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Subject: Re: [SCLEXING] Risinger
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:28:31 -0000


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I posted this to the Risinger board and thought I'd post it here as well.

Davis Lawson "Lawson" Risinger (bc. June 1858/bef. 1930), married Mary Z. "Sis" OSWALT. They married around 1880. Their children were Clarence E. Risinger (b. July 1881/?), Ruthy B. Risinger (bc. 1888/?) and Drayton Crosson Risinger (bc. 1912/?). Lawson was the son of Thomas Risinger and Frances Caroline Seay, who were my husband's gr-gr-grandparents. Lawson's siblings were:

Jane Luvian Risinger (10-14-1846/3-1-1932)
Burial: Thomas Risinger Cemetery, Walter Shealy Road, Leesville, Lexington Co., SC
m. Henry D. Rosenberry ALEWINE (3-8-1864, Lexington Co., SC/8-6-1931 Leesville, Lexington Co., SC)
Burial: Thomas Risinger Cemetery, Walter Shealy Road, Leesville, Lexington Co., SC

Laura Antoinette Risinger (11-20-1847/9-13-1924)
Burial: Thomas Risinger Cemetery, Walter Shealy Road, Leesville, Lexington Co., SC
m. Wiliiam C. WATERS (8-10-1869/9-9-1917)
Burial: Thomas Risinger Cemetery, Walter Shealy Road, Leesville, Lexington Co., SC

Henrietta Risinger (9-1-1849/?)
m. John N. HALLMAN

Louisa Mary Risinger (November 1851/5-19-1930)
Burial: Thomas Risinger Cemetery, Walter Shealy Road, Leesville, Lexington Co., SC
m1. John FRYE
m2. Jacob Martin CLEMMONS

Silas Edwin Risinger (1852/?) (apparently died young)

John Roston Risinger (11-16-1854/3-11-1926)
Burial: Batesburg Cemetery, Batesburg, Lexington Co., SC
m. Polly GUNTER (1-18-1856/5-14-1942), dau. of Joshua Gunter & Louisa QUATTLEBAUM
Burial: Batesburg Cemetery, Batesburg, Lexington Co., SC
(They were my husband's gr-grandparents.)

Henry Arthur Risinger (6-29-1866/3-27-1941)
Burial: Thomas Risinger Cemetery, Walter Shealy Road, Leesville, Lexington Co., SC
m1. Martha Ann Amanda SONS (2-17-1856/6-9-1909), dau. of Jacob Sons & Martha AMICK
Burial: Thomas Risinger Cemetery, Walter Shealy Road, Leesville, Lexington Co., SC
m2. to Victoria (unk maiden name) WATERS (bc. 1882/?) married c. 1914

Jesse Ida Risinger (1867/1950)
(Ida never married. She ran a boarding home in the town of Batesburg for over 30 years.)

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1880 Lexington Co., SC, Leesville, District 130
Mary Seay, 82, widow, b.SC, parents b.SC
Mary Oswalt, dau, 47, widow, keeping house, b. SC, parents b. SC
William Oswalt, gr-son, 22, single, working on farm, b. SC, parents b. SC
Lawson Risinger, (relation left blank), 21, married, farmer, b. SC, parents b. SC
Mary Risinger, wife, 17, married, works on farm, b. SC, parents b. SC
James Oswalt, (relation left blank), 10, works on farm, b. SC, parents b. SC
(NOTE: This census states that Lawson and Mary just got married. I'm guessing that Mary Seay was Mary Risinger's grandmother, Mary Oswalt was her mother and William and James were her brothers.)

In order to find out who Mary Oswalt was, I looked up this family in the 1870 census:
1870 Lexington Co., SC, Gilbert Hollow, Leesville PO
Harman See, 65, farmer, b. Lexington, SC
Mary See, wife, 71, keeping house, b. Lexington, SC
M.A.M. Oswalt, (female), 36, b. Lexington, SC
George W. Oswalt, 10, b. GA
Mary S. Oswalt, 8, b. Lexington, SC
James A. Oswalt, 4, b. Lexington, SC
A.H. See, (female), 15, b. Lexington, SC

I tried finding them in the 1860 census, going on the 1870 census stating that George was born in GA. This is what I found:
1860 Richmond Co., GA, District 123
James A. Oswalt, 30, farmer, b. GA
Mary A., 24, female, b. SC
William G., 3, b. GA
Mary, 11 months, b. GA

I can't be sure this is them, but it looks pretty close.

Let me know if this helps!
-Dana

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