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Rev Samuel J Bethea

Rev Samuel J Bethea

Male 1808 - 1877  (69 years)   Has 8 ancestors and 23 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name Samuel J Bethea
    Prefix Rev
    Birth 22 Oct 1808  Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male
    _UID F530898DD2DAD4118AC44445535400004AC3 
    Death 24 Oct 1877  Marion Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Dothan Methodist Cem, Dillon Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I18443  Marty and Karla Grant
    Last Modified 10 Nov 2012

    Father James Bethea,   b. 1774/1780   d. Aft 1810, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 31 years)
    Mother Margaret Cockrane,   b. 1770/1780   d. Aft 1840, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 61 years)
    Marriage 1790/1800  Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID DE1D4362B5973B4BBE8F9DB97A83AA3DF947 
    Family ID F7167  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Rogers,   b. Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1850, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location
    _UID F7916E029928D449983792B4DE3228204379 
    Children 
     1. M Louisa Bethea,   b. Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Margaret E Bethea,   b. 18 Apr 1835, MS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 May 1896 (Age 61 years)
     3. Harriet Bethea,   b. 27 Dec 1839   d. 3 Sep 1914, Dillon Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     4. Dr Andrew J Bethea,   b. 1839/1840, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jul 1881, Marion Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)
     5. Flora Jane Bethea,   b. 23 Jun 1841, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Oct 1900, Marion Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
     6. Samuel J Bethea,   b. Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Catherine Jennette Bethea   d. 3 Jul 1866, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Lucinda Bethea   d. Abt Dec 1869, Marion Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. David N Bethea
    Family ID F8935  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Aug 2026

    Family 2 Elizabeth A Bass,   b. 20 May 1820, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Oct 1898, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    Marriage Aft 1850  Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID A501EE3BCF41BF41904388A4A375C226DEEE 
    Family ID F9022  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Aug 2026

  • Notes 
    • !CENSUS:1840 Marion Dist, SC pg 184 Samuel J. BETHEA age 30-39 (1800/10) "200001-210101";

      !CENSUS:1850;

      !CENSUS:1860 Marion Dist, SC # 955
      Samuel J. BETHEA, 51 SC
      E. A. (f) 40
      H. (f) 18
      F. J. (f) 17
      L. (f) 16
      Lucinda, 15
      D. W. (m) 14
      J. (f) 11
      S. J. (m) 3;

      !PROBATE:Marion Co, SC Roll # 1260 Vol II page 196;

      !DEATH:From the Marion Star - "Genealogical Abstracts from Marion, South Carolina Newspapers 1858-1886" Abstracted by Gloria Calhoun, Pee Dee Chapter SCGS, Marion, SC 1999;

      !REFERENCE: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 178-183
      ...
      the second [daughter of Timothy Rogers], Mary, married the late Rev. Samuel J. Bethea, and is dead;

      !REFERENCE: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 193-197

      Tart ...
      James, the older brother, was a very respectable man and good citizen ; he married Miss Julia Ann Smith, and raised a large family of sons and daughters, all of whom are now dead, except the youngest son, Enos Murchison Tart, who married in Columbus County, N. C, where he settled and now resides. John W. Tart, the oldest son of James, married a daughter of Rev. Samuel J. Bethea, raised a large family of sons and daughters, who are now among us as citizens of the county ; he died on April 14th, 1875, of a cancer on the tongue. A daughter of James Tart, Amelia, married the late John C. Campbell, near Ebenezer Church, where he and she both died a few years ago; they raised a large family of sons, and two daughters, perhaps eight or ten sons. Some of the sons, two or three, are dead, leaving no family, and one of the daughters is also dead, unmarried; the others are among us, and are respectable citizens. James Tart died during the war, on the place near Moody's Mill, now owned by the estate of the late Governor Ellerbe. ;

      !REFERENCE: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 199-206
      ...
      Of the daughters of the Rev. Joel Allen, Annie Maria, the oldest, married Dr. Andrew J. Bethea, son of Rev. S. J. Bethea; he died in 1881, and left three sons and two daughters ; the sons are Herbert, Percy and Andrew, and are all young men of fine character. Andrew is now in Wake Forrest College, N. C. ; all unmarried.* [*Herbert Bethea has recently married Miss Eva Manning, daughter of the late Houston Manning. ;


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