CHESTER COUNTY HERITAGE HISTORY WRECK ON THE L. AND C. RAILWAY 30 July 1913 Three dead, four in critical condition and about 40 others injured more or less severely is the result of the wreck on the Lancaster and Chester Railway yesterday afternoon at Hooper's Creek seven miles east of Chester, South Carolina. Hundreds of persons have visited the scene since the wreck occurred yesterday afternoon about five o'clock, and when one views the splintered cars and the terrible height from which the coaches fell it seems wonderful that all were not killed or wounded. The fearful wreck has been the general theme of discussion to-day, and inquiries have poured in from near-by towns for further details. The most fearful disaster in the history of Chester county occurred yesterday afternoon about five o'clock when the Lancaster and Chester Railway's west bound mixed freight and passenger train went through the trestle at Hooper's creek, midway between Knox's and Orr's and seven miles from Chester, killing one member of the crew, Elijah Heath, colored, outright, and so mangling and maiming dozens of others that the death list will in all probability reach a total of from six to ten before completed. V. H. Crafts, of Anderson, a traveling salesman, who was badly hurt, died yesterday evening while being taken to the hospital, and Roy Clifton, of Fort Lawn, the fifteen year old son of Mr. and Mrs. J.G. Clifton, died this morning at three o'clock. HOW IT HAPPENED The locomotive, with Engineer John Stewman at the throttle, and six freight cars got across the bridge in safety, it appears, but a coal car jumped the track just as it struck the bridge, and as the train was moving at rapid speed in order to climb the steep ascent on this side of the bridge the wooden crossties were cut in two and the trestle tottered, which caused the combination coach and the regular passenger coach to fall into the breach and leave the extra passenger coach hanging over the abyss. The trestle was about fifty feet high in the middle and was perhaps one hundred and fifty feet in length. A section about fifty feet in length was knocked down, and into this hole of death the heavily laden passenger coach fell. Had the extra coach fallen over upon the other wreckage instead of pausing upon the brink, the death toll would have been infinitely greater, the injuries to those in the coach being mostly produced by shake-up. The news of the disaster reached Chester while the third and deciding game for the State baseball championship was being played, and people began to leave the grounds at once for the wreck in automobiles and other vehicles. A pall of sadness and concern enveloped the entire city, as it was impossible to obtain authentic information concerning the tragedy and the number and names of the killed and wounded. As soon as the disaster occurred Engineer Stewman, warned by the action of his air brakes that something untoward had occurred, looked back and viewed the terrible catastrophe, and dashing at once to a near-by phone informed Superintendent A.P. McLure at Lancaster and was told to bring the remaining part of his train on to Chester and secure the services of all available physicians and nurses. This he did, every physician and nurse in the city who was able to go and could be reached making the trip. TO THE RESCUE Arriving at the scene of the wreck, the rescuers set to work with a will. In the meantime members of the crew and uninjured passengers had set about the work of rescue, and by constructing a bridge out of the wreckage and working their way tediously and laboriously through the smashed and overturned cars, the rescuing party had reached numbers of the suffering and wounded and borne them out to a place of safety. Physicians from Richburg and other points joined in the work, as well as private individuals, and many deeds of heroism and self-sacrifice were performed. B.F. Roberts, a traveling salesman from Macon, Georgia, did splendid work, bringing out five from among the wreckage. Fortunately there was no way for the wreckage to take fire, or loss of life would have been much heavier, as owing to the number of passengers and the manner in which some of them were pinioned under the wreckage it was impossible to reach them for a considerable time after the work of rescue was begun. The scene at the wreck was one never to be forgotten. There are frequent wrecks in which the loss of rolling stock is just as severe, and the loss of life just as heavy; but not often does it happen that such a large percent of those on board the train are injured. On every hand were to be seen the fearfully wounded, from beneath the wreckage came the cries of those pinned down by the weight of iron and steel; the cries of little children; the excited shouts of men and women. And poised just above the car already down in the abyss of destruction was the third coach, perched insecurely upon the brink, as if undecided whether to remain poised thus or crash down upon the tangled mass of wood and steel already torn to pieces by the fall. Information from the wreck was slow in drifting back to the city, and it was not until the arrival of the train with the physicians and nurses with their cargo of wounded in charge that it was definitely known just how many had been killed and how many hurt. Hundreds were gathered at the station, and excitement and anguish were written large upon the countenances of all, for many knew of friends or loved ones who had been on the fated train and dozens of others realized that when all was known the list of dead or wounded might contain the names of some dear to them. The work of unloading the wounded and transferring them to ambulances, automobiles and wagons was a gruesome sight underneath the glare of electric lights, as it had been impossible to dress the wounds except very hastily and bruises, cuts and blood were everywhere in evidence. Finally the last passenger was taken off the fated train and transferred to the Magdalene Hospital, and there an all-night vigil on the part of nurses, physicians and devoted friends was begun. AT MAGDALENE HOSPITAL At the Magdalene Hospital yesterday evening there were 47 patients received from the wreck, and as there were already a considerable number of patients on hand the accommodations were taxed to handle this unexpected influx. Five nurses were sent down from Rock Hill from the Fennel Infirmary, and Misses Johnson, Wylie and Louise Murphy assisted the regular corps in attending to the injured. Miss E.A. Brady, superintendent of the Magdalene Hospital, has had several years of experience in her profession, two years of which were spent in a big railroad hospital, but she stated this morning that the scene presented last night when forty-seven patients were brought in at one time from one wreck was without parallel in her experience. In this connection it might not be out of place to point to the advantages that ensue to the community from having such a hospital as Dr. Pryor's Magdalene Hospital with its splendid equipment and able staff. THE DEAD AND WOUNDED The list of dead and injured as far as it is possible to obtain same is as follows: DEAD: Elijah Heath, colored, D.H. Crafts, Anderson, South Carolina, Roy Clifton, Fort Lawn, South Carolina. INJURED: Mr. and Mrs. C.O. Williams and five children, of Corpus Christi, Texas, J.M. Jones, Chester, Miss Carrie Sadler, Rock Hill, South Carolina, Miss Maggie Lee Sadler, Rock Hill, Mrs. J.O. Barber, Richburg, South Carolina, James Goodwin, Richburg, Claude Turner, Fort Lawn, Carl Turner, Fort Lawn, J.R. Taylor, Richburg, Miss. Beatrice Fairley, Texas, W.A. Cureton, Fort Lawn, Rev. S. R. Hope, Mullins, South Carolina, T.J. Kelly, Kernersville, North Carolina, L.W. McDaniel, Orr's, South Carolina, S.J. Knox, Knox, South Carolina, F.M. Simpson, Richburg, W. K. Hinnant, Bascomville, South Carolina, O.W. Brady, Exum, North Carolina, Mr. Trainum, Richmond, Virginia, Louis Samuels, Chester, D. B. Phillips, Ninety-Six, South Carolina, Mr. and Mrs. D.A. Cauthen, Richburg, Mrs. Wyeth Marion, Richburg, Lusk Marion, Richburg, J. W. Dye, Bascomville, E. W. Gibson. Rossville, South Carolina, W.M. Greene, page 32 Lancaster, South Carolina, Miss Martha Marion, Richburg, Clifton Ferguson, Fort Lawn, Miss Luna Martin, Richburg, A.B. Oxford, Edgemont, North Carolina, E.C. Wilson, Lancaster, T.J. Orr, Richburg, Dr. Frank Key, Lancaster, J. P. Yandle, Chester, S.C. In addition to the foregoing there were