Henry Truesdel, son of James and Rebecca [_________], b. near Flat Rock [twn], Kershaw County, S.C. @ 1810, d. Alabama 1 Nov 1857, buried Flat Rock Cemetery; m. Flat Rock, S.C. @ 1830 - Drucilla Cauthen, b. Heath Springs, S.C. 25 Oct 1812, d. Westville, S.C. 24 Aug 1887. On marriage they lived in Lancaster County, owning one slave but later moved to Camden [twn], Kershaw County [Census] which became their final home. He was a well-to-do farmer. His death occurred in Alabama while on an exploratory trip to * * * . Shortly before Drucilla's death she had the remains reinterred in Hanging Rock Cemetery [Rev. Neil E. Truesdale]. Drucilla, the widow, survived her husband for three decades. She was exceedingly capable and energetic, becoming the matriarch of the family. Her home, across the river from Camden, was revisited in 1935 by a grandson, Bailey Mahaffey, and described as an extensive three storied building, then somewhat run-down. Five of her sons participated in and survived the Civil War. In 1880 she was living in Flat Rock [twn], her daughter Susan and the family of her youngest son, Lewis Marion, living with her [Census]. Children [Census and Fam Rec] born S.C.; i James Thomas 1831-____; m. 1st Mary Lottie Wilson; m. 2d Mary Gay ii John b. @ 1834 iii Elizabeth b. @ 1836, d. Kershaw County, S.C.; m. 27 Aug 1854 - John Alexander Haile iv Matilda b. @ 1840, d. Camden, S.C.; m. Archie Huckabee v Eliza b. @ 1841 vi George b. @ 1843 vii Sarah b. @ 1844 viii Henry 1845-1925; m. 1872 - Sallie Ella Parker ix Laura b. @ 1847 x Zachory Taylor 1847-1891; m. Mittie ___ Parker xi Susan b. @ 1849 xii Benjamin Trantham 1853-1920; m. 1874 -Laura Horton xiii Louis Marion 1857-1937; m. 1876 - Elisa Ann West James Rembert Truesdale, son of James and Rebecca [______], b. S.C. @ 1816/7; m. Eliza Cauthen, b. S.C. @ 1820. He was a farmer living in Pleasant Hill [twn], Lancaster County, S.C. [Census]. After 1870 the family moved to Mississippi by covered wagon, a six weeks trip [Rev. R.T. Truesdale]. Both died in Montgomery County, Miss. where they had settled [Miss Gussie Truesdel]. Children [Miss Gussie] born Lancaster County, S.C.: i Nancy M. b. @ 1843; m. _____ Horton ii Rebecca J. b. @ 1844; m. _____ Walker iii Sarah A. [Sally] b. @ 1846; m. _______ Horton brother of Nancy's husband iv James Jefferson 1848-____; m. 1873 - Mary Catherine Cauthen v Thomas Bascom 1850-1910; m. 1st 1873 - Olivia A. Bailey; m. 2d - Martha Octavia Truesdale vi John W. Twin with Thomas, d. S.C.; m. before 1880 - Elizabeth [Betsy] ___________ vii Susan viii George ix Henry M. x Millie b. 1860; m. _____ Horton xi William Columbus 1861-1929; m. 1882 - Emma Moore George Truesdale, son of James and Rebecca [_____], b. S.C. @ 1820, d. before ____; m. before ____ - Mary Ann Fletcher, b. S.C. between 1820/30 [Census]. Living in Lancaster County, S.C. in 1850. * * * * and was rated as well-to-do. Children born S.C.: i Mary ii Nancy iii Willis Fletcher 1855-1933; m. 1877 - Julia Teodora Truesdale Jesse T. Truesdale, presumed son of James and Rebecca [_______], b. S.C. @ 1820, living 1860; m. - M_______ [surname unknown], b. S.C. @ 1825 [Census]. He was a planter living near Camden, S.C. in 1860. Children born S.C.: i William b. @ 1854 ii Jane b. @ 1856 iii Julia b. @ 1858 Previous Page Biographies Index |