Burwell Jefferson Truesdale, son of Franklin Pearce and Harriett Adeline [Barrett], b. Kershaw, S.C. 4 Feb 1890; 
m. Kershaw, S.C. 30 Dec 1916 - Cornelia Lois Dye, daughter of Charles Lewis and Cornelia [Perry] Dye, 
b. Westville, S.C. 6 Jul 1892.  Live Kershaw, S.C.  Children born Kershaw, S.C.:

	i	Harriett Lee	b. 30 May 1918; m. Kershaw, S.C.
					18 Apr 1939.
	ii	_____[female]	* * *

Burwell Hilton Truesdale, son of John Thomas and Mahalie J. [Stroud], b. Camden, S.C. 9 Nov 1873, 
d. Columbia, S.C. 18 Apr 1936; m. Columbia, S.C. 24 Oct 1918 - Bessie Margaret Peeples, daughter of 
James Randle and Alice [Overton] Peeples, b. Fayetteville, N.C. 24 Feb 1888.  Spanish-American War.  
Contractor.  Children born Columbia, S.C.:

	i	Burwell Hilton jr	1919-____; m. 1934 - Ella [?]
	ii	Phillip Arthur	b. 24 Aug 1921
	iii	Evelyn R.		b. 18 Dec 1923; m. Columbia, S.C. 15
					Jan 1940 - Lee Ramsey of Hillsboro, 
					Tex.
	iv	Clifton ___	b. 26 Mch 1928
	v	Carla May		b. 12 Jul 1930
	vi	Frank Haile	b. 7 Jul 1934

Lemuel P. Truesdale, son of John Thomas and Mahalie J. [Stroud], b. Camden, S.C., d. ibid 19 Feb 1938; 
m. Camden, S.C. - Eugenia Truesdale, daughter of James Thomas and Mary [Gay] Truesdale.  She lives in 
Darlington, S.C.  Children:

	i	Jessie Belle	deceased
	ii	Odell			deceased
	iii	Barry			deceased
	iv	Henry			Location unknown
	v	Myrtle		m. - ___________ Williams.  Lives
					Darlington, S.C.
	vi	A___[male]		In military service in 1945
	vii	Paul			In military service in 1945
	viii	Mildred		deceased
	ix	Charles
	x	_______
	xi	_______

Henry Clyburn Truesdale, son of John Thomas and Mahalie J. [Stroud], b. Camden, S.C. 18 Dec 1896; 
m. 1st Camden, S.C. - Dena Funderburk, b. Lancaster County, S.C.; m. 2d Rock Hill, S.C. 15 Mch 1916 - 
Carrie Obensky, daughter of August and Sarah Jane [Page] Obensky, b. Lancaster, S.C. 28 Jul 1892.  
Lives * * *, Rock Hill, S.C.  Children by 1st wife - Dena:

	i	Thomas Clyburn	1913-____; m. 1936 - Mary Elizabeth
					Harris
	ii	Ida Salley		m. - Charles Earl Peavey.  Lives
					Charlotte, N.C.

James Hollingsworth Truesdale, son of John Thomas and Mahalie J. [Stroud], b. Camden, S.C. 11 Nov 1890; 
m. Camden, S.C. Jan 1910 - Margaret [Maggie] Stokes, daughter of Oliver and Annie [Player] Stokes, 
b. Camden, S.C. 3 Oct 1897.  Live Bamberg, S.C.  Children:

	i	Grace			1911-____; m. 1st - Claude Leslie
					Barber; m. 2d 1942 - Lloyd Cecil Reef.
	ii	Mary Rowe		b. Camden, S.C. 10 Feb 1917
	iii	John William	b. Kershaw, S.C. 1920; m. Darlington, 	
					S.C. Jan 1941 - Beatrice Oliver.
	iv	Thelma		b. Rockingham, N.C. 1923; m. 
					Lancaster, S.C. 5 Sep 1941 - Jasper
					Thompson.
	v	James Hollingsworth jr	b. Rockingham, N.C. 26 Sep
							1925; m. Bamberg, S.C. 22
							Jan 1943
	vi	Dorris		b. Lumberton, N.C. 17 Aug 1926; m. 
					Orangeburg, S.C. 6 Jul 1943 - William
					Murray Herron, son of Richard and 
					Sally [?] Herron, b. Bamberg, S.C. 15
					Oct 1923.  She lives [1945] 105 
					Piedmont St., Rock Hill, S.C.  World 
					War II, gunner's mate, U.S. Navy.