also several others who were bruised and shaken-up, though not seriously, as well as the following negroes: John Green, wife, and four children, Chester; Bose MOBLEY, Richburg; and Wash Cloud, Fort Lawn. IN CRITICAL CONDITION At the hospital this afternoon it was stated that four patients are in critical condition and not likely to survive. These patients are as follows: James Goodwin of Richburg, who is badly injured about the head; Mrs. C.O. Williams, of Corpus Christi, Texas, leg broken, arm injured, and concussion; D.B. Phillips, of Ninety-Six, concussion; and A. B. Trainman, of Richmond, general concussion. The remains of Mr. Crafts were shipped to Hartwell, Georgia, this morning, and the remains of Roy Clifton were taken to his home at Fort Lawn. A PATHETIC CASE Mr. and Mrs. C.O. Williams and seven children, of Corpus Christi, Texas who were on their way home from a visit to relatives in Kershaw County, South Carolina were passengers on the fated train, and all were injured with the exception of the oldest daughter and the youngest child, an infant a few months old. Mrs. Williams sustained a bad gash in the head and had one leg broken, but gave no thought to her own injuries until assured of the safety of her little ones. Mr. Williams, who is a native of South Carolina, had brought his family back to his old home for a visit, and this tragic accident was the outcome. CONDITION OF LOCAL FOLKS. J.M. Jones, proprietor of the Chester Coca Cola Bottling Co., had one eye badly hurt, also one arm, and was severely bruised about the chest. At first it was feared that Mr. Jones was seriously injured, but his condition seems much improved today. Louis Samuels, traveling salesman for the Moffat Grocery Co., was gashed about the head, but is not seriously hurt. THE CORONER'S INQUEST Coroner J. Henry Gladden empanelled a jury of inquest this morning to inquire into the deaths of Elijah Heath, V.H. Crafts, and Roy Clifton, and this jury after viewing the bodies left for the scene of the wreck to inquire into the probable cause of the disaster. The jury of inquest is composed as follows: G.C. Latimer, foreman, W.E. Cornwell, S.C. Carter, G.R. Ball, H.H. Shannon, J. Foster Carter, B.D. Refo, G.G. Freeland, D.G. Anderson, Andrew Peden, F.D. Williams, W.F. Stevenson, L.H. McFadden, and R.G. Stricker. The jury of inquest will meet at the court house tomorrow morning at ten o'clock to make its findings. AN EYE WITNESS' STORY. Will Key who was a passenger in the last coach and who escaped without injury, tells a thrilling story of the wreck and the scenes immediately following. Mr. Key says that the first sign of the disaster was the lurch to the entire train caused when the coal car left the rail and the grinding noise produced, and a moment later the two forward coaches were jerked into the yawning abyss. In the rear coach which was jerked up to the brink of the creek and left standing there, none of the passengers was injured except slightly from the jar and from being hurled against benches, and many of these were enabled to do splendid work in the way of rescuing the more unfortunate. DEEDS OF HEROISM. It is impossible to learn, and will never be known, just all the deeds of heroism performed by different individuals. Mr. Key says that when he walked out of the rear coach and looked down into the creek such a scene of suffering and distress was presented as he will never forget. Women were screaming, men were shouting, little children were crying - all was pandemonium and confusion. Messrs. E.W. Gibson, Henry Melton, Garrison Dye, and Messrs. Gladden and Penny, of the train crew, were among those who did most effective work in the task of rescue. There were probably others who should be mentioned, but their names are not available now. Submitted by Louise Gill Knox page 33 RECONSTRUCTION IN CHESTER COUNTY I have written some notes about family history and it occurs to me that I should write down some of my impressions and some of the things I heard years ago about the difficult years that followed the Civil War. Published history books seldom tell about localized incidents. When we read the records of the events of those days, the hardships and violence of the times are usually played down. When the War ended, much of the wealth of the South had been used up. The people had financed the Confederacy with their savings as far as possible, additionally with credit for the supplies required for a war. There were very few large cities. The county seats were usually villages or small towns, and most of the people lived on farms. The value of the land and of the slaves represented a major part of the wealth of the people. When the slaves were freed it was a long time before land had much market value. It was several years before farmers could make a fair living by raising Crops for cash income. It was a time of confusion. Many of the Negroes, after being freed, were unable to make their personal decisions about what they should do and where to start. Many of them just rambled off to another place. At first only part of them were willing to work for wages or farm as sharecroppers. Naturally the freed slaves felt unshackled. It was a new freedom and they wanted to live it up. Many had not developed the restraints and self-controls required among, civilized people. The first bad blow came when President Lincoln was assassinated. Next President Johnson was prevented from carrying out the policies planned by Mr. Lincoln and Congress was hostile to the South. Some members of the cabinet were so full of hatred that decisions were made and laws passed that treated the South harshly as a defeated and alien country. Veterans of the Confederate forces, and all others that aided the Confederate States, were disenfranchised by laws newly enacted. These people were prohibited from holding public office. The result was that these privileges were largely restricted to the negroes and to new people from the North. The latter were called "carpet- baggers." For about ten years in South Carolina this was a time of misrule, of waste and graft, a time of high taxes and unrealistic bad laws. The courts were often unjust. I will recite here two incidents that occurred then. South Carolina had a law that assessed a road tax on adult males. Instead of paying the tax, a man had the option of working three days annually on county roads. Mr. William Stroud was a neighbor of the Atkinsons and lived on an adjacent farm. Mr. Stroud received a notice to report for work with a road crew on a certain date. The Stroud's first child, an infant, died the day before the work date. Mr. Stroud asked the road official at the courthouse to give him a later work stint so that he could bury his child. This request was refused and he had to work that day. The other incident shows how incompetent one public official was. Miss Emma Star Woods lived near Broad River in Chester County and she expected to teach at a rural school near her home. She went to the courthouse in Chester to get a teacher's certificate and to sign the contract. The official was not able to write in the required data on the forms so Miss Woods had to make out the forms herself. Every county seat in South Carolina was occupied by unfriendly soldiers. Usually the office of sheriff was filled by an incompetent man. Men did not like to risk leaving their families at home without protection so the original Ku Klux Klan was started. The aim was to restore order and to have a disciplined force of white men to insure the safety of life and property. These efforts were successful to a good degree until, at several different places, some youths committed some acts of misconduct. Orders then went to the Federal soldiers to break up the Klans and arrest as many of its members as possible. Many of the Klansmen had patrolled on horseback page 43 openly and could be identified by some of the unfriendly negroes. Negro soldiers had just been transferred to Chester and Fairfield Counties. Detachments of these soldiers were sent out to arrest suspected members of the Klan. These negro soldier patrols quickly antagonized the white population. The soldiers were arrogant and insulting. White families were frightened. Many white people would hide in the houses of friendly negroes. A decision was made by one Klan unit that the time had come to stop the patrols and search parties of negro soldiers. One day a patrol of negro soldiers were patrolling an area lying west of