This is a picture of Climelia Abigail Ariail and her husband Lemuel Greenlee Hamilton

This is a picture of Climelia Abigail Ariail and her husband Lemuel Greenlee Hamilton. Climelia was the first Ariail girl that was born in South Carolina who survived. She had a sister by the name of Elizabeth who died young and is resting beside her father and mother in the Pickens Chapel Cemetery in Slabtown South Carolina. It is understood that these images were reproduced from etchings on ten plates that had the images of persons on them before there were cameras to catch such images. Climelia was born on Oct 1 1814 and died Mar 18 1896 in the Pickensville/Easley area of South Carolina. She was the mother of 7 children with her son and sonin-law being killed in the Civil War. They were both brought back home and are buried in the family plot in the Old Carmel Presbyterian Churchyard in Easley South Carolina.