All of the following folks [Death Cert. and obits] are connected to the Robert Newton Rearden md. Susan Elizabeth Powell family (except the last one and I don't know who she is) Here is an outline and the info. following it is part of the info. I have found to prove the connections. Lots of census work not included in this info. I can send a file with notes and sources upon request to those of you researching this line. Please Note questions I have in the message. I hope someone can help me answer some of them. The* by the name denotes a death cert. or an obit for that person is included in the information. Long message, but I have been working on these folks for several days. Hope it helps someone to place family or extend a line. I never found a connection to my 1 Malissa (Maliscy) Rearden b: Sep 12, 1837 in SC d: Sep 29, 1925 in Graniteville, Aiken Co, SC Burial: Graniteville Cem., Graniteville, Aiken Co., SC .. +William H. Coursey b: Jul 25, 1841 in Edgefield Co, SC m: Aug 17, 1862 d: Dec 08, 1915 in Aiken Co, SC Burial: Graniteville Cem., Graniteville, Aiken Co., SC Father: Uel/Ewell/Newell* COURSEY Mother: [Harriett ROBERTSON - unproven] Ewell Coursey is my ggg-grandfather, and William H. is my gg-grandfather's brother. Billie Jones -------------------------------------------------------- 1 Robert Newton Rearden b: 1837 d: 1885 * +Susan Elizabeth Powell b: Dec 27, 1840 in SC d: Apr 18, 1929 in Graniteville, Gregg township, Aiken Co, SC Burial: Graniteville Cem, Graniteville, Aiken Co, SC Father: POWELL Mother: Margaret CROZIER ..... 2 James Wesley Rearden b: Jun 06, 1861 d: Mar 25, 1959 Burial: Graniteville Cem, Graniteville, Aiken Co, SC *....... +Alazuma 'Allie' Quinby b: Aug 14, 1859 d: Mar 26, 1937 Burial: Graniteville Cem, Graniteville, Aiken Co, SC Father: Lawrence QUINBY Mother: Martha POWELL ............ 3 William L. Rearden b: Mar 1888 ................ +Aileen b: Sep 04, 1887 d: Dec 23, 1922 Burial: Graniteville Cem, Graniteville, Aiken Co, SC ............ *2nd Wife of William L. Rearden: ................ +Mattie ............ 3 Maydie Rearden b: May 05, 1891 d: Aug 04, 1980 Burial: Graniteville Cem, Graniteville, Aiken Co, SC ................ +James Olin Crout b: Jan 23, 1882 d: Nov 13, 1952 Burial: Graniteville Cem, Graniteville, Aiken Co, SC ............ 3 Nellie B. Rearden b: May 1898 ............ 3 James Victor Rearden b: Jun 1899 *... 2 Benjamin I. Rearden b: Feb 11, 1866 d: Dec 17, 1931 Burial: Graniteville Cem, Graniteville, Aiken Co, SC *....... +Catherine 'Kate' Prince b: Jun 23, 1867 m: Abt. 1883 d: May 17, 1934 Burial: Graniteville Cem, Graniteville, Aiken Co, SC Father: Thomas PRINCE Mother: Phebe TREADAWAY ............ 3 Anna B. Rearden b: Sep 1885 in SC ................ +[JONES] ............ 3 Robert W. Rearden b: Oct 1887 ............ 3 Benjamin T. Rearden b: Dec 1889 d: 1947 ................ +[Maggie] *.......... 3 Emmet L. Rearden b: Nov 18, 1892 in SC d: Dec 24, 1944 in Veteran's Adm. Facility, Hopkins twp, Richland Co, SC Burial: Graniteville Cem, Graniteville, Aiken Co, SC ............ 3 Roy Hilton Rearden b: Oct 1894 ................ +Ollie Yaun b: Abt. 1894 m: Abt. 1918 *......................4. Includes two Death Cert. of their infant children. ............ 3 Harry W. Rearden b: Jun 1896 d: 1977 ............ 3 Tracy T. Rearden b: Sep 17, 1900 d: Sep 19, 1953 Burial: Graniteville Cem, Graniteville, Aiken Co, SC ............ 