Chester and some members of a Ku Klux Klan attacked the negro soldiers and killed them. I have never read any account of this and seldom heard it talked about. Many years after this event I heard that a certain Mr. "X" had just died. I went over and told an old gentleman about the death of this old friend. He then said that he now would tell me about a certain phase of this ambush. He said that when the fight with the negro patrol ended the Klan members counted up and discovered one soldier was missing. A search began for him and this Mr. "X" flushed him from a gully, shot and killed him. This action, added to other resistance acts, ushered in a period of harassment of the white people. The negro soldiers were taken away and replaced with white soldiers. Orders were given to arrest all suspected Klan members. Units of white soldiers were constantly patrolling and searching white homes. The men were hiding out. Then came the great exodus of the white people. Great numbers left South Carolina. The loss of population in the counties of Chester, York, and Fairfield, was a large one. Many of the people went to Texas and Florida. Two families of our Mobley kin went to Brazil. My Grandfather Atkinson at that time lived at his first homeplace close by Lowrys. His two oldest sons were grown so that the family kept a close watch for soldiers. When a patrol came to search for them they had been hidden in the house of Henry Sims, who was an ex-slave of the family. He continued to be a friend of the white people. For several days Henry and his wife, Melissa, hid these two in their house at night and in a nearby canebrake by day. The father of the boys made arrangements that the elder boy would go to southern Louisiana and the other son was sent to Baltimore to medical school at Johns Hopkins. Neither of these lived in South Carolina again. An uncle of my father was one of the men picked up by the search parties and placed on a train to be sent out of the county. His soldier escort permitted him to step from the train and he went on to Florida. He never again lived in South Carolina. Another man that was captured was tried in Chester County court house before a negro jury. By this time the white soldiers had begun to feel some sympathy for the white population. The Captain of the soldier detachment informed some members of the negro jury that they could not expect any protection from his soldiers if they did not free this prisoner. The man was found not guilty. The three negroes mentioned above as protectors of the white people, namely, Henry Sims, Alex Sims, and James Sims with their wives, rendered invaluable aid to their white friends. When James Beldon Atkinson moved to his new home at his father's plantation he left them some livestock, implements, and land to cultivate. The Ku Klux Klan had to be disbanded. In South Carolina a new organization was started called Red Shirts. Regularly small groups of men wearing red shirts were riding about the countryside, publicly and conspicuous as possible. When election day came in 1875, a group of men wearing red shirts stayed at each voting place. Wade Hampton was elected Governor of South Carolina and native white men were elected to county and state offices. This election ended the rule of South Carolina by carpetbaggers and ex-slaves. A large part of the wealth and progress made in a hundred years had been wasted away. The greatest loss of all was the toll of human lives lost during the War. A story comes to mind that is only a variation of what soldiers said in later wars. Several years after Grandfather James Beldon Atkinson died, I met a Mr. Westbrook. He said that he had served in the War with Mr. Atkinson and that when he joined up, the Cavalry unit had been mustered in for some time. He said that Mr. Atkinson was supply sergeant. Mr. Westbrook reported that late in the day he put his horse on the picket line and proceeded to feed him. He gave the horse some corn and two bundles of fodder from a stack of fodder. Sgt. Atkinson told him to feed only one bundle of fodder. Mr. Westbrook then said that his horse always had two bundles at night. Sgt. Atkinson replied, "Your horse is in the Army now and Confederate horses get only one bundle of fodder." The days that followed that little incident brought times when both Confederate soldiers and horses were on short rations. Butler McCallum page 44 WYLIE QUILT The family of the late William Gaston has a quilt and a slip of paper attached with the following information: This Quilt was made in 1851 and presented to Mrs. Annie Evans Wylie, wife of Judge Peter Wylie by her daughters and daughters-in-law, and granddaughters: Daughters: Mrs. Isabella Wylie Strait, wife of Jacob F. Strait, Mrs. Katherine Wylie Baskin, wife of Joseph Baskin, Mrs. Mary Wylie MOBLEY, wife of Dr. Wm Mobley, Miss Wylie, Miss Susan Wylie. Daughters-in-law: Mrs. Rachel McCullough Wylie, wife of Dr. A. E. Wylie, Mrs. Juliette Gill Wylie, wife of Dr. A. P. Wylie, Mrs. Janette Ross Wylie, wife of DeKalb Wylie, Mrs. Amanda Johnston Wylie, wife of Dr William Wylie From The Lyle and Strait Families page 65 EPHRIAM MOBLEY ATKINSON, M.D. Ephriam Mobley Atkinson, M. D. born September 18, 1831, was a son of James Atkinson II and Cicely MOBLEY Atkinson. He was educated at Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina, South Carolina College, Columbia, South Carolina, and studied further in medicine in Philadelphia and New York. He came back to Lowryville (Lowrys) in Chester County, South Carolina, and had a large practice in the area. He did much charitable work among the slaves. He was a member of Zion Presbyterian Church and served as an Elder and Superintendent of its Sunday School until his death. He was married to Adeline Pearson O'Neale, a descendant of the first white child born in Richland County, South Carolina. Their home was surrounded by majestic magnolia trees, English boxwood and graceful flower gardens with walk-ways. The trees and boxwood are still alive and doing well at the old homeplace near Lowrys. The home was filled with family heirlooms which were auctioned at a family auction at the death of their granddaughter, Fernie Moore Darby, daughter of Cicely Atkinson Moore. Children of "Marse Eph," as he was affectionately called and Adeline were Richard O'Neale (Married Nannie Smith); Charles Martindale (married Martha Ellen Carter); James Biggers (married twice first to Mary Catherine Carter, and Freelove McNeil); and Ephriam Mobley (went to Florida and married there). Alice A Bunkley page 93 WILLIAM BEAUREGARD CALDWELL AND HIS WIFE KATE MOBLEY William Beauregard Caldwell, born July 6, 1861, was the son of William Joseph Caldwell and Nancy Davis, married September 30, 1891, Catherine "Kate" MOBLEY, born May 15, 1871. Their children were: Elizabeth Mobley, Mary Estelle, Catherine, Lila Lee, William Joseph, Sue Crawford, Herbert, Lily Douglas, and Henry Alexander Caldwell. The Caldwell children were born in the house of William Joseph, which he left to William Beauregard Caldwell, and a larger estate. On Sundays Miss "Kate" attended the First Baptist Church of Chester, while Beauregard would go by buggy to the Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Church. The Sunday dinners at the Caldwell table, you would most likely find fried chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, hot biscuits, sliced tomatoes, green beans and macaroni and cheese pie. Some of the desserts were sliced peaches with whipped cream, strawberry short cake or applefloat and maybe a sweet potato pie. Miss "Kate" was a stylish little woman with black hair, even in her old age, who hummed most of the time while she was in the kitchen, which was most of the day. She cooked on a wood stove. William Beauregard was a slender man with a beard. He always wore a white handkerchief tied around his neck. William Beauregard's grandfather, Robert Caldwell, was born in Antrim County, Ireland, in 1784. At the early age of four years, he came to this country and resided in the vicinity of Youngsville, South Carolina, near Blackstock. On May 1 1817, he married Jane Sterling Moore, born 1790, daughter of Major Henry Moore and Jane Robinson (Robertson). Their children were: Henry, James Finley, Margaret Eliza, Jane Sterling, Alexander Moore, William Joseph, and Robert Calvin Caldwell. William Joseph, the father of Beauregard, married first Nancy Esther Wylie, February 19, 1851. She died June 29, 1854, leaving two