Life History

Notes

• 1880 Federal Census, Greenville County, South Carolina, 5 June, O'Neal Township, page 13, Hse #130, Fam #131
  Few, James R  W M 25 Farmer SC SC SC [b abt 1855]
  Few, Perlina  W F 29 Wife Keeping House SC SC SC Cannot write [b abt 1851]
  Few, James R  W M 2 Son Single SC SC SC [b abt 1878]
  Few, Anna W F 1mo born May Dau SC SC SC
  Few, Sarah M 25 W F Sister SC SC SC [b abt 1855]
  
  1900 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, 19 June, Beech Springs, District 80, page 18A, Hse #320, Fam #339
  Few, James R Head W F Sept 1854 45 Married 22 yrs SC SC SC Day Carpenter
  Few, Salina [Perlina] Wife W F May 1850 50 Married 22 yrs 10 children/6 SC SC SC
  Few, James A Son W M July 1878 21 Single SC SC SC Weever [Weaver] in Mill
  Few, Bessie Dau W F Aug 1882 17 Single SC SC SC Wever [Weaver] in Mill
  Few, Robbert [sic] Son W M May 1884 16 Single SC SC SC Spinner
  Few, Tinney [Tiney] M Son W M Jun 1889 10 Single SC SC SC
  Few, William R Son W M July 1891 8 Single SC SC SC
  Few, Minnie Dau W F Sept 1895 4 Single SC SC SC
  Hill, Lou Mother-in-law W F Oct 1848 71 Single SC SC SC
  
  In the 1910 census the enumerator really got confused on the entries for the wife and the eldest son of this family.  You can see the supposed corrections and yet many details remain wrong.  It looks like a first level of correction was made, but it was wrong also, then on the second level of correction, not all the corrections were made.  So on the entries for Tinnie (the son Tiney) and the wife, things are muddled.
  
  Perlina, the wife, is the final entry, but some of the second-level corrections did not get made.  Her name was first correctly written as Perlina L and Wife, but then the main name was marked out but the P was left and a period added, making it P L.
  
  1910 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, 20 April, District 67, page 3A, New Cut Road, Hse/Fam #49
  Few, James R  Head M W 55 Married 34 yrs  [mar abt 1889] SC SC SC  Farm Laborer Rents [b abt 1855]
  Few, Tennie M [Tiney M] Wife [Son] (Son and Male written first, then changed to Wife and Female) F [M] W 20 Married [Single] SC SC SC Farm Laborer [b abt 1890]
  Few, Reader W [William  Reader] Son M W 17 SC SC SC Farm Laborer [b abt 1893]
  Few, Florence M Dau F W 14 SC SC SC [b abt 1896]
  Few, Perlina L Son [Wife] (Wife and Female written first, then changed to Son and Male, but marriage info included) M [F] W 58 Single [sic] Married 34 yrs  3 children/3 living SC SC SC [b abt Sep 1852]
  
  U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
  James Archie Few
  Birth 22 Jul 1878 Greenville C, South Carolina
  Father James R Few
  Mother Laura A Hill
  SSN 249163614
  Jun 1938 Name listed as JAMES ARCHIE FEW
  
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  Mrs Ann Perlinia [Perlina] Few -- Greer, Aug 7 (1929, Wednesday) -- Death and Funeral Notice
  
  Death Tuesday afternoon (6 Aug 1929) 6 o'clock, in her home on Green Street; "spent the greater part of her life in the Abner Creek section south of Greer, but has lived in Greer for the past several years"
  [Greer is now in both Greenville and Startanburg counties. Green St runs north and south in the western part of the town, in Greenville County.]
  Widow of J R Few, "who preceded her 8 years ago"
  79 years old (born about 1850)
  Funeral Thursday (8 February) at the Franklin Mill Baptist Church, officiated by Rev E G Harrison, assisted by Rev R ? Kendrick.
  Burial in Mountain View Cemetery, Greer
  Survived by children R B Few of Marietta, J A Few, T M Few, W R Few, Mrs Bessie Styles and Miss Florence Few, all of Greer
  
