Asbury Coward
Born: September 19, 1835
Birthplace: Berkeley District, South Carolina
Father: Jesse Coward 1805 – 1850
Mother: Keziah Ann Dubois 1807 – 1835
Wife: Elise Corbett Blum 1837 – 1927
(Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, York, South Carolina)
Children:
Ann Lorrimer Coward
(Buried: Rose Hill, Cemetery York, South Carolina)
Ethel Coward
(Buried: Rose Hill, Cemetery York, South Carolina)
Annie D. Coward
(Buried: Rose Hill, Cemetery York, South Carolina)
Robert Edward Lee Coward
(Buried: Rose Hill, Cemetery York, South Carolina)
Maud Coward
(Buried: Rose Hill, Cemetery York, South Carolina)
Sarah Rebecca Coward Unknown – 1859
(Buried: Rose Hill, Cemetery York, South Carolina)
Andrew Blum Coward Unknown – 1860
(Buried: Rose Hill, Cemetery York, South Carolina)
Micah Jenkins Coward Unknown – 1865
(Buried: Rose Hill, Cemetery York, South Carolina)
Jenny Coward Bratton 1862 – 1964
(Buried: Rose Hill, Cemetery York, South Carolina)
Jessie Dubois Coward 1863 – 1863
(Buried: Rose Hill, Cemetery York, South Carolina)
Mary Louisa Coward Glover 1866 – 1952
(Buried: Sunnyside Cemetery, Orangeburg, South Carolina)
Dr. Francis Asbury Coward 1877 – 1922
(Buried: Rose Hill, Cemetery York, South Carolina)
Osmun Latrobe Coward 1883 – 1969
(Buried: Grove Hill Cemetery, Darlington, South Carolina)
Education:
Graduated from South Carolina Military Academy
Occupation before War:
Co–Founder of King’s Mountain Military Academy
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Captain, and Assistant Adjutant General on Jones Staff
1862: Major of 5th South Carolina Infantry Regiment
1862 – 1865: Colonel of 5th South Carolina Infantry Regiment
1864: Wounded in the arm at the Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia
1865: Paroled at Appomattox, Virginia
Occupation after War:
1866 – 1886: Superintendent of King’s Mountain Military Academy
1882 – 1886: South Carolina State Superintendent of Instruction
1890 – 1908: Superintendent of The Citadel
Member of the Board of Visitors at West Point Military Academy
Died: April 28, 1925
Place of Death: York County, South Carolina
Age at time of Death: 89 years old
Burial Place: Rose Hill Cemetery, York, South Carolina
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