Chief Crawford Mitchell Steadman

Other Events:

• 1900 Census: 2 Jun 1900, Landrum, Spartanburg Co., SC
• 1910 Census: 18 Apr 1910, Campobello, Spartanburg Co., SC
• 1920 Census: 9 Jan 1920, Landrum, Spartanburg Co., SC
• 1930 Census: 9 Apr 1930, Landrum, Spartanburg Co., SC
• Newspaper Article: 3 Jun 1934, Spartanburg, Spartanburg Co., SC; Spartanburg Herald and Journal
• Obituary Index: 18 Aug 1948, Spartanburg, Spartanburg Co., SC; Spartanburg Herald

Notes:

Spartanburg Herald and Journal, Sunday, June 3, 1934
LANDRUM FIRE CHIEF, 63, HAS HELD MANY OFFICES
CRAWFORD M. STEADMAN Saw His First Train at Station There

" When I was six years of age, my grandmother, my two oldest sisters and myself came to Landrum to witness the first railroad train to come to that town and it frightened me so that my grandmother had to hold me to keep me from running away".

Thus CRAWFORD MITCHELL STEADMAN, former member of the council of Landrum, former magistrate, chief of police and now chief of the fire dept. there , begins his account of the early history of the town of Landrum.

" Chief STEADMAN", as he will always be known , regardless of the office he may hold , recalls the first lots that were sold in Landrum, and explains that the first houses were not really ' houses' in the sense they are used now- they were two log cabins.

" There was a sale", said Chief STEADMAN, " and the first lots of the town were sold and two log cabins were built thereon. There was at that time a grocery store owned by a MR. MONTGOMERY , and the first settlers, as I remember, were two GURLEY families that lived in these small log cabins." Also recalled that "the blockaders killed a revenue officer named JIM LEDFORD near the depot the day the train came into Landrum for the first time".

He also saw the next two houses that were built in Landrum, being constructed by the REV. J.G. LANDRUM and one of these homes is now located to the rear of the postoffice and is occupied by MRS. HENDERSON. The other home is located to the rear of the Landrum Bakery and is occupied by KELLY WRIGHT." At the time of which Chief Steadman recalls, "Landrum was nothing but forest land, and where now stands the Mutual Bank was a saw mill".

At the present time Landrum has nearly 400 buildings and a population of several thousand. "Fifty-three years ago I walked to school, a distance of four miles, to Oak Grove Church in Greenville County with my teacher, ZACK WHITESIDE. MRS. A.R. WALDEN'S father. I went to school in the class of MRS. CARRIE LANDRUM, who was known to all as 'AUNT CARRIE'. She was the mother of the late B.G. LANDRUM. We were buddies from childhood. We attended school together and as young men we went together. We fox- hunted and squirrel-hunted all over the Blue Ridge Mountains.

In 1905 Chief Steadman was employed by the late W.H. LYLES, Columbia attorney, to oversee a little farm in Landrum.

" I worked for him 17 years and found him to be one of the finest gentlemen in South Carolina", stated the Chief.

He served as police chief until the summer of 1915 and resigned to again become a magistrate and J.M. WOLFE was elected chief of police in his place.

He was born and reared near the city limits of Landrum, " am bald-headed and will be 64 years old on the sixth day of November.

" Some of these times before I get to be an old man, I may decide to run for some office other than police or fire chief or magistrate", he stated.

The Landrum chief is well know in Spartanburg, especially by members of Sheriff SAM M. HENRY'S force and the rural police, having assisted them on several occasions.

1900 Census:
Campobello Twp., ED 83, sheet 2B
Steadman, Crawford M          Head  W  M  Dec  1870  29  Md  7          SC  SC  SC   Farmer
---, Alice P.                              Wife  W   F  July  1870  29  Md  7  2  2  SC  SC  SC
---, Agnes L.                            Dau   W  F  Sept 1894    5   S                SC  SC  SC
---, Jo Berry                             Son   W  M  May 1897    3   S                SC  SC  SC

1910 Census:
ED 74, sheet 3B
Steadman, Crawford     Head  M  W  39  M2  1          SC  SC  SC   Magistrate - Spartanburg County
---, Julia                          Wife   F  W  20  M1  1  0  0  SC  SC  SC
---, Agnes                       Dau   F  W  15   S                SC  SC  SC   Topper - Hoisery Mill
---, Jo-Berry                    Son  M  W  12   S                SC  SC  SC    Looper - Hosiery Mill
Durham, Rosa     Sister-in-law F  W  17  S                 SC  SC  SC        "