small children. Joseph next married October 10, 1855, Nancy Hines Davis, born February 25, 1830, died June 25, 1909. The children were: Henry Alexander, who married Mattie Ferguson; William Beauregard, and Poppy Asenth, who died at the age of ten. William Joseph and both of his wives and Little Poppy are buried in the Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Church Cemetery. William Joseph died October 22, 1895. "Kate" MOBLEY was the daughter of William Dixon MOBLEY, born February 1841, died February 29, 1917, and Elizabeth Amanda Dixon, born April 17 1845, died March 6, 1917. Their children were Lee Dixon, W.D., Eliza Lee, Samuel Wagner, Catherine, Mary Estelle, Martha Wagner, Henrietta, and Edward Dixon MOBLEY. Kate MOBLEY's parents were called Billie and Lizzie MOBLEY. Their beautiful two and a half or three-story home, with many acres of farm land and forest, was on Peden Bridge Road of Chester, South Carolina, not far from the Caldwell estate. Billie MOBLEY served in the 1st Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry. He was in the battle of Brandy Station and served in Virginia for two years. His wife, Lizzie, wrote a pretty hand and she was a sweet noble lady. She helped with much of the Mobley history. Kate MOBLEY's paternal grandparents were David MOBLEY, born about 1810, died February 1866, and Catherine Dixon born 1813, died March 14, 1857. Her maternal grandparents were Tillman Lee Dixon, Sr. born December 11, 1808, died November 11, 1851, and Eliza Barnes born February 14, 1818, died April 29, 1851. In my young childhood, and possibly all the grandchildren of William Beauregard and Kate MOBLEY, it was a thrill and adventure to visit the Caldwell farm. I can remember the cows, the pastures, and horses. l can still see the big well house, the lane, with the wooden buckets, that now gone. I remember the corn crib, chicken house, the smoke house where hams hung, the big barn and the stable. The blacksmith shop was a place which the children enjoyed. The hills, fields, the cow pastures, especially the swims in the creek were children's delight. William Beauregard died November 1935. Kate Caldwell died February 1946, and both are buried in Old Pu? Cemetery, Chester, South Carolina. Kathleen S. Brown page 122 WILLIAM THOMAS CASTLES William Thomas Castles was born September 29, 1869 in the Armenia section of Chester County, South Carolina, on the plantation of his grandfather, Thomas Bennett, who was a master gunsmith. When very young he moved with his parents to the Halseliville section of Chester County, where he lived until December 6, 1894 when he married Mary Elmire Ross, daughter of John and Nancy MOBLEY Shannon Ross. She was born April 10, 1872 and died March 5, 1959. After his marriage, they moved to the Cornwell section of the county where he lived at the time of his death, January 2, 1969. In the 100th year of his age, at that time, he was the oldest man of record in Chester County, as attested by the 1870 census, which lists him as age 1. For 36 years he was the Magistrate of Blackstock township and for 6 months before his retirement in 1939, the Magistrate of Chester township also. In his nearly 100 years, he had personally seen and appreciated the enormous changes that have come to our county during this time. He knew the days of candlelight, kerosene lamps, the transition to electricity, and the replacement of the horse and buggy with the automobile. A child of reconstruction after the War Between The States, he knew other wars - Spanish American, WWI and WW2. He was also a farmer and blacksmith, widely known for his ability to expertly shrink buggy tires. He liked guns a hobby inspired by his gunsmith grandfather. Another hobby was woodworking and his children cherish a number of items built for them. His knowledge of local history, ancestors and past events was remarkable. He and his wife had seven children: Hal Ross (1895-1964), married Myrtle McKeown; F. Pearl (1898-1976), unmarried, Ruth Grady (1901- ), unmarried; Nancy Elizabeth (1903- ), unmarried; Margaret Lee (1906-), married J.S. Byrd; William Thomas, Jr. (1909-1981), married Vera F. Kimball; and John Shannon (1912-1966), unmarried. He and his wife are buried at the family plot at Woodward Baptist Church cemetery. I enjoyed knowing and talking with William Thomas Castles. Jr., (1909-1981). He was my dad's first cousin and everyone called him "W.T." W.T. and his dad were responsible for the interest in the family history and could spend many hours telling stories about the family, both having a deep love and dedication to their family. A retired Lt. Col. U.S.A., he served in World War II in the 95th Infantry Division with General George Patton. After retirement, he returned to New York and was associated with the newspaper, the "New York Sun." Later he returned to Chester to live with his wife, the former Vera F. Kimball, an editor whom he married in 1942. They made a wonderful couple. Fred Castles page 133 JESSE MAE ROSS AND JOHN EDWARD CORNWELL Jessie Mae Ross and John Edward Cornwell of Cornwell community of Chester County, South Carolina, were married on Aug 11, 1898. Their union was blessed with five sons and three daughters whose lives are all closely interwoven in Chester County history. All the children were from Cornwell. John's parents were Elijah Eli Cornwell and Mary Caroline Craig. John Edward Cornwell, Jr was born Sept 12, 1899, and died Jan 15, 1970. He married Mrs. Martha Woodruff Dunlap in March 1929 in New Jersey. Their children are Mary Ross Cornwell born Feb 13, 1930 who is married to Ernest Thompson Anderson; John Edward Cornwell III born Nov. 15, 1938, who married Kathryn Conrad; Mary Leona Cornwell born Feb 23, 1901, who married William R. Latimer; also Margaret MOBLEY Cornwell, born June 21, 1903, married James T. Gladden; Nancy Rebecca Cornwell born Oct 25, 1905, married Leroy Springs Davidson, Jr; William Eli Cornwell born June 24, 1909, married Mrs. Elizabeth Stutts; John Ross Cornwell born June 24, 1909, married Vivian Carter; Jesse Vandiver Cornwell born Oct. 31, 1911, married Mrs. Odessa Cato; and Burr Johnson Cornwell born April 23, 1914, married to Willette Davis. Grandchildren are Lisa Gayle Anderson born Dec 24, 1959, and Thomas Anderson, children of Mary Ross and Thomas Anderson. Katheryne Lea Cornwell, born Aug 8, 1959, John Scott Cornwell born April 29, 1961 and Tillman Cornwell born Dec 30, 1963, children of John Edward and "Midgie" Conrad Cornwell. Mary Janet Latimer born Aug 21, 1934, died Aug 22, 1934, and Nancy Kathedne Latimer born Sept. 18, 1937 (Married to W. L. Gagnon) daughter, Mary Leona and son Wm. Latimer. Betty Cornwell Gladden born Feb. 29, 1932, daughter of Margaret MOBLEY and James T. Gladden, married Wm. Wylie Barnes. Leroy Springs Davidson III born April 18, 1949, son of Nancy Rebecca CornweU and Leroy Springs Davidson, Jr, married Frances Ann McConnell. Barbara Jeanne Cornwell born May 19, 1934, marrieded Franklin Delano Gurley; John Ross Cornwell married Betty Martin. Both are children of John Ross and Vivian Carter Cornwell. Mary Edith Cornwell daughter of Burr Johnson and Willette Davis Cornwell, born Jan 19, 1954. W.T Castles Jr. page 144 GEORGE WASHINGTON HOPKINS FAMILY George Washington Hopkins, son of Colonel David and Mary Glenn Hopkins, was born probably in Chester County, South Carolina in 1775, died there in 1805. He married on October 22. 1795, his second cousin, Martha Bowker. born 1777, died February 1, 1820. She was the daughter of Major Bird and Oranna Glenn Bowker. She was the granddaughter of Nathan Glenn, brother of Mary Glenn Hopkins. After Washington Hopkins' death, his widow married Thomas Terry. She is buried in Glenn Cemetery, Carlisle. South Carolina. Washington and Martha Hopkins' children were: Newton Hopkins, born July 30, 1796, died February 18, 1825; Ferdinand Hopkins, born February 26, 1798: Mary T. Hopkins born December 15, 1799, died, date unknown. She married first her 2nd cousin, Bernard Glenn, Jr., born February 1, 1795 Chester County, died September 8, 1824 (buried Glenn Cemetery, Carlisle) son of Daniel Glenn and Elizabeth Stokes. They had three children, Daniel Wade Hopkins Glenn, David George W.H. Glenn and Mary T.W. Glenn. After Bernard Glenn's death, Mary married Samuel McAliley of Chester County. Mr. McAliley was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Chester County. 