It’s Family Time~The Short Life of Allie Mae (Seago) Brock Family

Julian Joseph Brock was born on 2 February 1891, a son of Peter Preston Brock and his wife, Margaret Jane Sellers.

Allie Mae Seago was born 14 April 1886, a daughter of Dorsey Alexander Seago and his wife, Cornelia Meachum.

Julian Joseph Brock and Allie Mae Seago were married on 28 February 1913 in Morven, Anson County, North Carolina.

To this union were borne 3 children; two sons and a daughter. Only the daughter survived to adulthood.

Allie must have become very ill shortly after the birth of her third child, a son called Leroy. Their son was born on 13 March 1923. 

By December 1923, Julian had placed an ad in the local newspaper- 

WANTED—A white lady or girl to keep house for me. Three in Family, work light. Apply J. J. Brock, McFarlan, N.C,. R.1. 

On 27 Dec 1923, the following post was found in the Anson County newspaper “The Messenger and Intelligencer” 

^{“Mrs. Brock, daughter of Mr. D. A. Seago, who has been under treatment at the Charlotte Sanatorium does not improve. Her many friends are deeply concerned about her condition.”}

Allie Mae (Seago) Brock died on 30 January 1924. She passed away due to a gastric cancer.

Allie Mae (Seago) Brock is buried in the  Cedar Creek Meeting House Cemetery, Lilesville, Anson County, North Carolina.

Julian Joseph Brock is my 3rd Cousin twice removed.


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[1] "Index to North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 April 2019), Marriage: Julian J. BROCK, age 22 and Allie SEAGO, age 27, of Anson County, NC; North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1977.
[2] "Mrs. Brock treated at Charlotte Sanatorium," The Messenger and Intelligencer (Wadesboro, North Carolina), 27 December 1923, Page 8; Digital On-Line Archives, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : viewed & transcribed. May 2020); https://www.newspapers.com/.
[3]  North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976, Images. Ancestry, (https://www.ancestry.com: 27 April 2020),  North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, Allie Seago Brock; Certificate number 43, 30 January 1924.

Treasure Chest Thursday~Callie Hunter Brock Death Date Found

For many years I had a note in my genealogy database that Callie Hunter, the first wife of Pleasant Archie Brock, Sr. had died about 1923. This was not a correct date.

I knew that Pleasant Archie had married Callie on 23 February 1913 and to this union, one child, a son was born. Pleasant Archie then married second, Hannah Mae Deese, on 1 April 1923. So Callie Hunter Brock passed away sometime between the birth of her son on 20 April 1914 and the second marriage of Pleasant Archie on 1 April 1923. 

This week while browsing through newspapers on Newspapers.com I came across a DEATH NOTICE for a Mrs. Pleas Brock. I knew she was related;  but, I had to sort out which Mrs. Pleas Brock she was? Research of my Brock lineage had found five Pleas. Brock born between 1839 and 1923.

Mrs. Pleas. Brock
Mrs. Pleas. Brock who recently moved to Lancaster, died there last Wednesday, and the body was brought back and buried at White Plains Thursday afternoon. She was about 24 years old and is survived by her husband and one child.

I next searched the South Carolina Death Certificates for a female BROCK that had passed away in January 1923 plus or minus 5 years and found – Milly Catherine Brock, died 28 January 1928.

While the death notice is dated 6 Feb 1918 and says she died the previous Wednesday [30 Jan 1918]; we know from her death certificate that she died on 28 January 1918.  

The SC Death Certificate contained a plethora of information.
Full Name: Milley Catherine [Hunter] Brock
Died: 28 Jan 1918
Father: William Hunter
Mother: Cattie Melton
Bu. 30 Jan 1918 @ White Plains
Died Heart Trouble
Informant: H. W. Gulledge

Pleasant Archie Brock, Sr, husband of Milley Catherine Hunter, is my 1st Cousin 2 times removed.












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[1] "Mrs. Pleas. Brock," Death Notice, The Pageland Journal, (Pageland, South Carolina), 6 February 1918, Page 7; column 1; Digital On-Line Archives, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/:viewed & transcribed 4 May 2020); https://www.newspapers.com/.
[2] South Carolina, Death Records, 1821-1961, Images. Ancestry, (https://www.ancestry.com: 4 May 2020), South Carolina, Death Records, 1821-1961, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, Milley C Brock [Milley C. Hunter]; Certificate number 1053, 28 January 1918.