Family Reunion Info

See the new photo gallery below test your knowledge of your family!

We now have a list of the children of John McDaniel's from the last living one! Katherine was born in 1929 see the list below!

We are now on FACE BOOK UGRRQUILTMUSEUM www.facebook.com and
completed a Blog Page at UGRRQUILTCODEBlogger.com / Come visit!

Adkins, Andersons, Balls, Barnes, Belchers, Bells, Bigbys,Blacks,Bormans, Brunsons, Browns, Bulls, Busseys,Clarke, Coleman, Collins, Culpeppers, Dents, Devards, Devores, Dews, Dunns, Eichelbergers, Evans, Gaffney, Gandys, Gilcrest, Gordons, Hamptons, Hendersons, Hollinsworth, Holmes,Howards, Issoms, Jeffersons, Jenkins, Jones, Joyces, Kemps, Larrys, Littles, Means, McDaniels, Mobleys,Moores, Palmores, Perrys, Pixleys, Popes, Powells, Richardsons, Robinsons, Shepards, Simpkins, Smiths, Stanleys, Strother, Tates, Taylors,Thomas, Whitehurst,Williams, Wilson ,Witcher, Yelders

Identify yourself as descendents of the "McDaniel, Farrow, Strother -allied Familys" to get the family discount. Cost of the rooms is $99.00 plus tax per night and $150.00 per night for suites this group rate is available until May 15th 2011. All reservations must be guaranteed with one nights room deposit in advance by credit card or money order to the hotel before May 15th 2012

Meet and Eat in fabulous restaurants Thursday, Friday and Saturday - Prices range from $10-$40 Activities will be scheduled upon arrival - events will began Thursday June 21st.

We are asking everyone to donate a $5.00 per person to support Hospitality food and beverages!!

If you are one of Peter Farrow, Will McDaniel, or Milton Strother's, DeVore, Bussey or allied families descendants we are trying to get your and your children's photos. Please contact me at ugrrquiltmuseum@gmail.com or trkemp@hotmail.com and forward the photo, date, relationship, names of people in the photos and any other information you want to share. We need to complete your information also.

Visit the News Page link on the left. Below is a list of (Milton Strother's) my mother's 14 brothers and sisters that I have. I will add Mc Daniel, Bussey, DeVore, Wilson family information shortly. You may also foward corrections. I am still hand challenged but no signs of the cancer. I try to do a little more daily.

Test your knowledge, do you know your family? I have added family photos below so we get to know one another and what they are up to.

12/23/2011 Up Date Milestones (Cemetry project )- Take any birth ,death, and marriage certificates - photos, records, or bible pages to Walmart and for $3.00 they will scan into disc which we can upload please contact me for further information. Terri - 404-468-7050

Will and Nora McDaniel are buried at Bailey Bethel Methodist in Edgefield Cty., SC

Mary Eva Strother, Calvin & Ester Strother are buried in Evergreen in Sante FA Springs in Metro Los Angels area , CA

1/25/2011 UPDATE We now have photos of members of our family that served in Civil War on the Confederate and Union sides! Also War of 1812, Indian wars, World War I and II.

Link to 1837 last will and testament of Joyce "Joicy" Powell's naming David R. Strother and his brothers as her grandsons. Copies of original are also in SC State Archive, the Latter Day Saints Family History Center and the Tompkins Library in Edgefield, SC Will of Joicy Culpeper 1837.

I found a will where David R. Strother is listed as one of the grandson's of Joicy Culpepper. Click on this link to see the will leaving land and 2 "Negros", Morris and a boy Warren to David Richardson Strother. There is also 700 acres of land to be split with his two brothers, William A. Strother and George James Strother, who also received slaves. The will also leaves people and money to a DeVore who is her granddaughter and a Sheppard, another grandchild. Click on the link above to go to the image of the will in the SC state archives.

Send us any project related information, your ideas, photos, business information and family relationship to trkemp@hotmail.com.

Please visit us again and we will be updating this information on a consistant basis as the plans are confirmed.

We are working to open the UGRR Secret Quilt Code Traveling Exhibits in your vicinity. Call us or Check back for updates!

Call: (614) 252-5552 or Write: Serena M. Wilson 2363 Somersworth Drive, Columbus, Ohio 43219-2099

There will be free electronic books with all of the family's Strother, 1850, 1860, Farrow 1880, 1900, 1910, 1930 McDaniel's 1920, 1930 Census Records Family Death Record

and SC Death Index handout information. SC and GA indigo and cotton plantation information for the McDaniels family's ancestors!

Make plans now for Family Reunion Weekend in Silver Springs Md. June 21st-24th 2012!

Cum fa be paat a de "Festival Family!"