1920 Census:
Campbobello Twp., ED 83, sheet 8A
Appalachin Road
Steadman, Crawford W     Head  M  W  49         Md   SC  NC  NC   Policeman - town
---, Julia R                           Wife   F  W  30          Md   SC  SC  SC
---, Christopher M                Son  M  W    7          S     SC  SC  SC
---, William A                        Son  M  W    4 4/12  S     SC  SC  SC
---, Edith A                           Dau   F  W    1 8/12  S     SC  SC  SC

1930 Census:
Campobello Twp, ED 14, sheet 7B
National Highway South
Steadman, Joe Berry     Head  M  W  33         Md  20   SC  SC  SC   Loom Fixer - Textile Mill
---, May                          Wife    F  W  30         Md  17   SC  SC  SC
---, Joe B. Jr.                   Son  M   W  10         S           SC  SC  SC
---, Earle Lee                   Son  M   W   2 0/12  S           SC  SC  SC
...
Steadman, Crawford     Head  M  W  58          Md  22  SC  SC  SC   Policeman - Day Police
---, Julia                          Wife   F  W  40          Md  18  SC  SC  SC
---, Christopher                Son  M  W  17           S         SC  SC  SC  
---, Andrew                     Son  M  W  14           S         SC  SC  SC  
---, Edith                           Dau  F  W   11           S         SC  SC  SC

Newspaper Article:
Sunday, June 3, 1934
LANDRUM FIRE CHIEF, 63, HAS HELD MANY OFFICES
CRAWFORD M. STEADMAN Saw His First Train at Station There

" When I was six years of age, my grandmother, my two oldest sisters and myself came to Landrum to witness the first railroad train to come to that town and it frightened me so that my grandmother had to hold me to keep me from running away".

Thus CRAWFORD MITCHELL STEADMAN, former member of the council of Landrum, former magistrate, chief of police and now chief of the fire dept. there , begins his account of the early history of the town of Landrum.

" Chief STEADMAN", as he will always be known , regardless of the office he may hold , recalls the first lots that were sold in Landrum, and explains that the first houses were not really ' houses' in the sense they are used now- they were two log cabins.

" There was a sale", said Chief STEADMAN, " and the first lots of the town were sold and two log cabins were built thereon. There was at that time a grocery store owned by a MR. MONTGOMERY , and the first settlers, as I remember, were two GURLEY families that lived in these small log cabins." Also recalled that "the blockaders killed a revenue officer named JIM LEDFORD near the depot the day the train came into Landrum for the first time".

He also saw the next two houses that were built in Landrum, being constructed by the REV. J.G. LANDRUM and one of these homes is now located to the rear of the postoffice and is occupied by MRS. HENDERSON. The other home is located to the rear of the Landrum Bakery and is occupied by KELLY WRIGHT." At the time of which Chief Steadman recalls, "Landrum was nothing but forest land, and where now stands the Mutual Bank was a saw mill".

At the present time Landrum has nearly 400 buildings and a population of several thousand. "Fifty-three years ago I walked to school, a distance of four miles, to Oak Grove Church in Greenville County with my teacher, ZACK WHITESIDE. MRS. A.R. WALDEN'S father. I went to school in the class of MRS. CARRIE LANDRUM, who was known to all as 'AUNT CARRIE'. She was the mother of the late B.G. LANDRUM. We were buddies from childhood. We attended school together and as young men we went together. We fox- hunted and squirrel-hunted all over the Blue Ridge Mountains.

In 1905 Chief Steadman was employed by the late W.H. LYLES, Columbia attorney, to oversee a little farm in Landrum.

" I worked for him 17 years and found him to be one of the finest gentlemen in South Carolina", stated the Chief.

He served as police chief until the summer of 1915 and resigned to again become a magistrate and J.M. WOLFE was elected chief of police in his place.

He was born and reared near the city limits of Landrum, " am bald-headed and will be 64 years old on the sixth day of November.

" Some of these times before I get to be an old man, I may decide to run for some office other than police or fire chief or magistrate", he stated.

The Landrum chief is well know in Spartanburg, especially by members of Sheriff SAM M. HENRY'S force and the rural police, having assisted them on several occasions.