  --  Spartanburg Herald, 8 August 1929, p 2, courtesy of Kelly Jane O'Hara on Find a Grave, 5 June 2013, accessed 6 October 2018
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  Laura Ann Perlinia [sic] Few
  Birth 1 Jul 1840 Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
  Death 6 August 1929 (aged 79 [= birth in 1850]) Chick Spring Township, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
  Burial 8 August 1929 Mountain View Cemetery [Greer, Greenville County, South Carolina], by John Wood, Greer, South Carolina
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  Though her obituary says she had lived on Green Street in Greer for several years, her death certificate reports the place of death as Chick Springs (a local spring area and a township name).  Chick Springs (Taylors) is also in the Greenville-Spartanburg area.  Taylors is an unincorporated area southwest of Greer.  The informant on Perlina's death certificate was her son Tiney (T M).  It is not apparent why he reported Chick Springs as the place of death, since her home is reported to be on Green Street in the city of Greer.
  
  "Chick Springs is a mineral springs in present-day Taylors, Greenville County, South Carolina, which from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century served as the focus of a small Upstate South Carolina resort community. ... In 1840, planter Burwell Chick[2] opened a resort at the location, building a 'large and commodious hotel.'"
  --  "Chick Springs," Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_Springs
  
  Contrary to her obituary, the memorial on Find a Grave reports she died in Spartanburg County, rather than Greenville County.  Green Street of Greer is in Greenville County, as most of the city is.
  
  "Greer is a city in Greenville and Spartanburg counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina. ...
  The area now known as Greer was once part of the "Domain of the Cherokees" prior to the American Revolutionary War. In 1777 the area was added to the state of South Carolina. Development toward the birth of the town occurred in 1873, when the Richmond and Danville Air Line Railway (now the Norfolk Southern Railway) established a line between Atlanta and Charlotte. A station was built on land that belonged to James Manning Greer, and was named Greer's Station."
  --  "Greer, South Carolina," Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greer,_South_Carolina
  
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  Perlina Laura “Ann” Hill Few
  Birth 1 Jul 1840 [1850] Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
  Death 6 Aug 1929 (aged 89 [79]) Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
  Burial Mountain View Cemetery, Greer, Greenville County, South Carolina
  
  Perlina, parents unknown, married James Robert Few, Son of James R Few & Mary B Gregory, 1876, Greenville Co SC.  To this marriage were born James Archer, Anna, Bessie, William Reader, Robert Benjamin, Florence Minnie & Tinny [Tiney] M.
  On Death Certificate information given by Tinny M Few.  Stated Perlina name is Loura Ann Perlina Few.  Born 1 July 1840.  Age at death 79 yrs, 1 month 7 5 days.  This would make her birth as 1 July 1850.  1900 census state birth date as May 1850.
  Bio by Donnie Ruyle
  
  Spouse James Robert Few 1854-1921
  Children:
  James Archer Few 1876-1944
  Tiney Murphy Few 1890-1950
  
  Created by Robin Farley Dixson 30 Oct 2005
  --  Find A Grave Memorial 12215488, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12215488/perlina-laura-few
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Sources

• 1. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 2. Obituaries from South Carolina
• 3. South Carolina Certificate of Death
• 4. 1900 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
  • 19 June, Beech Springs, District 80, page 18A, Hse #320, Fam #339
• 5. 1880 Federal Census, Greenville County, South Carolina
  • 5 June, O'Neal Township, page 13, Hse #130, Fam #131
• 6. 1920 Federal Census, Greenville County, South Carolina
  • 9 February, Chick Springs, District 7, page 28A, Hse #521, Fam #535
• 7. 1910 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
  • 20 April, District 67, page 3A, New Cut Road, Hse/Fam #49
• 8. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
• 9. 1920 Federal Census, Greenville County, South Carolina
  • 9 February, Chick Springs, District 7, page 28A, Hse #522, Fam #536
• 10. South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965
• 11. 1920 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
  • 10 January, Reidville Township, District 97, page 3A, Hse/Fam #44
• 12. 1910 Federal Census, Greenville County, South Carolina
  • 9 May, Highland Township, District 36, page 11B, Hse #213, Fam #214
• 13. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
• 14. South Carolina, Death Records, 1821-1965