Dr. Louis McPherson DeSaussure
Born: May 20, 1804
Birthplace: Columbia, South Carolina
Father: Henry William DeSaussure 1763 – 1839
(Buried: First Presbyterian Churchyard, Columbia, South Carolina)
Mother: Eliza Ford 1767 – 1821
(Buried: First Presbyterian Churchyard, Columbia, South Carolina)
1st Wife: Isabel H. Means 1808 – 1844
(Buried: Saint Helena's Episcopal Churchyard, Beaufort, South Carolina)
2nd Wife: Jane Hay Hutson 1809 – 1887
(Buried: Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Georgia)
Children:
Isabel Means DeSaussure Unknown – 1844
(Buried: Saint Helena's Episcopal Churchyard, Beaufort, South Carolina)
Mary Barnwell DeSaussure Unknown – 1846
(Buried: Saint Helena's Episcopal Churchyard, Beaufort, South Carolina)
General Charles Alfred DeSaussure 1846 – 1935
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee)
Thomas Hudson DeSaussure 1851 – 1929
(Buried: Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Georgia)
Education:
1825: Graduated from South Carolina College
1828: Graduated from Medical College of South Carolina
Occupation before War:
Medical Doctor in South Carolina
Civil War Career:
1862: Sold Corn to the Confederate Army in Beaufort, South Carolina
1863: Appointed Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederacy
1863 – 1864: Surgeon of 4th South Carolina Troops
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1870: Medical Doctor in Camden, South Carolina
Died: June 6, 1870
Place of Death: Camden, South Carolina
Age at time of Death: 66 years old
Burial Place: Quaker Cemetery, Camden, South Carolina
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