Obituary Index:
STEADMAN, CRAWFORD M.
77, Landrum, h/o Julia Durham Steadman, 8-18-48 p. 2

Crawford — Alice P. [--?--]. Alice was born 22 Jan 1871, ____, ____, SC; died 26 Feb 1908; was buried Aft 26 Feb 1908, Landrum Cemetery, Landrum, Spartanburg Co., SC. [Group Sheet]

Crawford married Julia Durham Abt 1909. Julia was born 4 Feb 1890, ____, ____, SC; died Bef 22 Feb 1978, Landrum, Spartanburg Co., SC. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Alt. Birth: Abt Sep 1894, ____, ____, SC
• Obituary Index: 24 Jan 1989, Spartanburg, Spartanburg Co., SC; Spartanburg Herald

Notes:

Obituary Index:
BLACKWELL, AGNES STEADMAN DURHAM
94, Landrum, w/o John Blackwell, 1-24-89 B6

Agnes — William Durham. William died Unknown. [Group Sheet]

Agnes — John A. Blackwell. John was born Abt 1900; died Bef 7 Oct 1986. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• 1930 Census: 9 Apr 1930, Landrum, Spartanburg Co., SC
• Obituary Index: 30 Jul 1963, Greenville, Greenville Co., SC; Greenville News
• Obituary Index: 30 Jul 1963, Spartanburg, Spartanburg Co., SC; Spartanburg Herald

Notes:

1930 Census:
Campobello Twp, ED 14, sheet 7B
National Highway South
Steadman, Joe Berry     Head  M  W  33         Md  20   SC  SC  SC   Loom Fixer - Textile Mill
---, May                          Wife    F  W  30         Md  17   SC  SC  SC
---, Joe B. Jr.                   Son  M   W  10         S           SC  SC  SC
---, Earle Lee                   Son  M   W   2 0/12  S           SC  SC  SC
...
Steadman, Crawford     Head  M  W  58          Md  22  SC  SC  SC   Policeman - Day Police
---, Julia                          Wife   F  W  40          Md  18  SC  SC  SC
---, Christopher                Son  M  W  17           S         SC  SC  SC  
---, Andrew                     Son  M  W  14           S         SC  SC  SC  
---, Edith                           Dau  F  W   11           S         SC  SC  SC

Obituary Index:
STEADMAN, JOE BERRY, SR.
67, Landrum, h/o Mae Gosnell Steadman, 7-30-63 p. 12

Obituary Index:
Steadman, Joe Berry Sr - 1963 Jul 30, p 3, age 67, Landrum

Joe married Maybell "Mae" Gosnell 22 Oct 1916, ____, Spartanburg Co., SC. Maybell (daughter of George Washington Gosnell and Daisy Mae Vehorn) was born 26 Oct 1899, ____, ____, SC; died 11 Mar 1965, Spartanburg, Spartanburg Co., SC; was buried Aft 11 Mar 1965, Landrum Cemetery, Landrum, Spartanburg Co., SC. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Obituary: 19 Aug 2006, Spartanburg, Spartanburg Co., SC; Spartanburg Herald-Journal, p. B10,
• Obituary: 20 Aug 2006, Spartanburg, Spartanburg Co., SC; Spartanburg Herald-Journal

Notes:

Obituary:
STEADMAN, WILLIAM ANDREW
91, Landrum, h/o Nellie C. Steadman

LANDRUM -- William Andrew Steadman, 91, of Landrum, passed away on August 18, 2006. He was the widower of Nellie C. Steadman.

He is survived by three sons and their families, Bill Steadman, Mitchell Steadman, and Joe Steadman.

The family will receive friends from 5:00-6:00 PM on Sunday at Petty Funeral Home. Services will follow at 6:00 PM at the funeral home chapel conducted by Rev. Jimmy Camp and Rev. Joe Steadman. Burial will be in Landrum, Cemetery.

The family is at the home of Bill Steadman, 428 Harvey Gosnell Road, Landrum.

Petty Funeral Home, Landrum, SC

Obituary:
LANDRUM -- William Andrew Steadman, 91, son of Chief Crawford and Julia Durham Steadman, was greeted on Friday in Heaven by His Lord Jesus Christ, wife Nellie Case Steadman, brother Christopher Steadman, Sister Edith Maner, half-brother Joseph Berry Steadman, half sister Agnes Blackwell, grandsons Ethan Faulkner and Roger Bowling.

A Landrum High & Robinson Business College graduate, he served his country in WWII as a PFC Marine until disabled, his community as a Town of Landrum law officer, fireman, and water and sewer field agent, and a Spartanburg County rural police officer, and was member of FBC Landrum 77 years. A Daniel Construction Company accountant, he retired as a foreman from Crescent Motor Lines.

Survivors include three sons, Bill and wife Marie Steadman, Mitchell and wife Kathy Steadman, Joe and wife Myra Steadman; nine grandchildren Colleen Mullins, Amanda Spicer, David Steadman, Chris Steadman, Michelle Bowling, Bobby Steadman, Gwen Steadman, Mary Steadman, and Amy Steadman; nine great-grand children Sgt. Benjamin Owen, Brandice Owen, Anthony Faulkner, Kristen George, Josh Thompson, Justin Thompson, Skylar Steadman, Chelsea Faulkner, and Tyler Bowling; and one great-great-grandchild Lauren Cantrell.

