The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-12-02
4 HOST OF DESCENDANTS.
The Feagle Family Hold Reunion Ill
the Presence of Fifty out OF Four
Score Living Member.

On Thursday, 26th ult., there was 4
reunion of the Feagle family 1T the
residence of DR.. John u. Se;'se at Lit
tie Mountain. The morning was very
inauspicious, yet notwithstanding the
dark and lowering clowds, quite
number Of the family assembled as per
arrangement.
The Feagle family consists of the
children. Grandchildren aud great
Grandchildren of George teagie ana
w1fe. Margaret, nee Houseal. As q re-
suit of their marriage nine chllGreh
were born to them, all OF whom are
married and living. Six are daughFers
and three sous. l shall use their names
familiarly as they are used in the tanl-
ily. The daughters in order of aye,
are: Lizzie, Kate, Josie, Mary, Pauilne
and Lorie. The sons are: John, War
rem and Irvine. Lizzie married y.
Hamilton koon, and TO whom were
born two sons, both living. \. Hanl!,
ton Koon 6led from wound ,ecelFeu
at Deep Bottom, Va. Kate marrled U.
NJ. MOnts, to HhOm were born lnree
DAUGHTERS, all of whom are living.
Josie married L. b. Whites, to her was
born four children, three daughters ana
son. Two daughters have died. Mary
married first, Walter W. kDon, VINO
was killed at the great battle OF Gettys-
burg. They had one son, who is llvlns.
Second, she married Francis Booo, 10
whom were born five children, three
daughters and two sOns-one son ana
one daughter have died. Pauline mar
ried y. 4. Wheeler. She has mad nine
children, four sons and five daughters,
one daughter dead. Lorie married ).
T. Wheeler. She had seven children,
five daughters and two sons, one
daughter is dead. John married MISS
Fannie Sease, to whom have been born
eleven childrer, six sons and hVe
DAUGHTERS, all Of whom are living.
Warren married Miss Agnes King, OF
Texas, to whom were born 1our GILL
dren, two sons and two daughters-one
son died. Irving married Miss Dora
Riser. to whom has been born SIX chill
dren, five sons and one daughter-ail
are living.
This gives forty-four grandchildren
living. Of these, four, viz: 5. }: kohn,
A. H. kohn, Maggie Mouts and Corrle
Wheeler are married. These have
among them, eight children. 10 sum
up: there are nine children, with their
husbands and wives making nineteen.
These have forty-fve living children,
of these four are married, and with
their husbands and wives make elght.
These also have nine children great
Grand children). The immediate FAM
ily living now numbers seventy-nlne.
Fifty of these were present at the re-
union. In addition to these, two SIS
ters of Mrs. Feagle, viz: Miss Susannah
Houseal, an elderly maiden sister, and
Mrs. Louisa Stockman were present.
Also two near and dear relatives were
present. viz: Miss Catherine summer,
known in the family as cousin Nate
and Mrs. Kate kiser, wife of Rev. }.
f. KiZer, niece of cousin Kate" and
daughter of the late Henry Summer.
The meeting or reunion was indeed
pleasant affair and all certainly en-
loved themselves most heartily: Inc
older oues went back over the days OF
of their youths when they went to
school, and to singing classes, and rode
horse back, and crossed the creek When
it was full, and the horses ran away
and went TO market in wagons, ana
sold turkeys, and bough ht calico dresses,
and knitted socks and made quilts, mot
crazy ones, and gave concertsrior the
benefit of the soldiers, and spun ana
wove and plated hats, and wrote love
letters, and letters of encouragement 10
the soldiers, and courted and loved and
married and went to house keeping.
The old grey-headed veterans went
back over their younger days ana
principally fought over their great oat-
Ties for four years, fighting and bleed
ing and shooting yankees, and hnaliy
getting a good thrashing, coming nome
then, going courting, marrying, oullo-
ing houses and-well, the result IS
present, and the "result" had q real
penuine iollification and Wed with
each other irdoing honor and justice
to the turkey and chicken and ham,
and pies and cakes and nuts and fruits,
and in fact to all the good things with
which the long table was heavily laden.
1t was a prohibition reunion. NO
wines and liquors there to tempt the
Young and unsuSpecting. All went on
as happy as q marriage bell, untll the
evening shades warned all to bic to
their respective homes, and all lett
perfectly happy and serene. 1t has
been suggested that these reunions ne
held annually, and that the family
elect historian to write history oi
! the same. This writer heartily eu-
dorses thi motion. So mote it be.
YU-BE.