Old Pendleton District, South Carolina Genealogy Trails

History - Old Pendleton District
A GENEALOGY OF THE LEADING FAMILIES OF THE DISTRICT
South Carolina
BY R. W. SIMPSON
Pendleton, S. C.

pages 114-126
DICKINSON FAMILY
I. Francis W. Dickinson, a lawyer of Charleston, S. C., married Rachel Miles (old Mrs.) Dickinson, as lovely a woman as ever lived in Pendleton.) They had the following children :
1. Jeremiah Dickinson married Adaline E. Legare.
2. Susan Dickinson.
3. Rachel K. Dickinson married James F. Green.
4. Sarah Dickinson married Dr. Lawrence Lee.

1. Jeremiah and Adaline E. Dickinson had the following children :
A. Francis W. Dickinson.
B. Adaline E. Dickinson-unmarried.
C. Susan L. Dickinson-unmarried.
D. Caroline C. Dickinson.
E. J. Hamilton Dickinson married.
F. Rachel M. Dickinson married.
D. Caroline C. Dickinson, daughter of Jeremiah and Adaline E. Dickinson, married Maj. J. J. Lewis and had two children :
a. Sue Ellen Lewis married J. Lee Carpenter.
b. Nina D. Lewis married Wm. S. Hunter.
a. Sue Ellen (Lewis) Carpenter and J. Lee Carpenter have the following children :
la. Ellen S. Carpenter.
2a. Lewis Carpenter.
3a. Nina Carpenter.
b. Nina D. (Lewis) and Wm. S. Hunter have the following children :
la. Carry L. Hunter.
2a. Ellen Hunter.
3a. Annie Hunter
3. Rachel K. Dickinson, daughter of Francis W. and Rachel W. Dickinson, married Capt. Jas. F. Green and had one child, Lawrence Lee Green, who married Mary Clement and they have two children:
a. Charles Green.
b. May Green married Mr. Grant.
4. Sarah Dickinson, daughter of Francis W. and Rachel W. Dickinson, married Dr. Lawrence Lee and had four children:

A. Francis W. Lee married Miss Thompson.
B. Susan D. Lee.
C. Elizabeth Lee married Wm. D. Gaillard.
D. J. Moultrie Lee married Harriet Bruce.
A. Francis W. Lee married Sarah Thompson and had the following children :
a. Lawrence Lee.
b. Margaret Lee.
c. Francis W. Lee.
d. Lillian Lee.
C. Elizabeth Lee married Wm. D. Gaillard and they have the following children :
a. Elizabeth Gaillard.
b. Wm. Gaillard.
c. Lawrence Gaillard.
d. Theodore Gaillard.
e. Prioleau Gaillard.
f. Susan Gourdin Gaillard.
D. J. Moultrie Lee married Harriet Bruce and they had the following children :
a. Cornelia Lee.
b. Lawrence Lee.
c. J. Moultrie Lee.

COL. DAVID K. HAMILTON
Thomas Hamilton was a soldier of the Revolution under Sumter, and was the first Elder of Carmel Presbyterian Church where he was buried. He married Annie Kennedy, herself a Revolutionary heroine. During the war a band of Tories came to her house and found her spinning flax. One of the Tories attempted to set fire to the flax, whereupon a struggle began, she seized him and he placed the chunk of fire against her wrist to force her to let him go, but she then caught him by the coat collar and the seat of his pants and pitched him into the yard. He then started to shoot her, but the others were so much amused they interfered to prevent him. She carried the scar on her wrist to her grave.

This good woman lies buried in the family graveyard, on the land now owned by T. S. Glenn.
Thomas Hamilton and his wife Annie K. Hamilton were the father and mother of Col. David K. Hamilton. Colonel Hamilton was a soldier under Jackson in 1812. After his return home he married Jane E. Walker. By this marriage Colonel Hamilton had four daughters and one son:
A. Louisa A. Hamilton married Rev. G. W. Boggs and died childless.
B. Martha Jane Hamilton married Thos. H. Russell.
C. Mary E. Hamilton married W. N. Martin.
D. Matilda Hamilton married Benjamin Pooser.
E. Thomas W. Hamilton died unmarried.
B. Martha Jane Hamilton married Thomas H. Russell and raised twelve children, namely:

a. David H. Russell was school commissioner and member of the Constitutional Convention from Anderson County.
b. Thomas W. Russell.
c. William W. Russell.
d. Edw. A. Russell.
e. Geo. W. Russell.
f. Benjamin F. Russell.
g. Emma Russell.
h. Mary Russell and Marion Augustus (twins.)
i. John A. Russell.
j. Louisa A. Russell and Matilda A. Russell (twins).
Col. David K. Hamilton was a prominent man in his day, and was Colonel of the Regiment of Cavalry that had camp musters at Old Pickensville and was among the first members of the Pendleton Farmers' Society.

