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regiment in the Spanish war. He was a member of the board of directors of the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian exposition, held at Charleston, December 1, 1901, to June 1, 1902. Besides his last military service, he has had large experience as a militia officer, having been a captain of the Governor's guards of Columbia for fifteen years, colonel of the Second South Caro- lina militia regiment for twelve years. He is now (1907) brigade commander of the South Carolina troops, and is also president of the chamber of commerce of the city of Columbia. He is a prominent member of the Knights of Pythias, the Elks, and the Masonic fraternity. He has always been a member of the Democratic party and of the Episcopal church. The dominant traits of General Jones' character are pluck and energy, joined to a spirit of mildness and to bland and gentle manners, which have contributed greatly to his success in life.
General Jones' postoffice address is Columbia, South Carolina.
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CHARLES HALLETTE JUDSON
J UDSON, CHARLES HALLETTE, LL. D., professor of mathematics and astronomy in Furman university, Green- ville, South Carolina, was born in Monroe, Connecticut, April 20, 1820. His parents were both of pure English stock. His father, Charles Judson, was a man of sterling qualities and became one of the most prominent men in his community in business and social circles. He was noted for a high sense of honor, a strict adherence to principle and rare good judgment. While not having a collegiate education, he was by nature gifted with a fine mind, which was cultivated by reading, by keen observation and by association with men of education and culture. His grandfather, James Judson, lived and died in Connecticut, and was distinguished for his sterling worth, business habits and correct principles. The mother of Dr. Charles H. Judson, wife of Charles Judson, was Miss Abi Sherman, and a relative of the distinguished Roger Sherman.
Professor Judson's earliest education was obtained at the public school in his own town. From this he was sent to a high school near his home, taught by a graduate of Yale. He was afterwards sent to New Haven to prepare himself for business. Not long after going to that city he became interested in meetings in one of the Baptist churches of the place. He professed faith and joined the Baptist church. At about the same time, Locke's "Essay on the Human Understanding" fell into his hands. These two circumstances combined to change the current of his life. As a result, he resolved upon leaving business and continuing studies. He entered Hamilton Literary and Theological institute, located at Hamilton, New York. He remained there two years and was then compelled to teach for awhile to obtain means with which to prosecute his studies. Ever since that day he has been able to sympathize with the poor boy struggling for an education. He went from Hamilton to Virginia, where he taught several years, and then entered the University of Virginia, where he remained two years. This course helped him to shape his work as a teacher for life. There he formed high ideals as to what a college ought to be, and these high ideals he has had before him
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for fifty years and more, and this has largely made Furman university what it is.
In 1847 he married Miss Emily Bosher, of Richmond, Vir- ginia. Together they walked life's journey, till May, 1903, when she entered her heavenly rest. Soon after their marriage he began teaching a boys' school in Loudon, Virginia. After two years here he went to Warrenton, Virginia, where he remained teaching one year. While at Warrenton he heard of a vacancy in an institution of learning at Ansonville, North Carolina, and without friends there, or special influence, or even acquaintance in the college or community, he journeyed thither and made application for the position. In 1851, while seeking pupils for this school, he heard of the proposed opening of Furman univer- sity, at Greenville, South Carolina, and that a faculty would soon be elected. He applied for the chair of mathematics and physics and was elected. That was a good day for Furman university, Greenville, and for South Carolina. He has filled the chair of mathematics ever since, and even now, in his eighty-sixth year, he still meets with his classes in astronomy, and is in close touch with the classes in mathematics, though the daily routine of that work is thrown upon the shoulders of another. When he became connected with Furman there was no building, no equipment, and only a small endowment. He selected the plans and superin- tended the erection of the first college building; he purchased the apparatus and equipments, and has led every movement since then for the growth, improvement, enlargement of the buildings, grounds and endowment, and has largely directed in fixing the course of study and the standard of the institution. Until recently he was the treasurer and managed the funds and prop- erty, and it was very largely due to his prudence, foresight, personal sacrifices, unremitting watchfulness, and faithfulness, that the college property, funds and equipment were not lost entirely during the War between the States and in the dark days of financial stringency since. The institution has grown up around two men, Doctor Judson and Doctor James C. Furman, the first president. Doctor Judson has for many years been the dean of the faculty, and was for a year or more acting president, and he refused the presidency of the institution.
