Friday Events
Lee
Smith, Ph.D.: From Jersey to the
Wilderness: Black River, New Jersey to
Kingston, 1773. Discussed life in Chester, New
Jersey, prior to the migration to Mississippi,
explored possible motivations for leaving New Jersey
and the Jersey Settlers role in the development of
religion in Mississippi.
 William L. Costley: Descendants of Mary Swayze Seward. Mary
Swayze, the youngest of eleven children of Judge
Samuel Swayze married into a
prominent New York family, the
Sewards.
This talk primarily covered her
grandson, William Henry
Seward, prominent politician who was
responsible for the acquisition of Alaska
from Russia while U.S. Secretary of State. An
article about William
Henry Seward. |
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Patricia Swayze Larsen: The Movers and Shakers of DJS: Those that Shaped our History. Pat shared the highlights of the organization history and her personal reflections on the personalities she came to know from when she began attending the reunions, during her presidency, and beyond. While too many to name all here, her talk included Frances Rhea Preston Mills, William Aubrey Sojourner, Louisa Catherine Sloan Drane, Dorothy Seale Sojourner, Annis Neva Laird, Ruth Fletcher Latham, the McCraines, and the Swayze Sisters--Betty Jo Swayze Scott, Alyne Swayze Gray, and Minnie Swayze Smith. |
Friday night social was hosted by Billy and Bobbie Aguillard at their Commencement Plantation in Kingston. |
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Saturday
featured a Re-dedication of the Reverend Samuel
Swayze Memorial Marker by the Samuel Swayze
Chapter of the Colonial Dames of XVII Century,
Kingston United Methodist Church, 1090 Hutchins
Landing Road.
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| Webbie Eidt:
History
of the Kingston United Methodist
Church. Here
is a blog
post about the history of the
church. |
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On Saturday afternoon
there was also time for tours
of Kingston Plantations:
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| DJS
Genealogy VP Polly Tarver Scott and George W.
Armstrong Reference Librarian Marianne Raley were available
Saturday afternoon at the library to assist
with family research. |
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Saturday
Night Social was at the Natchez Community
Center. |
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Sunday
morning general meeting, April 27, 2014
After the short memorial service and business meeting, the Trum ladies dressed in period dress gave a reading from the Civil War Diary of Alice Phipps (1842-1871), wife of Daniel Smith Farrar (1836-1914) and daughter-in-law of Daniel Farrar (1786-1845) and Eliza King (1791-1864). The diary entries were from the spring of 1865. Diary extracts can be read here. These ladies consist of the children of Carla Scharnberg Trum, grandchildren of Sydney Todd Scharnberg, great grandchildren of Ruth Anna Phipps Thistle Todd, great-great grandchildren of Caroline Ireson Phipps, great-great-great grandchildren of Hannah Swayze Ireson, and great-great-great-great grandchildren of Rev. Samuel Swayze. Alice Phipps Farrar was great-great aunt of Hildegarde, Sydney, and Carla. |
| Sent
by Wayne King of Oklahoma:
My Dad Wayne King Sr., my nephew, Skye King McNan and he is holding Brice McNan, then me, Wayne King Jr. holding Brennon McNan. We are all descendants of Justus and Sarah King. |
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 Texas descendants of Reverend Samuel Swayze's grandson James Swayze's son Alexander P. Swayze: Jim Swayze, KC Swayze, Carolyn Fowler Myers, Fran Swayze Fowler, Sherry Fowler Pitcock, Marilyn Fowler Gravelle |
