Marty and Karla Grant

!CENSUS:1860 Marion Dist, SC # 356
William J. PAGE, 31
M. J. 25
S. A. 9 (f)
S. L. 5 (m)
M. L. 3 (f)
M. J. 1 (f)
James BRYANT, 29;

!CENSUS:1870 Marion Co, SC Manning # 138
W. J. PAGE, 42 SC
M. J. (f) 36
S. H. (f) 19
S. L.. (m) 14
Louisa, 13
Ella, 11
Willis G. 10
C. P. (m) 6
S. C. (f) 4
Catherine, 8
Mary E. 3
T. S. (f) 1;

!REFERENCE: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 162-166
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William J. Page, another son of Captain William Page, resides on his father's old homestead ; he married, first, a Miss Grice, by whom he had eighteen children, and raised sixteen of them to be grown, sons and daughters, most of whom are married ; they are all unknown to the writer, except the oldest son, J. Lawrence Page, a Magistrate for years, and a very good one, and a useful man ; he lives on the homestead of his great-grand-father, Thomas Page; he has children grown and married unknown to the writer, except the second wife of John K. Page. William J. Page is over three score years and ten, but vigorous and active, a good citizen.