During the War between the States, Doctor Judson was president of the Greenville Female college, and for several years
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after the war. In this position he was instrumental in saving that institution also. He managed its affairs with great ability, saved its property, and contributed to its support during seasons of great depression and stringency. In the recent effort to increase the endowment of Furman university he contributed over twenty-six thousand dollars. He is not a rich man, but by frugality, economy and good management he accumulated some means, and he has always been generous, and a liberal contributor to benevolent, charitable and religious purposes. He is a Baptist, not a minister, but has been deacon in the First Baptist church, Greenville, for many years. He is devout, consistent in life, broad in his sympathies, and his fellow-men have the utmost confidence in his exalted character.
Doctor Judson made Greenville his home in 1851, and the upbuilding of Furman university his life work, and nothing has changed his purpose. He has given his life and his property to that institution. He has had the opportunity, time and again, of changing his home and going elsewhere. Twice he was offered the presidency of the Judson institute, Marion, Alabama, and twice that of the Richmond Female institute, Richmond, Vir- ginia, and twice he was offered a professorship in Richmond college. After settling at Greenville he was never a place-seeker, his one aim and ambition being to make Furman university worthy of the people of the state.
As a scholar and teacher he is preeminent. He is well known in the realm of letters and science. His papers have been copied into the leading scientific journals of the day. One of these, "An Investigation of the Mathematical Relations between Zero and Infinity," is noticed in full in the "Analyst" for 1881. He assisted in compiling Wentworth's Geometry, 1879, and pub- lished and assisted in revising many other text books on geometry and algebra. As a mathematician he has probably no superior in the South, and few superiors anywhere. More than that, no student ever sat under Professor Judson to learn mathematics and went away, either with or without a diploma in this school, in just the same ethical mood that he came. He was taught mathematics, he imbibed great moral ideas. His idea of life, of duty, of obligation, and manhood, underwent a change as inevi-
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table as that brought about by the science of mathematics in the domain of the pure intellect.
Since the above sketch was written, and was revised by the editor, Professor Judson has been called away. He died at his home in Greenville on January 12, 1907. It is interesting to note that about two weeks before his death the Carnegie Foundation of New York city granted him an annuity of twelve hundred dollars because of his eminence as a mathematician and in recog- nition of his long term of service as a teacher in one institution.
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JOHN ALEXANDER KELLEY
K ELLEY, JOHN ALEXANDER, son of Joseph J. and Ann J. Campbell Kelley, was born July 20, 1848, in Clarendon county, South Carolina. His father was a farmer, who died when the son was but three years old.
Mr. Kelley's paternal grandfather, Daniel J. Kelley, came from Ireland to America just after the Revolutionary war. His maternal grandfather, Alexander Campbell, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and was said to have been a very active patriot. Alexander Campbell's parents came from Scotland to America prior to the Revolution.
As a boy John Kelley was strong and vigorous, and mani- fested a great fondness for hunting and fishing,-amusements which, however, did not result in the neglect of his studies. He was brought up in the town of Manning, Clarendon county, South Carolina. His mother was left a widow when quite young and in poor circumstances. This made it necessary for the boy to cultivate the vegetable garden and do work of every kind about the home until he went to college. To the habits of industry thus early formed he attributes his subsequent success in life, work having become with him a matter of fixed habit.
Among the influences that affected the character and devel- opment of John Kelley, the greatest was that of his home, and especially of his mother, whose greatest desire was to see her son become a good and successful man. Education was possible for him only by the surmounting of great difficulties, poverty being the chief. As a mere boy, however, he attended the sessions of the court in his home town and listened to the eloquent speeches made by the attorneys at the bar. These inspired him with an ambition to become a lawyer. In addition, he read history and historical novels. He attended the academy at Manning, taught by John Witherspoon Ervin. As a sixteen-year-old boy, he entered the Confederate army, continuing there for one year. In 1866 he entered South Carolina university and took an elective course. Being poor, he taught school and studied law, receiving books and assistance from Johnson & Johnson, of Marion, South Carolina.
