In a message dated 01/30/2003 7:24:13 PM Eastern Standard Time, kenbelc@attbi.com writes: > MRS. MATTIE HARRELSON at 91 is the oldest Spartanburg County widow of the > Confederate veteran. > She lives at Mountain View Home and is the only living member of her > immediate family, the late W.P. and MATILDA HOY. She is an avid Bible > reader. > > Her father served > Hoy William Pinkney Holcombe Legion SC Inf. Co. A > Y > Hoy William Pinkney b. 11/18/10 d. 2/12/04 buried Nazareth > Presbyterian > Hoy William Pinkney Wife: Frances C. Dean (Frances C. > don't seem to be Matilda. > > MRS. HARRELSON recently underwent an eye operation and is now > recuperating from the illness. > > She likes Mountain View Home. " It's a good place for old folks who > behave themselves", she quipped. > She said her husband the late F.M. HARRELSON, died March 26, 1920. > > Not sure about her husband > There was no F. M. Harrelson or Harrelsen to serve in SC. I do > hace a Miles Harrelson , 9th SC Reserves, Co. I, > who may be the person. Don't have birth or death dates, but do have a > wife's name of Rillie Ann. That don't sound like a Mattie. > > The Miles Harrelson (born 1845 died 1907) mentioned served with the 18th SC VOL.,CO E from 1863 to 1865. His first name was John. He was married to Frances Delia Rogers John Miles had a brother named Francis Marion Harrelson born in 1848. Francis Marion was married to Rella Anne Vise. My great Aunt, Frances (Fanny) Stephens, was married to the son of Francis and Rella- Jesse Parks Harrelson. I'm trying to find out more on this couple. Linda