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style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:20.0pt'>William Gresham and 1<sup>st</sup> Sarah Wakefield, 2<sup>nd </sup>Jane Bailey<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:18.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:18.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>William Gresham</span></u><span style='font-size:18.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>was born about 1775 and in </span><st1:State><st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>North Carolina</span></st1:place></st1:State><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> according to his </span><st1:place><st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Greenville</span></st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>, </span><st1:State><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>SC</span></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> 1860 Census record.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>He died around </span><st1:date Month="10" Day="5" Year="1863"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>October 5, 1863</span></st1:date><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> in </span><st1:place><st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Greenville County</span></st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>, </span><st1:State><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>SC</span></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> near the town of </span><st1:City><st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Greer</span></st1:place></st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>A purported Family Bible source states that his birth date was </span><st1:date Month="3" Day="31" Year="1775"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>March 31, 1775</span></st1:date><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>All dates for the children are from this same source.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Sarah Wakefield</span></u><span style='font-size:18.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>was born between 1775 and 1785 using her age at the 1820 </span><st1:place><st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Spartanburg</span></st1:City><span style='font-size: 14.0pt'>, </span><st1:State><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>SC</span></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> Census record and the age of the oldest children then.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The Family Bible source states that her birth date was </span><st1:date Month="3" Day="3" Year="1783"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>March 3, 1783</span></st1:date><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>She died after </span><st1:date Year="1829" Day="21" Month="8"><span style='font-size: 14.0pt'>August 21, 1829</span></st1:date><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> when she signed a deed to sell land and before the 1830 Census was taken.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>She was the daughter of Moses Wakefield and unknown.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Her father s estate records which named her as the wife of William Gresham were dated </span><st1:date Year="1827" Day="2" Month="1"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>January 2, 1827</span></st1:date><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> in Spartanburg Co. File 2283 <span class=SpellE>Bk</span> A page 49.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Sarah s siblings were Jesse, Alexander, Josiah, Hester who married John <span class=SpellE>Delany</span>, and Ann who married Joseph Carman.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Jane Bailey McClimons</span></u><span style='font-size:18.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>was married to William Gresham before </span><st1:date Month="10" Day="29" Year="1845"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>October 29, 1845</span></st1:date><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> when she and William signed a deed together.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Jane was the widow of Peter McClimons and the sister of Hugh Bailey, friend and neighbor of William.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The Bailey siblings emigrated from </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Ireland</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> around 1800.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Sally Bailey was the daughter of Hugh and wife of William s son Alexander.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Jane died after the 1880 Spartanburg Census where she is living with her daughter Sallie Glenn.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>The children of William and Sarah were:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Boy</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>   </span><span style='mso-tab-count:2'>                   </span>Born </span><st1:date Year="1805" Day="3" Month="5"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>May 3, 1805</span></st1:date><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> (The Family Bible source says that this boy s name was Roland).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Census records include a male of this age range for 1820 but there is not one for 1830.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>He either died or moved away.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>William s estate records do not include a Roland in <span class=GramE>1863,</span> however, there is an unknown <span class=SpellE>Nunnelly</span> and wife receiving an equal share from the estate.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>This could also be one of two sisters, Jane G. or Mary also.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Thomas</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:2'>                </span>Born </span></span><st1:date Year="1806" Day="10" Month="12"><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>December 10, 1806</span></span></st1:date><span class=GramE><span style='font-size: 14.0pt'>.</span></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>He died between the 1870-1880 Census records in Greenville Co. SC.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>He and his two sisters, Elizabeth Ann and Sarah G. were never married and lived with their father William until William s death in 1863.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>These three then stayed on the family farm until their deaths.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Alexander</span></u><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:2'>              </span>Born </span></span><st1:date Year="1808" Day="10" Month="4"><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>April 10, 1808</span></span></st1:date><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> in </span></span><st1:City><st1:place><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Spartanburg</span></span></st1:place></st1:City><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> </span></span><st1:place><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Co.</span></span></st1:place><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>, SC.