 1854 of "the prevailing epidemic"; and Daisy Toomer Thames, b. feb 27, 1861, d aug 11, 1862. all of the children were born in charleston. the newspaper clippings, found in the family bible reporting the deaths of Charles Elliott and Daisy Toomer, were quite eloquent and eulogized the children in poems. the 1849 charleston city directory has John Thames working as a clerk at 231 king and residing on boundary. the 1852-55 directories have him working as a clerk at 248 king. in 1852 he was living at 48 calhoun st and, by 1855, had moved to st. phillip. 1856 has the street number as 125, and in 1866 his residence is listed as 123 st. phillip. by that time he was working as a conductor for the SCRR. 1867-68 has A.W. Thames (Alfred Washington, John's brother) and an "F." Thames (working as a clerk) living at the 123 st. phillip address with John. Alfred married Margaret Ann (--) so she was most likely living with them. 1872 shows A.W. Thames having moved into 131 st. phillip street. John apparently continued living at 123 st. phillip street until at least 1874 (haven't gotten further city directory copies past that yet.) by 1874 John Elliott Thames was a train master with the SC railroad. so far that's all i have on my little group. have a good day, julie thames howell, jax, fla