Talitha (Perritt) Keefe (1866 - 1906)

Born 1 Oct 1866 in Marion, South Carolina, United States

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Died 4 Aug 1906 at age 39 in Florence, Florence, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Talitha (Perritt) Keefe was born in South Carolina.

Talitha was born on 1 October 1866 in Marion County, South Carolina to John E. Perritt and Nancy Ann Campbell.^[1][2] Her father was a farmer in the township of Moody.^[3] Talitha married William A. Keefe around 1891 and gave birth to 6 children, 2 of whom died in childhood.^[4]

Talitha Perritt passed away on 4 August 1906. ^[5]

Family Story

There is a story that has been passed down that there was a Bigham family who lived close by that was trying to scare away his neighbors. The story says that Telitha was sitting at her dressing mirror brushing her hair when a bullet shot by someone in that family went whizzing by her head. The story is somewhat plausible as the Bighams were living nearby in the 1900 census and are rather notorious for their violent history during that time. More information about the Bighams can be found here :The Trials of Edmund Bigham.

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1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8RG-MLN : 19 March 2020), Talitha Perritt in entry for John Perritt, 1870.
2. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLQ-CSN5 : 11 July 2016), Talitha Perritt Keefe, 1906; Burial, Florence, Florence, South Carolina, United States of America, Mount Hope Cemetery; citing record ID 85150112, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8RG-MLN : 19 March 2020), Talitha Perritt in entry for John Perritt, 1870.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3RT-SV7 : accessed 26 June 2020), Felitha Keefe in household of William A Keefe, Cains Township, Florence, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 32, sheet 15A, family 249, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,527.
5. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLQ-CSN5 : 11 July 2016), Talitha Perritt Keefe, 1906; Burial, Florence, Florence, South Carolina, United States of America, Mount Hope Cemetery; citing record ID 85150112, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8RG-MLN : 19 March 2020), Talitha Perritt in entry for John Perritt, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6S2-DCH : 15 July 2017), Felithy Perrett in household of John E Perrett, Moody, Marion, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 98, sheet 267A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,235.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3RT-SV7 : accessed 26 June 2020), Felitha Keefe in household of William A Keefe, Cains Township, Florence, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 32, sheet 15A, family 249, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,527.

• "Find A Grave Index," database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 September 2020), memorial page for Talitha Perritt Keefe (1 Oct 1866–4 Aug 1906), Find A Grave: Memorial #85150112, citing Mount Hope Cemetery, Florence, Florence County, South Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Karen Johnson Grady (contributor 47655244) .

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