1843
Margaret Horry Deas was born on 19 Nov 1843 in Camden, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA a child of Lynch Horry Deas and Mary Ellen Douglas Deas.
1850
M H Deas was counted in the census on 03 Aug 1850 in Kershaw, South Carolina, USA, as a 6-year-old, female, white. Also in the home were; L H Peas, Ellen P Peas, Henry Peas, L H Deas, Allen Deas, E D Deas, C D Deas, Mary Ancrum, E B Ancrum, and E D Ancrum.
1860
Metre H Deas was counted in the census on 14 Sep 1860 in Camden, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA, as a 16-year-old, female, white. Also in the home were; L H Deas, E D Deas, Henry Deas, L H Deas, Allen Deas, E D Deas, C E Deas, J D Deas, and J K Douglas.
1869
When she was 25, she married John Manning Cantey about 1869 in South Carolina, USA.
1870
Meater D Cantey was counted in the census on 06 Aug 1870 in De Kalb, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA, as a 26-year-old, female, white. Also in the home was, Jno M Cantey.
1880
Meter D. Cantey was counted in the census on 30 Jun 1880 in Wateree, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA, as a 36-year-old, female, married, white, wife. Also in the home were; her husband, J. M. Cantey; and their children; Ellen D. Cantey, James W. Cantey, and John M Cantey.
1898
On September 21, 1898, Meta Cantey was mentioned as the mother in the marriage record of James Willis Cantey and Richard Henry Blackwell.
1900
Meta Canty was counted in the census on 13 Jun 1900 in Beauty Spot, Marlboro, South Carolina, USA, as a 57-year-old, female, widowed, white, mother-in-law. Also in the home were; her son-in-law, L W Boykin; her daughter, Ellen C Boykin; her grandchildren, Rita C Boykin, Sarah H Boykin, L Whilkin Boykin, Dean Boykin, and Ellen C Boykin; Charlotte Dean, the aunt of L W. Boykin; and a boarder, H K Dubose.
1905
She died on 25 Jan 1905 in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA at Riverside Infirmary. She was buried in Camden, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA at Quaker Cemetery.




19 Nov 1843 – 25 Jan 1905 (aged 61)
Quaker Cemetery
Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina, USA
Plot – Section 10 Plot 10
1941
On December 11, 1941, Margaret H. Deas was mentioned as the mother in the death record of John Manning Cantey.
1954
On August 14, 1954, Margaret Horry Dease Cantey was mentioned as the mother in the death record of Mr James Willis Cantey.
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