At one time he with others was summoned as a posse by E. B.Benson, then sheriff, to arrest a noted desperado one, Corbin. Corbin was killed and Sheriff Benson and the members of his posse were tried for murder. They were defended by Armisted Burt and Joseph N. Whitner (Judge) and were acquitted. (Furnished by D. H. Russell.)

JAMES DAWSON SMITH
Came to Pendleton from Greenville when a young man and was for many years a successful merchant. fie early volunteered in the Confederate service an6 served through the whole war. Died in 1896 an6 was buried in the Baptist cemetery at Pendleton. In 1858 he married Mary Jane Bates, and had nine children, two of whom died in infancy. The living are namely:

I. Ella Smith.
II. Mamie Smith.
III. William Hovey Smith.
IV. J. Dawson Smith, Jr.
VI. Hattie Smith.
VII. Gordon L. Smith, unmarried.
I. Ella Smith married Wm. S. Brown, of Anderson, and had two children, Joel E. Brown and Irene V. Brown.

II. Mamie married first, C. V. Bostic, of North Carolina, and had one child, J. V. Bostic. Married second time, J. E. Sitton, and, dying, left two children, Macie Sitton and Glennella Sitton.

III. Wm. Hovey Smith married Loliie J. Gilmore, and died leaving one child, Mary Lollie Smith.
IV. J. Dawson Smith, Jr., married Lena J. Russell and they have four children, Marion R. Smith, Robert Smith, Alice Smith and Lena Smith.

VI. Hattie Smith married Harry A. Sloan and they have the following children: Sunie M. Sloan, Elise M., Harry A., Jr., and Paul Earle Sloan.

JAMES T. LATTA
A son of James Latta, of Yorkville, was born in 1872, graduated at Yale College, and married Angela Lott, of New Jersey, 1850, and shortly thereafter moved to Pendleton and purchased from Dr. 0. R. Broyles the Plantation now owned by Francis J. Pelzer. James T. Latta died near the end of the Confederate war. During his comparatively short life he was in feeble health, and as he was not able to volunteer for service, he contributed largely from his private means to the Confederate government and to the hospitals. Mrs. Latta was a beautiful and lovely woman, and in her elegant home entertained her friends with whole souled hospitality, coupled with such simplicity, dignity and refinement that won the love and respect of all who had the pleasure of associating with her.
James T. Latta and his wife Angela (Lott) Latta had four children, one daughter Angela, who died in Europe and three sons:
I. Edward Dilworth Latta.
II. Wm. Latta died unmarried.
III. Walter Latta died unmarried.

I. Edward Dilworth Latta, the only survivor of the family, married Hattie Nisbet, of Macon, Ga., and now resides in Charlotte, N. C., and they have three children, namely :

1. Marion Nisbet Latta.
2. Edward D. Latta, Jr.
3. Janet Acton Latta.
Mr. and Mrs. Latta and their two sons are buried in the Episcopal cemetery at Pendleton.

REV. W. H. HANCKEL
Son of Rev. Christian and Ann Stuart Hanckel, moved to Pendleton and purchased the Flat Rock farm, formerly the home of Colonel Hayne. Married Elizabeth Clark and they have the following children:
I. William Hanckel died in infancy.
II. Henry Hanckel died in infancy.
III. Alfred Hanckel died unmarried.
IV. Christian Hanckel married Arna E. White
V. Lilly Hanckel, unmarried.
IV. Christian Hanckd married Anna E. White and has the following children:
1. Richard W. Hanckel.
2. Elizabeth C. Hanckel.
3. Mary G. Hanckel married Marvin Franks.
4. Christine E. Hanckel.
5. William H. Hanckel.
6. Annie E. Hanckel.
7. Emily G. Hanckel.
8. Alfred S. Hanckel.
3. Mary G. Hanckel married Marvin Franks of Laurens, S. C. The others are unmarried.

