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INFANT BOY MAGILL

Died, in Lancasterville, on the 3dinst., infant son of T. R. and E. A. Magill, aged 2 weeks and 4 days. (November 12, 1856)

Source Information: Wells, Lawrence K, and Brent H. Holcomb, ed.. South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 1-20 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 1999. Original data: Wells, Lawrence K., ed.. The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research. Vol. I-XX. Columbia, SC, USA: SCMAR, 1973-1992.

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SCMAR, Vol. VIII, Fall 1980, No. 4, p.215

MARGARET McCAIN

Died near Portersville, Tenn., on the 23d of November, 1843, Mrs. Margaret McCain, in the 87th year of her age. The deceased had been an [p.6] exemplary member of the Associate Reformed Church at Tirzah, in Waxhaw, from its first organization, whence she removed in 1839.

Associate Reformed Presbyterian Death & Marriage Notices, 1843-1863, p.5

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THOMAS McDOW, ESQ.

Died at his residence, Waxhaw, Lancaster District, on the 24th ult., Thomas McDow, Esq., in the 71st year of his age in the Revolution a member of the Presbyterian Church.

Marriages & Deaths, Charleston Observer, 1827-1845, p.104

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HON. WM. McKENNA

Death of Hon. Wm. McKenna. This aged and respected citizen died at his residence in this Village on Friday night, 11th inst; a native of Ireland, and he emigrated to the U. S. about the close of the last century, probably in 1799 or 1800. He landed in the State of New York, lived in that State for several years, and there, it is believed, he married his first wife. The present Mrs. Mittag, who resides in this village, is the issue of that marriage. He came to Lancasterville, in 1803 and was employed as a merchant's clerk. In 1804, he married Miss Anna Cousart, the daughter of his employer. In 1817 he was elected Clerk of the Court for this District. In 1828 he became a candidate for the popular branch of the State Legislature, and was elected by a flattering majority; an ardent Nullifier.... interred in Columbia in the Cemetery of the Roman Catholic Church; about eighty two years of age. (March 16, 1859)

SCMAR, Vol. X, Fall 1982, No. 4, p.194

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ANN MILLER

Died in DeKalb County, Ga., February 27th, 1868, Mrs. Ann Miller, in the 71st year of her age, of cancer on her face.... was born in County Antrim, Ireland in 1796, emigrated to America with her parents, John and Margaret Wilson, in 1801. The ship in which she and her parents sailed was partially wrecked out at sea and was driven into the cove or harbor at Cork, where two of her sisters died of small pox. After the repair of the vessel, with a favoring Providence, she and her parents landed at Charleston in May, 1801, and settled in Lancaster District in the Waxhaw settlement under the pastoral care of Rev. Dickson, then removed with her mother and stepfather, J. Harmon, until after the War of 1812. In 1815, she and Mr. Robert Miller were united in the bonds of marriage, shortly afterwards connected themselves with the Presbyterian church at Catholic, then under the pastoral care of Rev. Robert McCullough. In 1825 she with her husband removed to Newton Co., Ga., and were among the founders of the Associate Reformed church, called Hopewell, near the Snapping Shoals on South River. In 1852, after the death of her husband, she removed with her children, seven sons, up into DeKalb Co., Ga., and connected with Prosperity church by letter, in which church she remained a worthy member.

Presbyterian Deaths & Marriages, Vol 2: 1866-1888, p.20

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