Samuel Alexander Landrum

b. 25 April 1853, d. 19 December 1936
  • Samuel Alexander Landrum was born on 25 April 1853 in Arkansas.
  • Thomas L. Landrum and Emily McWhirter appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Round Pond Township, Independence County, Arkansas. Other members of the household included Samuel Alexander Landrum. Also in the household were children Emily (age 16), Amanda (14), Mary (11), Jemima (9), Enoch (5), Hannah (3) and Thomas (1), not yet recorded.
  • Thomas L. Landrum appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Fairview Township, Independence County, Arkansas. Other members of the household included Samuel Alexander Landrum. Also in the household were children Amanda, Mary and Jemima, whose ages are quite confused, and Enoch (15), Hannah (12), Thomas (11) and William (9). Father Thomas Landrum's age appears to be 18, mother Emily is omitted, and daughter Amanda appears next at age 49. There also is a male, age 18, named Hardo? Landrum, working on the farm.
  • He was working on the farm, according to the 1870 census.
  • He married Sarah Caldonia Wilson, daughter of John Wilson, on 12 August 1877 in Arkansas, in Stone or Van Buren County, or possibly Cleburne County.
  • Samuel Alexander Landrum and Sarah Caldonia Wilson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Sugar Loaf, Van Buren County, Arkansas. Also in the household was their son Troy (age 1) and Callie's unmarried sister Mattie (25), not yet recorded.
  • He was a farm laborer, according to the 1880 census.
  • Samuel Alexander Landrum and Sarah Caldonia Wilson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Henderson County, Texas. Other members of the household included Comar Allie Landrum. Also in the household were other children Troy (age 21), Ortha (18), Lora (13), Ola (10) and Jessie (6), not yet recorded.
  • He was self-employed as a mechanic, according to the 1900 census.
  • Samuel Alexander Landrum and Sarah Caldonia Wilson appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Aley, Henderson County, Texas. Also in the household were children Lora (age 22), Ola (20) and Jessie (15), not yet recorded.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1910 census.
  • Samuel Alexander Landrum and Sarah Caldonia Wilson appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Kemp, Kaufman County, Texas, living with their widowed son Troy (age 41) and his daughter Mary Katherine (4), and also their unmarried daughter Lora (32), not yet recorded.
  • Samuel Alexander Landrum and Sarah Caldonia Wilson appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Henderson County, Texas. Also in the household was their unmarried daughter Lora (age 42), not yet recorded.
  • Samuel Alexander Landrum became a widower at the 9 July 1936 death of his wife.
  • Samuel Alexander Landrum died on 19 December 1936 at age 83 in Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas, at Terrell State Hospital.
  • He was interred at Kemp Cemetery, Kemp, Kaufman County, Texas.
  • Last Edited: 16 Feb 2012

Family: Sarah Caldonia Wilson b. 30 April 1856, d. 9 July 1936