3 Reginald Rearden b: Mar 18, 1903 d: May 25, 1961 Burial: Graniteville Cem, Graniteville, Aiken Co, SC ............ 3 Catherine Rearden b: Abt. 1906 *... 2 John R. Rearden b: Apr 21, 1868 d: Aug 26, 1935 in Graniteville, Aiken Co, SC Burial: Graniteville Cem, Graniteville, Aiken Co, SC *....... +Ida Powell b: Mar 11, 1869 m: Bet. 1892 - 1893 d: May 25, 1943 Burial: Graniteville Cem., Graniteville, Aiken Co, SC Father: James POWELL Mother: Clarissa GREEN ............ 3 Evelyn Rearden b: Jan 06, 1894 in SC d: Dec 08, 1907 Burial: Graniteville Cem, Graniteville, Aiken Co, SC ............ 3 Adrian Rupert Rearden b: Aug 31, 1896 in SC d: Apr 18, 1973 in Volusia, FL ............ 3 James R. Rearden b: Oct 1899 in SC *.......... 3 Winifred Rearden b: Nov 04, 1903 in SC d: Jul 19, 1935 Burial: Graniteville Cem, Graniteville, Aiken Co, SC ............ 3 Edith Rearden b: Abt. 1909 in SC ................ +Robert L. Hart m: Bet. 1935 - 1943 ..... 2 Isabella Rearden b: Abt. 1871 ..... 2 Emma Rearden b: Abt. 1873 ..... 2 Jasper Edward Rearden b: Jul 24, 1876 d: Sep 26, 1949 Burial: Graniteville Cem, Graniteville, Aiken Co, SC ......... +Lula Eva Powell b: Oct 16, 1879 d: Nov 28, 1948 in Graniteville, Aiken Co, SC Burial: Graniteville Cem, Graniteville, Aiken Co, SC Father: James POWELL Mother: Clarissa GREEN ..... 2 George Baker Rearden b: 1879 d: 1948 Burial: Graniteville Cem, Graniteville, Aiken Co, SC ......... +Ada Barton b: Abt. Jul 1880 in SC m: Abt. 1898 d: 1940 Burial: Graniteville Cem, Graniteville, Aiken Co, SC Father: Giles BARTON Mother: Mattie A. UNKNOWN [Will look up her DC later. Just found out from census records who she was.] ............ 3 Ada May Rearden b: 1899 d: 1981 ............ 3 Pruitt Rearden b: 1901 d: 1902 ............ 3 Sayer/Cyrill Rearden b: Abt. 1903 ............ 3 George Everett Rearden b: 1913 d: 1914 ............ 3 Carlyle Rearden b: 1916 d: 1920 [have him on my list to look up] ------------------------------------------------------ Wife of James Wesley Rearden: 1937 - Death Cert. #2752, Aiken Co, SC. Allie Quinby Rearden Female, White, Married to J. Wesley Rearden b. August 14, 1859, Graniteville, SC [Edgefield Co. at the time] SC. d. March 26, 1937, Graniteville, SC. father: Lawrence Quinby, b. SC. mother: Martha POWELL cause: cerebral hemmorhage informant: J. Wesley Rearden buried: Graniteville, SC UT: J. M. Posey & son, Graniteville, SC The following are buried together in the Graniteville Cem, Graniteville, Aiken Co, SC. I do not know how these Yauns are connected: Benjamin I. had a son Roy Hilton Rearden who married an Ollie Yaun. His info. a bit further down. * Rearden, Benjamin I. Feb 11 1866 - Dec 17 1931 * Rearden, Catherine P. Jun 23 1867 - May 17 1934 * Rearden, Emmet L. Nov 18 1892 - Dec 24 1944 Rearden, Benjamin 1889 - 1947 Rearden, Harry W. 1898 - 1977 *Rearden, Abner P. Mar 18 1918 - Mar 24 1918 *Rearden, Kathleen E. Nov 4 1920 - Nov 7 1920 Yaun, Abner Reynolds Oct 12 1895 - May 13 1972 Yaun, Alice 1925 - 1925 Yaun, Alma M. 1924 - 1924 Yaun, John W. 1918 - 1919 Reardon, Reginald P., Sr. Mar 18 1903 - May 25 1961 I started looking up DC to see how I could connect them. I have found a DC for the starred persons. I have not looked up the Yaun DCs. -------------------------------------------------------- Mother: 1934 - Death