SC Magnolia cemetery

[Gettmore]

 

[bayouace]

Charleston, SC?

 

[13 IL Cav & 64 GA Inf]

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Love the placement of the cannons - it gives an effect of realizing that these men were indeed soldiers.

 

[Gettmore]

Charleston, SC?

Many more to come when I get back to the house. Not an expert like BD TEX WITH THE USE of a cell phone...

 

[Seduzal]

Charleston, SC?

 

[USS ALASKA]

Great pic! For those interested, those are 10in Columbiads made at the Tredegar Iron Works in 1862 / 1863...

Cheers,
USS ALASKA

 

[Biscoitos]

Great pic! For those interested, those are 10in Columbiads made at the Tredegar Iron Works in 1862 / 1863...

Cheers,
USS ALASKA

Charleston S C ?

 

[Gettmore]

Charleston S C ?

Yes

 

[Gettmore]

Magnolia Cem. Charleston, SC

 

[Gettmore]

Crew of The H. L. Hunley

 

[Seduzal]

Thanks for sharing these awesome photos.

 

[bmckevlin]

Magnolia Cemetery Charleston, SC

All photos were taken last July 2024 during the SCV Convention in Charleston, my hometown.

Yes, General Robert E Lee's grandson married a Charleston girl.

The last 5 photos are relatives of mine.
Dennis Cassidy was a gr gr uncle buried in the Confederate Section, Holsenbeck and Dunlap, Confederate soldiers, were gr gr grandfathers, buried in other sections of Magnolia Cemetery. I had just finished cleaning my grandparents tombstones. The cemetery wouldn't let me touch Cassidy's headstone. I asked what they used to clean the Confederate section, She told me "BLEACH"!!!

 

[John Winn]

My gg grandfather and family are buried at Magnolia. He's the guy who was big-time in importing through the blockade.

 

[13 IL Cav & 64 GA Inf]

My gg grandfather and family are buried at Magnolia. He's the guy who was big-time in importing through the blockade.

Hey, @John Winn, do you know any information about his importing that relates to blockade running or the type of goods that he imported? That would be fascinating to know.

 

[John Winn]

Hey, @John Winn, do you know any information about his importing that relates to blockade running or the type of goods that he imported? That would be fascinating to know.

I do indeed. I've posted a number of times about him.

His name was Daniel Hardy Silcox. He was English by birth and owned a large furniture store and also manufactured such with steam power. He was very successful so knew all the other businessmen in Charleston. He was also a deacon in the Baptist Church (which still stands). So, he managed to get in as a founder of the Importing and Exporting Co. which was one of three really dominant companies. Charles Trenholm - who owned Fraser and Trenholm - owned stock as did Charles Prioleau who was the brother of the Silcox family doctor.

So, having a large building right on King Street he generally quit selling furniture (except some to the army which he likely just had in storage) and instead put on what were called Bee sales (after William Bee who was another of the biggies). He apparently didn't import any military goods. He and his brother also operated a general merchandise store in Columbia where they also sold imported goods. There are published news articles about the sales and advertisements for the store. The store burned down when Columbia was occupied and large fires were set.

During the war he bought a large house in Anderson and moved the family there due to fires and shelling of the city (a shell hit one of his two houses). His daughter married a confederate soldier in Anderson but he was killed not long after the marriage. She, however, was pregnant and gave birth to a daughter. After the war Daniel sold the Anderson house and moved the family back to Charleston. There, his widowed daughter remarried to the minister of the First Baptist Church and I am a product down the line of that marriage.

Both of Daniel's houses still stand as does his store building. The store has been an antique store owned by the same family for almost a hundred years (and I've visited it and got a personal tour of the building from the owner who has records written by grandpa). It was mentioned in the book South of Broad by Pat Conroy. Daniel went back into the furniture business after the war but I don't think did as well because, I guess, people were strapped and didn't buy a lot of furniture or other fancy goods. His oldest son operated the store for him in the 1870s and lost it due to his alcoholism. Daniel died in 1876. He and all the family are buried in the family plot in Magnolia. The family owned one of the houses until the mid-1960s and I've met one who was born in the house (she and husband live in Washington state and sometimes visit Oregon).