Visitation will be held today, Sunday, August 20 at 5:00 PM and a memorial service will follow at 6:00 PM at Petty Funeral Home led by Rev. Hambone Camp and Rev. Joe Steadman.

Pallbearers are David Steadman, Bobby Steadman, Anthony Faulkner, Benjamin Owen, Scott Owen, Bo O'Sullivan, Bob Olejniczak, Roger Page, and William Robinson.

Online condolences may be left at www.pettyfuneralhome.com.

William married Nellie Janet Case Abt 1945. Nellie (daughter of Luther Case and Mary McCurry) was born 21 Dec 1922; died 15 Dec 2000, Homestead, Miami-Dade Co., FL; was buried 17 Dec 2000, Landrum Cemetery, Landrum, Spartanburg Co., SC. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Obituary Index: 6 Jun 2003, Spartanburg, Spartanburg Co., SC; Spartanburg Herald

Notes:

Obituary Index:
MANER, EDITH STEADMAN
85, Landrum, w/o Joseph M. Maner, 6-6-03 C2

Edith — Joseph Mack Maner. Joseph (son of Adolphus Maner and Elizabeth Howard) was born 17 Mar 1913, ____, ____, FL; died 22 Jan 1969, Oteen, Buncombe Co., NC; was buried Aft 22 Jan 1969, Landrum Cemetery, Landrum, Spartanburg Co., SC. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Obituary: 2 Jun 2010, Greenville, Greenville Co., SC; Greenville News

Notes:

Obituary:
Gertrude "Trudy" Brown (1921 - 2010)

Gertrude "Trudy" Durham Brown, 89, of Greenville, SC died June 1, 2010 at McCall Hospice House.

Born February 2, 1921 in Tryon, NC, she was a daughter of the late William Durham and Agnes Steadman Durham Blackwell.

Ms. Brown was retired from AkzoNobel (American Enka), in Enka, NC, and was of the Baptist faith.

Surviving are her daughters and their spouses, Faye and Roy Noland, Jan and Jack Plumley, Thelma and Joe Tesner, Bettie and Ron Presley and Lynda and Ed Thomas; 7 grandchildren and their spouses, Asonja and Bill Patrick, Steve and Pam Garren, Scott and Tammy Presley, Gena and Steve Crenshaw, Kirk and Alyssa Presley, Trae and Keely Thomas and Michael Thomas; granddaughter-in-law, Barbara Plumley; 12 great-grandchildren; a sister, Margaret Wilder; brother, John Blackwell, Jr. and nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased in death by two grandchildren, Tina Plumley and Kenny Plumley

Known by many as simply "Grannie," she devoted her life to her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m., Thursday, at The Wood Mortuary, Greer.

Graveside services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens conducted by Dr. Steve Patton.

Family is at the home of Jan and Jack Plumley, 506 Haven Drive, Greer, SC 29651.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to McCall Hospice House of Greenville, 1836 W. Georgia Rd., Simpsonville, SC 29680 or the charity of one's choice.

Online condolences may be made to www.thewoodmortuary.com

Gertrude — Mister Brown. Mister died Bef 2010. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Obituary Index: 29 Oct 1988, Greenville, Greenville Co., SC; Greenville News
• Obituary Index: 29 Oct 1988, Spartanburg, Spartanburg Co., SC; Spartanburg Herald

Notes:

Obituary Index:
STEADMAN, JOE B., JR.
69, Spartanburg, h/o Vivian W. Steadman, 10–  29–  88 C8

Obituary Index:
Steadman, Joe B. Jr. - 1988 Oct 29, p. 12A

Joe — Vivian Wolfe. Vivian was born 14 Dec 1916; died 30 Jan 2000, Spartanburg, Spartanburg Co., SC. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Obituary Index: 18 Nov 1984, Greenville, Greenville Co., SC; Greenville News

Notes:

Obituary Index:
Steadman, Earl Lee - 1984 Nov 18, p. 4B

Earl married Doris Virginia Stott [Group Sheet]

William married Joyce Margaret Gosnell [Group Sheet]

William — Marie [--?--]. [Group Sheet]

Robert — Kathy Teresa Dedman. [Group Sheet]

Joseph — Myra [--?--]. [Group Sheet]

Faye — Roy Noland. [Group Sheet]

Jan — Jack Plumley. [Group Sheet]

Thelma — Joe Tesner. [Group Sheet]

Bettie — Ron Presley. [Group Sheet]

Lynda — Ed Thomas. [Group Sheet]