1015. Annie Gladden-7583
[WHT: Received from Sarah G. Froemming on July 5, 2005.]Camden Chronicle, Mon. May 28, 1962
Mrs. Annie Gladden Branham died Friday at her residence, No. 1 Hermitage. She was born in Fairfield County, a daughter of the late James and Salley Christmas Gladden. She was the widow of Henry L. Branham, who died in 1951.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Ed M. Price of Camden, and one son, B. L. Branham of Blaney.
Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Gladden Branham were conducted at 4 o'clock Sunday from the Kornegay Funeral Home chapel by the Rev. John Atkinson and the Rev. George
Partridge. Interment was in Quaker Cemetery. Active pallbearers were Harry Ellis, Alvin Hunter, Christie Rogers, Owens Grigsby, Herbert Truesdale and Frank Campbell.
1900 Census, Fairfield Co., SC; Dwelling 200; ED: 37, p. 11B list Henry Branham, age 25, born Dec. 1884, farm labor; wife, Annie, 18, Jan. 1882, married less than 1 year. Also living in the household is Nancy Branham, 60, grandmother; Susan Branham, 30, niece & Walter, 2, nephew1910 Census, Kershaw Co., SC; Wateree Twp; Dwelling 116; ED: 16, p. 7B list Henry Branham, age 35, farmer; wife, Annie, 28, married 10 years, had 3 children - 3 living; Eugene, 8; Sallie, 5 & Paul, 3. Living in dwelling 114 is Lawson Branham & family.
1920 Census, Kershaw Co., SC; Wateree Twp; Dwelling 7; ED: 81, p. 11A list Henry L. Branham, age 46, wagon driver; wife, Annie, 38 & 3 children: Eugene, 19, express agent; Sallie, 15 & Paul, 12. Also living in the household is Blake B. Branham, age 25, brother, wagon driver. [WHT: this census shows his middle inital to be L, which could be Lawson - named after his father.]
1930 Census, Kershaw Co., SC; Camden; Dwelling 175; ED: 9, p. 9A list Edward M. Price, age 29, cabinet maker/lumber co.; wife, Sallie I., 24, married 6 years & 1 son, Martin E., 4 mo. Also living in same household is Henry L. Branham, 55, father-in-law, lumber loader/saw mill; wife, Annie, 48 & son, Paul W. Branham, 22, truck driver.
[WHT: Received from Becky Watkins, descendant, on July 1, 2005.]
Henry L. Branham middle name is Levi, not Lawson; this is from the W.W.I draft registration card.
2455. Sallie Irene Branham-7648
[WHT: Received from Becky Watkins on June 26, 2005.]
Someone referred me to your website because I am researching Annie B. Gladden whose mother was a ChristmUs. I have found reference to her on your site. First let me say that 2147 Sarah Branham is actually Sallie Irene Branham which was my grandmother. She did have two brothers, Paul and Eugene. She was married to Edward Martin Price. I cannot find any public document (census, etc) to show proof of Annie Gladden’s parents. My father said that Annie had a brother with the last name Graham but no one ever knew why.Received from Becky Watkins on Dec. 5, 2005.
Herbert, my grandmother was Sallie Irene Branham not Sarah. I think the confusion comes from Sarah (Sallie) Christmus.
1016. William Henry Gladden-7584
1910 Census, Kershaw Co., SC; Dekalb Twp; Dwelling 61; ED: 68, p. 3B list Henry Gladden, age 24, farm manager; wife, Tiny, 19 & 3 children: Ollie M., 2; Edward & Edmond 8/12; census taken April 18 & 19. In dwelling 62 is Henry's parents.South Carolina Death Records, 1821-1955
Name: W H Gladden
Death Date: 2 Feb 1916
Age at Death: 29 years
Born: 1887
Gender: Male
Color: White
County of Death: Kershaw
Certificate Number: 027403[WHT: The following is a wonderful family story told by a great granddaughter; it is a story of hardship, brought about by the early death of a father, and a mother and her children's determination to be reunited.]
William Henry Gladden, son of James Gladden and Sarah Christmas Gladden was married to Tiny Mae Hornsby Nov 18, 1906. Their children were daughter Ollie Mae, twin boys Henry Edmund And William Edward, Harvey Thomas and Charles Clyburn.
William Henry was 7 feet tall an extreme height for that day and time, very slim...dark hair...a good man..hard working. He was a sharecropper, worked for a land owner that provided an old house for the family to live in. In exchange, William Henry worked the soil planting crops to harvest for each season. He was able in this way to provide for his family as well as make a profit for the landowner.
