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Satterwhite, Emoline 75
Scaife, Alexander 76
Scantling, Eliza 78
Scott, Mary 81
Scott, Nina 88
Scurry, Morgan 89
Simmons, Ransom 91
Sligh, Alfred 92
Smith, Dan 95
Smith, Hector 100, 105
Smith, Jane 110
Smith, Mary 112
Smith, Prince 116
Smith, Silas 119
Sparrow, Jessie 121, 125, 130, 136, 141
Starke, Rosa 147
Stewart, Josephine 151
Suber, Bettie 155
Swindler, Ellen 156
Taylor, Mack 157
Thompson, Delia 160
Toatley, Robert 163
Veals, Mary 167, 169
Walker, Manda 170
Walker, Med 174
Waring, Daniel 181
Washington, Nancy 184
Watson, Charley 188
White, Dave 191, 194
White, Tena 196
Williams, Bill 199
Williams, Jesse 202
Williams, Mary 206
Williams, Willis 208
Wilson, Emoline 213, 215
Wilson, Jane 216
Woodberry, Genia 218
Woodberry, Julia 227, 232, 237, 242
Woods, George 247
Woodward, Aleck 253
Woodward, Mary 257
Worth, Pauline 260
Wright, Daphney 266
Young, Bill 270
Young, Bob 273
=Project #1655=
=W.W. Dixon=
=Winnsboro, S.C.=
=MARY RAINES=
=_EX-SLAVE 99 YEARS OLD._=
Mary Raines is the oldest living person, white or black, in Fairfield
County. If she survives until next December, she will have attained her
century of years. She lives with her widowed daughter, Fannie
McCollough, fifty-seven years old, and a son, Joe Raines, aged 76 years.
They rent a two-room frame house, on lands of Mrs. Sallie Wylie, Chester
County, S.C. Joe, the son, is a day laborer on nearby farms. Fannie
cooks for Mrs. W.T. Raines. Old Mother Mary has been receiving a county
pension of $5.00 per month for several years.
"How old would Marse William Woodward be if he hadn't died befo' I gwine
to die? A hundred and twenty, you say? Well, dat's 'bout de way I
figured my age. Him was a nephew of Marse Ed, de fust Marse Ed P.
Mobley. Him say dat when him 'come twenty-one, old marster give him a
birthday dinner and 'vite folks to it. Marse Riley McMaster, from
Winnsboro, S.C., was dere a flyin' 'round my young mistress, Miss
Harriett. Marse Riley was a young doctor, ridin' 'round wid saddlebags.
While they was all settin' down to di
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