This page documents multiple families (Bryant, Matthews, Welch, Dillard, Sparks, Gossett, Harvey, McBee, Cannon, Kirby, etc) that are so interlinked that the reader is best served by the data being resident in a single data base. Please see the references in the photo galleries for background on these families. The first item in the individual family photo galleries provides some brief family history. These pages contain some erroneous data, it's just the best we happen to have right now. Use it at your own risk.

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Husband: Marcus Marion Gossett
   Born: 11 JAN 1836      at: Spartanburg CO, SC  
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   Died: 20 MAR 1894      at: Spartanburg CO, SC  
 Father:John VanDyke Gossett, Jr.
 Mother:Catherine Kirby
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   Wife: Elizabeth Cleveland Smith
   Born: JAN 1849         at: SC  
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CHILDREN
   Name: Ada Jane Gossett
   Born: ABT 1867         at:   
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   Name: William M. Gossett
   Born: ABT 1870         at:   
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   Name: Sarah C. Gossett
   Born: SEP 1879         at:   
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Spouses: Unknown Parker  
   Name: John Thomas Gossett
   Born: 6 JAN 1882       at: Spartanburg CO, SC  
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   Died: 4 JUL 1929       at: Burke CO, NC  
Spouses: Laura C. Scruggs  
   Name: Robert Walter Gossett
   Born: 23 JUN 1876      at: Spartanburg CO, SC  
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   Died: 6 OCT 1942       at: Spartanburg CO, SC  
Spouses: Grace Irene Staggs  Fatima Unknown