Elizabeth P. McSwain Aldridge

The Bible of Caleb Hampton Aldridge [http://www.jobschildren.com/2013/01/the-bible-of-caleb-hampton-aldr...] Caleb Hampton Aldridge was the oldest brother of my Great-Great Grandmother, Frances Julina Aldridge Davis. He was the son of Henry Garner Aldridge and Priscilla Murray Aldridge, otherwise known as Garner and Prussia, while Caleb Hampton was better known as "Hamp". He was named for Garner's father Caleb Aldridge, Jr., the progenitor of the Aldridge family in Stanly County, North Carolina.

Hamp was born in 1843 and died in 1912. He was married twice, to sisters. First, to Sophia Floyd and second to her sister, Elizabeth "Betty" Floyd McSwain Aldridge, a widow. They were daughters of Josiah Floyd, Jr. and Sarah "Sally" Easley Floyd

On the first page of Hamp's family Bible... on the left side starts with

 George Smith was born Dec 4 1888.

 "Lee Smith was born Jun 14 1891

 Ida Smith was born Mar ?? 1892

 Willie Smith was born Nov 4 1894 These were children of Martha Ella McSwain Smith, daughter of Hamp's second wife Bettie, by her first husband John C McSwain.

The next four listed names are the daughters of Ella McSwain Smith's daughter Inez C. McSwain, and are also the grandchildren of Hamp Aldridge, as he was the father of Inez C. McSwain.

 Lenora McSwain was born Sep the 25 1891

 Varina McSwain was born feb the 27 1892

 Renie Hooks was  July 9 1894

 Lina Sep 6 1896 ________

ELIZABETH MARRIED FIRST JOHN C. MCSWAIN ON DEC 2, 1858. JOHN WAS KILLED IN THE CIVIL WAR. JOHN AND ELIZABETH HAD A DAUGHTER, MARTHA E. MCSWAIN.

HAMPTON ALDRIDGE'S FIRST WIFE, SALLY, "SARAH", "SOPHIE" WAS SISTER TO ELIZABETH.

HAMPTON AND SALLY HAD ONE SON, GEORGE GILLIAM ALDRIDGE, THEN SALLY DIED.

HAMPTON "HAMP" THEN MARRIED ELIZABETH.