Rev. James Clarence Olden, Sr.

1884 - Abt 1954

• Title	Rev.
  Suffix	Sr.
  Born	02 May 1884	Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	abt. Dec 1954
  Person ID	I33	Nashville
  Last Modified	6 Feb 2008

  
  

  Father	George D. Olden,   b. 1845, Kentucky
  Mother	Elizabeth "Lizzie" J. Merry,   b. abt. 1856, Tennessee
  Married	22 May 1878	Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F10	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Sylvia Alice Ward,   b. 24 Sep 1889, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
  Married	29 May 1913	New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana   [2]
  Notes	Family moved to Washington D.C. circa 1921. [3]
  Children	1. J.C. Olden, Jr. > 2. Sylvia Olden,   b. 29 Jun 1917, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi ,   d. 10 Apr 2004, Germantown, Montgomery County, Maryland > 3. George Elliott Olden,   b. 13 Nov 1920, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama ,   d. 25 Feb 1975, Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2007
  Family ID	F11	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos

  Ship: Majestic Ship that James Clarence Olden and wife Sylvia Ward Olden sailed on in 1925 during a trip back from Southhampton.

  
  

  Documents

  NY Passenger Record: James & Sylvia Ward Olden Manifesto from SouthHampton and arriving in port in New York 5 Oct 1925 on the ship Majestic.

  
  

• Notes

  SSN: 436-16-9649 - issued in Louisiana. Was a minister to Plymouth Congregational Church. [3] In 1933 deserted his family to devote himself completely to the civil rights movement. [3] Listed as a member of the Middle Class from Topeka, Kansas in the Fisk 1898 catalog. [4]

  
  

• Sources

  [S15] New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, (Ancestry.com). [S11] New Orleans, Louisiana Marriage Records Index, 1831-1925, (Ancestry.com). Volume 35, pg. 469 [S14] Georg Olden Biography, (Answers.com), http://www.answers.com/topic/georg-olden.. [S18] Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Fisk University, Nashville TN 1897-1898, (http://books.google.com/books?id=tfE2AAAAMAAJ), 60.