Thomas was one of Lewis Fail(e) children. Thomas & Mary left South Carolina and moved to Alabama.. Although, they left Lancaster County, their son, Nathan Grandison Faile lived in Lancaster Co. and produced heirs.
Thomas & Mary moved to Alabama where Mary was killed by the Indians in the area. Thomas lived the rest of his life there, living with his daughter Elizabeth in his old age.
John Faile, Taxahaw SC, Lancaster County was the son of Lewis Fail(e). John was a farmer and lived his life in Lancaster County, South Carolina. John married Elizabeth Fuller in 1805. Most of the Failes in South Carolina descend from John Faile and Elizabeth Fuller Faile and his brother Thomas Faile and his wife Mary Funderburk. John was born on November 13, 1775 and died on December 6th, 1840.
Chances are if you are a South Carolina Faile, you descend from one of the following six children of John Faile & Elizabeth Fuller.
Thomas Faile m. Sarah Weaver
William (Billy) Faile m. Jailey Phillips, my line
Lewis Faile m. Matilda Faile, m. Ellen Jean Welsh, m. Adaline Webb
Jacob Faile m. Gatsy Jane Faulkenberry
Mary Polly Faile m. Amos Cook
John (Jackie) Faile m. Martha Kennington
Jaime Hammond Says:
November 7th, 2011 at 3:33 pm e I am the granddaughter of James Faile, who is the son of Jack Faile, from Lancaster SC, all these names are familar from a former search of my family history and I was wondering if you had any more information and I am especially looking for a Nathanial Faile who fought in the Civil War, if you have anymore info I would really appreciate it!! Thanks! I can be contacted via emai
Mark Fales Says:
October 22nd, 2011 at 3:46 am e
WOW…. I have been on Ancestry.com and discovered this and he is my 4th great grandfather in a direct line.
Mark Thomas Fales (Me)
Gene Thomas Fales (Father)
William Thomas Fales (Grand Father)
James Monroe Fales (Great Grand Father)
Stephen Fales (Great Great Grand Father—NC 4th Calvary Civil War)
Alexander Fail (Great Great Great Grand Father)
Dixon Fail (Great Great Great Great Grand Father)
I love your website will share with others in my family!
Dixon Fail, is my great, great (x 7) Uncle. He was Lewis Fail(e) brother. Thomas Fail was his father. Dixon fought in the Battle of Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina in June of 1776.
Dixon fought in this war when he was just 15 years old. A few months shy of his 16th birthday. The Battle of Sullivan’s Island was a significant victory for the patriots prior to the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Fail was living in Lancaster County, SC at the time that Dixon fought in this war. Sometime after the war, Dixon moved back to Johnston County, NC where he had been born and raised and this is where he raised his family. He lived there until at least 1832 where he was eligible for a pension. Two neighbors vouched for his age when he filed for his pension in August 28, 1832 were Hardy & John Avera, his nephews and son of his late sister Ann Fail.
R.L. Guffin, Tuscaloosa, AL helped with this story. His great (x7) grandmother is Ann Fail.
Lewis Fail was born to Thomas Fail in North Carolina on February 5th,1751. Lewis married Mary Free of Barnwell, SC of Dutch heritage. Lewis added the “e” to Fail just before 1800.
Children of Lewis & Mary
John Faile b.11-13-1775 – Lancaster county (Taxahaw, South Carolina)
Jacob Faile b. 11-8-1779 – Lancaster county, SC. He left Lancaster county and moved to Alabama. Jacob Faile married Rebecca Cagle
William Faile b. 11-15-1784 born in Lancaster county, SC. He later moved to Alabama where he died in 1832 in Blossom Springs, AL.
Thomas Faile b. 12-30-1788 born in Lancaster county, SC
Catherine Faile (married someone by the last name Faulkenberry unknown year)
Jeanette Faile Hardin
I am so happy to have found your site, which I found quite by accident.
I am very familiar with the Faile cemetary at Failetown.
I spent a lot of time at the home across the road visiting my grandmother.
My grandparents were William Brazille (Billy) Faile & Annie Darcus Waller. I never new my granddaddy as he died shortly before my birth, but remember quite well my grandmother (I am extremely interested in finding out more about my grandmother. I know that she was part Indian, and that either her mother or grandmother was married off the Trail of Tears by Waller and that Darcus was probably a clain name) If anyone might know more about this I would be extremely interested.
My Dad, Trice Faile, was the one that carried Welton Fail to the Failetown cemetary. Somehow he had gotten my name (which was already Hardin at the time), and was trying to reach a member of our line of the family.
My first cousin, George Singleton (known by the family as Buster) was a very good historian and wrote many things about our side of the family. He was a writer for the newspaper in Monroville, AL (and also published a book) for many years before his death. He researched and found that Louis Faile our maternal great-grandfather was a member of Wheeler’s Cavalry of the Confederate Army. Louis was captured in the vicinity of Chattanooga and taken prisoner by the Union brigade comander. It is a very interesting story of his capture and then his return home.
I wish I had questioned my Aunts before their death, as they were all much older than my Dad, and knew more about the history of my Grandmother.
If anyone has any information on my Grandmother other than what is in Welton Fail’s book. I would certainly appreciate hearing from you.
I would also be interested in knowing anything about any of the Faile’s that have developed Alzheimer’s Disease, what I have seen, it seems to be in the male line.
Thank you again for this site,
Jeanette (Faile) Hardin
Faile – Gardner connection. Ola Gardner’s mother was Nancy Snipes Gardner of Lancaster.
Descendants of John Albertus Faile
1 John Albertus Faile b: 13 Sep 1894 Lancaster Co., SC d: Dec 1972 in Columbia, Richland, SC
.. +Ola Gardner b: 14 Jul 1894 Lancaster Co., SC d: Jun 1976 in Columbia, Richland, SC
……. 2 Kathryn Faile b: 1910 Lancaster Co., SC
……….. +?? Bowers
……. 2 James Steven Faile b: 10 Dec 1913 Lancaster Co., SC d: 28 Jun 1997 in Lancaster, Lancaster, SC
……. 2 B. A. Faile b: 13 May 1916 Lancaster Co., SC
……. 2 Hazel F. Faile b: 17 Nov 1921 Lancaster Co., SC d: 15 Mar 2005 in Macon, Bibb, GA
……….. +Claire Ivey b: 1925 Bibb Co., GA d: 09 Jul 2009 in Macon, Bibb, GA
……………. 3 Randall F. Faile b: 22 May 1956 Macon, Bibb, GA
……. 2 Fem Faile b: Bet. 1923 – 1930
……….. +Brunson Gibson b: 1923 Marion Co., SC