Thomas Green Clemson
Born: July 1, 1807
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Father: Thomas Green Clemson 1772 – 1813
(Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Mother: Elizabeth Baker 1773 – 1857
(Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Wife: Anna Maria Calhoun 1817 – 1875
(Buried: Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, Pendleton, South Carolina)
Children:
Infant Clemson 1839 – 1839
Captain John Calhoun Clemson 1841 – 1871
(Buried: Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, Pendleton, South Carolina)
Floride Elizabeth Clemson Lee 1842 – 1871
(Buried: Raymond Hill Cemetery, Carmel, New York)
Cornelia "Nina" Clemson 1855 – 1858
(Buried: Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, Pendleton, South Carolina)
Education:
Attended Alden Partridge's Military Academy
Studied Mineralogy
1826 – 1827: Studied Practical Laboratory chemistry
Studied at Sorbonne and Royal School of Mines
Graduated from the Royal Mint with diploma as assayer
Occupation before War:
Co Author of legislation to promote agricultural education
1838: Married the daughter of Former Vice President John C. Calhoun
1843: Purchased 1000 acre plot known as Canbrake in Edgefield, South Carolina
1844 – 1851: In Charge of United States Affairs in Belgium
1853: Purchased 100 Acre plot in Maryland called "The Home"
Lived in Maryland so he could access utilities for experiments
Studied the Cattle diseases of the Texas fever
1858: Speaker on his science research at the Smithsonian Institute
1860 – 1861: United States Superintendent of Agriculture
1861: Resigned as Superintendent on March 4th
Civil War Role:
1861: Left his Maryland home for Pendleton, South Carolina April 12th
1861: Urged for a department of Agriculture for Confederate Govt.
Enlisted in the Confederate Army and Assigned Trans Mississippi Dept
Worked in Arkansas and Texas Developing nitrate mines explosives
1865: Paroled on June 9th in Shreveport, Louisiana
Occupation after War:
1875 – 1888: Owner of Fort Hill, Plantation in Clemson, South Carolina
Drafted a will that called for "The Clemson Agricultural College in South Carolina"
1943: the town of Calhoun, South Carolina became Clemson, South Carolina
Died: April 6, 1888
Place of Death: Calhoun (Clemson), South Carolina
Age at time of Death: 80 years old
Burial Place: Saint Paul's Episcopal Churchyard, Pendleton, South Carolina
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