Sunday's Obituary–Ellen Hurst Streater

Special to the State.
Chesterfield, Feb. 7 – Thursday morning about 3 o’clock Mrs. Ellen Streater died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J/ T. Hurst.
Mrs. Streater was about 75 years of age. Her husband, W. C. Streater, died in early manhood in 1872. Mrs. Streater was a widow 42 years. There are three surviving children, J. B. Streater and Mrs. J. T. Hurst, of Chesterfield, and Mrs. Thomas Perkins of Cheraw.
For many years Mrs. Streater was a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal church, South. Late Thursday afternoon the body was laid to rest in the Hurst cemetery a few miles from town. The funeral services were conducted by her pastor the Rev. T. R. Owen, assisted by the Rev. J. L. Tyler.

Mrs. Ellen Streater was the widow of William C. Streater who passed away in 1872.

Born in 1846, she was a daughter of Miles Hurst and Thetus Thurman.  Her surviving three children were - Thetus Irene, James B and Hannah Streater. She was 68 years old. 

She was buried beside her husband in the Hurst Cemetery, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.







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[1] Mrs. Ellen Streater obituary, The State, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, 7 February 1914, page 3, column 3.

Proclamation Oath~Jeremiah Fail

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PROCLAMATION OATH ²
I       J. Fail do solemnly swear in the presence of Almighty God, that I will here after faithfully defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the States thereunder; and that I will, in like manner abide By and support all laws and Proclamations which have been made during The existing Rebellion with inference to the Emancipation of Slavery. So help me God.
                                                                        J. Fail
Sworn to and subscribed}
This 28th day of July}
1864, before me. Witnefs my}               Rofh Grungs
hand and Seal. }                               Deputy Collector

On 8 Dec 1863, President Johnson  proclaimed his Amnesty Proclamation program whereby the rights and privileges of all southern sympathizer and solders could have their rights and privileges fully restored.

Jeremiah Fail lived in Wilcox County, Alabama. He was the husband of Elizabeth Sellers, daughter of Samuel Sellers and Alice “Allie” Cook.  They were married on 15 July 1841.

Jeremiah sent a lengthy letter explaining why he should be granted this amnesty and pardon. In that letter, Jeremiah stated he was 60 years old and had a wife and 10 children.
His pardon was signed by President Andrew Johnson  on 8th September 1865. ³

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[1] http://www.nytimes.com/1865/05/30/news/president-johnson-s-amnesty-proclamation-restoration-rights-property-except.html
[2] Ancestry.com. Confederate Applications for Presidential Pardons, 1865-1867 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
[3] Ancestry.com. U.S., Pardons Under Amnesty Proclamations, 1865-1869 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.