James Hilliard GILREATH

1850 - 1887  (37 years)

• Name	James Hilliard GILREATH
  Born	04 Jul 1850  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	2705
  Died	25 Sep 1887  [1]
  Buried	27 Sep 1887	Fews Chapel Methodist Church, Greenville Co., South Carolina
  Person ID	I2705	Bennetts of Pittsylvania County
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2008

  
  

  Father	Elisha Green GILREATH,   b. 27 Jul 1820, Greenville County, South Carolina ,   d. 02 Mar 1875, Greenville County, South Carolina  (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Martha Leander HAWKINS,   b. 09 Aug 1817, Greenville County, South Carolina ,   d. 28 Jan 1902, Greenville County, South Carolina  (Age 84 years)
  Married	28 Feb 1836  [2]
  Children	5 children
  1. Nancy Caroline GILREATH,   b. Abt 1838
  2. Dorcas Elizabeth GILREATH,   b. 22 Nov 1846,   d. 07 Mar 1932, Anderson, South Carolina
  3. James Hilliard GILREATH,   b. 04 Jul 1850,   d. 25 Sep 1887
  4. John Thomas GILREATH,   b. Abt 1854
  5. Harriett A. GILREATH,   b. Abt 1859
  Family ID	F815	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lenorah Ann STATON,   b. 22 Nov 1848,   d. 14 Feb 1913  (Age 64 years)
  Children	1. Madison L. GILREATH,   b. 29 Apr 1868   2. Thomas Loyd GILREATH,   b. 09 Dec 1869,   d. 15 Jun 1916  (Age 46 years)   3. James Wesley GILREATH,   b. 17 Feb 1873   4. Sally L. GILREATH,   b. 15 Sep 1874,   d. 19 May 1876  (Age 1 years)   5. Evey Parelee GILREATH,   b. 03 Nov 1876   6. Leila Ann GILREATH,   b. 23 Aug 1879   7. Martha Jane GILREATH,   b. 28 Jul 1881,   d. 24 Jun 1883  (Age 1 years)   8. Lillie Mae GILREATH,   b. 18 Jan 1884, Greenville County, South Carolina ,   d. 28 Dec 1946, Greenville County, South Carolina  (Age 62 years) Married: William Hampton BALENTINE   9. Eyca P. GILREATH,   b. 28 Oct 1885,   d. 10 Jun 1887  (Age 1 years)
  Family ID	F817	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  1880 Census, Greenville Co., SC James H. Gilreath, Self, M, Male, W, 29, SC, Farmer, SC, SC Nora A. Gilreath, Wife, M, Female, W, 30, SC, Keeping House, SC, SC Mattison Gilreath, Son, S, Male, W, 12, SC, Works on Farm, SC, SC Thomas Gilreath, Son, S, Male, W, 12, SC, Works on Farm, SC, SC James W. Gilreath, Son, S, Male, W, 7, SC, , SC, SC Evelee Gilreath, Dau, S, Female, W, 5, SC, , SC, SC Source Information: Census Place Oneal, Greenville, SC Family History Library Film 1255231 Enterprise and Mountainer Greenville, SC Sept 28, 1887 Page 3, Col 3 Died, on Sunday night, 25th inst., of typhoid fever in this City, at Camperdown Mills, Mr. James H. Gilreath, aged thirty-seven years. He was a son of the late Elisha Gilreath. He leaves a widow and five children. His remains were buried at Few's Chapel yesterday, the funeralhaving been conducted by Rev. A. C. Walker. Mrs. Gilreath is at present prostrated with the same disease.

  
  

• Sources

  [S105] Greenville County Cemetery Survey, Vol. 1, Greenville Chapter of the South Carolina Genealogical Society, p. 21. [S117] Marriage and Death Notices from the Up-Country of, Holcomb, Brent H., (Name: Columbia, S.C.: SCMAR, 1983.;).