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From: Robert Hemphill <>
Subject: Re: Mom,McCaslan,Scaife,Kennedy,Jordan,Dickson,Hemphill,etc
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 10:09:23 -0400


"Robert" < wrote>:

> Hi Bob,
> I read your two letters from Grace and Mom, and of course the name
> Millwee struck me immediately. I have been working on Millwee lines for
> over 15 years and I thought I knew most of them from back in South
> Carolina.
>
> Cleo Millwee Davis Hemphill, doesn't ring a bell with me. Was Millwee
> her maiden name? Do you know her parents' names? What Millwee line was
> she in? Is she a part of your family? What kind of information can you
> give me about her?
>
> I am interested in any Millwee name. My Millwee's came from Laurens and
> Anderson Counties in South Carolina. I would like to be able to place
> Cleo in my many lines of Millwees. I am always willing to share my
> information with anyone who is interested in it.
> Please let me hear from you.
>
> Robert Millwee, Fort Worth, TX

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Robert,
Thanks for the e-mail. I am afraid Robert and Bob can't claim kin. Not
from the Millwee and Davis lines anyway. We will have to work on some
other lines. My mother's name Millwee came from the second husband of her
aunt, Margaret Cleopatra McCaslan (1838-1902). He was Dr. William Brewster
Millwee (1826-1915) of Greenwood, SC. Margaret's first husband, James C.
Dowtin, was killed during the Conquest of the CSA. Margaret and Dr.
Millwee raised my grandmother, Francis Jane McCaslan (1868-1924) in their
home in Greenwood some time after the death of Francis' mother, Mary
Elizabeth Martin McCauslan (1847-1878). Most of what I am typing came from
a 1992 letter and chart I sent to:

Gene Welborn
102 Deer Run Lane
Greenwood, SC 29646

He is researching the Millwee family line. I sent him a picture of Dr.
Millwee and his 1915 obituary. He sent me a copy of his will in which he
bequeathed $10,000 to Francis Jane Davis, the niece of his deceased wife. I
have information on the Millwee family sent to my mother back in the 1940's
and 1950's. I will be glad to copy any of it for you. My new scanner and
I have not reached a degree of compatibility to produce scanned attachments
that recipients are happy with. Maybe next month? Please let me hear from
you.

Contact Gene Welborn

Best regards, Bob H. ___

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