One of Daniel's sons, Ferdinand, was the fifth Chief of the US Forest Service and there's a stone hut named after him here in Oregon. It's at Government Camp and is at 7000 feet elevation. As a retired forester I always liked that connection.

There ya go. Careful what you ask for !

 

[13 IL Cav & 64 GA Inf]

I do indeed. I've posted a number of times about him.

His name was Daniel Hardy Silcox. He was English by birth and owned a large furniture store and also manufactured such with steam power. He was very successful so knew all the other businessmen in Charleston. He was also a deacon in the Baptist Church (which still stands). So, he managed to get in as a founder of the Importing and Exporting Co. which was one of three really dominant companies. Charles Trenholm - who owned Fraser and Trenholm - owned stock as did Charles Prioleau who was the brother of the Silcox family doctor.

So, having a large building right on King Street he generally quit selling furniture (except some to the army which he likely just had in storage) and instead put on what were called Bee sales (after William Bee who was another of the biggies). He apparently didn't import any military goods. He and his brother also operated a general merchandise store in Columbia where they also sold imported goods. There are published news articles about the sales and advertisements for the store. The store burned down when Columbia was occupied and large fires were set.

During the war he bought a large house in Anderson and moved the family there due to fires and shelling of the city (a shell hit one of his two houses). His daughter married a confederate soldier in Anderson but he was killed not long after the marriage. She, however, was pregnant and gave birth to a daughter. After the war Daniel sold the Anderson house and moved the family back to Charleston. There, his widowed daughter remarried to the minister of the First Baptist Church and I am a product down the line of that marriage.

Both of Daniel's houses still stand as does his store building. The store has been an antique store owned by the same family for almost a hundred years (and I've visited it and got a personal tour of the building from the owner who has records written by grandpa). It was mentioned in the book South of Broad by Pat Conroy. Daniel went back into the furniture business after the war but I don't think did as well because, I guess, people were strapped and didn't buy a lot of furniture or other fancy goods. His oldest son operated the store for him in the 1870s and lost it due to his alcoholism. Daniel died in 1876. He and all the family are buried in the family plot in Magnolia. The family owned one of the houses until the mid-1960s and I've met one who was born in the house (she and husband live in Washington state and sometimes visit Oregon).

One of Daniel's sons, Ferdinand, was the fifth Chief of the US Forest Service and there's a stone hut named after him here in Oregon. It's at Government Camp and is at 7000 feet elevation. As a retired forester I always liked that connection.

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THANKS, @John Winn. What a great part of your family history! I genuinely appreciate your posting this again, as I have not seen it before (just joined CWT last year).

 

[John Winn]

THANKS, @John Winn. What a great part of your family history! I genuinely appreciate your posting this again, as I have not seen it before (just joined CWT last year).

You're welcome. I did it just for you as you asked.

A day spent at Magnolia is a good day. When I went I'd spent the morning viewing the Hunley.

 

[13 IL Cav & 64 GA Inf]

You're welcome. I did it just for you as you asked.

A day spent at Magnolia is a good day. When I went I'd spent the morning viewing the Hunley.

Thanks again. By the way, I enjoyed visiting the Hunley as well.

 

[bmckevlin]

I FINALLY found my gr gr grandfather's grave in Magnolia Cemetery. He had no tombstone but I studied the map of the plots in his section. I took photos of the tombstones that existed and talked to the ladies in office. They told me the graves were 4' wide so I measured from the closest grave to his and found it! I marked the center of his grave with a piece of PVC pipe. I hope to have a tombstone made by the VA in the future.

His name was Private William C Seabrook, Palmetto Battalion Light Artillery, Company D. His battalion was moved around Charleston to defend against the "Invaders". He spent time around the Secessionville area and took his turns at Battery Wagner. He ended up in NC at the end of the War.
As I was leaving Charleston, I had an appointment with the SC Confederate Relic Room in Columbia and they let me see his Battalion flags that they have preserved there. How exciting to see both flags!!!

Bill

 

[KevMcNJ]

I have visited it several times. AKA The Silent City.
I love all cemeteries but that one is special. Id share photos but others have already shared pics similar to what I would post.
Its size is mind boggling and it is definitely worth a visit. Watch out for alligators. Im not joking.