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• m. Eliza Bellamy Duffie on Apr. 29, 1903, Columbia SC. She was b. in 1878 in Wilmington NC, the daughter of William Jefferson Duffie and Mary Elizabeth Bellamy. Eliza died on July 24, 1965.
• Children:
  • James Spencer Verner Jr., b. Jan. 22, 1906, Columbia SC; d. in Mar., 1964. James, known as "Jim", was a distinguished attorney, who served as First Assistant Attorney General of South Carolina from 1949 until the early 1960s.
    • m. Anne Wallace Marshall from York SC.
    • Jim and Anna had 2 children (twins):
      • Elise Duffie Verner
      • James Spencer Verner III
  • William Duffie Verner; b. 1908, Columbia SC.
    • m. Elizabeth Woodward Weston
    • William "Bill" and Elizabeth "Kitty" had 2 children:
      • William Duffie Verner, Jr.
      • Elizabeth Weston Verner
  • Mary Bellamy Verner; b. Oct. 23, 1915
    • m. Dr. Edward Mangles Schlaefer, M.D. on Jan. 30, 1943. Edward was born Jan. 22, 1917.
    • Mary Bellamy and Ed Schlaefer had 3 children:
      • Edward Verner Schlaefer; b. Dec. 17, 1944
      • Mary Bellamy Schlaefer; b. Feb. 24, 1948
      • Ellen Douglas Schlaefer; b. Feb. 11, 1956
  • Ellen Douglas Verner; b. Jan. 26, 1918, Columbia SC.
    • m. Jack Miller Scoville
    • Ellen Douglas and Jack had 4 children:
      • Elise Duffie Scoville; b. July 24, 1946; d. Jan 26, 1985.
      • Mary Ansley Scoville; b. 1947; d. Sep. 4, 1995.
      • Jack Miller Scoville, Jr.; b. 1950
      • Lucy Verner Scoville; b. Jan. 24, 1957

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