1877

Kershaw Benton DuBose was born on 26 Jun 1877 in Camden, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA a child of Henry Kershaw Dubose and Henrietta Julia Blakeney Dubose.

1880

Kershaw Dubose was counted in the census on 24 Jun 1880 in De Kalb, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA, as a 3-year-old, male, single, white, son. Also in the home were; his father, H. K. Dubose; his mother, Henrietta Dubose; and his siblings, Harry Dubose, Lilley Dubose, and Charles Dubose.

1902

He died on 08 Mar 1902 in Camden, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA. He was buried on 09 Mar 1902 in Camden, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA at Quaker Cemetery. His cause of death was gunshot wound in the head, and it is supposed that the deceased committed suicide while mentally unstrung.

FOUR DEATHS IN A WEEK

Unusual Number of Families Bereaved in Camden.

Special to The State.

Camden, March 9. – Camden has been saddened by an usual number of deaths this last week. Mr. A. A. McDowell, well known throughout Kershaw county, died at the home of his son, Mr. R. A. McDowell, in his 79th year of heart disease.

Early Friday morning Mrs. L. L. Block died at the age of 32 after an illness lasting a week. The burial took place at the Jewish cemetery at 12 o’clock on Sunday, and the usually large attendance at the funeral evidenced the esteem in which the deceased was held.

After a long weeks of illness Miss Susie Lenoir Haile, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Haile, passed away early Saturday morning. The funeral service were held at 4 o’clock on Saturday afternoon, the funeral procession then moved down to the cemetery. Messrs. A. D. Kennedy and Samuel Boykin acted as honorary pallbearers; Messrs. John G. Workman, C. J. Shannon, Jr., H. G. Lenoir, W. S. Curnet, C. C. Moore and W. A. Boykin as pall bearers.

The funeral of Mr. J. K. Dubose took place Sunday morning at 10 o’clock at the Camden cemetery. The body was Saturday in a field near Stockton below Camden, with a gunshot wound in the head, and it is supposed that the deceased committed suicide while mentally unstrung.