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SARAH WHITE

Mrs. Sarah White, born in Ireland, had upwards of 100 descendants. After a residence of 40 years in the waxhaws, died in 1806 90

SCMAR, Vol. VIII, Spring 1980, No. 2, p.89

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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HUGH McRAE WILLIAMS

(He was born Oct. 1896 in Waxhaw Village, N.C.)

Death of Master Hugh McRae Williams

After an illness of five weeks of fever Hugh McRae Williams, the 12 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Williams, died at his home here last Friday morning at 10 o'clock.

The funeral service was held in the Presbyterian church Saturday morning at 10 o'clock and was conducted by the pastor, Rev. R. J. Beattie. Mr. Beattie paid the deceased a beautiful tribute and offered words of comfort to the bereaved parents and brothers and sisters. Hugh Williams was a bright and promising lad and was a favorite of his teacher and of the family. The family circle is broken and at the home there is an empty chair.

The pall bearers were members of the Sunday School class of which the deceased belonged, and were as follows: Curtis McNeill, Rex Kelly, Calvin Donnell, Will Cox, John Jones and Alexander Gilchrist.

The funeral service was concluded at the grave at Buffalo cemetery at eleven o'clock. The grave was literally covered with flowers. The family have the sympathy of the community in their bereavement.

The following were here from a distance to attend the funeral, Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Nuttall of Hickory, and Mrs. Sam Ezzelle, of Waxhaw.

Source Information: The Sanford Express, Sanford, North Carolina, October 1, 1909

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SARAH D. WILSON

Died of typhoid fever in Union County, N. C. on the 13th of December, 1850, Mrs. Sarah D. Wilson, wife of Hugh Wilson and daughter of James D. Craig, deceased, and Elizabeth Craig, in the 28th year of her age. at an early age was admitted to full communion in the Associate Reformed Church at Tirzah, Waxhaw. .. a bereaved husband, an infant son have been left.

Associate Reformed Presbyterian Death & Marriage Notices, 1843-1863, p.41

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F.E.H. WITHERSPOON

Departed this life on the 29th ult., at her residence in Abbeville District, Mrs. F. E. H. Witherspoon, relict of the late Col. James H. Witherspoon, of Lancasterville, S. C. She was a native of James Island, near Charleston, but removed with her first husband, Dr. Wm. McCaw, soon after their marriage to the place where she died, and where she spent most of her life. (Ibid.)

SCMAR, Vol. XII, Summer 1984, No. 3, p.159

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DR. JAMES H. WITHERSPOON

Dr. Witherspoon 1836 - 1905

Another of Lancaster's aged and greatly beloved citizens, Dr. James H. Witherspoon, has passed away. He breathed his last on Wednesday evening (1905) at his home on White street, surviving his lamented brother, the late Capt. B. J. Witherspoon, by a few weeks only.

"Dr. Jimmie" as he was familiarly called by his more intimate acquaintances, was without an enemy, and was admired and respected by all with whom he came in contact for his strong, manly character - generous nature and disposition.

Dr. Witherspoon was a native of Lanaster and was in his 70th year, having been born August 16, 1836. He was a son of the late Col. James H. Witherspoon whose other children were Capt. B. J. Witherspoon, Mrs. Eliza Jane Wylie, Mrs. Fannie Hall and S. C. Witherspoon. In his boyhood, Dr. Witherspoon attended school here, afterwards entering Mt. Zion Institute of Winnsboro. He spent one year, 1857, in the University of Virginia. He entered the Medical college of Charleston in 1858, graduating from that institution the following year. He was one of the first young men of Lancaster to volunteer for service in defense of his country in the War Between the States. He was first a corporal in the "Lancaster Greys", and later made hospital steward. At the reorganization of the regiment, his company became a part of the 5th Regiment of S. C. Volunteers, in which he served as assistant surgeon.

In 1869 Dr. Witherspoon was married to Miss Emma Hasseltine. Three sons and a daughter blessed their union.

Source Information: Newspaper clipping found in a folder of papers given to us by Nancy Crockett. No date or name of paper is found on the obituary.

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MRS. MARY ELIZABETH WITHERSPOON

Died at Lancasterville, on Tuesday morning, the 30th inst., at six o'clock, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth, consort of James H. Witherspoon, Esq., Ordinary and Commissioner of Equity for Lancaster District, daughter of the late Dr. Bartlett James, and was the only member of her father's family who continued to reside in this state. Her mother, brothers and sister removed years ago to a distant commonwealth, born April, 1811, and had nearly completed her 46th year... (long eulogy) (Ibid.)

SCMAR, Vol. VIII, Fall 1980, No. 4, p.216

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MARY ELIZABETH WITHERSPOON

At Lancasterville, on Tuesday morning, the 30th ult., after a lingering illness of one week, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth, wife of James H. Witherspoon, Esq., Ordinary and Commissioner in Equity for Lancaster District.

York, SC, Newspapers, Marriages & Deaths, 1823-1865, p.42

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FANNIE WYLIE

Died of Diptheria, in Lancasterville, S. C., at the residence of Hon. James H. Witherspoon, on the 28th of May last, Fannie, daughter of Lieut. Col. John D. and Mrs. E. J. Wylie, at the age of 2 years, 2 months and 24 days. (Ibid.)

SCMAR, Vol. XVII, Winter 1989, No. 1, p.

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