CS Clemson, Thomas Green

Thomas Green Clemson

Born: July 1, 1807
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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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