A tragic story with a happy ending.

[John Marscher]

Bobby Mead owns quite a bit of the west side of the upper Cooper river and a large portion behind Mepkin Abbey (a 3,000 acre monastery that specializes in produce and mushrooms).

Just to the south is Dupont and SCEG power.

[Rob White, not Bob White]

John M. That's very interesting. The only way I knew anything about the area was knowing that the plantation had been called Cote Bas, and then looking around on Google Earth in the area. I found a Cote Bas landing marked right by the power plant, and then today I found Cote Bas Road (I think), which appears to be on a military base (I could see a small golf course - Red Bank Golf Course).

I emailed Daddy to ask if the Mr. Mead he knew had a son, Bobby Mead. My father is 88, and has a pretty sharp memory, so maybe he will remember. I don't know how old my grandfather was, but I feel certain the elder Mr. Mead was a contemporary of my grandfather.