SAMUEL HALL
Came from Ireland and settled in Pendleton early in its history. He had four children, namely:
I. Yancy Hall.
II. Rebecca Hall.
III. Julia Hall.
IV. John Calvin Hall married, first, Nancy Mulligan and had one child, Edward McD. Hall, a soldier in the Confederate war, and died from wounds in Virgina. Married second, Lucinda Mulligan and had eleven children :

1. Lucy Hall married Till Powers.
2. Amanda Hall married Crenshaw.
3. Josephine Hall married C. D. Madden.
4. Mary Hall married Thos. Traynham.
5. J. C. Hall married Elizabeth Moore.
6. J. S. Hall married Florence Mulligan.
7. Samuel P. Hall married Lou Crenshaw.
8. Andrew C. Hall died.
9. W. Y. Hall married Ophelia Summers.
10. Hadden Hall, unmarried.
11. Pink Hall, unmarried.
5. J. C. Hall and his wife, Elizabeth (Moore) Hall had six children.

A. W. E. Hall married Miss Evatt.
B. J. C. Hall, Jr., Married.
C. James S. Hall.
D. Henry L. Hall.
E. Florence Hall married Brooks Cooper.
F. Emma Hall.
6. J. S. Hall married Florence Mulligan and they have the following children :
A. Prue Hall.
B. Doyle Hall.
7. S. P. Hall married Lou Crenshaw and had eight children :
A. Hattie Hall married Oscar Kay.
B. Bernice Hall.
C. Marvin M. Hall.
D. Clarence Hall.
E. Grover Hall.
F. Wilton Hall.
G. Arthur Hall.
H. Alice Hall.

REV. THOS. L. McBRYDE
Son of John and Lucy Livingston McBryde, graduated at the University of Georgia and at the Theological Seminary at Columbia, S. C. Married Mary Williamson McClerky. Soon after his marriage he and his wife went as missionaries to China in 1840. After three years they had to return on account of Mr. McBryde's health. Mr. McBryde and his devoted wife spent their lives doing good and were loved and respected as are but few in this world. He and his wife are buried at the Old Stone Church. He left surviving him nine children:
I. Sarah Boon McBryde.
II. Lucy Newton McBryde-unmarried.
III. Rev. John T. McBryde.
IV, Jeanie McBryde.
V. Agnes Law McBryde.
VI. Fannie L. McBryde.
VII. Lizzie M. McBryde.
VIII. Elizabeth Adger McBryde.
IX. Randell W. McBryde.
I. Sarah Boon McBryde married William Gaillard Jenkins and died 1eaving nine children, all of whom are married except Nannie. 'They are as follows :
Thomas McB. Jenkins.
Jane G. Jenkins.
Mary W. Jenkins.
Lucy McB. Jenkins.
Margaret H. Jenkins.
Joseph Wardlaw Jenkins.
Laurens S. Jenkins.
Nannie M. Jenkins.
III. Rev. John T. McBryde married, first, Frances Hutson-no issue; married second, Ada Dickinson and had one child who died in infancy; third, Sarah Chappel --no issue.

IV. Jeanie McBryde married Rev. James A. McLees-no issue.

V. Agnes Law McBryde married Rev. Hugh W. McLees and had three children, namely:
1. Mary B. McLees married A. L. Blake.
2. Sophronia H. McLees marred C. L. Link.
3. Hugh L. McLees-unmarried.

ADGER FAMILY
James Adger, native of Moneynick, Antrim County, Ireland, married Sarah E. Ellison, of South Carolina, resided in Charleston and amassed a large fortune. He had the following children :
I. Margaret M. Adger married Rev. Thos. M. Smyth, D. D.
II. Susan D. Adger-unmarried.
III. John B. Adger. D. D., married Elzabeth K. Shrewsbury.
IV. James Adger-never married.
V. Robert Adger married Jane E. Fleming.
VI. William Adger married Margaret E. Moffett.
VI. Sarah Adger-never married.
VIII. Jane Adger-never married.
IX. Joseph Ellison Adger married Susan C. Johnson.

I. Margaret M. (Adger) Smythe was the mother of Maj. A. T. Smythe who owns a large stock farm near Pendleton and resides there a part of each year, and of Ellison A. Smythe, the president of the Pelzer Mills.

III. John B. Adger, D. D., resided for many years in Pendleton and was a distinguished divine of the Presbyterian Church. Both he and his wife are now dead, and only three children survive them. Mrs. D. Mullally, Mrs. Anna Neal and Miss Susan D. Adger, who owns and resides at her father's homestead in Pendleton.