William Henry Truesdale, son of James Thomas and Mary Lottie [Wilson], b. S.C. @ 1854, 
d. Camden, S.C. 25 Sep 1934; m. - Rebecca S. Peach, daughter of George and Rebecca [?] Peach, 
b. S.C. 1853/4.  Farmer, living in 1880 adjoining his father in Flat Rock [twn] [Census].  
Children [Census & Fam Rec] included:

	i	Lilly		b. S.C. @ 1876
	ii	Henry R	b. S.C. @ 1878
	iii	Edward F	b. S.C. @ 1879
	iv	Barney Lee	1881-____; m. 1st 1906 - Rose Lee Langley;
				m. 2d 1921 - Mary ___________.
	v	Thomas James	1885-____; m. 1911 - Ida Truesdale.
	vi	Luke Haile	1891-____; m. 1930 - Blanch Elizabeth
				Nettles
	vii	Richard Daniel	1898-____; m. 1924 - Annie Mae Kennedy
	viii	Connie Bell	m. 1917 - Broadus Cyrus Truesdale

Mary Matilda Truesdale, daughter of James Thomas and Mary Lottie [Wilson], b. Kershaw County, S.C. 7 Oct 1861, 
deceased; m. - Archie Young, deceased.  Children:

	i	Lemuel	deceased
	ii	John		Lives in Cassatt, S.C.
	iii	Blanch	deceased
	iv	Matilda	deceased
	v	Jane
	vi	Julia		deceased
	vii	Henry		d. 4 Feb 1948.  Lived at Hartsville, S.C.
	viii	Leslie	Lives in Charleston, S.C.
	ix	______	Lives in Charleston, S.C.
	x	Jack		Lives in Hartsville, S.C.

Virginia Elizabeth Truesdale, daughter of Franklin Pearce and Harriett Adeline [Barrett], 
b. Kershaw County, S.C. 2 Nov 1885; m. 18 Jun 1913 - Charles Otis Beckham, b. 28 Nov 1883, 
d. 17 Nov 1933.

Cee Davis Truesdale, daughter of James Thomas and Mary Lottie [Wilson], b. Flat Rock [twn], Kershaw 
County, S.C. 10 Feb 1869, d. Swainsboro, Ga. 21 Nov 1947; m. Westville, S.C. 5 Mch 1899 - John Alexander 
Mahaffey, son of William K. and Lattie [Maddox] Mahaffey, b. near Bethune, S.C. 21 Feb 1866, 
d. Canoochee, Ga. 1 May 1914.  Bookkeeper, turpentine business.  Lived near Swainsboro, Ga.  Baptist.  
Children, except two youngest, born Kershaw, S.C.:

	i	Leanna	b. 23 Jan 1891; m. Midville, Ga. 10 Jun
				1919 - Millard Blackstock of Gainesville,
				Ga., b. 6 May 1887, d. Buford, Ga. 1 Apr
				1933.  She lives in Swainsboro, Ga. and 
				contributed these data.
	ii	Ada Dania	b. 24 May 1893, d. Swainsboro, Ga. 27 Feb
				1947; m. Graymont, Ga. 18 Feb 1920 - Joseph
				I. Hall.  She served 30 years with Southern
				Bell Telephone Company.
	iii	Bailey	b. 18 Apr 1895, deceased.  Revisited Flat 
				Rock area in 1936, wrote an extensive
				description of the older Truesdale homes.
	iv	Lottie Pauline	b. 7 Apr 1897; m. Swainsboro, Ga. 26 
					Oct 1919 - Lloyd Isaac Hendley.  She
					is an employee of Southern Bell
					Telephone Company.
	v	Mattie Irene	b. 18 Apr 1899; m. Canoochee, Ga. 8
					Feb 1917 - Judson J. Joiner.  Farmer,
					live near Garfield, Ga.  Children:
					
					-Emily Irene	b. 14 Feb 1918
					-John Bailey	b. 1 Oct 1919
								d. 6 Nov 1919
					-Cecil Judson	b. 14 Sep 1920
					-Jack Mahaffey	b. 10 Jan 1922
					-Harry Frank	b. 29 Jan 1924

	vi	Lewis James	b. 3 May 1901.  Mechanic.
	vii	John Daniel	b. 27 Apr 1903, d. Wade, Ga. 13 Oct
					1904.
	viii	Sallie Mae		b. Wade, Ga. 11 Jan 1909; m. Aiken,
					S.C. 28 Feb 1932 - Otis I. C________.
					Child:
					
					-Edwin Lewis	b. 26 Sep 1935

	ix	Jackson Thomas	b. Wade, Ga. 11 Jan 1909; m. Aiken, 
					S.C. 15 Mch 1931 - Bessie Mae Page.
					Child:

					-Jack Truman	b. 16 Dec 1931

Luther Truesdale, son of James Thomas and Mary [Gay], b. Westville, S.C. 3 May 1890; 
m. Camden, S.C. 13 Aug 1913 - Sallie Belle Truesdale, daughter of William Richard and Eula Virginia 
[Jones] Truesdale, b. near Kershaw, S.C. 4 Sep 1892.  Farming.  Children, except youngest, born 
Westville, S.C.:

	i	Mary Virginia	1914-____; m. 1938 - Lemuel Clarence
					Faulkenberry
	ii	Luther Dixon	1918-____; m. 1939 - Louise Mildred
					Frederick
	iii	James ______	1921-____; m. 1941 - Ruby Juanita
					Di______________
	iv	William		b. 11 Sep 1924.  World War II - 
					Seaman - U.S. Navy
	v	Ernest		b. Camden, S.C. 19 Aug 1929

