Biographies   Clarendon County - South Carolina Genealogy Trails BRADHAM, DANIEL JUDSON Of Manning, Clarendon county, South Carolina, was born October 6, 1841, in the town where he has always resided. His parents were Abijah Randolph Bradham and Leonora (Kelly) Bradham. The family is of Irish extraction, Mr. Bradham's grandfather having come to South Carolina from Virginia with General Sumter in the colonial days. Mr. Bradham's early years were passed in the country. He worked on a farm in the summer; in the winter he attended "old field" schools. His father having died when he was about fourteen years of age, Mr. Bradham's school education was seriously interfered with, although his widowed mother managed to keep him in school for some six months after her husband's death. For the next five or six years he worked as clerk in a general merchandise store in the town of Manning, attending school during the winter. On the breaking out of the War between the States he entered the Confederate army. He lost an arm at the second battle of Manassas. Before he was twenty years of age he was made captain of Company I, Twenty third South Carolina infantry, and he served until the end of the war. He has held various public offices since the close of the war. From 1865 to 1869 he was sheriff of Clarendon county; from 1886 to 1891 he was county auditor; and again he served as sheriff for ten years, from 1891 to 1901. He was a member of the constitutional convention of South Carolina held in 1895, and represented his native state as a delegate at large in the Democratic national convention held in Chicago in 1896, at which William Jennings Bryan was nominated for president. Mr. Bradham has recently served as a representative from Clarendon county in the South Carolina legislature. By religious affiliation he is a Baptist. He is a member of the order of Knights of Pythias, Gamecock lodge, No. 17, Sumter, South Carolina. He married, October 13,1859, Sarah F. Hodge. On October 13, 1896, Mr. Bradham married as his second wife, Sarah J. Holladay. He has had seven children, of whom five are now (1908) living.  His address is Manning, South Carolina. [ Source: Men of Mark in South Carolina By James Calvin Hemphill Published 1907 - transcribed and contributed by Barb Ziegenmeyer ] REV. CHARLES S. FELDER The subject of this sketch is of German and English descent. His full name is Rev. Charles Shuford Felder. He is the son of Mr. Charles Richard Felder and Mrs. Mary Shuford Felder, and was born near Pinewood, in Clarendon County, June 24, 1878. His first educational training was received in the common schools. He then attended the graded school at Summerton, S. C, after which he spent one year at the Carlisle School, at Bamberg, S. C. This was followed by three years at Wofford College, Spartanburg, S. C. Young Felder was converted at the age of fifteen years and felt even then the impression that he would be called to preach. This impression deepened with the passing years until it became imperative. Mr. Felder was licensed to preach at Florence, S. C, under Rev. Dr. A. J. Stokes, Presiding Elder. He served as a supply for one year. He was received into the South Carolina Conference on trial at Spartanburg, S. C, in December, 1905, Bishop W. A. Candler presiding. He was ordained Deacon by Bishop H. C. Morrisom at Gaffney, S. C, November 30, 1907, and Elder by Bishop W. A. Wilson, at Abbeville, S. C., December, 1909. Mr. Felder has served the following charges: Providence Circuit, Sumter District, as supply, 1905; Richland Circuit, 1906-8; Gilbert Circuit, 1909-12; Graniteville Circuit. 1913-14. He has been twice married. On March 22, 1905, he was married to Miss Edith Coskrey, of Clarendon County, S. C. Of this union one child was born-Mary Louise. This wife died June 29, 1908. On January 4, 1910, he was married to Miss Annie Louise Coskrey, of Clarendon County, S. C. Of this union two sons have been born-William Charles Richard, who died September 29, 1912, and William Coskrey. Mr. Felder is an energetic pastor and a good, helpful preacher. His work is of the abiding kind. [Source: Twentieth Century Sketches of the South Carolina Conference, M. E. Church, South By Watson Boone Duncan] REV. SAMUEL O. CANTEY Rev. Samuel Oliver Cantey is the son of Mr. J. S. Cantey and Mrs. M. A. Cantey, of Clarendon County, S. C. He was born at Summerton, Clarendon County, March 3, 1877. He attended the Summerton School until he was seventeen years of age.   He then entered the Citadel, Charleston, S. C, from which , institution he graduated in June, 1899. About the time Mr. Cantey entered college, he felt the first impression of a call to preach. During the year 1901, the impression became so emphatic that lie definitely decided to enter the ministry without further delay. He was licensed to preach by the Sumter District Conference, on June 25, 1901, Rev. James W. Kilgo being Presiding Elder.  He was received into the Conference on trial, at the session held in Columbia, S. C, Bishop Charles B. Galloway presiding. He was ordained Deacon by Bishop A. Coke Smith, at Greenville, S. C, in 1903. He was ordained Elder by Bishop Warren A. Candler, at Spartanburg, S. C, in 1905, Bishop James Atkins He has served the following charges: Gaffney Circuit, 1902; Finewood Circuit. 1903; Magnolia Street, Sumter, 1904; Lynchburg Circuit, 1905-S; Batesburg Circuit, 1909-11; Clinton Station, 1913; Abbeville Station, 1914. Mr. Cantey has served one quadrenuium on the Board of Church Extension and one on the Board of Missions. preaching the ordination sermon.  On November 14, 1900, he was married to Miss Annie McKay Richburg, at Summerton, Clarendon County, S. C. They have three children-one girl and two boys. Mr. Cantey is a diligent pastor. His style of preaching is pointed and practical, calculated to produce permanent results in the lives of his hearers. [Source: Twentieth Century Sketches of the South Carolina Conference, M. E. Church, South By Watson Boone Duncan] BACK to Clarendon County SC Genealogy Trails © all rights - reserved to the original submitter