The winter of 1916 was bitter cold in Blaney SC. The rains had pelted the fields for weeks, without ceasing. To keep his job, William had to produce crops for harvest. That meant getting an early start to prepare the soil for planting. During the first weeks of January, William dressed in the warmest clothes he Owned and headed out towards the fields...hoping to get an early start on the plowing. Day after day he trudged back and forth...row after row...all day in the cold and rain, most likely with the help of Tiny Mae. At night fall, he came in to the drafty old house. With light flicking from the oil lamp he ate the meal prepared by Tiny Mae.
Before long the weather conditions took their toll. William Henry was gravely ill, soon followed by Tiny Mae. They were both put to bed with pneumonia. Relatives tried to help, especially Sarah. Family members that were able took turns trying to assist the family.
The children having overheard the adults talking, understood that their father and mother were dying...but were unable at their young ages to express their fears. They instead crouched down in the background of the dimly lit room and said little.
Soon the families worse fears were realized and William Henry died. He was not even 30 years old yet.
The six year old twins remember seeing the hearse drive into the yard. As the boys scrambled to get under the big old oak tree out front, they watched the hearse back up to the front door. Later, as it pulled out of the yard into the road, the boys run behind and waved goodbye.
William was so tall there not a casket to be found that would fit his length. They went to the state capitol thinking surely an extra long casket could be found. Other surrounding areas were checked also without success. The undertaker had no choice. His legs were broken to make his body fit into the coffin. During the funeral the rains continued as folks huddled together against the cold blowing winds.
The property owner evicted William Henry's family the day after he died. Charlie Hornsby... Tiny Mae's father, came with a horse and buggy to remove the family and their few possessions from the old house. Tiny Mae was too ill to attend the funeral.
She eventually did recover but was destitute. With five children... the youngest a baby, and no means to support her family... she worried about the welfare of her children. Her parents were too old to help her raise them. There was not even enough room at their house for the family to stay.
With no other options, Tiny Mae set about to find places for her children to live. Ollie Mae the oldest and Harvey the third child, were placed in a Methodist orphanage in Columbia, SC. Cousins told Tiny about a childless, older couple named Wooten that wanted to adopt the twins. Mr. Wooten and Ms Maggie lived in Blythewood, SC and were financially secure farmers.
Mr. Wooten had paperwork for adoption prepared when he visited Tiny. After his promising to treat the boys well and sent them to school, Tiny signed the papers. It was important to her that her children have an education.
When the twins saw Mr. Wooten's 1914 Ford drive up to the house and realizing what was about to happen, they ran crying to Grandpa James Gladden's house begging for help from their grandparents.
Sarah had spent the day with Tiny Mae, helping her prepare for the boys leaving her. Being very close all their lives to Sarah and James Gladden, the twins wanted to stay with them. Unfortunately, James was disabled. He had been Two-thirds blind since he was Forty years old, and unable to work.
Sarah was eight or more years older than James and did crochet and tatting to help support the two of them. They lived at the time in an old one room schoolhouse and cut firewood for the stove from land owned by Sarah's youngest sister Roxie Christmas Rose and her husband Dolphus.
Since Charles was a baby, Tina Mae kept him and sought unskilled work in Columbia, SC to be able to provide for him. She always had plans to have the children with her again.
Ollie Mae and Harvey were treated very well at the orphanage and Ollie Mae was given piano lessons during those years, however she still missed mama and wanted to go home. Ollie Mae slipped out of the orphanage one evening and run away but later returned before she was missed.
She did adjust and was taught to cook, can, sew and later became a sharp competitor for the visiting collage debating teams in the area. She also felt the desire to do Mission work after becoming a Christian but lacked the education needed for the mission fields.
After Ollie Mae's death, her children found in her belongings, a small piece of jagged wood taped to a piece of paper. On the paper these words, by a nine year old were written: piece of wood off the house where we lived when Papa died 1916 - Feb 2. This small piece of wood had been kept by her all these years.
The twins were put to work on Mr. Wooten and Ms Maggie's farm, working in the fields from sun up each morning. They came in to Ms Maggie's hot biscuits, syrup and thick slices of fried bacon for breakfast.
Ms Maggie packed them biscuit and bacon sandwiches in a lard bucket to take to school for lunch. Being young hard working field hands with large appetites, they usually had eaten their lunch before arriving at the little one room schoolhouse. The several mile walk to school while smelling the biscuits and bacon was too much to resist.
Years later... the twins with families of their own, returned to visit the Wooten couple and continued to visit them often until the couples death.
The twins had each other but they longed to find mama. They dreamed and planned of running away and made several attempts but were found and returned to Mr. Wooten's farm. After a few years they again run away. Mr. Wooten, this time made no attempt to find them.
They trudged down the railroad tracts for hours until they come upon an old farmhouse with a light in the window. The farmer let them sleep in the barn that night and gave them food to eat.