Cert. #3095, Aiken Co, SC Catherine Demarris/Manis Rearden Female, White, widow of Ben I. Rearden b. June 23, 1869, Graniteville, SC father: Thomas Prince, SC mother: Phoebe Treadaway, SC d. March 17, 1934, Warrenville, Gregg twp, Aiken Co, SC cause: cerebral hemorrhage informant: Tracy Rearden, Warrenville, SC buried: Graniteville [Cem, Graniteville, Aiken Co, SC] UT: J. M. Posey & Son, Graniteville, SC ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1944 - Death Cert #14941, Richland Co, SC Emmet L. Rearden Male, White, divorced, Cook b. Nov. 11, 1892, SC father: Benjamin Rearden, SC mother: Katherine Prince, SC d. Dec. 24, 1944, Veteran's Adm. Facility, Hopkins twp, Richland Co, SC cause: pulmonary TB; chronic, far advanced informant: Clinical Records, VA facility, Columbia, SC buried: Not given UT: Posey's Funeral Home, Graniteville, SC He is buried in the Graniteville Cem, Graniteville, Aiken Co, SC with his parents. ----------------------------------------------- The two infant children, Abner Prince Rearden and Katherine E. Rearden, I believe to be the children of a SON of Benjamin I and Catherine Prince, Roy Hilton Rearden. Roy H. is listed in the 1900 Aiken Co, SC, Gregg twp, p. 185B, hh# 359/362, with parents. In 1920 he is not there, but a Hilton Rearden is found as follows with wife OLLIE, whose name mathes as mother of the two infant children. I have made the connection back to Benjamin I. Rearden based on that info. CENSUS: 1920 Aiken Co, SC, Gregg twp, p. 127A, hh# 708/708 Hilton Rearden, head, 26 M W md, house carpenter, SC SC SC Ollie Rearden, wife, 26 F W md, SC SC SC I don't have online access to the 1930 census here at home to check them out to see about other childen. 1919 - Death Cert. #5564, Aiken Co, SC Abner Prince Rearden Male, White, single, child b. March 18, 1919, SC father: R. H. Rearden, Graniteville, SC mother: Ollie R. Yaun, SC d.March 21, 1919, Warrenville, Gregg twp, Aiken Co, SC cause: pneumonia Informant: Mr. R. H. Rearden, Warrenville, SC buried: Graniteville Cem [Graniteville, Aiken Co, SC] UT: J. M. Posey, Graniteville, SC ------------------------------------------ 1921 - Death Cert. # 16776, Aiken Co, SC Katherine Elizabeth Rearden Female, white, single, child b. Nov 4, 1921, Graniteville, SC father: Roy/Ray Rearden mother: Ollie Yaun, SC d. Nov 11, 1921, Graniteville, Gregg twp, Aiken Co, SC cause: pneumonia (bronchitis) informant: Mrs. (Ida Tunie) Rearden buried: Graniteville Cem [Graniteville, Aiken Co, SC] UT: Crouch & Timmerman, Aiken SC Who is (Ida Tunie) Rearden, based on best guess of a 'difficult to read' image? ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ I have an Ida Powell who married John Rearden, BROTHER of the Benjamin I. Rearden family above. 1 Ida Powell b: Mar 11, 1869 d: May 25, 1943 Burial: Graniteville Cem., Graniteville, Aiken Co, SC * +John R. Rearden b: Apr 21, 1868 m: Bet. 1892 - 1893 d: Aug 26, 1935 in Graniteville, Aiken Co, SC Burial: Graniteville Cem, Graniteville, Aiken Co, SC Father: Robert Newton REARDEN Mother: Susan Elizabeth POWELL ..... 2 Evelyn Rearden b: Jan 06, 1894 in SC d: Dec 08, 1907 Burial: Graniteville Cem, Graniteville, Aiken Co, SC ..... 2 Adrian Rupert Rearden b: Aug 31, 1896 in SC d: Apr 18, 1973 in Volusia, FL ..... 2 James R. Rearden b: Oct 1899 in SC *. 