Wofford Memorial Association

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My mother ran across this piece of paper amid her records yesterday.  It's a 1946 program of  the Wofford family gathering.  Every year since 1893, Woffords from all over would meet at a church and share Wofford history together.  As you can see, it was a family reunion of sorts in the form of a Sunday service.  Toward the end of the service, families were given five minutes to share information and updates relating each of their families doings and whereabouts. It is because of these meetings that there's so much information regarding the Wofford line.  This  program is a window for us to peer into that little church meeting long ago.

The History of  the Wofford Family (Published 1928) chronicles the direct descendants of  Captain Joseph Wofford.  The book is the result of these annual meetings.  The History of the Wofford Family was written by Mrs. Jane Wofford Wait, Captain John W. Wofford, and Mr. Carrie Wofford Floyd.  Mrs. Jane Wofford Wait is my great aunt who raised my grandmother Jennie Wait Foster Finlayson.  

This 45th Annual Meeting program has two very familiar names listed to sing.  Ainsworth Finlayson who performed a solo of 'My Cathedral'.  'Bless this House' was performed by Ainsworth's brother and my father Henry Westbrook Finlayson.

Wofford Memorial Association 1912
Wofford Memorial Association 1918

Mrs. Jane Wofford Wait