Sarah, who went by Emma, was the eldest of three children born to Dr. Alexander Mezzick McCaine of Baltimore MD and Mary Lamar Wade of Aiken SC. Her father died when she was nine and her widowed mother never remarried. Emma married at the age of 21 to James Douthit Tradewell, aged 46, and they had eight children between 1856 and 1873, of whom only four survived their first year.
During the Civil War, Emma was a signatory for Confederate bonds and notes on which she signed her name "E. Tradewell." Her husband's belligerent refusal to take the oath of allegiance after the war meant that he could not continue his law practice or run for political office, leaving his family nearly destitute. Emma became the family's prime means of financial support by taking in needlework and by selling off family silver and heirlooms. James died in 1880, leaving Emma with two young daughters aged 7 & 9. Emma's eldest daughter Mamie had married in 1877 to a railroad conductor and may have been able provide some support to her mother, along with her brother Hugh who was 18 at his father's death. Hugh died a bachelor in 1896 and Emma's daughter Lucile married in 1901 to Gus Sylvan, a Columbia jeweler who immediately took up the role of benefactor for Emma, her children, and grandchildren. Emma is pictured above with her granddaughter Frances Sylvan. (See her profile in WikiTree for more biographical and family information.)
Death notice published in the "Columbia Daily Record" 06 Mar 1909, page 3:
"TRADEWELL - Friends and relatives of MRS. SARAH EMMA TRADEWELL, Mr. and Mrs. Gustaf Sylvan and Mrs. F. B. Fielding are invited to attend the funeral of the first named, from the residence of Gustaf Sylvan, 1220 Bull street, tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock."
Obituary published in "The State" newspaper, Columbia, SC, 07 Mar 1909:
"The many friends of Mrs. Sarah Emma Tradewell will learn with sorrow of her death which occurred yesterday morning at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Gustaf Sylvan, at 1320 Bull street. Mrs Tradewell was 74 years of age. She was formerly from Aiken and the widow of the late James D. Tradewell of this city.
"Mrs. Tradewell is survived by three children; Mrs. Gustaf Sylvan and Mrs. F. B. Fielding, both of Columbia, and Mrs. S. B. McIntosh of Tampa, Fla. The funeral services will be held at the residence of Mrs. Sylvan on Bull street this afternoon at 4 o'clock, and the interment will take place at Elmwood cemetery."
During the Civil War, Emma was a signatory for Confederate bonds and notes on which she signed her name "E. Tradewell." Her husband's belligerent refusal to take the oath of allegiance after the war meant that he could not continue his law practice or run for political office, leaving his family nearly destitute. Emma became the family's prime means of financial support by taking in needlework and by selling off family silver and heirlooms. James died in 1880, leaving Emma with two young daughters aged 7 & 9. Emma's eldest daughter Mamie had married in 1877 to a railroad conductor and may have been able provide some support to her mother, along with her brother Hugh who was 18 at his father's death. Hugh died a bachelor in 1896 and Emma's daughter Lucile married in 1901 to Gus Sylvan, a Columbia jeweler who immediately took up the role of benefactor for Emma, her children, and grandchildren. Emma is pictured above with her granddaughter Frances Sylvan. (See her profile in WikiTree for more biographical and family information.)
Death notice published in the "Columbia Daily Record" 06 Mar 1909, page 3:
"TRADEWELL - Friends and relatives of MRS. SARAH EMMA TRADEWELL, Mr. and Mrs. Gustaf Sylvan and Mrs. F. B. Fielding are invited to attend the funeral of the first named, from the residence of Gustaf Sylvan, 1220 Bull street, tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock."
Obituary published in "The State" newspaper, Columbia, SC, 07 Mar 1909:
"The many friends of Mrs. Sarah Emma Tradewell will learn with sorrow of her death which occurred yesterday morning at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Gustaf Sylvan, at 1320 Bull street. Mrs Tradewell was 74 years of age. She was formerly from Aiken and the widow of the late James D. Tradewell of this city.
"Mrs. Tradewell is survived by three children; Mrs. Gustaf Sylvan and Mrs. F. B. Fielding, both of Columbia, and Mrs. S. B. McIntosh of Tampa, Fla. The funeral services will be held at the residence of Mrs. Sylvan on Bull street this afternoon at 4 o'clock, and the interment will take place at Elmwood cemetery."
