Horace passed away in 1918[1] and was buried the following day in Home Branch Baptist Church Cemetery, Manning, Clarendon County, South Carolina, USA [2] His death certificate described his ethnicity as Canadian and occupation as farming.
Census
1900 US Census: Name: Horace M Thames; Event Place (Original): ED 14 Sammy Swamp Township, Clarendon, South Carolina, United States; Sex: Male; Age: 17; Marital Status: Single; Race: White; Birth Date: Oct 1883; Birthplace: South Carolina; Father's Birthplace: South Carolina; Mother's Birthplace: South Carolina; Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Ben T Thames Head M 46 South Carolina
Margaret F Thames Wife F 46 South Carolina
John B Thames Son M 27 South Carolina
Margaret A Thames Daughter F 25 South Carolina
Susan C Thames Daughter F 21 South Carolina
Horace M Thames Son M 17 South Carolina
Livinia B Thames Daughter F 14 South Carolina
Thomas M Thames Son M 12 South Carolina
Clarence J Thames Son M 10 South Carolina
Rossie Thames Son M 7 South Carolina
Jenkins Manning Servant M 9 South Carolina
1910 US Census: Name: Horace M Thames; Event Place (Original): Concord, , South Carolina; Sex: Male; Age: 27; Marital Status: Married; Race: White; Birth Year (Estimated): 1883; Birthplace: South Carolina; Father's Birthplace: South Carolina; Mother's Birthplace: South Carolina; Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Horace M Thames Head M 27 South Carolina
Susen E Thames Wife F 24 South Carolina
Portia O Thames Son M 4 South Carolina
Horace T Thames Son M 2 South Carolina
Sources
↑ "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9NS-8JM : 13 December 2020), Horace Thomes, 23 Oct 1918; citing Clarendon, South Carolina, United States, , Department of Archives and History, State Records Center, Columbia; FHL microfilm 1,913,508.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3RK-NCK : accessed 15 April 2021), Horace M Thames in household of Ben T Thames, Sammy Swamp Township, Clarendon, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 14, sheet 3B, family 55, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,524.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5DQ-WMB : accessed 15 April 2021), Horace M Thames, Concord, Clarendon, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 89, sheet 14A, family 276, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1456; FHL microfilm 1,375,469.
"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ6T-6GK : 23 February 2021), Horace McThaver Thames, 1917-1918.
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DNA Connections
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