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Wed. Aug. 1. 1917
MOTHER DIES, CHILD OF 95 YEARS LEFT
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Mauma Tisbie Thomas, of Near Manning, Believed to Have Reached Age of 127
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Mother of Ten Children
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Born a Slave, Lived a Useful Life, Highly Respected by All White People
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Manning, July 28--- A notable instance of what might be fittingly termed
prolonged longevity was finally brought to a close last Saturday evening
when old "Mauma" Tisbie Thomas died about a mile and a half from manning.
according to the best obtainable records and tradition she was born in what
is now Clarendon County, in the Jack creek settlement, near where the town of
Summerton is now located, in the year 1790, which would make at the time of
her death about 127 years old. She was born in slavery, first belonging to
JOHN THAMES, and later to B.A. Walker, father of the late Ben Walker, of this
town. At the close of the Confederate War, when emancipation became
established, her last owner was LEVY RHAME, near where Sliver is now located,
She lived there until about five years ago, when she was brought to Manning
to live with her grand-son-in-law. She was married at an early age and
notwithstanding separation troubles brought about by having different owners,
her only husband was Jeff Thomas, of Bethune. To them were ten children born,
all living to be old men and women. Her oldest daughter, Caroline Gamble, is
now living near Manning, being over ninety-five years old. The latter is the
mother of twelve children, the youngest one now living being about forty
years old. like her mother, Caroline Gamble has been married only once.
Saw Her Great-Great-Grandchildren.
Tisbie Thomas lived to see her great-great-grandchildren. Her mind was bright
up to the day of her death, though she had been paralyzed for about nine
months. It is remarkable that she was able to visit her grand and
great-grandchildren during the last year, walking more than two miles alone
to be with them. She was well liked by all, both white and colored. She had
served all over this entire county, Sumter as well as Clarendon, as a
midwife, hence she had a home wherever she wished to stop, for all knew her.
From what can be learned she was a women of excellent character and an
exemplary Christian. Those who knew her intimately say it was a pleasure to
converse with her about the many changes she had witnessed in Clarendon
County, from a wilderness almost belonging to the wild animals to a field of
beauty dotted with beautiful homes. She remembered when there were few public
roads, with by-paths leading into them from one section to another.
Thus has passed away perhaps the last link in this section connecting the
eighteenth with the twentieth centuries.
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