Meeting a new cousin

– Meeting a new cousin. From left to right in picture. Lula Faye Patterson and husband Walter Robinson Glenda Patterson Jo-Ann Johnson Lorraine and James Patterson and Betty Jean Ariail Jackson. This picture has a family historical setting Many years ago there was a man born by the name of James Ives Ariail who married Cornelia DuBose. They had two children named Albert M. Ariail and Marguerite Ariail. The mother Cornelia died in 1918 when the children were very young. James Ives Ariail then married a lady by the name of Hattie Young. When Albert M. Ariail was approximately 14 years of age he joined the Merchant Marines and was residing in Charleston South Carolina. In 1935 he and three other seamen went sailing on the Cooper River in Charleston one night. They capsized the boat and signaled for help. The rescue party was on the way to help them but as fate would have it another party was signaling for help at the same time. The rescue party went to the aid of the other people requesting help never knowing that Albert and his party was a 2nd distress call. Albert and his companions all drowned. Alberts father James Ives Ariail went to Charleston in an attempt to assist in the rescue/recovery efforts for his son and the others who had drowned but Albert was never found. James Ives Ariail returned to his home and the body of Albert was discovered about 2 weeks later on the banks of the Cooper River by a fisherman. He was buried in the Seaman s section of a cemetery just outside Charleston. Apparently his family never knew that Albert had been found and buried because his aunt Effie Leo Ariail Adams told me that they never knew what happened to him when I related what I had found concerning Albert. In 1937 Alberts father James Ives Ariail died from TB. That left only Marguerite age 18 as the surviving member of the family. The stepmother Hattie Young probably had Marguerite with her but nobody knew what happened to them. Effie Leo Ariail Adams half-sister to James Ives Ariail requested that I attempt to find out what had happened to Marguerite but unfortunately I never did while she was still living. Well this picture is dedicated to Effie Leo Ariail Adams because I have finally found the daughter of Marguerite Ariail Jo-Ann Johnson (standing sideways in this picture). We were honored to have her attend the reunion this year. It should be noted that Marguerite Ariail also died of TB in Connecticut in 1954. She was only 36 years of age. A picture of her will be included in this section of the web site. Note: The following photos are of people directly connected with grandfather James Claude Ariail for whom the original Ariail Reunion was established. Anyone who can give a positive identification to anyone listed incorrectly Please contact us so changes can be made to this document.