This Week On My Family History Calendar: Births, Deaths and Anniversaries

 

Nov. 23~

 Ellen Caroline (Martin) Early (1850-1926), my paternal great-great-grandmother, died 97 years ago in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, at 76. She is buried in the Bethesda Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina. There is no marker.

 This is the 204th wedding anniversary of my paternal 4th great grandparents, John Milton Dargan (1799-1847) and Emily Elizabeth (Vaughn) Dargan (1897-1865). They were married in 1820 when John was 20 and Emily was 23. Their marriage most likely took place in Sumter District, South Carolina.

Nov. 24~

  Frances Virginia (McRady) McManus (1836-1903), my maternal great-great grandmother, died 122 years ago in Sumter County, South Carolina, at the age of 47. Fannie is buried in the Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery, Pisgah Crossroads, Sumter, South Carolina.

Fannie McManus
Headstone
Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery
Pisgah Crossroads, Sumter, South Carolina
©Cheri Hudson Passey

 My paternal 5th great grandfather, Philip Roberts (1763-1854) died 174 years ago in Harrison County, Kentucky.

This date also marks the 133rd anniversary of the death of my paternal Great Great Grandfather, Ransom Taylor Early (1829-1888).  Ransom was 76 years old when he died in Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. He is buried in the Bethesda Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Statesville.

Ransom Taylor Early
Headstone
Bethesda Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina
Photo Credit: Joy Steele-findagrave.com Contributor
Used with permission

November 30-

Louvinia Blanche (Thames) Hudson (1886-1918), my paternal Great Grandmother, died 106 years ago. Blanche was 32 years old when she died a week after having her first child.  Her cause of death was due to "complications of childbirth". Blanche died at home in Clarendon County, South Carolina and was buried in Home Branch Cemetery.

Louvinia Blanche (Thames) Hudson
Headstone
Home Branch Cemetery
Clarendon County, South Carolina
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Blanche Hudson Tribute
The Manning Times
(Manning, South Carolina)
19 Dec. 1919 pg8

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Jubal Early Headstone
Greenlawn Cemetery
Columbia, Richland, SC

  April 13~
  My paternal great-grandfather, Jubal Ransom Early (1888-1964), died 59 years ago from a heart attack. Jubal died in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, and is buried there in Greenlawn Cemetery. He was 75 years old.

Martha Dority Headstone
St, John's Methodist Chruch Cemetery,
Springhill, Sumter, South Carolina

  Mary Alice (Dargan) Bradford (1825-1875), my paternal 3rd great-grandmother, would have been 198 years old on this day. Born in the Sumter area of South Carolina, Mary was the daughter of  John Milton Dargan (1779-1847) and Samuel James Bradford (1815-1875).

Martha Dority Headstone
St, John's Methodist Chruch Cemetery,
Springhill, Sumter, South Carolina

April 15~
   The 118th anniversary of the death of my maternal 3rd great grandmother, Martha (Mathis) Dorrity (1820-1905), in Lee County, South Carolina.  Martha died at age 84 and is buried in St. John's Methodist Cemetery, Springhill, Lee, South Carolina.

Ransom Early Headston
Bethesda Presbyterian Chruch Cemetery
Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina

    My paternal Great Great Grandfather, Ransom Taylor Early (1829-1888), was born 194 years ago in North Carolina. 

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May 17~
   Emily Elizabeth (Vaughn) Bradford (1797-1865), my paternal 4th Great Grandmother, died 155 years ago in Sumter County, South Carolina, and may have been buried there in the Dargan Cemetry. Many of the graves have been relocated and at this time there is no record of her burial.

May 18~ 

  

My maternal 4th Great Grandfather, Philip Roberts, III (1798-1852), was born in Kershaw County, South Carolina 222 years ago.  His parents were Philip Roberts, II (1763-1854), and Sarah (Kirtley) Roberts (1765-1838).

May 20~
 George Philip Roberts (1856-1930), my maternal Great Great Grandfather was born in Richland County, South Carolina 164 years ago. He was the fourth child of Thomas Philip Roberts (1830-1893)  and Eliza Atiza (Brazell) Roberts (1836-1890).

May 22~
  This day marks what would have been the 132nd birthday of my paternal Great Grandfather, Jubal Ransom Early (1888-1964). Jubal was born in Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina to Ransom Taylor Early (1829-1888) and Ellen Caroline (Martin) Early (1850-1926).

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April 12-April 18

Jubal Early Headstone
Greenlawn Cemetery
Columbia, Richland, SC

  April 13~
  My paternal great grandfather, Jubal Ransom Early (1888-1964) died 56 years ago from a heart attack. Jubal died in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina and is buried there in Greenlawn Cemetery. He was 75 years old.



