Checking out some Rearden DCs.... Billie ------------------------------------------- Married a REARDEN: 1933 - Death Cert #4594, Aiken Co, SC John D. Powell Male, White, md Mrs. Belle Powell, weaver/cotton mill for 54 years, retired 1929 b. August 18, 1860, Graniteville, SC father: Lewis Powell, Graniteville, SC mother: Unknown d. April 30, 1933, Graniteville, Gregg twp, Aiken Co, SC cause: Pellegra informant: Joe Powell, Graniteville, SC buried: Graniteville UT: J. S. Chafin & E. H. Creed, Langley, SC Wife, Mrs. Belle Powell was Miss Isabelle Rearden, d/o Robert Newton Rearden & Susan Elizabeth Powell The Augusta Chronicle, May 1, 1933 John D. Powell, 72, died at 5 o'clock yesterday afternon at the residence at Graniteville, SC after an illness of three weeks. Funeral services will be held at 4 o'clock this afternoon at Graniteville Methodist Church, the Rev. M. W. Lever officiating, assisted by the Rev. O. E. Tebow and the Rev. Thomas Walker. Interment will be in the churchyard cemetery. He is survived by one son, Joe Powell, of Graniteville and several neices and nephews. CENSUS: 1920 Aiken Co, SC, Graniteville PO, Gregg twp, p. 99 hh#83/83 John Powell, head, 58 M W (oiler) at cotton mill, SC SC SC Belle Powell, wife, 48 F W ___ at cotton mill, SC SC SC Joseph Powell, son, 22 M W doffer at cotton mill, SC SC SC Susan Rearden, mother-in-law, 78 F W , SC SC SC Corneila Rearden, aunt, 66 F W, SC SC SC According to Jack Wood, <j57ewood@bellsouth.net> He is buried in the Graniteville Cemetery...and per the Graniteville Cemetery Book 2001 his grave marker cannot be found, or as stated "subjected to be lost in time". He said that the Methodist church of Graniteville is Saint John"s United Methodist Church on Gregg St. and it has no connection to the Graniteville Cem. And the church has no graveyard. I checked the 1870 & 1880 census records and found John D. with a Lewis Powell and wife (1880) same as 1870, Caroline Unknown. to connect him to his parents. CENSUS: 1870 Edgefield Co, SC, hh# 205 Lewis Powell, 42 M W SC Caroline Powell, 42 F W SC William Powell, 17 M W SC [Luther in 1880] John D. Powell, 8 M W SC George Powell, 5 M W SC --------------------------------------------------- 1934 DC#1466, Aiken Co, SC Mrs. Maude Rearden Female, white, widow b. Dec 7, 1881, Aiken Co, SC father: Henry Smith, Aiken Co., SC* mother: Julia Barnes, Aiken Co, SC* d. Feb. 11, 1934, near Bath, Langley twp, Aiken Co, SC cause: myocarditis informant: Mr. David Attaway, Clearwater, SC buried: Pine Grove UT: D. M. George, Aiken Co, SC Obit: Augusta Chronicle, 2/12/1934 Bath, SC, Feb 11 --- Mrs. Maude Smith Rearden , widow of W. B. Rearden, died at her residence here early this morning following a brief illness. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. * Either Edgefield or Barnwell Co, as Aiken Co. was not formed until1870. Questions: 1) Who is her husband, W. B. Rearden? 2) Where in Pine Grove Church? An Aiken Co. Cem. list at the following URL does not list a Pine Grove? Nor could I find one in the 4 Vol. of Aiken Co. Cem books at the Camden Archives. http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=13036&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down&sec=0&qty=67 Robert Barnes <REBarnes50@aol.com> do you recognize the Julia Barnes? --------------------------------------------------------------- 1947 - Death Cert. #9916 (barely readable) Walter Anderson Rearden Male, White md to thelma Mae Rearden b. no date, can't read age, McCormick Co, SC* father: Not given mother: ____ King, SC d. July 1, 1947, Edgefield, Edgefield Co, SC cause: metatesis _ _, primary site left lung. informant: L. E. Rearden, (Edgefield, SC) can only see a few letters) buried: Plum Branch, SC UT: J. H. Hollingsworth, Edgefield, SC *McCormick Co.was formed in 1916 from Edgefield, Abbeville and Greenwood Co, SC The following obituary was published in the Augusta Chronicle July 2, 1947: Walter A. Rearden, 52, Succumbs in Edgefield Edgefield, July 1 --- Walter A. Rearden, 52, died at his residence in Edgefield Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Funeral services will be held July 2 at 4 pm at the graveside at the Baptist Cem at Plum Branch. The Rev. John S. Wimbish will be in charge assisted by the Rev. Brant. