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. Previous Page Biographies Index |