LATHEM FAMILY CEMETERY, Pickens County, SC
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TRANSCRIPTION .. : Elaine Lathem-Ghorley at elainelathem@aol.com in Jun-2003
Surveyed: June 22, 1977
CEMETERY LOCATION:
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Locate intersection of Highways 135 and 183.
Drive (E) on Highway 135 (Farrs Bridge Rd).
In 4.2 miles turn left onto Cherokee Trail.
In 0.8 miles cemetery will be located on your right.
Latitude N 34 53.915 x Longitude W 82 32.146
CHURCH/CEMETERY HISTORY:
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Several years ago there was a popular song that made the rounds that had as its
opening lines. "When you live in the country, everybody is your neighbor."
With the Lathem family of the Mt. Carmel section of Pickens County, a more apt
line could read, "When you live in the country, everybody is your cousin." The
Lathem family was among the earliest settlers and descendants continue to live
throughout the area.
The home of J.K. and Emma Lenhardt Lathem still stands just west of Mt. Carmel
Baptist Church on Hester Store Road. The Victorian house was completed in the
late 1890's and is currently owned by Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gantt.
There was a lot of land in the family estate, probably more than one thousand
acres. Major crops grown were cotton, corn, and grains. Labor was furnished by
slaves up until Civil War times and afterwards by several tenants and/or
sharecroppers. The Lathem family operated a cotton gin, and it burned just a
few years ago. A blacksmith shop and forge indicate the size of their farming
operation and show the self-sufficiency of the family. There was a wagon road
at the Lathem house and was used only for wagon travel. The carriage used the
front drive way, and the carriage house is still there. When Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Gantt bought the house, they were able to locate the chassis of the old
carriage.
At one point in time, James K. Lathem had an opportunity to buy the property
between Hester's Store and Mt. Carmel Church. The cost was around $1,000 and he
chose not to buy it, but bought a slave instead. Shortly after purchasing the
slave, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation and freed
the slaves.
Family lineage charts show the following member of the Lathem family:
Lucy Jane Lathem (1854-1912) married Elias Townes Holcombe (1854-1905
James Kannon Lathem (1853-1918) married Emma Lenhardt (1858-1945)
Lawrence Orr Lathem (1859-1948) married Eliza Arial (1861-1900) and Eula Griffin
(1869-1940)
George Washington Lathem (1861-1943) married Frances Louisa Watkins (1879-1965)
Eleanor Lathem (1865-1904) married Dr. Jesse J. Morgan (1860-1903)
J.K and Emma Lathem had ten children - six sons and four daughters. One of the
daughters died in infancy. All of the sons settled in Pickens County and two
daughters moved to Greenville County. Family members recalled that the children
attended a private school that was located near Mt. Carmel Church.
In an interview with Mrs. Faye Lathem Link, she shared that the Lathem family
utilized a lot of up-to-date equipment as new mechanical items became available.
"Running water for their home was furnished by a ram, or pumping station. Two
springs were used to make this work. One spring actually serviced the ram, and
the other spring furnished the water that was piped to the house. Both springs
were located across the road (present Hester Store Road) and the water pipes ran
up the hill and through the woods just west of the house," recalled Mrs. Link.
She continued, "The Lathem family purchased one of the first tractors in
Dacusville, a Fordson. Uncle Jim Lathem had the first motorcycle in the
community. It think it was a Harley-Davidson."
Perhaps the most interesting innovation for the turn of the century at the
Lathem household was a central lighting system. It was powered by acetylene and
lit up the countryside...
By: Dacusville Community History Project, Dacusville Middle School, date unknown
TOMBSTONE TRANSCRIPTION NOTES:
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a. = age at death
b. = date-of-birth
d. = date-of-death
h. = husband
m. = married
p. = parents
w. = wife
(37) Unmarked/Unknown Graves
BROCKMAN, Viola Lathem, born: Nov. 29, 1884, died: no date
BROCKMAN, William Martin, born: April, 12, 1802, died: July 14, 1933
CLEMENT, James H., born: Jan. 26, 1806, died: Oct. 24, 1889
CLEMENT, Salathiel, born: Oct. 26, 1851, died: Jan. 3, 1897
CLEMENT, Susan, born: April 2, 1876, Age: 65 Years 3 Months 25 Days
FARR, Nan Holcombe, born: March 16, 1895, died: no date
FARR, Rupert Townes Jr., born: Feb. 18, 1923, died: Feb 10, 1944, SC Sgt. 389
AAF Bomb GP. WW II P.H.
FARR, Rupert, born: Jan. 29, 1894, died: Nov. 12, 1968
HOLCOMBE, George Barter, born: June 19, 1909, died: Nov. 10, 1912, s/o G.W.
