RE: --E. COOPER of Campobello and wife are visiting his sister, Mrs. Asa FINCH. I have this Finch family in my files. It is a collateral one for me. Asa's great grandfather, Thomas Finch and his wife Susanna Smith is my common ancestor. It would be great to hear from some of Asa and Bettie's descendants. Ann Direct Descendants of John Finch, Senior 1 John Finch, Senior b: Abt. 1756 in Halifax County, Virginia d: Bef. 1828 in Spartanburg, South Carolina .. +Janey Keene b: Aft. 1756 m: Bef. 1774 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina Father: James Keene Mother: Unknown d: December 26, 1840 in Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina 2 Thomas Finch b: 1776 in South Carolina d: July 19, 1859 in Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina .... +Susanna Smith b: 1776 in South Carolina m: Bef. 1800 in South Carolina Father: John Smith, Senior Mother: Elizabeth d: Bef. 1859 in Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina ... 3 Benjamin Finch b: January 30, 1809 in South Carolina d: December 07, 1892 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina ....... +Mary Ann Caldwell b: January 28, 1809 in South Carolina m: Bef. 1832 in South Carolina d: June 17, 1889 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina ..... 4 Albert Carey Finch b: September 01, 1845 in Spartanburg, South Carolina d: November 28, 1883 in Spartanburg, South Carolina ......... +Elizabeth Caroline Willis b: November 08, 1848 in South Carolina m: December 26, 1866 in Spartanburg, South Carolina d: December 10, 1899 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina ........ 5 Asa Elliot Finch b: December 02, 1872 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina d: June 24, 1932 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina + Mary Elizabeth 'Bettie' Cooper b: September 13, 1869 d. May 12, 1913 Surnames in Genealogy in my direct line: Harwell, Frey, Morris, Holloway, Dunn, McCrary, Finch, Riddle, Cheek, Smith, Williams, Cook, Blake, Hudson, Jefferson, Jones, Nowell, Tatum, Busser,Keene/Keen Shipp, Field, Soane, Bolling, Judkins, Pettaway, Gray, Robertson, Burton, Thomson, Moore, Lawson, Fair, Rush, Temple, Chambliss, Fortune, Kennedy, McKinney,Edwards, Harris, Gurgunay, Giles, Bailey, Barham, Parker, Pritchard, Symons, Page, Fry, Shattuck, Daniel, Dorris, Stark, McDaniel, Woads, Fain, Mercer, Taylor, Loftin, Lanier, Johnson, Jackson, Farrar, Branch, Allman, Reynsford, Hunt, Allen, Coxe, Addie, Sparks, Baugh, Hatcher, Newporte, Reynolds, Walgrave, Percy, Jurnigan, Jennings, Bowman, Brookes, Byrd, Clark, Drury, Calthorpe, Stapleton, deLaPole, Cheney, Stafford, Beauchamp, deAudley, deClare, deMortimer, deLongspee,Mainwaring, and others. >From: Toomean2@aol.com >To: SCSPARTA-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [SCSPARTA] "The Free Lance" Issue: September 4, 1903 >Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 15:34:31 EDT > >"The Free Lance" >Issue: September 4, 1903 > >PAULINE POINTS: >[Aug. 31] >--Philadelphia Church celebrated its one hundredth anniversary last Sunday. >Dr. Sam LANCASTER read the record which was most interesting, and Rev. W.P. >SMITH gave a fine talk. > >--Miss Leila WILLIS and Virgil SMITH of Boiling Springs were the guests of >Miss Bessie SMITH last Saturday and Sunday. > >--E. COOPER of Campobello and wife are visiting his sister, Mrs. Asa FINCH. > >--Misses Mamie and Evelyn GROGAN of Spartanburg are visiting their >grandmother, Mrs. Jane WEST. Edgar and Robert LANFORD also visited here >last >Sunday. > >--E.C. SMITH has gone to Mills Springs this week to visit friends. > >--Mrs. Alice DEAN and husband paid her parents a flying visit last week. > >--Miss Jennie WALLACE of Laurens has been visiting Mrs. A.D. SMITH. > > >BERRY BRIEFS >[Aug. 27] >--J. I. HORTON and W.E. BISHOP are sawing some nice shingles now. > >--J.C. WESTMORELAND returned home Sunday from a weeks' visit to Asheville. >He contemplates moving there in the near future. > >--Alice MORROW, who has been sick for several weeks, is some better. > >--Mrs. W. M. CANTERLL who has been sick for several days is improving >slowly. > >--Olie HORTON has a new buggy. > >--Z.W. WALL our road overseer, is doing some much needed work on our roads >just now. > > >TWO HORSE DRIVEN TO DEATH > R.E. CUDD & Co, the Magnolia street liverymen, were the unfortunate >losers of two fine horses last Friday night and Saturday morning and a >damage >suit against those who they believe caused the deaths is being spoken of. > The horses were hired out, one to a traveling salesman and the other >to >a resident of this city, both for trips through the country. One of the >horses gave out at Moore's and died soon after getting to town. The other >died Saturday. When they both came in, they gave signs of having been >driven >severely. The stablemen believe they were over heated, which they think >caused the deaths. > >CAVINS CHRONICLES: >[Aug. 31] >--Misses Pearl, Vivian and Zellen HILL of Hobbysville visited relatives >here >last week and also took in the meeting at Unity. > >--Mrs. J.D. McCRAVEY is visiting her sister, Mrs. STRIBBLING, here this >week. > > >CROSS ANCHOR CHRONICLES: >[Sept. 1] >--Work on the M.E. parsonage is progressing well and it will soon be >completed. The people of Belmont circuit may justly feel proud of their >handsome manse. > >--B. M. HILL and J.S. WILBANKS have recently bought the Musgrove Mill >property from M.R. BURNETT. > > >A COMING MARRIAGE > A marriage that will be of interest to many people throughout the >state >is that of Miss Mary GWYNN of this city [Spartanburg] and C.C.F. HAMMOND of >Augusta Ga., which will take place in St. Paul's Catholic church, this city >on Wednesday morning Sept. 16, at 8 o'clock. Miss GWYNN's is the youngest >daughter of Captain and Mrs. A.J. GWYNN. Mr. HAMMOND is the son of Maj. >And >Mrs. Harry HAMMOND of Beech Island, Aiken County, S.C. > > >HOLLY SPRINGS ITEMS >[Aug. 29] >--Miss Emma WALDROP of Greers is visiting the family of J.A. FLEMING this >week. > >--Mrs. R.E. THOMPSON was painfully hurt by a cow a few days ago and has >been >suffering very much from her injuries. > > >C. EUGENE SANDERS TO WED > Mrs. C.P. SANDERS and Misses Annie WILL and Marian SANDERS will go to >Charleston tomorrow to attend the marriage of C. Eugene SANDERS and Mrs. >Cora >E. JONES, which will occur Wednesday at the home of the bride's mother. >Mr. >SANDERS is a newspaper man of fine ability and is a Spartanburg boy of whom >his friends are justly proud. > > >SEIZURE MADE > State Constable J.K. WHITE seized three quarts of whiskey on the >place >of Aaron THOMPSON a well known farmer in the county yesterday afternoon. >Mr. >THOMPSON and two assistants were also arrested for violating the dispensary >law. They gave the bond and will be given a hearing later. > > >free post >Lisa > > >==== SCSPARTA Mailing List ==== >The USGenWeb page for Spartanburg County is: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~scsparta/ > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail