Steve Pearson wrote: > > Hi Donna! Oh yes, and thanks so much for getting back to me! I really > hope I can solve my Wooten riddle with this new information you have. > The possibilities are there. The only information I have is the > following: Maggie- whom I've come to know as Margaret Elizabeth, by way > of a distant cousins research, was ( all this according to her death > certificate - which is extremely hard to read ), born in SC June 14, > 1878, to J. H. Wooten and Mary Jane Griffin. She died on Feb 8 1937 of > obstructive Jaundice probably from a gallstone. She died in Anderson > Co., Belton, SC. Full name on the certificate reads Mrs. Maggie Wooten. > Widowed- husband was C. J. Alverson. The clerk had to have been somewhat > sloppy as the name was in fact Charles Agustus Alverson- known as "Gus", > so when someone said C G he or she may have heard C J. Place of Burial > was Pelzer SC.The picture of this certificate is blurred and my cousin > when she sent it to me felt the need to write over in an attempt to > trace over the pertainent information, thereby leaving the > interpretation up to her as to what it read. I'd like to see a copy for > myself. Her age also traced over, reads 61 yrs 7 mos and 20 days. > Problem is the math comes out to only 59 years between what she says the > birth and death dates are. Therefore I assume that it would be more > difficult for the clerk to screw up the death date than it would be to > screw up the birthdate, so the death date I accept and therefore place > the birthdate at abt. 1875. I have found a web site at > http://www.uftree.com/UFT/WebPages/davidwooten/default/index.htm that > has a Margaret Elizabeth born in SC abt 1875 with the parents being as > follows > James David Wooten and Mary Ann Brown had the following children: > > 472 vi. Eli Bryant Wooten was born about 1865. MARRIED 1ST COUSIN > MOLLY > PINSON > > 473 vii. Catherine Wooten was born about 1867. MARRIED SEABORN HARRELL > > 474 viii. Molly Wooten was born about 1872. MARRIED PRESTON PARKER > > 475 ix. Margaret E. Wooten was born about 1875. > > Problem is when I got ahold of the owner of the site he was no help. Not > able to tell me anymore of the person nor from whom he got the > information. Anyway if you can help I will kiss your feet!!! Thanks and > looking forward to hearing from you! Steve > > [email protected] wrote: > > > > Hello Steve - > > > > My grandmother - Margie Dickerson Phillips was born in Pelzer, SC in 1915; her > > mother was Hattie Lelia Wooten; Lelia's parents were Jesse and Emily Wooten- > > and that was all the information I started with and have spent some time > > looking for Lelia, Jesse & Emily around Anderson Co. to no avail. > > > > Last week I finally found Jesse and Emily in the 1880 Greenville Co Census > > with their children Jonas b c 1865, George b c 1870, Luther b c 1872, Maggie b > > c 1875, Lela (Lelia) b July 21, 1877, and Martha b Feb 1880. I believe there > > are two more children born after 1880, Arthur and Ida (West) listed as > > surviving in my ggrandmother's obit - Luther was also surviving in 1946 when > > Lelia died. > > > > With this new information, I went thru my WOOTEN file and see an e-mail I > > printed from the Wooten List and you are looking for a Maggie Wooten b c 1875 > > with a possible connection to Pelzer. This e-mail is obviously number 3 or so > > in a thread on the subject so I don't have the original post with the > > particulars. Could you tell me about your Maggie? > > > > Thanks, > > Donna Roberts > > Aiken, SC > > -- > *********************** > Steve Pearson > [email protected] > *********************** > Nobility isn't a birthright, > it's defined by ones actions. > *********************** -- *********************** Steve Pearson [email protected] *********************** Nobility isn't a birthright, it's defined by ones actions. ***********************