Thomas Green CLEMSON

• Name	Thomas Green CLEMSON  [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Education	he was a graduate from the School of Mines in Paris, France  [3]
  HIST	After the war he and his family permanently resided at Pendleton, South Carolina, with Mrs. John C. Calhoun, and after her death removed to Fort Hill, which had been willed to his wife, Anna M. Clemson. He survived his wife and two children for quite a time and dying devised the Fort Hill plantation and a large fortune to the State for the purpose of establishing thereon an agricultural and mechanical college, a noble institution, Clemson Agricultural College only a short distance from the home of his father-in-law, the great statesman, John C. Calhoun Sr.  [3]
  MILI	He offered his services to President Davis, and served during the war. Confederate States of America  [2, 3]
  _UID	9791D20311D14D18AC760B84A49C2D99FBFA
  Burial	Episcopal Churchyard Cemetery, Pendleton, South Carolina   [4]
  Person ID	I178952	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	18 Jul 2015

  
  

  Family	Anna Maria CALHOUN,   b. 13 Feb 1817   d. 22 Sep 1875 (Age 58 years)
  _UID	0A69B7FF72974AACB553A5941A1904A54590
  _UID	0A69B7FF72974AACB553A5941A1904A54590
  Children	1. Floride CLEMSON,   b. 29 Dec 1842   bur. New York   2. Captain Calhoun CLEMSON   d. killed in a railroad collision near Seneca, South Carolina   3. Captain John CLEMSON,   b. 1841
  Family ID	F121629	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Jul 2015

  
  

• Notes

  After his children and wife died he lived the rest of his life as a hermit until his death. [4]

  
  

• Sources

  [S6828] R. W. Simpson, (Southern Historical Press % The Rev. S. Emmett Lucas, Jr. - P.O. Bos 738 - Easley, South Carolina 29640), page 142-143. [S22791] . [S6828] R. W. Simpson, (Southern Historical Press % The Rev. S. Emmett Lucas, Jr. - P.O. Bos 738 - Easley, South Carolina 29640), page 143. [S6828] R. W. Simpson, (Southern Historical Press % The Rev. S. Emmett Lucas, Jr. - P.O. Bos 738 - Easley, South Carolina 29640), page 144.