Samuel M Golden (1872 - 1912)

Born Jul 1872 in Dale, Alabama, USA

Ancestors

Died 26 Jan 1912 at age 39 in Dale, Alabama, USA

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Biography

Samuel was born in 1874. Son of Caleb Golden and Malinda Wright. He may have been the grandson of John J Golden/Golding who married Frederick Woodham's widow, Mary Ann Pollard Woodham.^[1]

In the 1880 census Samuel (age 8), At Home, was the son of Calup [sic] Golding in Clopton, Dale, Alabama, United States.^[2]

Samuel married Dovie Dean on 10 November 1899 in Dale, Alabama.^[3] They had at least one child, Willie M, a daughter. After Dovie died, he married Lena Mae Bauldree. They also had at least one child, Lora Mae Brogden.^[4]

In the 1900 census Sam (age 27), Farmer, was the married head of household in Newton, Dale, Alabama.^[5]

In 1910, Sam and Lena were living in Dale County, Alabama, and had two children in the home - Lora and Willie.^[6]

Sam died in a horrible accident at a sawmill when his body was cut in half by a huge rotar blade. He was buried in the Woodham Family Cemetery in Dale County, Alabama, according to the Woodham family researcher, Robert Earl Woodham. Find A Grave states he was buried in the Old Dean Church Cemetery, Ozark, Dale County, Alabama.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "Woodham Family Cemetery, Dale County, Alabama" compiled by Robert Earl Woodham, 1996.
2. ↑ 1880 Census: "1880 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1880; Census Place: Clopton, Dale, Alabama; Roll: 10; Page: 668C; Enumeration District: 065
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6742 #39853292 (accessed 18 January 2023)
   Samuel Golding (8), single son, At Home, in household of Calup Golding (46) in Clopton, Dale, Alabama, USA. Born in Alabama.
3. ↑ Marriage: "Alabama, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1969"
   Ancestry Record 7838 #2164637 (accessed 18 January 2023)
   Samuel Golden marriage to Dovie Dean on 10 Nov 1899 in Dale, Alabama.
4. ↑ "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JN74-85Z : 27 November 2014), Sam Golden in entry for Lora Mae Brogden, 29 Jan 1970; citing reference 3080, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 2,033,354.
5. ↑ 1900 Census: "1900 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1900; Census Place: Newton, Dale, Alabama; Roll: 12; Page: 6; Enumeration District: 0061; FHL microfilm: 1240012
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7602 #79517415 (accessed 18 January 2023)
   Sam Golden (27), married, Farmer, head of household in Newton, Dale, Alabama. Born in Alabama, USA.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKQZ-648 : accessed 27 July 2017), Samuel M Golden, Precinct 4, Dale, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 79, sheet 6B, family 111, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 10; FHL microfilm 1,374,023.
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185618240/samuel-m-golden: accessed 18 January 2023), memorial page for Samuel M Golden (Jul 1872–26 Jan 1912), Find A Grave: Memorial #185618240, citing Old Dean Church Cemetery, Ozark, Dale County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by toothpick97 (contributor 48456813).