Rufus Gladden 5 (Rufus 4, Joseph 3, Moses 2, Joseph 1)
Rufus Gladden
was born on 16 Feb 1856 in NC and died in December 1943. His
parents are
Alonzo
Walker Gladden and Mary Patterson.
Rufus married Laura A. Barnes. She was born in Apr 1870 in NC and
died in 1897. They
had 5 children:
1.
Oscar Remmit Gladden was born on 2 September 1888 in Cleveland, NC and
died on
10 October 1977 in Kings Mountain, Cleveland, NC. He is buried at
Mountain Rest Cemetery,
Kings Mountian, Cleveland, NC. He married Tressie Jackson. She
was born on
16 Jan 1889 in Cleveland, NC and died on 14 June 1963 in Kings
Mountain, Cleveland, NC. She is buried with her husband.
2. Walter
Alexander Gladden was born 17 Oct 1892 in NC and died 19 June 1974 in
Lincolnton, Lincoln, NC. He is buried at Westview Gardens, Gastonia,
Gaston, NC. He married Minnie Lee Reynolds. Minnie was born 24
Dec 1892
in SC and died on 27 Nov 1976 in Lincolnton, Lincoln, NC.
3. John
William Gladden.
4. Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Gladden was born on 25
Jan 1899 in Cleveland, NC and died on 12 May 1985 in Statesville,
Iredell, NC. She is buried in
Glenwood Memeorial Park in Mooresville, Iredell, NC. She married
Lewis
Hart. Lewis was born in 1881 in NC.
5. Wolford Gladden was born
after 1900 and died 14 June 1902 in Cleveland, NC. He is buried in
Bethlehem
Baptist Church Cemetery, Cleveland, NC.
Rufus' second wife was Asenath
Green Neal; they married in 1906. She was born on 19 June 1871
and died on 28 Aug 1929. She is buried in Antioch Baptist
Cemetery. Asenath's first husband was William Neal. William
died before 1900.