1848-52 and the South Carolina Senate 1852-65; Martha Washington Thompson Hopkins, born March 23, 1802, Chester County, died 1878, Union County, South Carolina. She married Dr. David Dixon (Dickson) Peake of Union County. They are buried in Peake-Hamm Cemetery, Glenn Springs, South Carolina. They had eight children of which Dr. Thomas Bowker Peake was my great-grandfather. Oranna Bowker Hopkins, born February 7, 1804 Chester County, died August 3, 1869. She married Thomas Wilkes of Chester County, born February 7, 1796, died May 26, 1839, in March 1821. They are buried at Calvary Baptist Church, Chester County. Their children were: Martha Washington Thompson Wilkes who married Samuel MOBLEY David Hopkins Wilkes, Mary Regina Wilkes who married William Wilkins and went to Mississippi, John Wesley Wilkes who married first Sarah Ann Saunders; second Marion MOBLEY and third Elizabeth Griffith; George Washington Wilkes, Sarah Ann Elmira Wilkes who married Moses Shannon and Victoria Thomas Wilkes who married John Canlowe Walker. Mrs. Walker was the great-grandmother of David Hamilton and Thomas Bowker Hamilton currently living in Chester. Submitted by T.H. Peake, Jr. Pages 255-256 THE FIRST MOBLEY TO AMERICA AND HIS DESCENDANTS The first Moberley (now spelled Mobley) to America was William. He came direct from England with William Penn. He was descended from a baronet, Sir Edward Moberley in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. This Edward MOBLEY had three sons, one succeeded to the title and Estate and became Sir Edward Moberley. One son went into the Church and become a bishop, the third William bought a Commission in the English Army. He went to India, amassed a fortune, returned, bought an estate near Sheffield. His son Edward purchased a large estate in Cheshire and was a country gentleman. William Mobley and a friend Adam Varnadore disobeyed William's father (Edward) over planting some apple trees which resulted in a whipping of both boys, which caused the boys to run away from home. They boarded a ship owned by William Penn, the founder of the colony Pennsylvania. On board the ship was beautiful Phoebe Lovejoy a Quakeress, and to her goes the credit of this much repeated statement "The Mobleys have Quaker blood in their veins." On board ship William and Phoebe fell in love, but kept it a secret. Upon reaching America they were married without the knowledge of Penn. Fearing his displeasure, not to speak of his anger against young Moberley, they fled to the Indians and concealed themselves among them. This was not strange for the Indians lived toward Penn and his people in the spirit of their Chief's address to the colonists, "we will live in love with Penn and his children as long as the moon and the sun shall shine." That promise was never broken. William was eighteen when he married. After two years in Pennsylvania they moved to Maryland near a place called Point Tobacco. William and his wife settled down in Maryland and raised eight sons; it is not known if they had any daughters. After the death of Phoebe, William returned to England, for a short time. He was so changed his father thought he was an imposter. By pointing out the orchard and the very spot he was whipped convinced his father that he indeed was his long absent son. William returned to Maryland and died there. He was the first of our Mobley ancestors to be born in the Old World and return to its mother earth in the new. The first Mobley in South Carolina was Edward Mobley, the son of the first Mobley in America. Edward was born about 1700 in Virginia and when he came to South Carolina, probably between 1758 and 1761, he not only brought his own family, but the families of his brothers and sisters and their children. Soon after his arrival he and his sons, and one Hans Wagner participated in the trouble and the war with the Cherokees. The Mobleys settled on what is known as Poplar Ridge, the east side of Beaver Creek. Hans Wagner and his family of girls and no boys, near Reedy Branch. Hans Wagner was so concerned for their welfare that he constructed a strong fort of white oak logs for their protection, and when there was danger from the Indians, the neighbors wouid gather there to defend themselves. Edward Mobley married in 1717, Suanah DeRuel and of this union were six sons and six daughters. We know William married Anne Osborne, Clement married Mary Fox, Benjamin married the widow Hill, Edward, Susanah, Sallie Elizabeth and Keziah all married Meadors, Dorcas married Richard Hill, and John married Mary Beam, Samuel married Mary Wagner, Mary married Thomas Holsell. Edward probably died April 11, 1765. Susanah DeRuel was born in 1702, died probably July 14, 1769. It can be established the Mobleys came to South Carolina shortly after Braddock's defeat when so many Pennsylvanians, Virginians and Marylanders settled in the upper part of South Carolina. Hans Wagner married five times; one of his wives was a french women, Marie DeLashmette. She was the mother of Mary Wagner who married Samuel Mobley. The DeLashmette name is now Delashmet. The first DeLashmette to this country was Marquis DeLashnette, a french nobleman, banished from France for political offences against the Monarchy of Louis XIV. Marquis DeLashmette was a large land owner, some on the Yadkin River in North Carolina, and he once owned the land on which Mr. Brice lived and later owned by his widow. The deed was on record at Winnsboro. He went from South Carolina to Chickahominy, Mississippi. The source of this information was from the Book "The Mobley's and Their Connections" by William Woodward Dixon. Kathleen S. Brown DAVID MOBLEY AND HIS DESCENDANTS David MOBLEY born about 1810 was the son of Edward MOBLEY and Mary Mabry. He married Catherine Dixon, the daughter of Tillman Lee Dixon and Eliza Barns. After Catherine's death he married Lucy Woodward Heath. By the Heath marriage he le one child, Mannie who married Pendleton. The children of David and Catherine were Edward Dixon MOBLEY married Roxana Dixon, William Dixon Mobley married Elizabeth A. Dixon, Samuel W. married a Kee, Amelia married J. B. Dixon, Mary Estelle married Tillman Lee Dixon, Jr, David Mabry Mobley married Minnie Heath. I would like to use this space to copy from William Woodwood Dixon's book just what he has to say about Edward Dixon Mobley and all the descendants of Edward Mobley and Mary Mabry. They have the blood of the English MOBLEYs, the blood of the French nobility through Marie DeLashmette, Leuton strain, through Hans Wagner, and the heroic Celtic blood of the Ap Pooles, his German descent, his elegance of manner this from the French, from the Welsh side there was the clannish love of Kindred, and a pride in the hill and Vales of the home. Edward Dixon Mobley, (the son, David) was of cheerful disposition, even the trying time during the war, when the vast bulk of his estate was swept away. His home, barns and stables, cotton and grain were all burned by Sherman, and his stock and cattle were taken by the same army. His barns and stables were the largest in Fairfield County. He was a large slave owner, many an old Negro delighted for it to be known that he belong to 'Mars Edward.' Prosperity soon smiled upon him again. No one left his home without wanting to visit again. William Dixon MOBLEY born February 1845, died February 29, 1917 and married July 31, 1862. Elizabeth A. Dixon, enlisted in Company "D," under Captain Walker, after that he joined the 1st Reg. S.C. Cavalry. They went to Virginia in 186?. joined Hamptons Brigade, Stuart's Division. He was in the battle of Brandy Station and served in Virginia for two years, was at the bombardment of Charleston, and joined Johnston's Army toward the close of the war. His wife Elizabeth wrote a very pretty hand and she was a sweet noble woman. S.W. MOBLEY moved to Brazil. He had two girls who married Brazilian. Amelia Mobley had two children who lived in Texas. Mary Estelle MOBLEY married Tillman Lee Dixon, Jr., a fine generous man who was drowned. Children, a daughter Cattie who married W.D. Harrison (a family that are descended from the first Harrison's in America). Cattie had one child Mary who married Beattie Ferguson. David Mabry MOBLEY (the son of David and Catherine) was a brave, wealthy citizen and kind owner of many slaves. He had a son who was killed in a railroad collision which occurred a mile from Winnsboro. He was a train conductor. "It is the finest roses that are the ones plucked in a garden, sometimes it is this way in the garden of life. It seems that way