Surname Saturday~Teal-Graves

Christopher Wesley Teal was born on 23 May 1851 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.¹ He is enumerated in all censuses (1860-1920) for Chesterfield County, South Carolina.² He appeared in the census in 1920. Christopher died on 27 Dec 1922 at the age of 71 and was buried at Zoar UMC cemetery in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.^{3 4 5}
Christopher Wesley Teal and Clarinda G. Graves were married on 25 Nov 1878 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.⁶

Clarinda G. Graves, daughter of William Thomas Graves and Mary Gilley Lassiter, was born on 23 Oct 1859 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. ^{7 8} She was baptized on 1 Jan 1874 in Cheraw, Chesterfield, South Carolina.^{9 10} Clarinda died on 1 Aug 1933 at the age of 73 and was buried at Zoar UMC cemetery, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.^{11 12–13}

Christopher Wesley Teal and Clarinda G. Graves had the following children:

i. Hattie Eugeneia Teal, born 10 Oct 1879, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married William Washington Davis, 1897; died 22 Nov 1935, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.
ii. William Mallory Teal, born 3 Sep 1881, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Annie Elizabeth Robeson; died Dec 1929, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.
iii. Mary Etta Teal, born 14 Sep 1883, Chesterfield County, South Carolina; married Sidney Douglass Hursey, abt 1903, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; died 20 Mar 1948, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.
iv. Eugene Thompson Teal, born 26 Mar 1885, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Hattie Campbell, 1910; died 6 Apr 1947, Florence, Florence, South Carolina.
v. Benjamin Thurmond Teal, born 19 Jan 1886, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Ophelia Lorene Davis, 6 Dec 1914, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; died 29 Mar 1973, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.
vi. Martin Luther Teal Sr., born 7 Sep 1889, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Pauline Campbell; died 16 Jun 1968, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.
vii. Louis Perkins Teal, born 30 Sep 1891, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Lola Irene ; died 15 Nov 1967, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach Co., FL.
viii. John Wesley Teal, born 7 May 1894, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Marjorie Newkirk Robertson; died 22 Apr 1978, Bremerton,WA.

Christopher Wesley Teal is my 2nd Cousin 3 times removed.

Clarinda (Graves) Teal was the niece of my 2^nd Great Grandmother Sarah Jane (Graves) Purvis. Clarinda is also my 1^st Cousin 3 times removed.
 
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1. C. W. TEAL, death certificate 018744 (27 December 1922), Vital Records, Department of Health and Environmental Control, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina.
2. 1880 U S Census, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 005, Page: 328A(stamped); Line 1, Dwelling 311, Family 311, Household of C. W. TEAL; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 17 January 2014); citing National Archives Microfilm T9-1225.
3. C. W. TEAL, Chesterfield death certificate 018744 (27 December 1922).
4. Ibid.
5. James C. Pigg, Obituaries from the Chesterfield Advertiser 1892-1926; Chesterfield County Genealogical Services, 2001. Obituary of Brother. C. W. TEAL; The Chesterfield Advertiser,25 January 1923, page 1, col. 4, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
6. Ibid.
7. 1860 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page: 171; Line 3, Dwelling 1082, Family 1080, Household of [William] Thomas GRAVES; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 20 November 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm M653_1217.
8. 1870 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Cheraw, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page: 259A(stamped); Line 39, Dwelling 164, Family 170, Household of M. LASITER; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 4 January 2009); citing National Archives Microfilm M593_1491.
9. Brent H. Holcomb C.A.L.S., St. David's Parish, South Carolina Minutes of the Vestry 1768-1832,: Parish Register 1819-1924 (Greenville, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1991), page 67.
10. 1880 U S Census, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Population Schedule, Court House, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, ED 005, Page: 328A(stamped); Line 1, Dwelling 311, Family 311, Household of C. W. TEAL.
11. C. W. TEAL Family Bible, Holy Bible, (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), Clarinda G. Teal died 1 August 1933; Clarinda Graves Teal, Obtained from M. Henderson.
12. Mrs. Clara W. TEAL Obituary, The Chesterfield Advertiser, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, 3 August 1933]..
13. Mrs. Clara W. TEAL obituary, The State, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, 4 August 1933, page 2, column 4.