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In 1872 he was admitted to the bar. His active life-work began in 1869 as a teacher in Marion county. His chief business, however, has been that of a lawyer. In 1888 he served a term in the legislature of the state. He has always been deeply interested in everything tending to local improvement, and has done much to build up the town. It was through his influence that the new railroad depot was erected, and he organized a cotton seed oil mill which is an important industry. About three years ago he secured the erection of a handsome school academy building in the town, and he has since aroused sufficient interest to induce the voters of the district to provide for another building for the same purpose at a cost of several thousand dollars. He is vice- president of the Bank of Kingstree, in the organization of which he took a prominent part. Mr. Kelley took an active part in the redemption of Williamsburg county from Radical rule. He is a Mason and a Knight of Pythias. In the Masonic lodge he has held the office of master and district deputy grand master. In politics he has always been a Democrat. His religious affiliation is with the Methodist church, of which he is an active member and to which he is a most liberal contributor. The practice of law he varies with attention in summer to his farm and to bird hunting in winter.
Captain Kelley feels that he has made serious failures ; these, however, having been due primarily to defective eyesight, which prevented proper application to his studies. To the young he suggests that the acquiring of the habit of early industry will contribute more than anything else to their success.
Mr. Kelley married, October 29, 1872, Elizabeth B. Boyd, daughter of Dr. Robert J. Boyd, of the South Carolina Methodist. conference, and Rachel B. Boyd. They have had three children, two of whom are now (1907) living.
His address is Kingstree, Williamsburg county, South Caro- lina.
JAMES PINCKNEY KINARD
K INARD, JAMES PINCKNEY, son of John M. and Lavinia Rook Kinard, was born at Kinards, in Newberry county, South Carolina, July 17, 1864. His father was a planter, and, until his death on the field of battle, captain of Company F of the Twentieth regiment of South Carolina vol- unteers.
Until seven years of age James Kinard lived in the country. He then moved with his mother to the town of Newberry. Unlike many town boys, however, he was trained to work. The influence of his mother was strong on his moral life. Educational oppor- tunities were available for him in youth only with difficulty; nevertheless, he was enabled to attend, first, the Newberry Male academy, and, later, Newberry college and the South Carolina Military academy. From the last named institution he was grad- uated in 1886 with the degree of B. S. Afterward he studied in Johns Hopkins university, from which institution he received in 1895 the degree of Ph. D.
Mr. Kinard began the active work of life as principal of the Male academy at Newberry, South Carolina. Through life he has been a teacher, serving as principal of the Newberry Male academy from 1886 to 1888, as assistant professor of English in the South Carolina Military academy from 1888 to 1891, and as professor of English in Winthrop college, Rock Hill, South Caro- lina, from 1895 to the present (1907) date. In 1902 he edited "Old English Ballads," and in 1906 he published an "English Grammar for Beginners." He is a Democrat in politics and a Baptist in religion. On June 20, 1899, he married Lee Wicker. Of this marriage have been born three children, all of whom are now (1907) living.
His address is 339 Oakland avenue, Rock Hill, York county, South Carolina.
JOHN KUKER
K UKER, JOHN, the son of Deiderich H. Kuker and Sophie Oestman Kuker, was born August 27, 1845, in Hamburg, Germany. His father was a civil service employee in the postoffice department, and was characterized by scrupulousness, punctuality and system.
John Kuker in youth possessed rugged health and delighted in athletic sports, boating and sailing especially. His youth was passed in the city of Hamburg, Germany. No regular tasks were required of him. Early education offered him no difficulties. He was graduated in 1864 from the high school of Hamburg. His reading lay in the lines of current literature, political economy, statistics, and kindred subjects pertaining to practical business. The study of botany in school turned his attention to the study of drugs and led to his acceptance of a position in the drug firm of Hasche & Woge, in Hamburg.