Sarah, who went by Emma, was the eldest of three children born to Dr. Alexander Mezzick McCaine of Baltimore MD and Mary Lamar Wade of Aiken SC. Her father died when she was nine and her widowed mother never remarried. Emma married at the age of 21 to James Douthit Tradewell, aged 46, and they had eight children between 1856 and 1873, of whom only four survived their first year.
During the Civil War, Emma was a signatory for Confederate bonds and notes on which she signed her name "E. Tradewell." Her husband's belligerent refusal to take the oath of allegiance after the war meant that he could not continue his law practice or run for political office, leaving his family nearly destitute. Emma became the family's prime means of financial support by taking in needlework and by selling off family silver and heirlooms. James died in 1880, leaving Emma with two young daughters aged 7 & 9. Emma's eldest daughter Mamie had married in 1877 to a railroad conductor and may have been able provide some support to her mother, along with her brother Hugh who was 18 at his father's death. Hugh died a bachelor in 1896 and Emma's daughter Lucile married in 1901 to Gus Sylvan, a Columbia jeweler who immediately took up the role of benefactor for Emma, her children, and grandchildren. Emma is pictured above with her granddaughter Frances Sylvan. (See her profile in WikiTree for more biographical and family information.)
Death notice published in the "Columbia Daily Record" 06 Mar 1909, page 3:
"TRADEWELL - Friends and relatives of MRS. SARAH EMMA TRADEWELL, Mr. and Mrs. Gustaf Sylvan and Mrs. F. B. Fielding are invited to attend the funeral of the first named, from the residence of Gustaf Sylvan, 1220 Bull street, tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock."
Obituary published in "The State" newspaper, Columbia, SC, 07 Mar 1909:
"The many friends of Mrs. Sarah Emma Tradewell will learn with sorrow of her death which occurred yesterday morning at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Gustaf Sylvan, at 1320 Bull street. Mrs Tradewell was 74 years of age. She was formerly from Aiken and the widow of the late James D. Tradewell of this city.
"Mrs. Tradewell is survived by three children; Mrs. Gustaf Sylvan and Mrs. F. B. Fielding, both of Columbia, and Mrs. S. B. McIntosh of Tampa, Fla. The funeral services will be held at the residence of Mrs. Sylvan on Bull street this afternoon at 4 o'clock, and the interment will take place at Elmwood cemetery."
During the Civil War, Emma was a signatory for Confederate bonds and notes on which she signed her name "E. Tradewell." Her husband's belligerent refusal to take the oath of allegiance after the war meant that he could not continue his law practice or run for political office, leaving his family nearly destitute. Emma became the family's prime means of financial support by taking in needlework and by selling off family silver and heirlooms. James died in 1880, leaving Emma with two young daughters aged 7 & 9. Emma's eldest daughter Mamie had married in 1877 to a railroad conductor and may have been able provide some support to her mother, along with her brother Hugh who was 18 at his father's death. Hugh died a bachelor in 1896 and Emma's daughter Lucile married in 1901 to Gus Sylvan, a Columbia jeweler who immediately took up the role of benefactor for Emma, her children, and grandchildren. Emma is pictured above with her granddaughter Frances Sylvan. (See her profile in WikiTree for more biographical and family information.)
Death notice published in the "Columbia Daily Record" 06 Mar 1909, page 3:
"TRADEWELL - Friends and relatives of MRS. SARAH EMMA TRADEWELL, Mr. and Mrs. Gustaf Sylvan and Mrs. F. B. Fielding are invited to attend the funeral of the first named, from the residence of Gustaf Sylvan, 1220 Bull street, tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock."
Obituary published in "The State" newspaper, Columbia, SC, 07 Mar 1909:
"The many friends of Mrs. Sarah Emma Tradewell will learn with sorrow of her death which occurred yesterday morning at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Gustaf Sylvan, at 1320 Bull street. Mrs Tradewell was 74 years of age. She was formerly from Aiken and the widow of the late James D. Tradewell of this city.
"Mrs. Tradewell is survived by three children; Mrs. Gustaf Sylvan and Mrs. F. B. Fielding, both of Columbia, and Mrs. S. B. McIntosh of Tampa, Fla. The funeral services will be held at the residence of Mrs. Sylvan on Bull street this afternoon at 4 o'clock, and the interment will take place at Elmwood cemetery."
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