Holcombe
HOLCOMBE, George Washington, born: Aug. 6, 1882, died: July 6, 1958, (Masonic
Emblem)
HOLCOMBE, Infant Daughter, d/o W.E. & L.V. Holcombe, died: July 8, 1916
HOLCOMBE, Jean H. Jewel, born: Aug. 11, 1935, died: June 10, 1971
HOLCOMBE, Susan Williams, born: Nov. 4, 1884, died: Feb. 15, 1967
HOLCOMBE, William C., born: Jan. 7, 1912, died: Dec. 10, 1912, s/o W.E. & L.V.
Holcombe
HOLCOMBE, William E., born: April 26, 1885, died: Oct. 1, 1916, W.O.W. Woodmen
of the World
KENNEMORE, Juda, born: Feb. 6, 1812, died: Dec. 12, 1903, w/o Riley Kennemore
LATHAM, Agnes, born: Aug. 4, 1856, died: Oct. 7, 1886
LATHEM, Barksdale D., born: July 28, 1883, died: July 2, 1970
LATHEM, Emma Lenhardt, born: May 28, 1858, died: Aug. 17, 1945
LATHEM, Essie J., born: Aug. 9, 1885, died: March 25, 1969
LATHEM, Frances Elizabeth, born: May 25, 1834, died: May 30, 1906, w/o John S.
Lathem
LATHEM, Henry T., born: Aug. 9, 1893, died: Jan. 13, 1954
LATHEM, Hope, born: May 13, 1892, died: May 13, 1892, d/o J.W. & F.L. Lathem
LATHEM, Infant Daughter, d/o L.O. & E.G. Lathem, no dates
LATHEM, James K., born: May 8, 1855, died: Sept. 5, 1918
LATHEM, James S., born: Aug. 7 1867, died: no date, s/o J.S. & F.E. Lathem
LATHEM, James, born: Feb. 14, 1789, died: Dec. 31, 1849, Age: 60 Years 10 Months
17 Days
LATHEM, Jessie L., born: June 17, 1896, died: Nov. 23, 1968
LATHEM, John B., born: Oct 22, 1898, died: Oct. 4, 1900, s/o E.B. & C.A. Lathem
LATHEM, John S., born: April 27, 1822, died: March 27, 1900
LATHEM, John Williamson, born: April 17, 1868, died: Sept. 29, 1894
LATHEM, Kay, born: Oct. 1, 1896, died: no date
LATHEM, Lois, born: Jan. 14, 1894
LATHEM, Mary, (James' wife, formally Mary McAdams), born: July 21, 1868, died:
Aged 69 Years, 9 Months, 17 Days
LATHEM, Nancy J., born: Aug. 21, 1898, died: Nov. 26, 1972
LATHEM, Oscar W., born: Jan. 8, 1886, died: Aug. 22, 1888, s/o E.B. & C.A.
Lathem
LATHEM, Otis (Red), born: Oct. 5, 1895, died: June 9, 1959
McADAMS, Jane Freeman, born: May 5, 1859, died: Sept. 19, 1944
McADAMS, Pickens K., born: Aug. 15, 1855, died: Dec. 28, 1930
PHILLIPS, Annie H., born: Feb. 1, 1901, died: no death date
PHILLIPS, Benson C., born: June 30, 1925, died: Nov. 29, 1945
PHILLIPS, Claude Ray, born: Sept. 5, 1902, died: Nov. 15, 1942
PHILLIPS, E.H., born: Aug. 27, 1930, died: Oct. 27, 1930 s/o Tom Phillips
PHILLIPS, Elijah Hampton, born: Jan. 26, 1863, died: April, 21, 1949
PHILLIPS, Infants, children of Julia & E.H. Phillips no dates
PHILLIPS, Jesse C., born: 1885, died: 1960
PHILLIPS, John H., born: April 9, 1890, died: July 23, 1963
PHILLIPS, John P., born: Oct. 12, 1894, died: Nov. 12, 1966
PHILLIPS, Julia Cantrell, born: April 8, 1866, died: March 12, 1933, w/o E. H.
Phillips
PHILLIPS, Letitia N., born: April 25, 1902, died: no death date
PHILLIPS, Mary Clarinda, born: Nov. 1, 1887, died: April 23, 1963
PHILLIPS, Robert Milton, born: Feb. 20, 1900, died: Feb. 8, 1966
WILLIAMS, Dorothy H., born: Jan. 31, 1915, died: no date ( I think this could
be Dorothy Holcombe and Ralph was her husband)
WILLIAMS, Ralph M., born: July 23, 1913, died: no date
NOTE: I have always and still think that John Lathem Sr. (James' Father is
buried here and so is his wife) John Lathem Sr. was born abt. 1768 and died in
1836 in Pickens, S.C. He was probably the first to be buried here. He or his
wife. (Elaine Lathem-Ghorley)