Charles Richard Thames1

Male, #43342, (20 Apr 1851 - 22 Apr 1928)

Father*Rev. Jesse T. Thames (6 Oct 1810 - 25 Nov 1872)
Mother*Mary Ann E. Broughton (8 May 1810 - 14 Oct 1883)
Charles Richard Thames|b. 20 Apr 1851\nd. 22 Apr 1928|p43342.htm|Rev. Jesse T. Thames|b. 6 Oct 1810\nd. 25 Nov 1872|p43264.htm|Mary Ann E. Broughton|b. 8 May 1810\nd. 14 Oct 1883|p43265.htm|Rev. Cornelius B. Thames|b. circa 1787\nd. 1876|p43321.htm|Susannah Carver|b. say 1787\nd. before 1860|p43322.htm|Nathaniel Broughton|b. say 1768\nd. before Jul 1852|p43345.htm|Sarah Benbow|b. circa 1780|p43346.htm|

Name Variation  Charles Richard Thames was also known as Charlie. 
Birth*20 Apr 1851 Charles was born at Brooklyn, Conecuh Co., Alabama, on 20 Apr 1851.2,3,4 
 He was the son of Rev. Jesse T. Thames and Mary Ann E. Broughton. 
1860 Census1 Jun 1860 Mary, Martha, Nancy, Jesse, Margaret, Charles and Lucy was listed as a household member living with Rev. Jesse T. Thames in the 1860 Census at Evergreen, Conecuh Co., Alabama.5 
Marriage*21 Feb 1871 He married Mary M. Kelly (?) at Conecuh Co., Alabama, on 21 Feb 1871.6 
Photographedsay 1885 Cornelius Alexander Thames was photographed say 1885 at Conecuh Co., Alabama,
Six of the twelve children of Rev. Jesse T. and Mary A. E. Broughton Thames: The sisters pictured are Susan Thames, Lucy Thames and Nancy Thames, in unknown order

The brothers pictured are, left to right: Charlie R. Thames, Nathaniel Thames (great-grandfather of Mary Hollis who provided both of the photographs), and Cornelius Thames (great-great-grandfather of Culpepper Connections' publisher, Warren Culpepper.).7


Cornelius Alexander Thames & siblings
Death*22 Apr 1928 He died at Buckatunna, Wayne Co., Mississippi, on 22 Apr 1928.4 
Burial*after 22 Apr 1928 His body was interred after 22 Apr 1928 at Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, Buckatunna, Wayne Co., Mississippi.4 

Family

Mary M. Kelly (?) (17 Jun 1853 - 19 Feb 1934)
Children

Charts Joseph Thames Descendants
Last Edited 17 Mar 2008

Citations

  1. E-mail from Becky Thames-Simmons, e-mail address, http://www.theywentthatway.com/genealogy/index.php to Warren Culpepper, 2004-2008.
    Regarding the middle name for Charles R. Thames, son of Rev. Jesse and Mary Broughton, some family members said it was Roscoe, others said Richard. From his son Willie Jackson Thames WW-I draft registration, where he spells Charlie's middle name in full, his middle name was Richard.
  2. 1860 Federal Census, United States.
  3. E-mail from Mary Hollis to Warren L. Culpepper, 2001.
    21 Apr 2002.
  4. Jean Strickland & Patricia N. Edwards, Records of Wayne County, Mississippi: Cemetery Records, Moss Point, MS: Strickland & Edwards, 1987.
    "Charlie R. Thames, 20 Apr 1851 - 22 Apr 1928."
  5. 1860 Federal Census, United States.
    Evergreen, Conecuh Co., AL, pg 34, Hse 257, fam 329. From Lee Ponder: "Jesse Thames, 49, M, Farmer, RE=1000, PE=875, SC; Mary, 50, F, SC; Martha, 19, F, AL; Nancy, 16, F, AL; Jesse, 13, M, AL; Margaret, 11, F, AL; Charles, 9, M, AL; Lucy, 6, F, AL; Charlie Hall, 22, M, Farm Laborer, AL; Samel Landrum, 25, M, Teacher at school, SC."
  6. Family Adventures, compiler, Early Alabama Marriages (36 vols.), Shreveport, Louisiana: J & W Ent., 1991, Repository: LDS Family History Library - Salt Lake City, Call No. US/CAN 976.1 V2e.
    Grooms, Thames, Page 61.
  7. Warren L. Culpepper, Publisher of Culpepper Connections, See link below for e-mail address.
    from Mary Hollis, great granddaughter of Nathaniel Thames.
  8. E-mail from Mary Hollis to Warren L. Culpepper, 2001.
    21 Apr 2002. Majority of info in e-mail originally provided in 1970 by Lillie Guy (Mrs. Archie Weaver) Thames, who made her home with her deceased husbands parents, Charlie and Mary Kelly Thames.