Ella Eugenia Truesdell, daughter of Zazhory Taylor and Mittie Emma [Parker], b. Camden, S.C. 30 Apr 1870; 
m. Camden, S.C. 13 Mch 1892 - John _____ Twitty, son of Peter T. and Jane [Bell] Twitty, 
b. Heath Springs, S.C. 4 Oct 1868, d. ibid 29 May 1906.  She lives Lugoff, S.C.  Children:

	i	Lillian Pauline	b. Kershaw, S.C. 10 May 1893, d. Heath
					Springs, S.C. 8 Feb 1895
	ii	Stephen R		b. Heath Springs, S.C. 15 Sep 1895, d.
					Florence, S.C. 16 Apr 1933; m. 
					Florence, S.C. 18 Jan 1917 - Ines
					Bradley
	iii	Paul Truesdell	b. Heath Springs, S.C. 12 Mch 1900, d.
					Camden, S.C. 17 Apr 1917

Ernest Zachory Truesdell, son of Zachory Taylor and Mittie Emma [Parker], b. Camden, S.C. 3 Oct 1878; 
m. 1st Bethune, S.C. 29 Oct 1902 - Christine Cornelia Bethune, daughter of Neil Alexander and Catherine 
[McLaurin] Bethune, b. Bethune, S.C. 20 Oct 1883, d. Columbia, S.C. 20 Sep 1907; 
m. 2d Bethune, S.C. 13 Aug 1888 - Catherine Isabell Bethune, sister to Christine, d. Bethune, S.C. 3 Aug 1931.  
Medical Doctor, graduated 1911.  Methodist.  Democrat. Live Bethune, S.C.  Children born Bethune, S.C.
By 1st wife:

	i	Ernest Zachory	b. 17 Nov 1906; m. Bishopville, S.C.
					2 Nov 1940 - Mary Ethel Melton, 
					daughter of Ervin Toland and Mary 
					Ethel [Thomas] Melton, b. Wagram. N.C.	
					23 Apr 1914.  Merchant, farmer.  
					Presbyterian.  Live Bethune, S.C.
	ii	Neil Edward	1907-____; m. 1931- ?
	
By 2d wife:

	iii	Mittie Katherine		1912-1945; m. 1936 - Robert E.
						Sims
	iv	Margaret Christine	b. 31 Oct 1914; m. Bethune, S.C.
						17 Dec 1941 - Fred Augustus
						Brinson.  Live Bethune, S.C.

Earl Trantham Truesdale, son of Zachory Taylor and Mittie Emma [Parker], b. Camden, S.C. 12 Feb 1881; 
m. Lugoff, S.C. 18 Feb 1902 - Maggie Lee, daughter of Eli Manning and Henrietta [?] Lee, 
b. Camden, S.C. 5 Dec 1880. * * * , farmer.  Live Lugoff, S.C.  
Children born Lugoff, S.C.:

	i	Edna
	ii	Donald LeRoy	1906-____; m. 1941 - Gladys Garrity
	iii	Lois			b. 16 Apr 1908; m. Columbia, S.C. 6
					Mch 1927 - Stephen Craig Clyburn, son
					of William Craig and Lou [Kelly] 
					Clyburn, b. Camden, S.C. 15 Nov 1905
	iv 	Marguerite		b. 3 Jun 1910.  Live Gulfport, Miss.
	v	Ebin Trantham	1913-____; m. 1940 - Mary Lou Tomb

Lillian Beatrice Truesdale, daughter of Zachory Taylor and Mittie Emma [Parker], 
b. Camden, S.C. 8 Oct 1887; m. near Camden, S.C. 30 Jul 1905 - Basil Manley Bruce, son of Peter 
Thornwell and Isabel [Andrews] Bruce, b. Heath Springs, S.C. 1884, d. Columbia, S.C. 7 Jun 1911.  
He was a bookkeeper, and manager of a mercantile business.  Baptist.  Lived Heath Springs, Bethune, 
Cheraw and Pageland, S.C.  Children:

	i	Basil Thornwell	b. Bethune, S.C. 19 Jun 1906, d. 
					Hamlet, N.C. 29 Aug 1943; m. Sumter,
					S.C. 12 Feb 1930 - Bertie Lee Beck
	ii	Robert Andrew	b. Cheraw, S.C. 12 Dec 1908; m. 
					Columbia, S.C. 27 May 1934 - Elizabeth
					carson Cureton.  Live Camden, S.C.
	iii	Lillian Evelyn	b. Pageland, S.C. 4 Feb 1911; m. 
					Lexington, S.C. 28 Apr 1933 - John D.
					Bell jr.  Live Columbia, S.C.


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