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Mahala Mae “Haley” <I>Cantrell</I> Parris

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Mahala Mae “Haley” Cantrell Parris

Birth
Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
Death
23 Sep 1909 (aged 79)
Grainger County, Tennessee, USA
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"Haley" was the daughter of John Hightower & Elizabeth (Parris) Cantrell.

She married, Abram Parris, in 1846, in Spartanburg County, South Carolina.

They lived on the banks of Buck Creek and attended the Buck Creek Baptist Church.

Before 1860 they moved into Polk County NC. They were on the move again, after Abram was wounded and discharged from the Civil War, when they crossed the mountains into Tennessee. They lived for a short time in Hancock County. After the War ended they moved into Grainger County near Bean Station. Here during reconstruction, she washed, ironed and mended shirts for the soldiers stationed there.

Later, when Abram was well again, they bought land in the Condry Bend area along the Clinch River. Here they reared their family to adulthood.

She was the mother of ten children;
1. Dorcus Elizabeth b-30 Dec.1847
2. Mary Louise b- 12 Jan 1849
3. Emily Sarah Ann b-20 Oct 1852
4. Zibion b-28 Sept 1853
5. John James Calhoun b-11 July 1856
6. David b-22 Jan 1859
7. Landrum A. b-2 Mar 1862
8. William Asberry b-9 Jan 1866
9. Nancy Jane b-Apr 1868
10 Mahala Samantha b-27 July 1872.
"Haley" was the daughter of John Hightower & Elizabeth (Parris) Cantrell.

She married, Abram Parris, in 1846, in Spartanburg County, South Carolina.

They lived on the banks of Buck Creek and attended the Buck Creek Baptist Church.

Before 1860 they moved into Polk County NC. They were on the move again, after Abram was wounded and discharged from the Civil War, when they crossed the mountains into Tennessee. They lived for a short time in Hancock County. After the War ended they moved into Grainger County near Bean Station. Here during reconstruction, she washed, ironed and mended shirts for the soldiers stationed there.

Later, when Abram was well again, they bought land in the Condry Bend area along the Clinch River. Here they reared their family to adulthood.

She was the mother of ten children;
1. Dorcus Elizabeth b-30 Dec.1847
2. Mary Louise b- 12 Jan 1849
3. Emily Sarah Ann b-20 Oct 1852
4. Zibion b-28 Sept 1853
5. John James Calhoun b-11 July 1856
6. David b-22 Jan 1859
7. Landrum A. b-2 Mar 1862
8. William Asberry b-9 Jan 1866
9. Nancy Jane b-Apr 1868
10 Mahala Samantha b-27 July 1872.

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