2 Winifred Rearden b: Nov 04, 1903 in SC d: Jul 19, 1935 Burial: Graniteville Cem, Graniteville, Aiken Co, SC ..... 2 Edith Rearden b: Abt. 1909 in SC ......... +Robert L. Hart m: Bet. 1935 - 1943 ------------------------------------------------- I've never gotten Ida Powell Rearden's DC, but have her obit: I am thinking that I looked and could not find one. (Aug. Chron. Obit., Wed., 26 May 1943) Mrs. Ida Rearden, Native of Valley, Dies in Carolina GRANITEVILLE. S. C.. May 25. - Mrs. Ida Powell Rearden, widow of John R. Rearden, died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Robert Hart, in Vance, S. C., yesterday after an illness of five months. Funeral services will be conducted at St. John's Methodist church in Graniteville Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, the Rev. Bernard S. Drennon officiating. Interment will be in the Graniteville cemetery. Mrs. Rearden was a native of Graniteville, and had lived here all her life. She was a member of St. John's Methodist church. Survivors include two sons, A.R. Rearden, Atlanta, and Lt. Col. James R. Rearden of Arlington, VA; one daughter, Mrs. Robert L. Hart; five sisters, Mrs. Hudson Jordan of Aiken, S.C., Mrs. Maymie Rushton, Mrs. Hattie P. Carpenter, Mrs. J. N. Rearden and Mrs. John F. West, all of Graniteville, and 13 grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Dr. J. C. Peace, Raymond Barton, Wilkes Taylor, Andrew Yaun, Monroe Hamilton and Clarence Williams. [I have her as the daughter of James Powell (1817) and Clarissa Green (1846) ------------------------------------------------------- HER MOTHER: 1920 - Death Cert # 19654, Aiken Co., SC Clarissa E. Powell Female, White, Widow b. Dec. 15, 1846, Barnwell Co., SC Age: 73y, 10m. 24d father: William Green, b. Barnwell Co., SC mother: Mary Hankinson, b. Barnwell Co., SC d. Nov 9, 1920, Graniteville, Aiken Co., SC cause: acute delirium - contusion of left thigh & hip due to a fall of about six feet info: Mrs. Loula R. Rearden, Graniteville Burial: Graniteville. Informant, Loula R. Rearden, is the sister of Ida Powell Rearden. Loula md. Jasper Edward Rearden, a brother to the Benjamin I. Rearden above and the John R. Rearden below. I have not looked up Jasper Edward Rearden's DC altho he died in Sep 26 1949, and one should be availabe. He is on my to do list, as is Loula who d. Nov 28 1948 Ida Powell's HUSBAND, brother to Benjamin and Jasper Edward Rearden, all sons of Robert Newton Rearden: 1935 - Death Cert. # 11320, Aiken Co, SC John R. Rearden Male, White, Farmer, md Ida Powell Rearden b. April 20, 1868, Graniteville, SC father: Robert Newton Rearden, SC mother: Susie Elizabeth Powell, SC d. August 26, 1935, Graniteville, Gregg twp, Aiken Co, SC cause: Cerebral hemorrhage informant: A. R. Rearden, Graniteville, SC buried: Graniteville, SC UT: J. M. Posey & Sons, Graniteville, SC His obit was published in the Augusta Chronicle, Tues, Aug 27, 1935. John R. Rearden Dies At Residence Graniteville, SC, Aug 26, John R. Rearden, 67, died at the residence early this morning after an illness of two years. He was desperately ill for one week. Funeral Services will be held tomorrow morniing at 10:20 at the Graniteville Methodist Church with the Rev. M. W. Lever officiating. Interment will follow in the Graniteville Cem. the Pickens Lodge No. 28, Independent Order of Odd Fellows of which he was a member will form an honorary escort at