Ella Truesdale, daughter of Jesse Seaborn and Eleanor Elizabeth [Williams], b. Kershaw, S.C. 28 Mch 1887, 
d. Camden, S.C. 26 Oct 1942; m. Kershaw, S.C. 2 Dec 1906 - Edward Kirkley, son of Thomas and 
Ida [?] Kirkley, b. Kershaw, S.C. 2 May 1880.  Farming.  Lived Kershaw, S.C.  
Children born Kershaw, S.C.:

	i	Nellie		b. 22 Sep 1907, d. ibid 27 Jul 1929;
					m. - John T. Welch
	ii	Mary			b. 17 Nov 1910; m. Lancaster, S.C.
					5 Dec 1926 - Harry Gregory
	iii	Bernice		b. 10 Dec 1911; m. Kershaw, S.C. 27
					Dec 1932 - Elliott Mothershed
	iv	Harold		b. 24 Nov 1913; m. Kershaw, S.C. 27
					Dec 1932 - Bernice Williams
	v	Dorothy		b. 25 May 1915; m. Jefferson, S.C.
					12 Jan 1935 - Grover Vinson
	vi	Elfreida		b. 8 Apr 1920; m. York, S.C. 26 Aug
					1941 - Craig Roper

Maude Mary Truesdale, daughter of Jesse Seaborn and Eleanor Elizabeth [Williams], b. Haile Gold Mine, S.C. 28 Jun 1892; 
m. Lancaster, S.C. 26 Feb 1921 - Louis Baker, son of John and Elizabeth [Baker] Baker, 
b. Kershaw, S.C. 12 Feb 1890.  Live Kershaw, S.C.  
Children born Kershaw, S.C.:

	i	Carral		b. 18 Oct 1921; m. Camden, S.C. 25
					Dec 1942 - Catherine Neal
	ii	Kenneth		b. 6 Aug 1923; m. Camden, S.C. 27
					Sep 1943 - Louise Adams

Ernest Brassington Truesdale, son of Jesse Seaborn and Eleanor Elizabeth [Williams], b. Kershaw, S.C. 1 May 1893; 
m. Kershaw, S.C. 22 Dec 1920 - Juanita Gregory, daughter of Willis _______ and Sallie Elizabeth [?] Gregory, 
b. Kershaw, S.C. 24 Jul 1898.  World War I Veteran: Corporal, inducted at Camden, S.C. 15 May 1918, AEF, 
discharged 17 Sep 1919.  Farming.  Live Kershaw, S.C.  
Children born Kershaw, S.C.:

	i	J_____ ___		b. 12 Dec 1921
	ii	Salome		b. 22 Oct 1924
	iii	Miriam		b. 22 Sep 1927
	iv	June			b. 21 Jun	1935

Everette Seaborn Truesdale, son of Jesse Seaborn and Eleanor Elizabeth [Williams], b. Haile Gold Mine, S.C. 26 Sep 1895; 
m. Lancaster, S.C. 24 Dec 1920 - Mary Effie Gardner, daughter of Orren Columbus and Catherine Cecile [?] 
Gardner, b. Brewer Mine, S.C. 12 Mch 1892.  Reared on farm SE of Kershaw, S.C.  Originally spelled his name 
"Truesdel".  World War I Veteran; Private - Sergeant, Company B, 18th Infantry [1st Division], wounded severely 
at Argonne 9 Oct 1918, discharged 31 Mch 1920.  Cited for "gallant conduct and self-sacrificing spirit displayed 
during battles".  Yard foreman, plant manager.  Retired as a result of battle wounds.  Live Kershaw, S.C.  
Children born Kershaw, S.C.:

	i	Eleanor Kathryn	b. 15 Oct 1921; unmarried.  During 
					World War II, worked as a clerk at
					Shaw Field AAC Base at Sumter, S.C.
	ii	Evelyn		b. 28 Jul 1923
	iii	Shirley W		b. 22 Aug 1929