  Mary Alice (Dargan) Bradford (1825-1875), my paternal 3rd great grandmother, would have been 195 years old on this day. Born in the Sumter area of South Carolina, Mary was the daughter of  John Milton Dargan (1779-1847) and Samuel James Bradford (1815-1875).

Martha Dority Headstone
St, John's Methodist Chruch Cemetery,
Springhill, Sumter, South Carolina

April 15~
   The 115th anniversary of the death of my maternal 3rd great grandmother, Martha (Mathis) Dorrity (1820-1905) in Lee County, South Carolina.  Martha died at the age of 84 and is buried in St. John's Methodist Cemetery, Springhill, Lee, South Carolina.

Ransom Early Headston
Bethesda Presbyterian Chruch Cememtery
Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina

    My paternal Great Great Grandfather, Ransom Taylor Early (1829-1888) was born 191 years ago in North Carolina. Reseaech is continuing to find his parents.



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November 24-November 30

Nov. 24~
  Frances Virginia (McRady) McManus (1836-1903), my maternal Great Great Grandmother, died 116 years ago in Sumter County, South Carolina at the age of 47. Fannie is buried in the Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery, Pisgah Crossroads, Sumter, South Carolina.

Fannie McManus
Headstone
Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery
Pisgah Crossroads, Sumter, South Carolina
©Cheri Hudson Passey

 My paternal 5th Great Grandfather, Philip Roberts (1763-1854) died 165 years ago in Harrison County, Kentucky.

This date also marks the 131st anniversary of the death of my paternal Great Great Grandfather, Ransom Taylor Early (1829-1888).  Ransom was 76 years old when he died in Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. He is buried in the Bethesda Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Statesville.                                                                                                                

Ransom Taylor Early
Headstone
Bethesda Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina
Photo Credit: Joy Steele-findagrave.com Contributor
Used with permission

November 29~
   My paternal 6th Great Grandparents, Samuel Cook and Alice (Cook) Dargan (1753-?) were married on this day in 1771. They would be celebrating their 248th wedding anniversary. They were most likely married in the Sumter District area of South Carolina.

Nov. 30-

 Louvinia Blanche (Thames) Hudson (1886-1918), my paternal Great Grandmother, died 101 years ago. Blanche was 32 years old when she died a week after having her first child.  Her cause of death was due to "complications of childbirth". Blanche died at home in Clarendon County, South Carolina and was buried in Home Branch Cemetery.

Louvinia Blanche (Thames) Hudson
Headstone
Home Branch Cemetery
Clarendon County, South Carolina
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Blanche Hudson Tribute
The Manning Times
(Manning, South Carolina)
19 Dec. 1919 pg8

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April 15-April 21

April 15~
  Martha Mathis Dorrity (1820-1905), my maternal 3rd great grandmother was born 113 years ago in Sumter District, S.C. She married William J. Dorrity (Abt. 1820-After 1880) in Sumter District, S.C. in about 1836.

Martha Dority
Headstone
St. John's Methodist Cemetery
Spring Hill, Lee, South Carolina

  The 189th birthday of my paternal great great grandfather, Ransom Taylor Early (1829-1888). Ransom was born in N.C., possibly in the Iredell County area. 

Ransom Taylor Early
Headstone
Bethesda Presbyterian Cemetery
Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina

April 19~
   Martha "Mattie" Victoria (Bradford) Baker, my paternal great great grandmother (1862-1947) died 71 years ago in Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina. Mattie was 84 when she died from a case of the flu which turned into pneumonia. She was buried in the Sumter City Cemetery. 

Martha Victoria (Bradford) Baker
Headstone
Sumter Cemetery, Sumter, South Carolina
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November 19-November 25

Nov. 22~
    My paternal grandfather, Benjamin Allen Hudson (1918-1976), was born 99 years ago in Clarendon County, South Carolina. He was the only child of John McSwain Hudson (1880-1961) and Louvinia Blanche (Thames) Hudson (1886-1918). 

Benjamin Allen Hudson
About 1920
Clarendon County, South Carolina
©Cheri Hudson Passey

 William Gordon Bonner Stukes (1745-?), my paternal 6th great grandfather, was born 272 years ago in Cambridge, England.

Nov. 23~
 Ellen Caroline (Martin) Early (1850-1926), my paternal great great grandmother, died 90 years ago in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina. She was 76 years old. Ellen is buried in the Bethesda Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina.

