CONTENTS
Preface
Introduction
Perspective on the birth years 1881–1898
At age one hundred, lively as a dancer: Georgianna Barnwell, born in 1881
The hunt was the thing: John Huggins, born in 1891
Tycoon of the Lowcountry: Albert Kisler “Kiss” Beach, born in 1892
“It was some hard work”: William Aiken, born in 1894
“Miss Hubbard,” the teacher: Agnes Hubbard Allen, born in 1896
Summoned to sea at an early age: John Martin, born in 1896
Perspective on the birth years 1900–1909
Love affair with an island: Hinson White, born in 1900
These two pulled together: Thomas and Annie Fuller, born in 1900
At home in the woods: Hugh O’Quinn, born in 1901
Herring salad on Myrtle Island: Martin Stelljes, born in 1903; Anna Stelljes, born in 1909
Southern cookin’ and free counsel: Katie McElveen, born in 1904
From the matriarch: “I’ve done my tas[k]”: Queenie Gadson Jenkins, born in 1905
A young man and a boat: Edmond Hudson, born in 1905
Saturday night music and terrapin “smother”: Herbert Chaplin, born in 1907; Regina Perry Chaplin, born in 1906
A century of music: Luke Peeples, born in 1906
Educator with a chuckle: Henry Emmett McCracken, born in 1906
A sport from New York: Henry Sergeant “Harry” Cram, born in 1907
Back to Running Deer Plantation: Wilson Sanders, born in 1907
Neighbors acted neighborly: Johnny White, born in 1909
Perspective on the birth years 1910–1919
Carolina sport in the good old days: Margaret Lawrence Armstrong, born in 1910
These brothers had tales to tell: Gaillard Stoney Heyward, born in 1910; Daniel Hasell Heyward Jr., born in 1915
Early twentieth-century education on Daufuskie: Frances Jones, born in 1910
Daufuskie, nothin’ else like it: Lance Burn, born in 1911; Frank Burn, born in 1916
Livin’ by the rhythm of the tide: Alma Platt Hudson, born in 1911
Oyster factory and opera records: Naomi McCreary McCracken, born in 1911
Superintendent of Bull Island Plantation: Delmar Beach, born in 1912
Sweet corn, children and catechism: Paul Pinckney, born in 1912
Back and forth, back and forth: Charlie Simmons Sr., born in 1913
Legend in the seafood industry: Paul Maggioni, born in 1913
Oysterman, lawman, storyteller: Lynn Livingston “Buck” Smith Jr., born in 1917
Perspective on the birth years 1920–1941
A windmill-powered radio: Annie Mae Mulligan Smith Jones, born in 1920
Oysters, pride of the Lowcountry: S.V. “Chief” Toomer, born in 1920
Gerry and Daufuskie’s emergencies: Gerry Wheelihan, born in 1920
Pinckney Island Plantation, “heaven”: June Smith, born in 1920
Want to know about oysters? Ask Kidd: Andrew Kidd Jr., born in 1927
Butter-bean picker turned political leader: Henry Driessen, born in 1927
Rose Hill Mansion, a playhouse: Daisy Pinckney Frazier, born in 1928
In the oyster business at the age of nine: James Benjamin “Bennie” Hudson Jr., born in 1932
Gullah became a source of pride: Herb Campbell, born in 1938, and Emory Campbell, born in 1941