Ferris Truesdale, son of Jesse Seaborn and Eleanor Elizabeth [Williams], b. Kershaw, S.C. 9 Jun 1902; 
m. Kershaw, S.C. 1 Oct 1924 - Jerusha Cook, daughter of Amos Leander and Lou [Holley] Cook, 
b. Lancaster County, S.C. 10 Aug 1903.  Retired business man.  Live Kershaw, S.C.  
Child:

	i	Jessie Lou		b. Kershaw, S.C. 29 Apr 1929

Carrie Rebecca Truesdale, daughter of William Richard and Eula Virginia [Jones], b. near Kershaw, S.C. 16 Sep 1888, 
d. ibid 18 Jan 1934; m. Camden, S.C. 29 Feb 1912 - Louis Preston Robinson, son of James W. and Martha [Gay] Robinson, 
b. near Kershaw, S.C. 29 Oct 1890.  Baptist.  
Children born Kershaw, S.C.:

	i	Andrew Louis	b. 24 May 1913; m. Lancaster, S.C. 22
					Dec 1934 - ____ Evelyn Oliver
	ii	Thomas Hubbard	b. 20 Jan 1915; unmarried
	iii	Hazel Raymond	b. 31 Jul 1917; m. Lancaster, S.C.
					Mch 1939 - * * *
	iv	Baxter William	b. 8 Aug 1919, d. Liberty Hill, S.C.
					1920
	v	Minnie _____	b. 10 Aug 1921; m. Lancaster, S.C.
					Oct 1939 - Hazel Casey

Samuel Dickinson Truesdale, son of William Richard and Eula Virginia [Jones], b. near Kershaw, S.C. 20 Jul 1897; 
m. Kershaw, S.C. 5 Jul 1920 - Eva Horton, daughter Evans Ransom and Amanda Susan [Peach] Horton, 
b. near Kershaw, S.C. 17 Jul 1900.  World War I Veteran; pvt., Company I, 60th * * *, inducted 
4 Nov 1918, discharged 14 Dec 1918.  Live Winnsboro, S.C.  
Children:

	i	Mary Lee		b. near Kershaw, S.C. 6 Jan 1922
	ii	Susie Patricia	b. Kershaw, S.C. 11 Apr 1923

Lewis Franklin Truesdale, son of Franklin L. and Carrie [Peach], b. near Kershaw, S.C. 20 Jan 1892; 
m. Kershaw, S.C. 27 Oct 1913 - Lois Gregory, daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Mary Alice [?] Gregory, 
b. Kershaw, S.C. 23 Aug 1893.  Live Kershaw, S.C.  
Children born Kershaw, S.C.:

	i	Lewis Franklin jr	b. 9 Sep 1914; m. Salisbury, 
						N.C. 20 Nov 1939 - * * *
	ii	Gerald _____		1916-____; m. 1935 - Lena
						Margaret Childers
	iii	John Maurice		1918-____; m. 1941 - Katherine
						Mann

John Samuel Truesdale, son of Franklin L. and Carrie [Peach], b. near Kershaw, S.C. 8 Oct 1893; 
m. Haile Gold Mine, S.C. 3 Sep 1915 - Grace Emma Clyburn, daughter of William Uriah and Queen Alisa 
[Hilton] Clyburn, b. Haile Gold Mine, S.C. 24 Sep 1894.  World War I Veteran; Cpl., Company B, 
323d Infantry and Company E, 105th Infantry; inducted at Camden, S.C. 3 Oct 1917, AEF, discharged 
3 Apr 1919.  Bookkeeper.  Live Kershaw, S.C.  
Children born Kershaw, S.C.:

	i	Dorothy Imogene	b. 9 Aug 1916; unmarried
	ii	Grace Clyburn	1918-____; m. 1939 - Henry Lewis
					Clyburn
	iii	Alice Carolyn	b. 12 May 1921
	iv	Stepehn L____	b. 9 Apr 1923; m. Camden, S.C. 9 Apr
					1944 - Corinthia Rowell

Paul Seaborn Truesdale, son of Franklin L. and Carrie [Peach], b. Kershaw, S.C. 16 Aug 1904; 
m. North Columbia, S.C. 30 Dec 1935 - Sarah Sutherlin, daughter of William George and Viola 
[Cleveland] Sutherlin.  Live Kershaw, S.C.  
Child:

	i	Paul Seaborn jr	b. Columbia, S.C. 24 Aug 1938

Seaborn Leroy Truesdale, son of Wade Hampton and Margaret [Williams], b. Kershaw, S.C. 26 Sep 1894; 
m. Kershaw, S.C. 31 Jul 1920 - Eva Horton, daughter of Frank and Susan [Thorne] Horton, 
b. Kershaw, S.C. 7 Aug 1901.  Live Kershaw, S.C.  
Children born Kershaw, S.C.:

	i	Ray Blake		1921-____; m. 1943 - Ruth Carte
	ii	Glenda		1923-____; m. 1939 - Ernest West