 The 197th wedding anniversary of my paternal 4th great grandparents, John Milton Dargan (1799-1847) and Emily Elizabeth (Vaughn) Dargan (1897-1865). They were married in 1820 when John was 20 and Emily 23. Their marriage most likely took place in Sumter District, South Carolina.

Nov. 24~
  Frances Virginia (McRady) McManus (1836-1903), my maternal great great grandmother, died 114 years ago in Sumter County, South Carolina at the age of 47. Fannie is buried in the Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery, Pisgah Crossroads, Sumter, South Carolina.

Fannie McManus
Headstone
Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery
Pisgah Crossroads, Sumter, South Carolina
©Cheri Hudson Passey

 My paternal 5th Great Grandfather, Philip Roberts (1763-1854) died 163 years ago in Harrison County, Kentucky.

This date also marks the 129th anniversary of the death of my paternal Great Great Grandfather, Ransom Taylor Early (1829-1888).  Ransom was 76 years old when he died in Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. He is buried in the Bethesda Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Statesville.

Ransom Taylor Early
Headstone
Bethesda Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Statesville, Irdell, North Carolina
Photo Credit: Joy Steele-findagrave.com Contributor
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November 20-November 26

Nov. 22~
    My paternal Grandfather, Benjamin Allen Hudson (1918-1976), was born 98 years ago in Clarendon County, South Carolina. He was the only child of John McSwain Hudson (1880-1961) and Louvinia Blanche Thames (1886-1918). 

Benjamin Allen Hudson
About 1920
Clarendon County, South Carolina
©Cheri Hudson Passey

 William Gordon Bonner Stukes (1745-?), my paternal 6th Great Grandfather, was born 271 years ago in Cambridge, England.

Nov. 23~
 Ellen Caroline (Martin) Early (1850-1926), my paternal Great Great Grandmother, died 90 years ago in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina. She was 76 years old. Ellen is buried in the Bethesda Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina.

 The 196th wedding anniversary of my paternal 4th Great Grandparents, John Milton Dargan (1799-1847) and Emily Elizabeth (Vaughn) Dargan (1897-1865). They were married in 1820 when John was 20 and Emily 23. Their marriage most likely took place in Sumter District, South Carolina.

Nov. 24~
  Frances Virginia (McRady) McManus (1836-1903), my maternal Great Great Grandmother, died 113 years ago in Sumter County, South Carolina at the age of 47. Fannie is buried in the Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery, Pisgah Crossroads, Sumter, South Carolina.

Fannie McManus
Headstone
Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery
Pisgah Crossroads, Sumter, South Carolina
©Cheri Hudson Passey

 My paternal 5th Great Grandfather, Philip Roberts (1763-1854) died 162 years ago in Harrison County, Kentucky.

This date also marks the 128th anniversary of the death of my paternal Great Great Grandfather, Ransom Taylor Early (1829-1888).  Ransom was 76 years old when he died in Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. He is buried in the Bethesda Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Statesville.

Ransom Taylor Early
Headstone
Bethesda Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Statesville, Irdell, North Carolina
Photo Credit: Joy Steele-findagrave.com Contributor
Used with permission

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May 22-28

                                                                               

May 22~
  My paternal Great Grandfather, Jubal Ransom Early (1888-1964) was born in Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina 128 years ago. He was the son of Ransom Taylor Early (1829-1888) and Ellen Caroline (Martin) Early (1850-1926).
             

Jubal Ransom Early (?)

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May 24~
Benjamin Thomas Thames (1854-1931), my paternal Great Great Grandfather, was born 162 years ago in Clarendon County, South Carolina. He was the son of Thomas Lemuel Thames (1827-1863) and Rebecca Hannah (Stukes) Thames (1830-1870).

Benjamin Thomas Thames
(1854-1931)
About 1910
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April 9-April-16

April 10~
 My maternal Great Aunt, Lila Lorine (Daughrity) Robinson (1918-1951), was born on this day in Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina. Lorine was the 3rd daughter of Manning David Daughrity, Jr. (1889-1931) and Loretta (McManus) Daughrity (1894-1936). She would have been 98 on this day.

Lila Lorine (Daughrity) Robinson
(1918-1951)
©Cheri Hudson Passey

April 13~
  Jubal Ransom Early (1888-1964), my paternal Great Grandfather, died at the age of 75 as the result of heart attack.His death occurred in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina and was buried in Greenlawn Memorial Park in the same city.

