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James Breazeale Gambrell 1898–1984 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 Jun 1898

Birth Location: Laurens, South Carolina

Death Date: 19 September 1984

Death Location: Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, United States of America

Father: James Gambrell

Mother: Mary Gambrell

Spouse(s): Lila Thompson

Children(s): Mary Gambrell, Miriam Gambrell, Harriett Miner

James Breazeale Gambrell was born in 1898 in Laurens, South Carolina, the child of James Capers Gambrell And Mary Gambrell. In 1910, James Breazeale Gambrell resided in Walnut Grove, Greenwood, South Carolina, USA. James Breazeale Gambrell married Lila Mae Thompson, and had children including Harriett Ann Miner, James Breazeale Gambrell Jr, Mary Sue Gambrell, Miriam Alice Gambrell. James Breazeale Gambrell passed away in 1984 in Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, United States of America.

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Biography

  • James Breazeale Gambrell was born in 1898 in Laurens, South Carolina, the child of James Capers Gambrell And Mary Gambrell.
  • In 1910, James Breazeale Gambrell resided in Walnut Grove, Greenwood, South Carolina, USA.
  • James Breazeale Gambrell married Lila Mae Thompson, and had children including Harriett Ann Miner, James Breazeale Gambrell Jr, Mary Sue Gambrell, Miriam Alice Gambrell.
  • James Breazeale Gambrell passed away in 1984 in Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Gambrell
1874–1931
Birth Location: Greenwood, Greenwood County, South Carolina, United States of America
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Mary Gambrell
1875–1969
Birth Location: South Carolina
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Spouses(s)

Lila Thompson
1900–1989
Birth Location: South Carolina
LT

Children(s)

Mary Gambrell
1924–2005
Birth Location: Rome, Georgia
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Miriam Gambrell
1930–2012
Birth Location: Greenwood, Greenwood, South Carolina, USA
MG
Harriett Miner
1928–1995
Birth Location: Greenwood County, South Carolina, USA
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James Gambrell's Ancestors

Self
James Gambrell
1898–1984
Birth Place: Laurens, South Carolina
Parents
James Capers Gambrell
1874–1931
Greenwood, Greenwood County, South Carolina, United States of America
Mary Gambrell
1875–1969
South Carolina
Grandparents
James (Lewis) McCullough
1841–1886
Temperance Epps
1842–1905
Laurens District, South Carolina
Great-Grandparents
David McCullough
1813–1856
Clarinda Shumate
1812–1883
James Epps
1821–
Mary Sullivan
1826–1880
2nd-Great-Grandparents
1779–1853
Mary Cowan
1789–1857
Strother Esquire
1781–1834
Annie McDavid
1787–1883
Joseph Sullivan
1796–1849
Temperance Arnold
1801–1857

James Gambrell's Descendants

1.
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James (Breazeale) Gambrell (4 Jun 1898–19 September 1984) m. Lila (Mae) Thompson (22 February 1900–1 March 1989)
  1. 1. Mary (Sue) Gambrell 1924–2005 m. Frank (H) Schurz 1924–
  2. 2. Miriam (Alice) Gambrell 1930–2012 m. Lewis (McNeil) Hough 1926–2006
  3. 3. Harriett (Ann) Miner 1928–1995

James Gambrell's Timeline

8 Records

1898
4 June 1898
Birth of James Breazeale Gambrell in South Carolina
South Carolina
1898
4 Jun 1898
Birth of James Breazeale Gambrell in Laurens, South Carolina
Laurens, South Carolina
1910
1910
Age 12
James Breazeale Gambrell resided here in Walnut Grove, Greenwood, South Carolina, USA
Walnut Grove, Greenwood, South Carolina, USA
1930
1930
Age 32
James Breazeale Gambrell resided here in Greenwood, Greenwood, Greenwood, South Carolina, USA
Greenwood, Greenwood, Greenwood, South Carolina, USA
1935
1935
Age 37
James Breazeale Gambrell resided here in Greenwood, Greenwood, South Carolina
Greenwood, Greenwood, South Carolina
1940
1940
Age 42
James Breazeale Gambrell resided here in Greenwood, Greenwood, Greenwood, South Carolina, USA
Greenwood, Greenwood, Greenwood, South Carolina, USA
1950
1950
Age 52
James Breazeale Gambrell resided here in , Chester, South Carolina, USA
, Chester, South Carolina, USA
1984
19 September 1984
Age 86
Death of James Breazeale Gambrell
None

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 June 1898
    Event Place: South Carolina
    Record Source:
    [1] 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Greenwood, Greenwood, South Carolina; Roll: m-t0627-03815; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 24-10
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 Jun 1898
    Event Place: Laurens, South Carolina
    Record Source: South Carolina, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1766-1900 and City of Charleston, South Carolina, U.S., Birth Records, 1877-1901

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1910
    Event Place: Walnut Grove, Greenwood, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1930
    Event Place: Greenwood, Greenwood, Greenwood, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Greenwood, Greenwood, South Carolina; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0012; FHL microfilm: 2341934

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1935
    Event Place: Greenwood, Greenwood, South Carolina
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Greenwood, Greenwood, South Carolina; Roll: m-t0627-03815; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 24-10

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1940
    Event Place: Greenwood, Greenwood, Greenwood, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Greenwood, Greenwood, South Carolina; Roll: m-t0627-03815; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 24-10

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1950
    Event Place: , Chester, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Chester, South Carol

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 21 Sep 1984
    Event Place: Rock Hill, South Carolina
    Record Source: Newspapers.com - The Herald - 21 Sep 1984 - Page 2, Obituary for James B Gambrell (Aged 86) 21 Sep 1984

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Greenwood, SC
    Record Source: U.S., Veterans Administration Master Index

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 September 1984
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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