the funeral. Survivors are: a daughter Miss Edith Rearden, Graniteville; two sons J. R. Rearden and A. R. Reardon, Jacksonville FL. Two sisters, Mrs. Belle Powell and Mrs. R. B. Tindall of Greenville; four brothers, J. W. Rearden, J. E. Rearden, G. B. Rearden, and J. F. Rearden, aoo of Graniteville, one grandchild and several other relatives. Mr. Rearden was a member of the Graniteville Methodist Church and was widely known in Aiken Co. I was sent info that calls John Rearden's mother Susan Crozier. I believe that was the maiden name of his wife Susan Powell's mother. No information in her death cert of her father. Can anyone place her in a Powell family? John R. Rearden's death certificate above names her as Susan POWELL. Susan's death certificate did not help with her surname as father was not given. Mother was named. 1929 Death Cert. #5704, Aiken Co, SC Mrs. Susan E. Rearden Female, white, widow b. Dec. 27, 1840, SC (88yr, 3mo, 22dy) father: Don't know mother: Margaret Crozier, SC d. April 18, 1929, Graniteville, Gregg township, Aiken Co, SC cause: cerebral apoplexy informant: Mr. J. W. Rearden, Graniteville, SC buried: Graniteville UT: Couch & Timmerman DAUGHTER of John R. & Ida B. Powell Rearden. 1935 - Death Cert. #9790, Aiken Co, SC Winnifred Rearden Female, White, single, stenographer/office work b. Nov 4, 1903, Graniteville, SC [Aiken Co] father: John R. Rearden, Graniteville, SC mother: Ida B. Powell, Graniteville, SC d. July 19, 1935, Graniteville, Gregg twp, Aiken Co, SC cause: Mitral regurgitation iinformant: John R. Rearden, Graniteville, SC buried: Graniteville [Cem, Graniteville, Aiken Co, SC] UT: J. M Posey & Son, Graniteville, SC Winifred is buried beside her parents in the same family plot in the Graniteville Cem, Graniteville, Aiken Co, SC Rearden, Evelyn C. Jan 6 1894 - Dec 8 1907 Rearden, Winnifred Nov 4 1903 - Jul 19 1935 Rearden, Ida POWELL Mar 11 1869 - May 25 1943 Rearden, John R. Apr 21 1868 - Aug 25 1935 ---------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------ I found this one while looking for someone else, and copied it just in case. But I have no idea who she is nor how she fits into any family. I could not read her father's surname clearly. Best guess in ( ). 1934 - Death Cert. #20491, Richland Co, SC Mrs. Nettie Aloner Rearden Female, White, Divorced, Spinner/textile mill b. Sept 5, 1899, Aiken Co, SC father: John Edwards (Beings), GA mother: Cornelia Harriett Attebury, Barnwell Co, SC d. Dec. 1, 1934, City State Park, Blythwood, Richland Co, SC informant: Mrs. W. L. Fitzgerald, Graniteville, SC buried: Graniteville, SC UT: J. M. Posey & Son, Graniteville, SC Don't know which Rearden she married. Have not placed her in my files She is buried in Graniteville Cem. next to a Walling family: Rearden, Nettie Sep 5 1899 - Dec 1 1934 Walling, James Richard Aug 21 1876 - Jul 15 1929 Walling, Hattie E. Jan 8 1877 - Mar 8 1960 Walling, Harvey V. Dec 3 1906 - Nov 24 1926 Walling, Parker Will Nov 28 1899 - Dec 1915 ----------------------------------------------------------- Any comments, additions, and or corrections are appreciated. For clearer response, please do a reply all, then delete the folks you are not discussing and leaving only those folks you are adding to or questioning in the answer. This message is too long to send back and forth with all sorts of additions. Billie