★★★ Coward, Asbury

Asbury Coward

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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)
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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)
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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
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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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