Thursday, June 13, 2013

Perry Govan High 1857

Perry Govan High, son of Benjamin M. & Margaret Martha Caldwell High, was born 2 Jul. 1857, in South Carolina, died 9, Dec. 1911, at the age of 54, and was buried Green Pond Baptist Church Cemetery , Woodruff, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. In 1881, Perry married Ella Mabry, daughter of Clough(Cluff) (Cliff) H. and Louisa Chapman. Ella was born 11 Aug. 1863 and died 19 Aug. 1941 at age 78, and was buried at Green Pond Baptist Church Cemetery , Woodruff, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. They had 10 children, Bessie Louise, Ida Lee, Sallie J., Andrew Furman, Eston Dewitt, Joe Earle, Malcolm G.,Alice, Jessie and Hattie High. Perry's daughter Sallie was born in March of 1888. She married Jeb Bennett. I could not find any children for them. Sallie died April 24, 1968 at the age of 80. She is buried at Sharon United Church in Spartanburg, South Carolina. His daughter Ida was born in 1883. She married Elford Bishop. I could only find one child for them. His name was Ellis. Ida died in 1968 at the age of 85 and is buried at First Baptist Church of North Spartanburg, in Spartanburg South Carolina...His son Andrew Furman was born April 27, 1890. He married Temperence Fowler and they had 4 children. Andrew died March 2, 1963 at the age of 73. He is buried at Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

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  1. I have a portrait of Perry Govan High hanging in my Maryland home! I am his great-great grandson (Andrew Furman High was my great-grandfather and his son - also named Perry Govan - was my grandfather).

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