South Carolina Death Index, 1915-1949
Celia Sturkie
Death Aug 18 1929
Age 59
Born 1870
Lexington
Vol 23
Certif #14404

STURKIE, Celia - Certificate # 14044; DOB 12-25-1869; DOD 8-18-1929; d/o Mitchell SHARPE and Narcissa STURKIEl buried Melrose.  (Abstracted & Contributed by Helen Skipper)

1870 US Census, Lexington Ct. House, Lexington, SC
Francis Rister, f, age 40
Jacob, age 17
John, age 15
William, age 12
Anorak, age 11
Vandelen, age 8
Henry, age 6
Peak W., age 1
Cephas Sturkey, age 6

1880 US census, Elizabeth, Orangeburg, South Carolina or Bull Swamp, Lexington
Age 15 Occupation: Laborer
Single White
Living in the Household of Wade Reid
Parents Birthplace: SC

or

1880 US Census, Bull Swamp, Lexington, SC
Zachary A.. Sturkie, age 30
Orrie C. , age 20
John I, age 3
Mainmie, age 2
Martha, age 70 (mother)
Cephus, cousin, age 14

1900 US Census, Bull Swamp, Lexington, SC
J. C. Sturkey, age 38, bn. Apr. 1862, md. 7 years
J. Cecelia, age 36, bn. Dec 1863, md. 7 years; children: 2/2
Carrie Lou, age 4, bn May 1896
George Dewey, age 1, bn. Junes 1899

1910 US Census, Bull Swamp, Lexington, SC
Jocephus, age 47 md. 16 years
Jerushia C, age 36 md. 16 years; children 2/2
Patricia b. C. L. age 14
George D., age 9

1920 US Census, Bull Swamp, Lexington, SC
Sturkie, Sgraf (??) age 55, foreman, crate factory
Sturkie, Cralion, age 50
Caroline Mack, age 23, dau
Jessie Mack, soninlaw, age 28, transfer chauffer
R??uth, GS, age 5
Wilson, GS, age 3
Chester, GS, age 9 mos.

Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Bull Swamp, Lexington, South Carolina; Roll: T625_1702; Page: 23A; Enumeration District: 29; Image: 180.

However, the file from Donna Chapman contains totally different information:
"Joe Cephus Sturkie was born April 1862 in Swansea, Lexington County, SC, and died 1935 in Swansea, Lexington County, SC. He married Jerusha Cecilia Sharp 1894, daughter of John Sharpe and Narcissa Sturkie. She was born December 1863 in Swansea, Lexington County, SC. Joe Cephus was the son of Caroline Sturkie. His father is unknown; his mother may have been unmarried. He had a brother Allen Augustus, born October 18, 1860. Caroline later married Urbane Jeffcoat and they are believed to have had ten children. Joe Cephus operated a grist mill in Swansea, SC. He kept furnace running at W.B. Rast Basket Factory in Swansea. Joe Cephus' wife's mother was Narcissa Sturkie, daughter of Richard B. Sturkey. Joe Cephus is buried in the Melrose Cemetery, Swansea, SC."

"Children of Joe Cephus and Jerusha Sharp are:
i. Carrie Lou Sturkey, b. 1896; m. Jessie Lee Mack.
ii. George Dewey Sturkey, b. June 6, 1900, Swansea, Lexington County, SC; d. April 27, 1980, Jacksonville, Florida; m. (1) Myrtle Williams, March 15, 1918, Swansea, Lexington County, SC; b. December 14, 1900, Swansea, Lexington County, SC; d. December 19, 1928, Jacksonville, Florida, burial in Swansea, Lexington, SC; m. (2) Eloise Adeline Romedy, 1925."
"More about Myrtle Williams: cause of death accute nephritis caused by ingestion of Bichloride of Mercury (probably suicide)."