Cora Harrison Raines

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• Race: White
• Name: Cora R. Weir
• Social Security Number: 239-60-6484
• Residence: 1900, Cedar Springs, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA; Age: 4; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
• Residence: 1910, Cedar Springs, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA; Age: 14; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter

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Died:
CHESTER - Mrs. Cora Raines Weir, 103: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice

Charlotte Observer, The (NC) - Monday, May 31, 1999

Deceased Name: CHESTER - Mrs. Cora Raines Weir, 103
of 1213 Halsellville Road, Chester, SC, died Sunday, May 30, 1999 at her residence.

Funeral services will be held for Mrs. Weir 3:00 PM Tuesday at Beaver Creek Baptist Church with Revs. Terry Wingate and Clyde Riley officiating. Interment in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7:00 to 9:00 PM tonight at Barron Funeral Home.

Born in Abbeville, SC, October 19, 1895, Mrs. Weir was the daughter of the late James Cason and Mary Corinne (Broadway) Raines. She was a graduate of Abbeville High School and Winthrop College in 1918 and went on to become an Elementary and High School teacher and Principle. She was a member of Beaver Creek Baptist Church where she was active in Bible School and was an officer in the Baptist Women's Missionary Union. She was honored by the church for having taught Sunday School for over 73 years. She was also a member and officer of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and an officer in the Clemson Extension Home Demonstration Club.

Survivors include, two daughters, Eloise Weir Blanks of Clemson, SC, Mrs. T. Elliott (Lavinia) Weir McDonald of Chester, SC; three granddaughters, Rinne Blanks Canon of Clemson, SC, Sandra kay McDonald of Fort Collins, CO, Mrs. Edward D. (Harriet) McDonald Simmons of Clemson, SC; two half-sisters, Mrs. Anne Raines Fritts of Hendersonville, TN and Mrs. Josephine Raines Nichols of Abbeville, SC.

Memorials may be made to Beaver Creek Baptist Church, 1213 Halsellville Road, Chester, SC 29706.

Barron Funeral Home is serving the family of Mrs. Weir.

Age at Death: 103

Family/Spouse: Leslie Banks Weir. Leslie was born on 5 Jun 1889; died on 10 Apr 1950; was buried in Beaver Creek Baptist Cemetery, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Margaret Eloise Weir was born on 30 Aug 1925 in Chester, Chester, South Carolina, USA; died on 12 Jul 2009 in Clemson, Pickens, South Carolina, USA; was buried on 15 Jul 2009 in Beaver Creek Baptist Cemetery, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA.
2. Living

Other Events and Attributes:

• Race: White
• Residence: 1870, Township 4, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1900, Cedar Springs, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA; Age: 32; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
• Residence: 1910, Cedar Springs, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA; Age: 41; Age: 49; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
• Residence: 1920, Cedar Springs, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1930, Cedar Springs, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA; Age: 62; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

James married Mary Corrine Broadway in 1891. Mary was born on 15 May 1864 in South Carolina, USA; died on 1 Feb 1902 in Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA; was buried in Melrose Cemetery, Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As: Cora
• Race: White
• Name: Cora M Raines
• Residence: 1900, Cedar Springs, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA; Age: 35; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife

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• Residence: 1850, Not Stated, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1860, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1870, Township 4, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA

Thomas married Mary Ann Neil on 20 Nov 1866. Mary was born on 11 Oct 1838 in Winnsboro, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA; died on 20 May 1877 in Fairfield, South Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Mary Raines
• Residence: 1870, Township 4, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA

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• Residence: 1850, Not Stated, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA

Littleton married Mary Elizabeth Cason in 1834 in Winnsboro, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA. Mary (daughter of James Cannon Cason and Susannah N Pickett) was born on 11 Aug 1811 in Winnsboro, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA; died in 1879 in Winnsboro, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA; was buried in Cason Family Cemetery, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Mary Raines
• Residence: 1850, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1860, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1870, Township 4, Fairfield, South Carolina, USA

Notes:

Name: Mary Elizabeth Cason
Sex: F
Birth: 11 AUG 1811 in Winnsboro, Fairfield Co., SC
Death: 1879 in Winnsboro, Fairfield Co., SC
Census: 1850 Fairfield County, SC
Census: BET 1860 AND 1880 Fairfield County, SC
Burial: 1879 Cason Cemetery, Fairfield Co. SC (off State Road 41)
Reference Number: 1623
Note:
Mary Elizabeth Cason wife of Littleton Raines--
----daughter of James Cannon Cason and Susannah Pickett

1850 Census Fairfield SC on census with spouse spelling as Rains -see record on him=

1860 Census Fairfield, SC Mary Raines widow age 49 Planter Real Est. 2.0 00 Pers. Val 1,214 with Thomas m 19; Musco m and Cannon m both 14; and E lizabeth F 9
-- Mary Raines maiden name probably Cason as 1860 Census Fairfield Mary Raines lives next door to T. P. Cason age 45, planter and his family (a brother). 1860 census Fairfield shows James C. Raines age 23 carpenter living in HH of Susan Cason age 68 planter widow with her son James P. Cason age 30 Overseer.
1850 Fairfield has Cannon Cason age 36 with Susanna Cason age 56 in HH as widow.
Susan (Susanna) Cason is mother of Mary Raines.

1870 Census Fairfield, SC
HH 274 FN 274 Mary Raines 60 F W Keeping House/ Susan Raines 28 F W - This must be Susan Raines Mickle age 38 and already widow of William T. Mickle
1870 Census Fairfield SC Same area is Mary Raines son:
HH 265 FN 265 Thomas C Raines 29 M W farmer pers val 350. / Mary Raines 30 F W keeping house/ James Raines 3 M W / Mary Raines 1 F W-
1870 Census Fairfield SC Thomas P Cason 55 b abt 1814 (see note above- brother of Mary Raines.
1880 Census Fairfield SC Township 5 spelled wrong as RAINY ---should be RAINES
Mary Raines now age 68 widow living with son Musco Raines and family and next door is son Thomas Cason Raines and he is widowed with children and sister Susan Raines Mickle widow living with him.