Bill, I really hit the jackpot with you Thanks a million! W.T Lesesne lll was indeed Buba. He died in 51 when I was just 9 so I don't know much about his job but I do know he was a kind generous gentelman. I still have a toy pistol he gave me and still put it under the tree on Christmas and he always had those Hershy bars. I think he had something to do with the timber business as I heard people talking about him buying new cars then driving them through mud and brush on the job and really messing them up. I may be thinking of someone else, however. I remember my family would always vacation at Pawleys (we could afford it then) and we would stop at the Lesenes on the trip to and from the beach and swing in the swing on the porch. Then visit the Colliers in Andrews before hitting the beach. When Buba died they brought him home and had the viewing there in his dinning room. That was the first time I saw a dead person. I don't remember him that way though, I remember him showing up on our front porch on Wheat St. Columbia with a big smile and having supper with us. Thats the way I like to remember him. The post that use to hold the guest house sighn is still there but the sighn and the little concrete boy is missing. Virginia Sauls who is now in a retirement home in Camden would probably be one of if not the only person to answer your questions about Buba. I really loved him and he died so young. As I recall he had ulcers and the doctors put him on a diet of whole milk and cheese and he died of a heart attack. I can remember those Bar-b-qs at the Saules with "Bossie" cooking them in an open pit all night. Bubba was there and I still love and eat it. I think that Julia ran the guest house and Sarah helped but had a gift shop on the square as well. She lived in a little house down the street. I am at this moment sitting at her desk as my computer is located on it. Please send your line. Mine is from the McFaddin. Callie was my grandmothers (Mable Vernelle McFadden) sister. She married a Hawkins had two children Frances and my mom who married a Godfrey. Bubba was my first cousin first removed. Expect we are second or third cousins. Let me know. Frank ---------- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: LESESNE family of Manning, SC > Date: Wednesday, July 15, 1998 9:27 PM > > In a message dated 98-07-15 19:47:38 EDT, you write: > > << I am interested in the Lesesnes of Clarendon co. as well. Particularly > Bubba > and Sarah (Brother and Sister) Leasesne that lived accross the street from > the archives and library in Manning. Both are now long dead and buried in > the Manning cemetary. She ran a guest house for travelers on hwy 301 and he > was a salesman. There are a bunch of Lesesne markers in the Manning > cemetary but I can't make the connections. Bubba always brought me a Hershy > Bar when he traveled through Columbia on his sales trips. >> > > I remember Miss Sara (Sara Levy LESESNE). By the time I came along she ran > the boarding house with her sister in law, Mrs. Julia Adelaide (Wilson) > LESESNE whose mother was a LESESNE. > > The best place to start with the Manning LESESNEs is probably my gg > grandfather Major William Theodore LESESNE (CSA) who served in Hampton's > Legion. Both of his parents were LESESNEs: Charles William LESESNE (b. 1808 > in Georgetown) and Susannah Martha LESESNE (1813-1891) of the Santee River > LESESNEs. > > Here's how I have his line: > > 1 -- Maj. William Theodore LESESNE (11 Oct 1833-25 Dec 1884) > sp-*Sarah Lucretia RHAME (21 Dec 1837-22 Apr 1890) > 2 -- Levy Francis Rhame LESESNE (31 Jul 1857-27 Nov 1895) > sp-**Margaret Elizabeth THAMES (1 Jul 1855-21 Mar 1921) > 3 -- Frances L. "Franke" LESESNE (22 Dec 1891-6 Dec 1946) > sp-***Dr. William Ernest McINTOSH (17 Oct 1881-8 Oct 1955) > 3 -- Charles Levy LESESNE (27 May 1895-18 Aug 1900) > 2 -- Alexander La Motte LESESNE (b. abt 1859) > sp-Elizabeth Thomas CUTTINO > 2 -- William Theodore LESESNE, Jr. (25 Mar 1862-12 Jul 1925) > sp-Agnes "Callie" McFADDIN (31 Mar 1869-25 Sep 1947) > 3 -- William Theodore LESESNE, III (11 Dec 1898 - 1951) > sp-****Julia Adelaide WILSON (8 Sep 1900-12 Jan 1970) > 3 -- Sara Levy LESESNE (27 Dec 1904-17 Mar 1989) > 2 -- Susan Elizabeth LESESNE ( abt. 1864-4 Aug 1945) > sp- *****Albertus Spain BRIGGS (b. abt. 1855) > > * daughter of Levy Francis RHAME & Elizabeth TINDAL > ** daughter of Charles Christopher THAMES, Jr. & Mary C. FELDER > *** son of John Franklin McINTOSH & Sarah Adelaide JOYE > **** daughter of Dr. Henry Laurens WILSON & Susan Wells LESESNE > ***** son of Dr. Thomas Whitaker BRIGGS & Margaret Susan SPAIN > > Hope this clears up some of those markers in Manning Cemetery! > > Bill (William Ernest McINTOSH, III) > > I am assuming "Bubba" is William Theodore LESESNE, III -- would love to know > more about his occupation, etc.