with Gib___), and the undertaker was Mothers Memorial Mortuary, 318 N. Dargan St., Florence, S.C. His widow was Jinnie Connor. The infonnant was James Coner, address Mars Bluff.

Of course, at the time that Allen and his father James were born, Florence County did not exist; the references to them being born there suggest that they were born in the area that would eventually become Florence County. This contradicts the family tradition that James Conner came from the Spartanburg area to Mars Bluff.

With the date of Allen Conner's death now known, future research can search for his obituary. Hopefully, an obituary will identify the whereabouts of his brother David and his sis- ters in 1938.

James Conner (born 1866)

The death certificate of James Conner, son of James and Nellie Conner, was found. ¹¹
"James Connor Sr." died on 2 January 1933 at Marion Township, Marion County, South Caro-
lina at the age of66. He was born in Florence County, South Carolina, the son of James Connor and Nellie Williams (both parents born in Florence County). He was widowed at the time of his death. He was buried in Graham Cemetery on 4 January 1933, and the undertaker was C.L. Pace, of Marion. The infonnant was Allen Connor of Florence, S.C. (apparently his brother).

On the death certificates of Allen and James, two different maiden surnames for their mother Nellie are given. The infonnant for Allen's death certificate apparently was his eldest son, James A. Conner, who never knew Nellie. It is more likely that Allen Conner, Nellie's son, got her surname correct (Williams) when he gave it as the informant for his brother's death certificate.

Cemeteries and Funeral Homes

Published compilations of tombstone inscriptions and coroner's inquisitions from Flor- ence County cemeteries were searched for James and Nellie Conner and their children, but they were not found. A compilation of funeral home records was also searched without success. However

¹¹ South Carolina, State Board of Health, death certificates, 1933, volume 3, #903, death certificate of James Connor Sr., died 2 January 1933, FHL Microfilm 1943787. Document 8.