It’s Family Time~Thomas Benjamin Teal and Julia Elizabeth Davis

Thomas Benjamin Teal was born on 1 Sep 1847 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. He was a son of Benjamin Franklin Teal and Eliza A. Davis. Thomas Benjamin was the 3rd of 11 children born to Benjamin and Eliza. They lived in the Court House township of Chesterfield County.

Julia Elizabeth Davis, born 28 March 1848 was the daughter of Carroll Washington Davis and Elizabeth Boatwright. She was the 2nd of three children born before her mother, Elizabeth Boatwright Davis, passed away on 15 December 1853 following complication related to childbirth. 

Thomas Benjamin Teal and Julia Elizabeth Davis were married about 1867/68 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.  The 1900 Census shows they had been married 32 years with 12 children 9 of which were still living. The Census was enumerated on 6 July 1900.

Thomas Benjamin Teal and Julia Elizabeth Davis had the following children:

        i.    Mary Eliza Teal, born 20 Aug 1868, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married [FNU] Hancock, bef 1900; married James Thomas Ellis, 1907, Darlington, Darlington, South Carolina; died 5 Jun 1943, Pinehurst, Moore, North Carolina.
        ii.    Lillie J. Teal was buried in Nov 1870 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. She was born on 19 Nov 1870 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. She died on 19 Nov 1870 at the age of 0 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.
        iii.    Benjamin F. Teal, born Nov 1871, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Nellie E. [LNU], 1900, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.
        iv.    Baxter Randolph Teal, born 26 Apr 1874, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Evie Eugenia Rivers, 2 Sep 1908, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; died 30 Jun 1952, Pinehurst, Moore, North Carolina.
        v.    Cora Eugenia Teal, born 1877, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Michael Gardner, abt 1897, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.
        vi.    George R. Teal was buried in Aug 1878 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. He was born on 7 Aug 1878 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. He died on 14 Aug 1878 at the age of 0 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.
        vii.    Christopher Wesley Teal, born 23 Sep 1880, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; died 27 May 1904, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.
        viii.    Frances P. Teal was born on 18 Oct 1883 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. She died on 28 Jun 1885 at the age of 1 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.
        ix.    Nettie Gertrude Teal, born 16 Mar 1886, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married James Lloyd Eddins, 27 Jul 1905, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; died 18 Sept 1972, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina.
        x.    Laura Florence Teal, born 8 Dec 1887, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Charlie D. Rivers, 26 Aug 1906, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; died 15 Jan 1974, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina.
        xi.    Charles Laudy Teal, born 26 Sep 1891, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Annie Estelle Thomas; died 3 Mar 1942, Sanford, Lee, North Carolina.
        xii.    Lucas John Teal, born 2 Mar 1895, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Janie McLaurin; died 11 Apr 1948, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.

Thomas Benjamin Teal, age 64, died on 19 Aug 1912 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. His wife, Julia Elizabeth Davis Teal, age 63, died 3 December 1913 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. They are buried in a family plot in Zoar United Methodist Church Cemetery


Thomas Benjamin Teal and Julia Elizabeth Davis are both my 2nd Cousin 3 times removed.






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1. James C. Pigg, Chesterfield County Cemetery Survey; Chesterfield County Genealogical Services, 1995, page 1182. Tombstone of Thomas Benjamin TEAL; 1 September 1847–19 August 1912, Teal Cemetery, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
2. 1850 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County , South Carolina, Page 178A, Line 13, Dwelling 1220, Family 1220, Household of Benjamin F. TEAL; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 9 July 2012); citing  National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 851.
3. 1860 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page 118; Line 14, Dwelling #351, Family #350, Household of B. F. TEAL; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 9 July 2012); citing  National Archives Microfilm M653-1217.
4. 1880 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 005, Page 319D; Line 6, Dwelling 156, Family 156, Household of Thos. B. TEAL; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 22 July 2012); citing  National Archives Microfilm T9-1225.
5. 1900 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 21, Page 107B/23B; Line 61, Dwelling 429, Family 436, Household of  Thomas TEAL; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 22 July 2012); citing National Archives Microfilm  T623_1523.
6. 1910 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0037, Page 135B/9B; Line 61, Dwelling 154, Family 154, Household of Dock TEAL; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 21 July 2012); citing National Archives Microfilm  T624_1455.
7. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed  23 July 2012); Memorial page for T. B. Teal; (1 September 1847–19 August 1912); Find a Grave memorial # 43504735, Citing Teal Family Cemetery; Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA.
8. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Julia E. Teal (28 March 1848–3 December 1913), Memorial # 43504668.
9. 1850 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Population Schedule, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page: 179B; Line 12, Dwelling 1241, Family 1241, Household of Carroll W. DAVIS.
10. 1860 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page: 125B; Line 6, Dwelling 448, Family 447, Household of C. W. DAVIS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 27 August 2011); citing  National Archives Microfilm M653_1217.
11. "South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964," Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, Family Search (https://www.familysearch.org/ : Viewed January 2012), images, "Carroll W. Davis, Probate File #66," images 23-158; South Carolina Archives and History.
12. Harry Alexander Davis, The Davis Family (Davies and David) in Wales and America: genealogy of Morgan David of Pennsylvania (Washington, D.C.: H. A. Davis, 1927), pages 222 & 223.