The following day the farmer directed them to another farmer down the way that might be able to hire them. The farmer did give them work for their keep and later helped them get jobs at the cotton mill..At the age of twelve.. they earned the first money they'd ever had.
Tiny Mae meanwhile, had been struggling to make a living and take care of Charles. While working in Columbia she met a soldier...Ream Saucer, stationed at Fort Jackson SC. She later married him. In 1918, the war being over, they moved to Rockingham NC.
About 1920 or 1921, they arrived in Jacksonville Florida, the hometown of her husband. The twins in 1923 knowing mamas whereabouts, made their way to Florida. They were in their early teens by now and happy to be going home to mama again. A year later Ollie Mae and Harvey arrived and once again joined the family.
William Henry and Tiny Mae's children raised families of their own and made successful lives for themselves. Throughout their lives they maintained close relationships with each other and with their mama.
They've all gone on now to meet their Savior and to be reunited with William Henry. At last...the family is together again...now in their Heavenly home.
Sarah Gladden Froemming
2459. William Edward Gladden-7588
Henry & William are twins.
1019. William Elmore Christmus-4528
1920 Census, Richland Co., SC; Columbia; Dwelling 469 - Family 502; ED: 88, p. 27B list William E. Christmus, age 35,; wife, Elizabeth L., 35 & 5 children: Ethel, 12; Elmore, 10; Leonard, 5; Raymond, 2 & 3 mo. and Francis, 4 mo.1930 Census, Richland Co., SC; School Dist., 1; Dwelling 250; ED: 34, p. 15A list William E. Christmus, age 45, merchant-groceries, owns real estate; wife, Lottie E., 35 & 4 children: W. Elmore, Jr., 19; Leonard, 15; Raymond E., 13 & Francis, 11.
[WHT: B. O. Prince is source of parents.]
2473. Leonard McFee Christmas-7249
South Carolina Death Records, 1821-1955
Name: Leonard McFee Christmas
Death Date: 26 Dec 1939
Age at Death: 24 years
Born: 1915
Gender: Male
Color: White
County of Death: Richland
Certificate Number: 018521
2475. Francis LeRoy Christmus-7251
Served WWII, joining May 14, 1942 - H.D. on Oct. 19, 1945.
1020. Ola I. Christmus-3662
[WHT: g-grandson, Ted Robinson, gave me his line back to Ola.]
1021. Robert Henry Christmus-4497
Social Security has DOB as 1890.1920 Census, Richland Co., SC; Columbia; Dwelling 192 - Family 209; ED: 88, p. 13B list Robert H. Christmas, age 28; wife Katie A., 22 & 2 children: Warren H., 3 & 10/12 & Charles H., 1 & 3/12. They are living in the household of Pollyann Hedgepath, 45, widow.
1930 Census, Richland Co., SC; Columbia; Dwelling 304, Family 405; ED: 27, p. 17B list Robert H. Christmus, age 39; wife, Katie A., 32 & 4 children: Warren H., 14; Charles H., 11; Mary H., 7 & Marion D., 3 & 3mo.
2482. Charles Hinnant Christmus-4498
A Charles H. Christmas served in WWII, joining May 20, 1944 at Lancaster, SC; H. Discharge on Nov. 29, 1945; date of birth given as Oct. 24, 1918, born at Camden, SC.
1022. Grover Adway Christmus-3663
Served in US Navy, WWI, joining Dec. 14, 1917; Honorable Discharge April 1, 1919. B. O. Prince has middle name as Cleveland and wife's name spell as Eualee Youmans.1930 Census, Richland Co., SC; Columbia; Dwelling 311, Family 414; ED: 27, p. 17B list Grover A., 36; wife, Lula L., 32 and 1 child, Mozarete (daughter) 4 & 8 mo.
1025. Mattie Estell Christmus-4434
Mattie & Willie, Jr. were twins.
1030. Cynthia Anne Bradley-5375
[WHT: Source of Cynthia Ansie & marriage from papers of John Franklin Christmas. Middle name of Anne from B. O. Prince, grandson.]
1033. Daisy V. Smith-7266
SC Delayed Births, 1766-1900 and City of Charleston, SC Births, 1877-1901
Name: Daisy V Smith
Birth Date: 25 Dec 1885
Birthplace: Lee
Father's Name: H Dave Smith
Mother's Name: Ella O Christmas1910 Census, Lee Co., SC; Turkey Creek; Dwelling 227; ED: 24, p. 13A list Wiley Hopkins, age 33, farmer; wife, Daisy, 24, married 7 years, had 2 children - 1 living: Maggie, 6. Also living in the household is Ella Smith, 50, widow, m-i-l.
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