In early life Mr. Kuker was trained to habits of method and system. Being always affable and courteous, he enjoyed extensive friendship among people generally, and from these friends he gained much in ideas and knowledge. For a time Mr. Kuker was a pharmacist; later he became interested in general real estate, loans and securities. He has also been alderman and mayor of the city of Florence, serving nine years in the former and one year in the latter capacity. He is president of the Commercial and Savings bank of the city of Florence, vice-president of the Florence Loan and Investment company, and a member of the New York Cotton exchange. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, a Democrat, and a Lutheran. Traveling during the summer months constitutes his chief relaxation.
To the young, Mr. Kuker says: "Cultivate decision of char- acter, develop individuality, and avoid the listless, mechanical, imitative habits which so many people of good ability fall into. Don't constantly look to others, lest you become hopelessly dependent."
Mr. Kuker was married on August 12, 1870, to Miss Louise Lay. Of this marriage six children have been born, five of whom are living in 1907.
His address is Number 223 Evans street, Florence, South Carolina.
JOHN ADGER LAW
L AW, JOHN ADGER, son of Thomas Hart Law and Anna Elizabeth Law, was born September 19, 1869, at Spar- tanburg, South Carolina. His father was a clergyman, the pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Spartanburg and district superintendent of the American Bible society. He was a consecrated Christian, and good business man as well. The earliest known paternal ancestors in America were French Hu- guenots; the maternal ancestors, Adger by name, were Scotch- Irish, from Antrim county, Ireland. Dr. John B. Adger, uncle of John A. Law, was a missionary to Armenia.
As a boy John Law was active and robust, fond of athletics, of domestic work and horses. His early life was passed in the town of Spartanburg. He was taught to do all light forms of manual labor around the house, including carpentering, garden- ing, and caring for animals. The chief influence in molding the life and character of John Law were, first, the home, in which his mother was a most potent factor; then, in order, men in active life, early companionship, private study and school. For reading, he was especially fond of the historical novel. Educa- tion of both school and college grade was given him by his parents.' He attended private schools and Wofford college, grad- uating from both. In 1887 he received the degree of A. B. from Wofford college. His active work was begun in the capacity of stenographer and typewriter. Into this, as into all subsequent work, he threw himself with all his might, having been taught from earliest childhood to strive for success in everything he might undertake.
Mr. Law was from 1887 to 1889 private secretary to the superintendent of the Southern Express company at Charlotte and Wilmington, North Carolina; from 1889 to 1891 he was bookkeeper for the First National bank of Spartanburg; from 1891 to 1901 he was cashier of the Spartanburg Savings bank; from 1901 to the present (1907) time he has been president of the Saxon mills; also, since 1903, president of the Central National bank of Spartanburg, and of the Spartanburg Savings bank. As a business man he has the confidence, esteem and best wishes
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of all who know him; by nature, training, and associations, he has the promise of a brilliant career, and the members of his community are glad to entrust to him positions of responsibility.
Mr. Law is an elder in the Presbyterian church; but has declined all political honors. He is a member of the National Association of Manufacturers, of the American Bankers associa- tion, and a member of the Converse College Choral club, and also of the executive committee of the latter organization. In politics he is a Democrat. He finds his relaxation in hunting, fishing, tennis, horseback riding, and driving.
From the thwarted ambitions and shattered ideals of life Mr. Law draws one lesson, namely: that of unending persever- ance. To the young he commends a return to the simpler and more economical methods of living of our forefathers-to old- fashioned honesty, energy, and sobriety.
On November 14, 1895, Mr. Law married Pearl S. Sibley, daughter of William C. and Jane E. Sibley, of Augusta, Georgia. Of their five children, four are living in 1907.
His address is Spartanburg, South Carolina.