about David," wrote W.W. Dixon. page 310 It is much regretted the grand-children, great-grand-children and all the in-laws of David Mobley and Catherine cannot be written about in this sketch. David was born about 1810 in Chester County South Carolina, and died in Chester, before February 16, 1866, married about 1830 Catherine Dixon, born 1813 Liberty Hill, South Carolina and died Chester, South Carolina, on March 14, 1857. I hope to list the family of William Mobley and Elizabeth Amanda Dixon in a sketch on Catherine Mobley Caldwell. The source of information from research papers of Clo Clowney Hall and the book "The Mobley's and Their Connections" by William Woodward Dixon. Kathleen S. Brown EDWARD MOBLEY AND HIS FAMILY Edward MOBLEY, a large land and slave owner, laid the foundation of the wealth of his family before the Civil War. He sold cotton to the O'Neals in Columbia, and their books show that he was the largest cotton producer in the up-country, of his time. Edward MOBLEY born 1770, Fairfield District, South Carolina, was the son of Samuel Mobley and Mary Wagner. His father was the first Samuel Mobley. The children of Samuel and Mary Wagner were, Samuel who married Elizabeth Pickett, Edward (the subject of this sketch) married Mary Mabry, Elizabeth married Richard Mansel, Drusilla married John Feaster, Biggers married Joanah Corbell, Lucretia married John Robinson, Nancy married Moses McKeown, Savilla married Thomas Colvin, Simeon died a boy, Dorcas married William Price, John married Katie McLean, Susan married John Toylor, Mary married David Shannon. Samuel MOBLEY, was born 1739 in Lunnebery County, Virginia and died in Fairfield County, South Carolina in 1809, Mary Wagner (Waggoner) born about 1743 probably in Virginia and died in Fairfield County, South Carolina in 1812. They were married May 1, 1761. Many tales are told of Edward's love and courtship. Mr. Mabry (Mary's father), was a Whig and the Mobley's were Federalist; Mr. Mabry opposed the marriage on this account. When Mr. Mabry died, Edward again appeared as a suitor, but the mother said, "I will not hear of it, until my year and a day of mourning expires." Edward went to the brother, Dan and said, "Dan, I will do anything, if you either persuade Mary to run away with me, or your mother to consent to our marriage at once." Dan replied, "I would not allow my sister to run away with you, but I might persuade mother to consent to an early marriage, if you will join our party. Edward said "I'll join your old party and go with you--anything to get Mary. The marriage took place on the fourth day of July 1790. Their descendants were, Dr. Isaiah MOBLEY, born Fairfield County, 23 of December 1804 and in the twilight an evening star came to him on the sixteen day of February 1859. He married Mary MOBLEY, October 5, 1837. Ephrain died in youth, Biggers married Narcissa Gilmore, the second marriage was to the widow Gibson, John MOBLEY was a colonel of militia, he first married Mary Cloud, the second marriage was to Martha Wilks, David MOBLEY first married Catherine Dixon, on her death, he married the widow Lucy A. Woodward Heath. Edward died in Chester County, April 19, 1839. Mary Mabry was born 1774 and died on January 21, 1848. Right after the war Biggers MOBLEY, went to his field where some negroes were working and disapproved of one woman's work, this enraged her and she cut him several times with a hoe. He shot her, but the wound according to Dr. J.W. Babcock was only trivial. He was put in a prison in Charleston where he and others were mistreated, by the negro Jailors. He died right after he left prison. I would like to take this opportunity to write a small sketch on Dr. Isaiah MOBLEY. His primary education was obtained in schools taught by Professors Spence, Hall, and Shirley. He entered Chapel Hill in 1823, he remained two years. Attended the South Carolina College in 1823, graduated with distinction in 1828. In 1829 received the necessary knowledge of medicine in respect to the institution of slavery, graduated from The Charleston Medical College in 1831. Dr. Mobley represented Chester County in the House and Senate, and was one of the leading men in the latter body. Seems Dr. Mobley had the pleasure of having for a few hours the wife and children of President Davis. They were to have spent the night in the Mobley home, but due to the bad roads they did not arrive until noon the next day. All the Mobley girls got to hold little Winnie Davis (The President's baby) in their arms. The source of information was Annie B. Willis of Maryland, and the book "The Mobley's and Their Connections" by William Woodward Dixon. Kathleen S. Brown MR. AND MRS. JOE MOBLEY AND PETE [picture] There are many interesting facts to be found in most family backgrounds, and there are bits of information that are missing that would make one's personal knowledge of that background more complete. But, the Joe MOBLEY family of Chester has a big link missing that they definitely wish to see added to the chain to help assure them of complete personal identity. The missing link would answer the question: who are they . . . really? This story began almost a century ago when Joe, his wife and son, Pete, came to America. He was only 16 years of age then when he worked his way over on a boat from Syria. After arriving here, he became acquainted with and later married Tinia Mae Mobley. Joe's last name was so long and difficult to spell and pronouce that no one in Chester could pronounce it. So, Joe made it easier by taking his wife's maiden name. Thus, they were known as Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mobley. In time, they gave birth to 12 children, four girls and eight boys. They were: Frank, Jimmy, George, John Henry, Harvey Leroy (deceased), Pete, Bill (deceased), Mrs. Mamie Black (deceased), Mrs. Josephine Ferrell, Mrs. Louise Benson, and Mrs. Rosa Lee Darby (deceased) . The late Mr. Haddad, who resided on College Street, knew Joe and was the only person here who could pronounce his last name, but those present could not understand the Syrian language enough to write it down. Joe is gone, so is Mr. Haddad, and perhaps so is the name Joe brought with him to America almost 100 years ago. Those children who survive and live in Chester want to know just what was their father's last name. They knew him well . . . all but the last name he cast aside so long ago when it became evident to him that his newfound friends in America could neither pronounce nor spell it. What his children seek today is any elderly citizen in this area who may remember Joe as Joe Mobley, but may also recall the name he used before he adopted his wife's maiden name. To them, it's the important missing link in tracing not only the family lineage but also in determining their own personal identities. A few issues back, we published an old picture of Mr.and Mrs. Joe Mobley and one of their sons, Pete, when he was a mere child, and the story was that Mr. Mobley had dropped his original name after he worked his way over to America aboard a boat from Syria almost 100 years ago. Because his name was so difficult to understand and pronounce, he took the last of his wife's maiden name, which was Mobley. Many in the family, we were told, didn't know his original name and some had no record of it. At least one descen- dent of the family had this information on file and although she does not know how to pronounce it, she gave us the name for publication. If there is anyone out there who knows the correct pronunciation of Yausses Zahlan, please step forward. We understand that Yausses is the Syrian equivalent to Joseph, but we have no idea what the equivalent to Zahlan, if any, there is. Juanita Ferrell Dodds page 311 EDWARD MOBLEY SHANNON Edward Mobley Shannon was born 29 March 1835 and died 25 December 1915. He is buried at Hopewell A.R.P. Church, Chester County, South Carolina. He was the son of Hiran Shannon, Sr. and Margaret McKeown. Edward was born at the "Old Shannon Home" which is located on U.S Highway 321, a few miles south of Chester. Edward married Nancy Elliott Barber, 3 February 1868. The Barber home was a few miles east of Blackstock, South Carolina. Her parents were Rev. James Barber and Eleanor McCullough Elliott. The youngest of Edward and Nancy Shannon, James Coke Barber Shannon, was born 20 December 1875 and died 6 February 1964. He is buried at Hopewell A.R.P. Church, Chester County. He married Alice McDaniel. She was born 