From: <Dokn@aol.com>
Subject: DUTTON, ANNIE AND MARY FRANCIS
Date: 1998-08-14 22:54:50
Hi My Dear Gang of Cousins Can you tell its Friday??? And I am relieving stress by computerizing. My husband is a couch potato, but they now tell me that I am a mouse potato!!! Anyway I send you these tidbits. The following is off of death certificates that are on file at the SC Archives. Annie Dutton #506 - Darlington Co. Died - 1-14-1927 Born - Nov. 1884 Age 72 years, 2 mos., 10 days Married Occupation - Domestic & Textile Birthplace - Darlington Co. Father - Henry Andrews Mother - Alice Register Burial - Grove Hill on 1-16-1927 Informant - Mr. E. J. Dutton This is my great grandmother who was married to Edward Ivy "Bud" Dutton (the fellow who raised the fine "Blue Tick" Hound dogs....grandson of Samuel Sneed Dutton. This is why you cannot always depend on an obituary in the paper or even a legal document like a death certificate. People give this information under duress. Note the dates of her birth and the date of her death...then note how old they say she was... Actually....she was the same age when she died that my grandmother was when she died, that my mother was when she died,.........oops I better be careful. She still had children at home. My grandmother (her daughter) and grandfather Broach took them in. This is a test.....grin Then there is: Mary Francis Dutton #8809 - Darlington Co. Died 6-21-1934 Born 10-31-1847 Age 87 yrs., 7 mos., 20 days Widowed- Husband-Edmond H. Dutton Occupation-Domestic Birthplace - N.C. Father - William Manor Mother- Mary Mills Burial - Grove Hill on 6-22-1934 Informant - Wm Dutton Now we folks down here have always talked a little slow and sometimes slur our words a little, so we may be misunderstood sometime, especially those who talk with their mouth full of chewing tobakey... but here is that Edmond again and furnished by his son. Did they misunderstand him and his name really Edward for whom his son Edward Ivy supposidly was named after....and our family records show that Mary Francis' father was a Maynard?????? Now who do I believe....1) these fine legal documents or 2) grandaddy????? I submit these for your perusal and ponderances. Love Cousin Judy