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JACOB ADAM LIGHTSEY
L IGHTSEY, JACOB ADAM, farmer, merchant, banker and dealer in live stock, of Crocketville, Hampton county, South Carolina, was born in Lexington county, South Carolina, on the 20th of December, 1848. He is a son of a farmer, John Frederick Lightsey, and Mrs. Teresa (Kinard) Lightsey. His mother's family were descended from a German family who settled near Newberry, South Carolina, in the last century.
Born in the country, as a boy fond of hunting, fishing and riding horseback, he was early assigned regular tasks of farm work and learned to do a full day's work with the negroes on his father's farm. His opportunities for attending school were very limited. He says: "The school held in an old pine-log school- house near my early home gave me most of my education; but I read many books in my boyhood." In the War between the States, young as he was, he served as a Confederate soldier in Company F, Third South Carolina cavalry, Colonel C. J. Colcock, from October, 1864, to April, 1865. He entered the Confederate army when only sixteen years of age, answering to the last call for troops, the "call for all from the cradle to the grave," as it was popularly denominated. Officially it asked for all from six- teen to sixty ; and boys of sixteen and under entered the service, while men of sixty and upwards, who had before been exempt, were also called into the service.
Immediately after the war he began to earn his living by working with his own hands on his own farm. His determined ambition to acquire an independent property led him, in 1880, to begin a general merchandising business. As he succeeded in this, he developed a varied business, dealing in live stock, the manu- facture and sale of lumber, and in horses and cattle. As his capital increased he established a private business. His business extended over two or three counties. At various times he has had men identified with him as partners, but only to a very limited extent until his sons became of age and were able to take an active part in conducting his business. His various business interests have grown into such proportions that it is divided into three main lines: His son Frederick has general charge of the mercan-
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tile business; another son, Henry W., has general charge of the saw mill and lumbering interests; while Mr. Lightsey gives his personal attention to business in live stock and horses, and to his extensive farming interests. In his business he has never asked for extension of time; nor has he ever offered to pay any of his large obligations at less than one hundred cents on the dollar. He has always taken an active part in politics, but he has refused time and again to run for office, his extensive business interests precluding the possibility of leaving them for any considerable length of time. He is one of the largest land-holders of that section of the country, holding three thousand acres of timber. Much of his progress in life he attributes to the influence and assistance of his wife.
He was married, on December 14, 1873, to Miss Suzanna Elizabeth Cone, daughter of W. F. Cone, of Barnwell county. They have had six children, four of whom are living in 1907. He married a second time, in 1894, Miss Addie E. Kearse, daugh- ter of S. F. Kearse, of Hampton.
He is a director in the Bank of Hampton County, South Carolina. He has been for years a commissioned officer in the State militia. He is a Mason. He is a member of the Presby- terian church, and for over twenty years he has been a deacon in that church.
In politics he has always been a Democrat.
LEE DAVIS LODGE
L T ODGE, LEE DAVIS, president of Limestone college, Gaffney, South Carolina, was born in Montgomery county, in the state of Maryland, on the 24th day of November,
1865. His father was James L. Lodge, D. D., a leading minister of the Baptist denomination; the name of his mother was Alice Virginia Lodge. His father was a man of great intensity of character, a finished writer and an eloquent speaker. The Lodge family in America derives its descent from the English poet, Thomas Lodge. Doctor Lodge's mother was a Warfield, related to many prominent families in Maryland. He was a healthy child, although his life was passed chiefly in cities. His tastes in childhood were literary, with a special turn towards history; his mother's character exerted a profound influence upon every phase of his life. He attended high schools in Jersey City and Newark, New Jersey, and obtained the degree of A. M. from Columbian university, Washington, District of Columbia, in 1885. After his graduation he pursued elaborate studies in French, political science and philosophy at the Columbian university and received from that institution the degree of Ph. D., for work done, in 1892. Doctor Lodge has been married twice; first, to Lelia Ella White, daughter of the Rev. S. R. White, of Rockville, Maryland; and after her death he married, on August 25, 1897, Mary Louise McClammy, daughter of the Hon. Charles W. McClammy, United States representative from North Carolina. He has had five children, of whom three are now (1907) living.
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