City: Columbia CAPERS, Walter Branham, educator, clergyman; born Greensville, S. C. Aug. 8, 1870; French Huguenot, English and Irish descent; son of Ellison and Charlotte (Palmer) CAPERS; father’s occupation, bishop of the diocese of South Carolina, also Brigadier-General in Confederate Army and Professor S. C. Military Academy; educated preparatory schools […]
Daily Archives: September 16, 2012
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City: Columbia BOAZ, William Thomas, minister of the Gospel; born Graves County, Kentucky, January 7, 1875; son of Thomas F. and Virginia (Puryear) BOAZ; Irish and French descent; educated West Kentucky College, Mayfield, Ky., and Georgia Roberson Christian College of Henderson, Tenn.; married Effie JONES, January 1, 1900; one of […]
City: Columbia ATHEY, Thomas H., minister; born Orlean, Va., March 4, 1870; son of Rev. S. M. and Emma E. (Payne) ATHEY; English-Irish descent; educated Richmond College, Va., Crozer Seminary, Pa.; granduated Crozer Seminary, Pa., 1898; married M. Alberta WHITE, June 22, 1898; Royal Arch Mason, member Odd Fellows, Trustee […]
City: Columbia ASTON, John Butler, miller; born Columbia, Tenn., Sept. 5, 1849; English-Irish descent; son of James Hilton and Julia Ann (Butler) ASHTON; father’s occupation miller and wool carder; paternal grandfather Thomas ASHTON, paternal grandmother Ann (Hilton) ASHTON, maternal grandfather John BUTLER; maternal grandmother Ann (Hayes) BUTLER; married Rebecca RUSSELL […]