Samuel Conyers Holliday Sr (1883 - 1927)

Born 2 Jul 1883 in Manning, Clarendon, South Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 15 Feb 1927 at age 43 in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, United States

Biography

Samuel was born in 1883. He passed away in 1927.

• Born in Clarendon County near Manning, Samuel Conyers Holliday was a son of Jackson (Jack) William Holliday (Holladay) and Sallie Evelyn Bradham (Holladay). (Some records show other spellings of his surname; however, on the SC Application for a Delayed Certificate of Birth, his name is spelled "Holliday" as shown on his headstone.

He was living and employed as a carpenter in Charleston in 1911. Later, he and his wife, Lula, moved to Columbia apparently still employed by the same construction firm out of Charleston.

At the time of the 1918 Registration for World War I, he was described as being of medium build, blue eyes and light brown hair.

His siblings, living in Manning at the 1900 Census, include: Willie; Conyers; Sallie; Matthew; Anna; Roxy; Jackson; Maggie; David; Rosie; and Ruth.

He died as a patient in Columbia Hospital, Columbia, Richland County, SC on February 15, 1927. His Certificate of Death indicates that he was buried in Harmony Baptist Church cemetery near Columbia.

Sources

• Ancestry.com
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132065182/samuel-conyers-holliday: accessed 17 April 2023), memorial page for Samuel Conyers Holliday (2 Jul 1883–15 Feb 1927), Find a Grave Memorial ID 132065182, citing Sumter Cemetery, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Christine Jones Price (contributor 47422538).