James Bryan Truesdale, son of Wade Hampton and Margaret [Williams], b. Kershaw, S.C. 9 Dec 1896; 
m. Kershaw, S.C. 16 ___ ____ - ________ West, daughter of William Elie and Caroline [Horton] West, 
b. Kershaw, S.C. 25 Apr 1903.  Live Spencer, N.C.  
Children born Dobbersville, Wayne, N.C.:

	i	Frances Eloise	b. 22 Jan 1929
	ii	Geraldine		b. 31 Dec 1929
	iii	James Douglas	b. 7 May 1933
	iv	Donnie Bryan	b. 19 Nov 1937
	v	Jennie _____	b. 29 Nov 1941

Lula Truesdale, daughter of Wade Hampton and Margaret [Williams], b. Kershaw, S.C. 2 Oct 1902; 
m. Kershaw, S.C. - Nettie Mae West, daughter of Luther and Maggie [?] West.  
Children born Kershaw, S.C.:

	i	Robert West	b. 28 Aug 1937
	ii	William Hampton	b. 20 Aug 1939

Juanita Truesdale, daughter of Wade Hampton and Margaret [Williams], b. Kershaw, S.C. 10 Jul 1903; 
m. Kershaw, S.C. 21 Jan 1922 - John Mathew West, son of Samuel Alexander and Sara Elizabeth [Munn] West, 
d. Kershaw, S.C. 14 Sep 1940.  
Children, except as noted, born Kershaw, S.C.:

	i	Hilda			b. 19 Aug 1922; m. Columbia, S.C. 27
					Sep 1941 - Jefferson Bridges
	ii	William		b. Fairfield County, S.C. 14 Aug 1927
	iii	Jean			b. 21 Dec 1933
	iv	Frederick		b. 25 Oct 1938

Albertus Truesdale, son of Wade Hampton and Margaret [Williams]; m. Ruby Crowe.  
Children:

	i	Mildred
	ii	_____[female]
	iii	_____[male]
	iv	John

Gladys Alice Truesdale, daughter of Wade Hampton and Margaret [Williams], b. Kershaw, S.C. 11 Mch 1907; 
m. Lancaster, S.C. 7 Nov 1925 - Hampton R. Horton, son of Thomas Franklin and Sarah Elizabeth [Horton] 
Horton, b. Kershaw, S.C. 19 Oct 1896.  Live Kershaw, S.C.  
Children, except oldest, born Kershaw, S.C.:

	i	Cuthbert		b. Fairfield County, S.C. 1 Jul 1926
	ii	Margaret		b. 2 Jul 1928
	iii	Frances		b. 27 Jun 1933
	iv	Eldridge Welch 	b. 25 Mch 1938 [Adopted]
	v	Bruce			b. 15 Jul 1939

Eldridge Hartwell Truesdale, son of Wade Hampton and Margaret [Williams], b. Kershaw, S.C. 7 Sep 1909; 
m. 1st Kershaw, S.C. 25 May 1931 - Masalla Wesch, daughter of John and Florence [Hilton] Welch, 
b. Kershaw, S.C. 20 Sep 1909, d. ibid 29 May 1938; m. 2d - Lois L_____ Phillips, daughter of Luther 
and Alice A_____ [?] Phillips, b. Lancaster, S.C. 14 Jul 1909.  Live Kershaw, S.C.  
Children by 1st wife - M_____, born Kershaw, S.C.:

	i	Bobby Ward		b. 2 Sep 1932
	ii	_____[male]	b. 30 Oct 1934
	iii	Steven William	b. 28 Mch 1936
	iv	Eldridge Welch	b. 25 Mch 1938.  Adopted by aunt,
					Gladys Alice.  See above.

By 2d wife - Lois:

	v	Barbara Ann	b. 14 Jul 1944


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