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Notes

• On the death certificate of her daughter Letha, Letha's father's name was mistranscribed by Ancestry as Feese, but it was written as Few.  Her mother was named Harriet Childs.  Other sources, including Letha's gravestone, indicates her maiden name was not Feese, but Few.
  
  Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958
  Letha Gregory [Letha Few]
  Residence Dandridge, Tennessee
  Age 75, Birth abt 1855 South Carolina
  Occupation Housekeeper
  Death 31 Mar 1930 Chestnut Hill, Jefferson, Tennessee
  Cause of death Lobar pneumonia
  Father Francis Few born South Carolina
  Mother Harrett [Harriet] Childs born South Carolina
  Informant Jack Gregory, Dandridge, Tennessee
  Burial 1 April 1930 Chestnut Hill Cemetery, by John C Holder and Co of Newport (Cocke County), Tennessee
  
  In what appears to be the right family census enumeration, the first name is Hannah, not Harriet as reported by Letha's husband on Letha Few Gregory's death certificate.
  
  1860 Federal Census, Greenville County, South Carolina, 27 June, Greenville, P O Gowinsville, page 34, Hse #271, Fam #236
  F M Few 40 M Farmer $75 Real Estate $460 Personal born So Car
  Hannah M Few 34 F Housekeeper born No Car Cannot read or write
  Lathy Few 6 F born So Car
  William R Few 5 M born So Car
  Lucy J Few 4 F born So Car
  James Dunlap 21 M Apprentice b So Car
  
  After the death of her husband Francis Marion Few, Hannah/Harriett married the elderly John Hance.  On her second marriage record, Harriett's last name was recorded as Fuse.
  
  Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
  John Hance
  Harriet Fuse [Few, married name]
  License issued 12 August 1871
  Marriage 13 Aug 1871 Jefferson, Tennessee, USA
  Ceremony performed by Andrew J Webb, Justice of the Peace
  Registered Jefferson County Marriage Book 1871, p 10
  
  Some genealogies report that Hannah's real name was Harriet M Childs, and Hannah was a nickname.  She appears in the 1880 census as Hariet, wife of the elderly John Hance.  Her two daughters, Jane Few and Emma Few, are in the household.
  
  1880 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee, 16 June, District 177, page 31-32, Hse 267, Fam #271
  Hance, John  W M 80 Head Farmer SC SC SC [b abt 1800]
  - page 32 -
  Hance, Hariet  M  W F 46 Wife Keeping House  SC SC SC [b abt 1834]
  Few, Jane W F 19 Stepdau Single At Home SC SC SC Cannot write [b abt 1861]
  Few, Emma T  W F 17 Stepdau Single At Home SC SC SC [b abt 1863]
  Hance, Proser (?) W M 7 Son TN SC SC [b abt 1873]
  Hance, Aaron W W M 1 Son TN SC SC [b abt 1879]

Sources

• 1. 1860 Federal Census, Greenville County, South Carolina
  • 27 June, Greenville, P O Gowinsville, page 34, Hse #271, Fam #236
• 2. Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958
• 3. 1880 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee
  • 16 June, District 177, page 31-32, Hse 267, Fam #271
• 4. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
• 5. 1880 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee
  • Dist 5, p 515B
• 6. 1920 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee
  • 7 January, Civil District 8, Enumeration District 78, page 3A, Chesnut Hill Path, Hse/Fam #46
• 7. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 8. 1880 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee
  • 6 June, District 177, page 31-32, Hse 267, Fam #271