</span></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Elizabeth Ann</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>      </span>Born </span></span><st1:date Year="1811" Day="22" Month="6"><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>June 22, 1811</span></span></st1:date><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> in </span></span><st1:City><st1:place><span class=GramE><span style='font-size: 14.0pt'>Spartanburg</span></span></st1:place></st1:City><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> </span></span><st1:place><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Co.</span></span></st1:place><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> SC.</span></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>She does not appear to have been <span class=GramE>married,</span> however, there is a tombstone for a Rosa J. Johnson b. 1839 which says she is the daughter of E. A. Gresham and wife of E. P. Johnson.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>She died at age 19 in 1858.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>She is buried at </span><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Pleasant</span></st1:PlaceName><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> </span><st1:PlaceType><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Grove</span></st1:PlaceType><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> </span><st1:PlaceName><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Baptist</span></st1:PlaceName><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> </span><st1:PlaceType><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Cemetery</span></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> in </span><st1:place><st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Greer</span></st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>, </span><st1:State><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>SC</span></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> near Sarah G. Gresham.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>There is also a </span><st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Rosa</span></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>, age 10, on the 1850 Census in William s household which includes Thomas, Elizabeth Ann, Sarah G. and Mary.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Elizabeth Ann Gresham died on </span><st1:date Month="10" Day="19" Year="1896"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>October 19, 1896</span></st1:date><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> in Greenville Co., SC.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Sarah G.</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:2'>              </span><span class=GramE>Born </span></span><st1:date Year="1813" Day="16" Month="12"><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>December 16, 1813</span></span></st1:date><span class=GramE><span style='font-size: 14.0pt'> in </span></span><st1:City><st1:place><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Spartanburg</span></span></st1:place></st1:City><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> </span></span><st1:place><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Co.</span></span></st1:place><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>, SC.</span></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>She died </span><st1:date Month="3" Day="1" Year="1893"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>March 1, 1893</span></st1:date><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> in Greenville Co., SC.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Jane G.</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:2'>                </span><span class=GramE>Born </span></span><st1:date Year="1815" Day="6" Month="3"><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>March 6, 1815</span></span></st1:date><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> in </span></span><st1:City><st1:place><span class=GramE><span style='font-size: 14.0pt'>Spartanburg</span></span></st1:place></st1:City><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> </span></span><st1:place><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Co.</span></span></st1:place><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>, SC.</span></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>We do not know when she died or if she is the one who married Mr. <span class=SpellE>Nunnelly</span> and inherited from her father s estate in 1863.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>There is a Jane Gresham, age 31, on the 1850 Spartanburg Census, number 753.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Jesse W.</span></u><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:2'>               </span><span class=GramE>Born </span></span><st1:date Year="1816" Day="10" Month="12"><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>December 10, 1816</span></span></st1:date><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> in </span></span><st1:City><st1:place><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Greenville</span></span></st1:place></st1:City><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> </span></span><st1:place><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Co.</span></span></st1:place><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>, SC.</span></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>William M.</span></u><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:2'>            </span><span class=GramE>Born </span></span><st1:date Year="1818" Day="23" Month="8"><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>August 23, 1818</span></span></st1:date><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> in </span></span><st1:City><st1:place><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Greenville</span></span></st1:place></st1:City><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> </span></span><st1:place><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Co.</span></span></st1:place><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>, SC.</span></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Mary</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:3'>                    </span>Born </span></span><st1:date Year="1820" Day="8" Month="4"><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>April 8, 1820</span></span></st1:date><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> in </span></span><st1:City><st1:place><span class=GramE><span style='font-size: 14.0pt'>Greenville</span></span></st1:place></st1:City><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> </span></span><st1:place><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Co.</span></span></st1:place><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>, SC.</span></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>We do not know when she died or if she the one who married Mr. <span class=SpellE>Nunnelly</span> and inherited from her father s estate in 1863.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>She was on the 1850 Census in her father s household as age 30.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>This is my personal line so if you have information about this family, please contact <a href="mailto:tdicken@cswnet.com">Amanda Dicken</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>This page was last updated </span><st1:date Month="10" Day="30" Year="2005"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>October 30, 2005</span></st1:date><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </body> </html>