5 April 1874 and died 10 February 1966. She is buried at Hopwell. James and Alice were married at the McDaniel home, which is short distance south of Chester, February 1899. It is related that James and Alice were returning to the home of James' grandfather the day after the wedding, traveling by horse and buggy and they came to a creek which they had to ford called Shannon Creek. The creek was at flood stage at the time caused by an exceptionally heavy snow. The depth of water was such that Alice got her dress wet and it was ruined. This ford was a short distance from the home of Edward Mobley Shannonn. The Shannon Creek is a tributary of Little Rocky Creek. In those days there was no bridge and if the creek were in flood stage there was always danger of the horse and buggy being carried downstream. This happened to Edward Mobley Shannon and his grandson Edward McDaniel Shannon. The swift current carried the horse and buggy, with the passengers downstream. A fence some distance below the ford finally stopped the horse and buggy. James and Alice Shannon bought Dr. Davison Douglas' home which was or three miles east of Blackstock. Here they raised a family of five children: Edward McDaniel, Civilla, Barber, Martha Susan and James Robert were born at Springdale plantation and Alice Jeanette was born in the former Douglas home. A large two story home was recently (Feb 1972) partially burned. In 1972 there was only three of the descendants of Edward McDaniel Shannon, Marion Shannon, Stevenson and Robert Edward Shannon, Jr. They all live in Blackstock. The children have all married except one (1973) and live elsewhere. The following information provided Civilla Shannon Stevenson established some background on the Edward Mobley Shannon and John Hemphill McDaniel families: Edward Mobley Shannon and John Hemphill McDaniel were great friends from youth to old age. They were together in the War Between The States. The Roll of Com pany F, 6th Reg. S.C.V., shows that they were attached to that company which was mustered into service 28 March 1862. John McDaniel was wounded at the battle of Seven Pines, also at Darbytown Road at Farmsville. He was promoted to 2nd Lieut. The Roll also includes E.J. McDaniel who died of wounds at Chester, 1 February 1865. The wounds were received at battle of Seven Pines and Fort Harrison. W. McDaniel died of wounds in Richmond, Virginia, 5 June 1862, which were received in battles of Williamsburg and Seven Pines. J.P. McDaniel was wounded at Fort Harrison and died at Richmond 19 October 1864. The Roll also includes E.M. Shannon, 3rd Sergt., elected 2nd Lieut., 13 August 1862 and promoted to 1st Lieut. He was wounded at Seven Pines and 2nd Manassas 30 August 1862. H. Shannon (Hiram) was wounded Spotsylvania 12 May 1864 and died of his wound 13 May 1864 in a field hospital in Virginia. Edward Shannon and Hemphill McDaniel had both been dating Nancy Barber. After Edward became more serious in his feelings page 380 he went to Hemphill and asked him if minded his courting of Nancy. He told Edward to go ahead--"I need a girl who can work as I have a brother and three sisters to take care of." She accepted his proosal and they were married 3 February 1868, shortly after the War. Edward related later that as he became more serious about marrying Nancy, he would take his handkerchief and wipe it across the mantle when she was not present to see if there was any dust. He says he never found any. When the sons of Edward grew up, one them, James, married Hemphill's daughter Alice. Thus the two families continued. Through the years Edward and Hemphill visited often and many times discussed their experiences during the war. Civilla Barber Shannon, a granddaughter of both Edward and Hemphill, was one of the little girls (4 yrs. old) that participated in the unveiling of the Confederate Monument on the Hill at Chester. Civilla (Mrs. Joyce Stevenson) again participated in the commemoration of the 50th anniversity of the unveiling of the monument at a special exercise in the War Memorial building in Chester. Three of the four little girls taking part in the original unveiling of monument were present for the event. John Hemphill McDaniel was born 8 August 1835 and died October 1918. He was the son of Edward McDaniel and Jen ette Martin. She was born 16 January 1851 and died 7 July 1933. John Hemphill McDaniel married Susana Jane Knox 5 January 1871. She was the daughter of Martha Green Johnston and John Knox. John Knox was a cabinet maker. Some of the items he made are in possession of the decendants. John and Martha Knox lived with Hemphill and Susana McDaniel when they were old. John Hemphill McDaniel was an aculturalist and politician. His father and three brothers were killed in the War Be- tween the States. After the war he had to start from scratch, with a mortgaged house and worthless Confederate money. He married Jane Knox and they raised six children. All of the children were born at the McDaniel home which is a few miles south of Chester. This house was destroyed by fire. John Hemphill McDaniel built another house at the same location. This house still stands today (1973) and is occupied by the Bennett family. John Hemphill McDaniel served in the State Legislature for four years and eight years as State Senator. He served five years as Probate Judge of Chester County. He lived in Chester for many years but returned to the 'country' home after his heaIth began to fail. There is a story handed down to the present generation about John Hemphill McDaniel: When he was going to the State Legislature, his wife, Jane, wove some cloth and made him a suit of clothes. The buttons were placed on the wrong side of the coat but Hemphill did not say anything about it and his wife never knew. The Civil War caused very bitter feelings and tragedies. It is understandable how bitter Edward Mobley Shannon felt about the outcome. It was certain that he did not want anything to remind him of the Blue Army. As the story goes, there was a picture hanging in his home that had a blue sky background. He had his wife remove the picture as it reminded him of something that he wanted to forget. He loved his grandchildren and spent many hours with them. He liked to take them to the woods to collect hickory nuts and walnuts. They also gathered strawberries and blackberries. Edward liked flowers and kept a yard-man to keep the yard and garden in shape. Education was one thing that he stressed to his children and grandchildren. His son James attended Wofford College and played football on the first team that they had. The wife of James, Alice, taught school for 12 years at Pleasant Grove Church, south of Chester. Wm. Gilmore Shannon HIRAM SHANNON (DAVID, THOMAS) Hiram Shannon was the son of David Shannon and Mary MOBLEY. He was born in 1797. His place of birth is not certain. Since it appears that his father, David, was living in Fairfield County, South Carolina, in 1797 it is likely that Hiram was born in Fairfield County. Hiram was a planter. He owned slaves and large acreage of land near U.S. Highway 321 between Blackstock and Chester, South Carolina. Some of this land is still owned (1972) by descendants of Hiram. He married Margaret McKeown 15 May 1923. Margaret was the daughter of Moses McKeown and Nancy MOBLEY. Hiram and Margaret Shannon had eight children: Moses McKeown, David, Thomas, John, James M., Edward Mobley, Hiram Mobley (Dec.) and Nancy Mobley. It is said that these children were born in the Old Shannon Home which is about 3 miles south of Chester. Margaret (McKeown) Shannon died 19 November 1853 and is buried at Woodward Baptist Church, Chester County. Hiram lived to the age of 82 and is also buried there. He died at the home of his daughter Nancy (Shannon) Ross, 26 October 1879. As the story goes, Nancy Shannon and her husband John Ross were planning to move to Florida. But Nancy's father, Hiram, had no desire that his only and dearly loved daughter should move away. As a result, Hiram gave them a farm and built a large two-story home for them to live in. The house was built around 1865 with timber cut from the farm. The labor cost in these days was fifty cents a day. The out of pocket cost of the house amounted to some $ 1750. A cook house was built behind the big house and detached as was the custom in those days. The meals were prepared in the cook house and served in the dining room of the big house. Servants were used to prepare the meals and to take care