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Thelman Rearden, two daughters, Mrs. Louis Peebles and Miss Mae Rearden of Edgefield; two sons, J. B. Rearden of St. Louis and L. E. Rearden of Edgefield, one sister Mrs. Sallie Reynolds of Edgefield, one brother, George Rearden of Plum Branch, SC No Death certificate is yet available for Thelma Mae Rearden without ordering thru DEHEC, but her obit is as follows: Obituary of Mrs. Thelma Rearden, Augusta Chronicle, Oct 31, 1957 EDGEFIELD, SC -- Mrs. Thelma Strother Rearden died unexpectedly Tuesday night at the home of her daughter Mrs. Byrd Griffis. Funeral Services will be held at the graveside in the Plum Branch SC cemetery, Thursday at 11 am. The body will be at the Edgefield Mercantile funeral Home until the hour of the funeral Mrs. Rearden was a native of the Plum Branch section of Old Edgefield Co and had lived in Edgefield for 32 years. She retired a year ago after a long period of service as clerk at Reel's Market. Survivors are two daughters: Mrs Griffis and Mrs. Harvey William of Valdosta, GA; to sons, james Rearden and Lawrence Rearden of Edgefield; two sisters, Mrs. Olin Bryan of Edgefield and Mrs. W. L. Wall of McCormick; two brothers, James Strother and Roy Strother of Plum Branch and seven grandchildren. I must have only a partial listing of folks buried in the Plum Branch cem, as I cannot find either one of them in the file sent to me. I have not checked for cem. Records, as Camden Archives has virtually nothing on McCormick Co. [Anyone wanting to make a donation of McCormick information, please get in touch]. I did find them in the CENSUS: 1920 McCormick Co, SC, Plum Branch twp, p. 247B, FM 234/240 Walter A. Rearden, M W 25 md, Farmer, 244 acres, SC SC SC Thelma Rearden, wife, F W md SC SC SC Francis Howard, grandmother, 58 F W SC SC SC Can anyone make the connection to the Howard line here? And if you have access to 1830 census which will check for all names in a hh, see if you can find Walter in 1910 age ca 15 with his parents or 1900 age ca 5. ------------------------------------- 1948 - Death Cert. #11163, Aiken Co, SC George Baker Rearden Male, White, textiles, widow of Ada Bell Rearden b. 3/30/1879, Graniteville, SC father: Robert Rearden, SC mother: Susan Rearden, SC d. June 16, 1948, Rural Warrenville, Aiken Co, SC (lived all his life) cause: carsinoma of (liver) & abdominal viscera informant: Cyril Rearden, Graniteville, SC buried: Graniteville Cem. UT: Posey's, Graniteville, SC The obit of a brother of George B. names his mother as Susan POWELL. OBIT - GEORGE B. REARDEN, 69, Dies at Graniteville Graniteville, SC - June 16, 1007, George Baker Rearden, 69, lifelong resident of Graniteville, died after an illness of nine weeks. Funeral services will be held at the St. John Methodist church in Graniteville Thursday afternoon at 5 o'clock with the Rev. James G. Strord officiating. Interment will be in the Graniteville cem. The body will be at Posey's Funeral Home until the hour of the funeral. Pallbearers will be Ollie Moyer, A. T. Washington, Amos Hudson, Hess Minor, Alvie McKay and Kennith Gay. Mr. Rearden was a member of the St. John Methodist Church. He was the son of the later Robert Rearden and the late Mrs. Susan Rearden. He is survived by one daughter, Miss Mae Rearden of Graniteville; two sons, Cyril C. Rearden of Graniteville and Samuel Rearden of Newark, N. J.; three brothers Wesley Rearden, Edward rearden and Frank Rearden, all of Graniteville; two sisters, Mrs Emma Tindell and Mrs. Bell Powell of Graniteville and one grandchild. In 1900 Aiken Co, SC, Gregg twp, p. 169A, hh#22/65/65, married living in hh with his wife's parents, Giles and Mattie A. BARTON. The following are buried in the Graniteville Cem. in the plot with G. Baker and Ada B. Rearden. Rearden, Ada B. 1880 - 1940 [Mother] Rearden, A. Mae 1899 - 1980 Rearden, Carlisle 1916 - 1920 Rearden, George Everett 1913 - 1914 Rearden, Pruitt 1900 - 1902 [the child who died referenced in the 1910 census?] Rearden, G. Baker 1879 - 1948 [Father] -----------------------------------