V. Robert Adger resided for years at Rivoli near Pendleton; some lime after the war he returned to Charleston. While residing at Pendleton one daughter, Sarah E. Adger, married William Dalton Warren, who owned and resided at the place now owned by F. J. Pelzer. William Dalton Warren and Sarah E. (Adger) Warren had two children :
1. Jane Warren married John B. Adger, son of J. Ellison Adger.
2. Anna M. Warren-unmarried.
After the death of his wife he married the second time Jane Pendleton Dandridge, daughter of Alexander Spotswood Dandridge, M. D. By this marriage he has no children.
VI. William Adger married Miss Margaret Moffett and had nine children. William Adger died and his widow and children moved to Pendleton and resided at Duncan, which place she sold to Mrs. John C. Calhoun. The family now resides in Spartanburg.
IX. Joseph E. Adger and wife, Susan C. (Johnson) Adger resided at Woodburn, now owned by Maj. A. T. Smythe, his nephew. They had twelve children. Mr. Adger and his boys donned the red shirt in 1876 and took an active part in the redemption of the State from negro rule. Some time after this he and family returned to Charleston. His son John married Jane Warren, daughter of William Dalton Warren, and is now president of a large enterprise near Belton, S. C. Robert Adger subscribed largely to the Confederate government, and at the beginning of the war gave many thousand dollars for beef which was pickled at Pendleton for the soldiers.

BOWEN FAMILY
O.A. Bowen, son of Capt. George Bowen, of Laurens County, S. C., married Ciarissa W. Adger, a daughter of Robert Adger, and owned and resided at Ashtabula near Pendleton, which is now owned by F. J. Pelzer.

He afterward bought Rivoli, the former home of his father-in-law, Robert Adger. After Mr. Bowen's death, Mrs. Bowen and family removed to Georgia. O. A. Bowen and wife, Clarissa W. (Adger) Bowen have four living children :
I. O. A. Bowen, Jr., married Mary Taylor, daughter of Geo. E. Taylor.
II. Robt. Adger Bowen-unmarried.
III. Jane E. Bowen married Frank E. Taylor, son of George Taylor.
IV. George Bowen married Florida Bethel.
II. O. A. Bowen, Jr., and his wife Mary (Taylor) Bowen have five children.
1. O. A. Bowen, Jr.
2. Edwin T. Bowen.
3. Robt. Adger Bowen.
4. M. Evelyn Bowen-dead.
5. Catherine S. Bowen.
III. Jane E. Bowen and her husband, Frank E. Taylor have three children :
1. Frank E. Taylor, Jr.
2. Clarissa W. Taylor.
3. Jane Adger Taylor.

JENKINS
Dr. William Seabrook Jenkins married Susan M. Ogier. She died and left one daughter-Susan M. Jenkins.
1. Susan M. Jenkins married George Thomas Anderson, a grandson of Gen. Robert Anderson. She had several children, one of whom was Robert Anderson at one time reading clerk in the South Carolina legislature. Robt. Anderson died and left several children, names unknown to me.
Dr. William Seabrook Jenkins married the second time, Keith Ogier, sister of his first wife, and by this marriage had one son, Dr. W. L. Jenkins for many years a practicing physician at Pendleton.
1. Dr. W. Y. Jenkins married Jane H. Gaillard and hid six children :
1. Wm. G. Jenkins married Sallie McBryde.
2. Thomas 0. Jenkins married Mary Sloan-no issue.
3. Robert M. Jenkins married Ann Gaillard.
4. Henry H. Jenkins-unmarried.
5. Florence A. Jenkins married J. E. Wofford.
6. Mary J. Jenkins-unmarried.
1. W. G. Jenkins and wife, Sallie McBryde Jenkins had nine children :
A. Thomas McBryde Jenkins.
B. Jane G. Jenkins.
C. Mary Jenkins.
D. Wm. L. Jenkins, Jr.
E. Lucy McB. Jenkins.
F. J. W. Jenkins.
G. Margaret H. Jenkins.
H. Laurens S. Jenkins.
I. Nanny M. Jenkins.
J. (left blank)
3. Robt. M. Jenkins and wife, Ann (Gaillard) Jenkins have seven children :

A. Robt. G. Jenkins.
B. L. C. Jenkins.
C. Eliza P. Jenkins.
D. A. Louise Jenkins.
E. Mary C. Jenkins.
F. C. B. Jenkins.
G. Turner G. Jenkins.

5. Florence A. Jenkins and her husband, J. E. Wofford have two children :
A. John E. Wofford, Jr.
B. Wm. Jenkins Wofford.
I. Dr. Wm. L. Jenkins married second time Anna R. Gaillard and by this wrriage had three children:
1. Anna M. Jenkins-unmarried.
2. John G. Jenkins married.

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