of the other household chores. The last of the children of Nancy and John Ross died in 1972. She was Cora Rebecca Ross. Pearl Castles, a nephew of Cora, lived in the house which is about a mile west of U.S. 321 at Cornwell, South Carolina (north of Blackstock) until his death. Some of the Castles descendants of Nancy and John Ross that still live in the area are: Grady Castles (f) Nancy Castles, W.T. Castles, Jr., and Margaret (Castles) Boyd. Two sons of Hiram fought in the Civil War. These were Edward and Hiram, Jr. Edward returned safely but Hiram, Jr. was shot and died 13 May 1864. He is buried -- somewhere in Virginia. An effort to locate his grave by members of his famiiy after the war failed. Nancy Shannon was in her teens as the Civil War was raging. An event that happened at that time was related by Nancy to her children. It concerned Wheeler's raid through South Carolina. Wheeler's raiders visited the Shannon home when Nancy page 381 JAMES COKE BARBER SHANNON: ALICE JOHNSON McDANIEL James Coke Barber Shannon and Alice Johnson McDaniel were married February 15, 1899. The following accounts attempt to trace the ancestry of these two. The MOBLEYs, Shannons, McKeowns, Barbers and Elliotts are the families of James C.B. Shannon. The Knoxes, Johnsons and McDaniels are the families of Alice Johnson McDaniel Shannon. Around 1760 there was a great influx of settlers into the upcountry of South Carolina. The above mentioned families were among these. They settled in the North Central part of Fairfield and the Eastern half of Chester County. The Moberleys (MOBLEYs) and Shannons came from Virginia and settled in the North Central part of Fairfield County. William Mobley b. ca. 1670 landed in Pennsylvania at age 18. He married Phoebe Lovejoy, governess of the children of William Penn. Their son Edward MOBLEY b. 1700 married Susannah DeRuel b. 1702. They lived in Va. 1748-1752 and between 1755-1760 moved to Craven County, which at that time included Fairfield County. They settled in Fairfield near the Chester County line. Their son, Samuel MOBLEY, Sr. b. ca. 1739 married Mary Wagner b. 1743. They had a daughter, Mary, and a daughter Nancy. Thomas Shannon b. ca. 1741 was a Captain in the Revolutionary War. He came from Virginia, possibly Bedford County. He settled near the MOBLEYs. He married Elizabeth Taylor. Their son David Shannon b. 1774 married Mary MOBLEY b. 1779, daughter of Samuel, Sr. and Mary Wagner MOBLEY. Their son Hiram Shannon was born in 1797. In 1767, Samuel McKeown b. ca. 1736 in Ireland landed in Charleston and came up and settled west of Woodward, South Carolina near the Mobleys and Shannons. Samuel McKeown married a McKeown. Their son. Mose McKeown b. 1780 married Nancy MOBLEY, daughter of Samuel MOBLEY, Sr. and Mary Wagner Mobley. David Shannon and Mose McKeown married sisters. Mose and Nancy had a daughter Margaret. David's son, Hiram married Mose's daughter Margaret. In 1735 they had a son Edward Mobley Shannon. Daniel Elliott b. ca. 1732 came from Penn. in 1770 and settled on a farm on Fishing Creek, a few miles north of Richburg. He married Elizabeth Ferguson b. ca. 1734. Daniel had been farming for about ten years. In June, 1780 at the age of 48, he was shot down by a band of marauding Tories. His son Daniel. Jr., b 1767 owned a farm near Richburg. His log house, which is still standing, is known as the "Daniel Elliott House." in 1787, Daniel Jr., married Mary McCullough b. 1765. Their daughter Elinor McCullough Elliott b. 1803, in 1844 married the Rev. James Barber b. 1776, a Methodist minister from the Wateree section of Fairfield County. Their daughter Nancy Elliott Barber b. 1845 was educated at Zion Academy in Winnsboro. After her father's death, she and her mother lived on a farm near Hopewell A.R.P. Church near Blackstock. It was here in 1868 that she married First Lieut. Edward Mobley Shannon, a Confederate War Veteran. Edward and Nancy had two sons. Robert Edward b. 1870 was educated at King's Mountain Military School. James Coke Barber b. 1875 spent one year at Wofford Fitting School and three years at Wofford College. He was a member of Wofford's first football team. James Knox, Sr., was born July 26, 1713 in Scotland, the oldest son of John Knox and Agnes Johnstone. About 1739, he married Elizabeth Craig b. ca. 1719 in Scotland. James Knox Jr., b. ca. 1749 in Scotland was their fourth child. In 1752, he traveled with his parents by ship from Scotland down the River Clyde into the Irish Sea and over to Belfast in Northern Ireland. Prospects were not too bright in Ireland and in 1767 with Elizabeth expecting their last child, the family sailed on the ship Earl of Hillsborough and landed in Charleston May 27, 1767. James Knox, Jr., married Jennett Miller in Chester County. Her parents were Josias Miller of Ayr, Scotland and Margaret Eiizabeth Hindman. James Knox, Jr., was very active in the war against the British, so much so that he was sought out by two Loyalists seeking vengeance particularly for the slaughter at Kings Mountain, almost a year previous. They killed him in 1781 when he was shucking corn on his farm. The two men were pursued and killed by William Knox and Hugh Knox, a cousin. Jennet and the childrein returned to Chester by horseback. John Knox b. April 9, 1773, son of James Knox, Jr. and Jennet Miller Knox married Elizabeth (Betsy) Martin b. in Ireland May 21, 1789. She was 17 and John was 33. They had 13 children. Elizabeth was the daughter of Rev. James and Mary Martin. Their sixth child was John Knox, Jr., b. March 23, 1816 at Lewisville, South Carolina. He married Martha Green Johnson b. 1828. Their daughter Susannah Jane Knox was born 1852. Benjamin Brown Johnson, son of William and Sarah Johnson, was born June 26, 1783 and grew up in New York in the vicinity of Trinity Church. He married Jane Milling Young b. June 1, 1787, the daughter of Dinah Cox and William Price Young b. October 31, 1741 at Johns Island, Charleston, South Carolina. The parents of William Price Young were French Hugenots. His mother's name was Nightingale. The following excerpt is taken from Logan: History of Upper S.C. "-In 1740 Thomas Nightingale, the maternal ancestor of the page 382 SLAVE HOLDERS OF CHESTER COUNTY The following is a list of those county residents who, in 1830, owned more than 100 slaves: H.A. Davie, 180 slaves; A.J. Green, 155 slaves; T.G. Blewitt, 145; William Davie, 135; J.S. Rice, 118; John Thomas 110, and Edward MOBLEY, 105. In 1840, Col. F.W. Davie had 138 slaves; Thomas DeGraffenreid, 109; and Col. Theodore Randall, 100. In 1850, Col. Davie's Estate owned 199 slaves; Thomas DeGraffenreid, 160 Charner Scaife, 143; Thomas McClure, 111, R.E. Kennedy, 103, Dr. William Cloud 88; T.H. DeGraffenreid, 80; Theodore Randall, 74; W. Hemphill, 72; A.Q. Dunovant 71. In 1860, (from the U.S. Census of 1860, slave schedule), Thomas Boulware claimed 157 slaves; John J. McLure, 150; William Cloud, 128, L.C. Hinton for R.E. Kennedy's estate, 123, James McLure, 120; E.C. McLure, 110; Tscharner DeGraffenreid, 108; Henry Worthy, 107; Jane Hemphill (Cloud), 99; Rev. Philip Pickett, 92, Thomas Saunders, 91, C.B. Jones, 87; Richard Woods, 85; Biggers MOBLEY, 83; John Sanders, 79; Mary MOBLEY, 79; Samuel M. McAliley, 77; D.G. Anderson, 72; F.P. Ingram, 71; and Cornelius Caldwell, 65. Also listed were: Robert and Hugh Douglas, 65; H.C. Brawley, 65; Valentine Atkinson, 64; W. Caldwell, 63; N.R. Eaves 61; David and Jno S. Wilson, 60; A.T. Walker 60; Daniel Stevenson, 55; James H. Scaife, 55; W.I. Gilmore, 55; William A. Roseborough, 55; Mary Dunovant, 55; C.T. Scaife, 53; J. (or T.) W. Wilks, 51; Jesse Cornwall, 51; Robert Hope, 50; James Atkinson, 47; Church Carter, 47; H.J. Pride, 47; Dr. John B. Gaston, 46; Mary Crosby, 46; David MOBLEY, 46; William Wade, 46, Cad Reaves, 46; John W. Wiles, 45; Joseph Robins, 45; John Douglas, 45; Louisa Ragscale, 43; Dr. John A. Reedy, 41; R.B. Caldwell, 41; W.H. McLure, 40; R.J. White, 40; and R.N. Hemphill 40. Louise Gill Knox, Anne P. Collins page 484 CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS FROM CHESTER COUNTY Compiled and Alphabetized by Anne Pickens Collins Billie Mobley 1st Rgmt. S.C. Cavalry David M. Mobley Lee Light Brigade David Mobley Jr. Co. D 1st S.C. Reg. Sgt. Ed Mobley 4th Rgmt. Died of disease Edward B. Mobley Co. F 6th Rgmt SCV Edward D Mobley Co. O Ist S C. Reg James Jones Mobley Lee Light Brigade W. D. Mobley Co. D 1st SCCV and Co K 1st Cavalry page 491 ---the end---