WINTER 2000
The Darlington Flag Newsletter
DEATHS AND MARRIAGES FROM 19th CENTURY
FLORENCE, S.C. NEWSPAPERS, transcribed
by Robert F. DeFee...Newspapers are of particular importance to
genealogical
researchers
interested in nineteenth century South Carolina.
South Carolina is well
known for the almost total absence of vital
statistics and marriage records during this
time frame.
Faced with this void, many researchers turn to extant newspapers in an
effort to discover information concerning deaths and marriages.
This publication extracts
these notices, as well as legal notices and
other interesting articles, from a variety on
newspapers published in Florence,
South Carolina. Until 1888, the
city of Florence was
located in Darlington County.
In that year Florence County was formed from parts of
Darlington,
Clarendon, Marion, and Williamsburg Counties.
The newspapers published in
Florence, the county seat, are a valuable resource for information from these areas of
South Carolina.
Over one dozen newspapers were published in nineteenth century
Florence.
Despite the apparent abundance of newspapers in Florence during the last
century, few copies of actual newspapers survive.
This publication presents information
from the following Florence newspapers: Florence Pioneer,
Florence Times, Farmers’
Friend, Florence Messenger, Florence Messenger-Times
Messenger, Florence Daily
Times, and Florence Weekly Times.
The majority of the information presented is between
1895 and 1899.
Below are two notices from the July 9, 1895 issue of the Florence
Daily
Times:
DEATH OF MRS. McCALL
Mrs. Margaret McCall died at her home near Mars Bluff at 2 o’clock this morning. She had been in feeble health for some time but the summons came suddenly. After only one hour’s serious sickness, she quietly passed away. The funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at 11 o’clock at Hopewell Church, in whose cemetery many of her family sleeps. Mrs. McCall leaves a family of seven children.
MARRIED
Judge C.S. McClenaghan exercising the authority within him invested, officiated in a marriage ceremony this morning. The contracting parties were Richard Allen Jenkins and Charlotte Warley.
This publication, in combination with the two publications reviewed above, adds much to our knowledge of Florence County during the late nineteenth century. © 2000, 218 pages, soft cover, spiral bound, indexed, Library of Congress Number 99-069775. PRICE: $20.00 plus $4.00 shipping for first book, and $1.50 for each additional book.
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