2012Family Projects Works in Progress you requested

If you are interested in project chairperson or being on any of the project committees below,
please forward your name and contact information to trkemp@hotmail.com

Family Cancer Study: We have a cancer booklet we are compiling and we are trying to find out if any of our relatives have cancer or died from cancer.
Please e-mail their name, birth date, where they lived and if they passed and the type of cancer if known (optional) to Teresa Kemp at trkemp@hotmail.com
(The informatiom will not be available for public viewing).

Saving Family Recipes Project - Send your favorite recipe and who influenced you the most.
Let us know who taught you to cook! Send us a photo of the person and your favorite cooking memory.

Military Service Project - If you or one of your family members served in the military or you have service, pension records or photos please send a copy to trkemp@hotmail.com. We now have photos of 3 members of our family that served in Civil War on the Confederate and Union sides! Also War of 1812 , Indian wars, World War I and II.

Family Slave Records - I am compiling the wills, valuments, inventories, allotment records and looking for newspaper and sherriff's records pertaining to the slaves. We have pages and pages, of records but are not on-line. I will bring to reunion!

David Strother is the Grandson of Joicy Culpeper click on this link to see the will leaving land and 2 "Negros" to David Richardson Strother and his two brothers, William A. Strother and George James Strother. " The will also leaves people and money to a DeVore who is his granddaughter and a Sheppard another grandchild.

Copies of original are also in SC State Archive, the Latter Day Saints Family History Center and the Tompkins Library in Edgefield, SC Will of Joicy Culpeper 1837.

Cemetary Burial Records Project - if you have death certificates photos or memorial brochures, bible family death records or Obituaries for any of our family members please forward that information to Serena Wilson.

Saving Our Quilts - If you need information on quilt preservation, or if you have a quilt or quilt tops by one of your family members photograph it, date and attach the name an any information you have on the quilter(s) and forward that information to ugrrquiltmuseum@gmail.com along with a photo of the quilter. We would also like one of your favorite memories of the quilt or the quilter and any thing else you would like to contribute.

"Promised Land Homesite Preservation - We are calling for the location(s), copies of historic land deeds, maps, drawings, newspaper articles and photos of houses or schools where you or your family grew up.

PUT YOUR CURSOR ON THE PHOTO FOR THE NAME OF THE PERSON(s) IN THE PHOTOGRAPH

It is the Dec. 2011 updated list for all of the 15 children of Milton J. Strother Sr. (Serena's father, she was and still is also known as Doll)
This list is not totally complete, I do not have all of his grandchildren's names and but I do have some great-grands, I have omitted them here so as not to offend anyone.

Milton J. Strother was married first to Martha Pixley, who had 11 children prior to her death in 1929. Many of the children were born prior to 1900!

Bertha Strother Bussey m. Charlie Bussey (Theodore, David, Freddie, Leona, Huburt)

Mary Emma Strother-DeVore m. John DeVore (Ophilia, James H., Haywood, Blanche E., John, James, Howard, Dorotha, Joseph and Precola)

Frank Strother m. Onie (Frankie), Alphonzo Strother m. Ellie Pearl (Lilly Pearl and Alphonzo Jr.)

Milton’s sons Julian, Jeremiah and Milton Jr. (died young, never married, no children)

After Martha’s death, Milton married Mary Eva McDaniel-Strother. My grandmother and had four more children with Milton .

Milton Strother & Mary Eva McDaniel-Strother with viola, Doll Serena and Benny on Mary Eva's Lap Edgefield South Carolina 1937

Viola, Serena, Mary Eva, Benny on her lap, and Milton Strother Sr. are pictured in the photo to the left.

Willie May AKA Serena M. Strother-Wilson m. Howard Wilson (M. Denese Wilson-Coleman, Teresa Wilson-Kemp, Howard Anthony Wilson)

Douvant "Benny, Brother Benjamin" Strother m. Jane Holeman (Stewart Strother, Karen Strother)

William "Lami" Strother m. Odessa (Christopher, Lisa, Robin and has other kids) *I do not have their names at this time if you do write me. I will have the children of William here corrected shortly.

John, Will , Lillye and Emma McDaniel's were brothers and sisters born in Red Hill, SC

* I talked to Catherine McDaniel-Fuller who lives in DC. She was born December 13th, 1923, she is the last one living.

John McDaniel married Maggie Dent of Applin, GA and they had 11 Children: (from oldest to youngest)

More photos and other Farrow information: Jencia b 1890 "Jency's" Farrow Bowman married husband Gary Bowman in GA

Bluestone-Bramwell High School Reunion - Charleston, WV
(Lecture, slide presentation and exhibition)

Teresa Kemp was one of many session speaker at the Temple University's Family Reunion Conference Institute in Philadelphia, PA.

Topic: Quilts Making Memories The Family Reunion Conference was held at the Marriott Philadelphia Airport Hotel.

How to organize a Family Reunion is a helpful link to get your family started. Don't forget March is Family Reunion Planning Month