Jubal Ransom Early Headstone
Greenlawn Memorial Park
Columbia, Richland, South Carolina
©Cheri Hudson Passey

  The same maternal Great Aunt, Lila Lorine (Daughrity) Robinson (1918-1951), who had celebrated her 33rd birthday 3 days earlier, passed away on this day 65 years ago. She had been suffering from a lung disease for many years and died from cardiac arrest in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina. Lorine was buried in The Wateree Baptist Church Cemetery in Camden, Kershaw, South Carolina. 

Lila Lorine (Daughrity) Headstone
Wateree Baptist Church Cemetery
Camden, Kershaw, South Carolina
©Cheri Hudon Passey

Mary Alice (Dargan) Bradford (1825-1875), my paternal 3rd Great Grandmother, was born on this day 191 years ago in Sumter, South Carolina. Her parents were John Milton Dargan (1799-1847) and Emily E. (Vaughn) Dargan (1797-1865).

April 15~
 My maternal 3rd Great Grandmother Martha (Mathis ?) Dority (1821-1905) died 111 years ago in the Springhill area of Lee County, South Carolina. She was buried in the St. John's Methodist Church Cemetery nearby. 

Martha (Mathis ?) Dority Headstone
St. John's Methodist Church Cemetery
Springhill, Lee, South Carolina
photo credit: Michael & Alice Dillingham
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Ransom Taylor Early (1829-1888), my paternal Great Great Grandfather, was born 187 years ago in North Carolina, possibly in Statesburg, Iredell County area. 

April 16~
 This day is the 7th anniversary of the death of my maternal Great Uncle, Lester Phillip Roberts (1919-2009). He died in Attalla, Etowah, Alabama at the age of 89. 

Lester Philip Roberts
(1919-2009)
©Cheri Hudson Passey

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Nov. 22-Nov. 28

Nov. 22~
    My paternal Grandfather, Benjamin Allen Hudson (1918-1976), was born 97 years ago in Clarendon County, South Carolina. He was the only child of John McSwain Hudson (1880-1961) and Louvinia Blanche Thames (1886-1918). 

Benjamin Allen Hudson
(1918-1976)

 William Gordon Bonner Stukes (1745-?), my paternal 6th Great Grandfather, was born 270 years ago in Cambridge, England.

Nov. 23~
 Ellen Caroline (Martin) Early (1850-1926), my paternal Great Great Grandmother, died 89 years ago in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina. She was 76 years old. Ellen is buried in the Bethesda Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina.

 The 195th wedding anniversary of my paternal 4th Great Grandparents, John Milton Dargan (1799-1847) and Emily Elizabeth (Vaughn) Dargan (1897-1865). They were married in 1820 when John was 20 and Emily 23. Their marriage most likely took place in Sumter District, South Carolina.

Nov. 24~
  Frances Virginia (McRady) McManus (1836-1903), my maternal Great Great Grandmother, died 112 years ago in Sumter County, South Carolina at the age of 47. Fannie is buried in the Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery, Pisgah Crossroads, Sumter, South Carolina.

Fanny V. McManus
Headstone
Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery
Pisgah Crossroads, Sumter, South Carolina

 My paternal 5th Great Grandfather, Philip Roberts (1763-1854) died 161 years ago in Harrison County, Kentucky.

This date also marks the 127th anniversary of the death of my paternal Great Great Grandfather, Ransom Taylor Early (1829-1888).  Ransom was 76 years old when he died in Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. He is buried in the Bethesda Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Statesville.
 

Ransom Taylor Early
Headstone
Bethesda Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Statesville, Irdell, North Carolina

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May 17-May 23

  

May 17~
   Emily Elizabeth (Vaughn) Bradford (1797-1865), my paternal 4th Great Grandmother, died 150 years ago in Sumter County, South Carolina and may have been buried there in the Dargan Cemetry. Many of the graves have been relocated and at this time there is no record of her burial.

May 18~ 
  My maternal 4th Great Grandfather, Philip Roberts, III (1798-1852), was born in Kershaw County, South Carolina 217 years ago.  His parents were Philip Roberts, II (1763-1854) and Sarah (Kirtley) Roberts (1765-1838).

May 20~
 George Philip Roberts (1856-1930), my maternal Great Great Grandfather was born in Richland County, South Carolina 159 years ago. He was the fourth child of Thomas Philip Roberts (1830-1893)  and Eliza Atiza (Brazell) Roberts (1836-1890).

May 22~
  This day marks what would have been the 127th birthday of my paternal Great Grandfather, Jubal Ransom Early (1888-1964). Jubal was born in Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina to Ransom Taylor Early (1829-1888) and Ellen Caroline (Martin) Early (1850-1926).

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