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On the 26th of October, 1876, General Boyd married Miss Etta Wearn, daughter of R. H. Wearn, of Columbia, South Caro- lina. Of their three children, two are living in 1907.
General Boyd, in his political relations, has always been identified with the Democratic party. He is a member of the Presbyterian church. From his very earliest youth he has found his favorite forms of exercise and recreation in active partici- pation in military affairs and in horseback riding.
To the young people of South Carolina who would attain true success in life he offers these suggestions: "Truthfulness, sobriety, devotion to his employer's interest, the effort to show
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how much he can do, rather than the habit of looking at the clock to see how little he can do; and considering wages or salary in the first years of his business experience to be 'no object' ;- all who follow the rules indicated in these suggestions I believe will certainly receive their reward."
General Boyd's address is Columbia, South Carolina.
HENRY JASPER BRABHAM
B RABHAM, HENRY JASPER, merchant and banker, is the son of Josiah J. Brabham, a planter and merchant, who was a member of the state legislature for several terms, and a member of the secession convention,-a man who bore the reputation of an excellent all-round business man, warmly interested in all the affairs of his state. The family is of Scotch descent, but has resided in South Carolina for four generations.
Henry Jasper Brabham was born in Barnwell county, near Buford's Bridge, South Carolina, September 3, 1843. His home was in the country and he attended country schools until he was fifteen; then he was sent to a small military school at Aiken, South Carolina. The outbreak of the War between the States, when he was eighteen, particularly enlisted the interest of young Mr. Bradham, who at once became a member of the Confederate army and served for nearly four years, becoming second sergeant of Company C, First South Carolina volunteers.
Even in his early boyhood he had felt a strong taste for mercantile affairs and trade, and October 1, 1865, he began active business life. For nineteen years he was a merchant; for twelve years he served as cashier and for eight years as president of the Bamberg Banking company. He has also been for twenty years a director of the Bamberg Banking company. He is also a director of several of the cotton mills of Bamberg.
He was elected an alderman, and then for several terms he was mayor of Bamberg. He served as chairman of the special committee which created Bamberg county. He is identified with the Democratic party. A member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, he has served as chairman of the board of stewards of the local church, and he is secretary and treasurer of the Carlisle Fitting school, which is supported by that denomi- nation.
He is a Mason. His principal relaxation and amusement he has found in reading history and historical fiction, and in the cultivation of flowers.
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On December 18, 1878, he married Miss Adele J. Jennings. They have had four children, all of whom are now living.
Mr. Brabham has been actively and closely engaged in business all his life, and in his advice to the younger citizens of his state he lays great emphasis not only upon "truthfulness, honesty and sobriety," but also upon "constant employment" for the development of sound character and the attainment of true success.
The address of Mr. Brabham is Bamberg, Bamberg county, South Carolina.
DANIEL JUDSON BRADHAM
B RADHAM, DANIEL JUDSON, of Manning, Clarendon county, South Carolina, was born October 6, 1841, in the town where he has always resided. His parents were Abijah Randolph Bradham and Leonora (Kelly) Bradham. The family is of Irish extraction, Mr. Bradham's grandfather having come to South Carolina from Virginia with General Sumter in the colonial days. Mr. Bradham's early years were passed in the country. He worked on a farm in the summer; in the winter he attended "old field" schools. His father having died when he was about fourteen years of age, Mr. Bradham's school education was seriously interfered with, although his widowed mother managed to keep him in school for some six months after her husband's death. For the next five or six years he worked as clerk in a general merchandise store in the town of Manning, attending school during the winter. On the breaking out of the War between the States he entered the Confederate army. He lost an arm at the second battle of Manassas. Before he was twenty years of age he was made captain of Company I, Twenty- third South Carolina infantry, and he served until the end of the war.
He has held various public offices since the close of the war. From 1865 to 1869 he was sheriff of Clarendon county; from 1886 to 1891 he was county auditor; and again he served as sheriff for ten years, from 1891 to 1901. He was a member of the constitutional convention of South Carolina held in 1895, and represented his native state as a delegate at large in the Democratic national convention held in Chicago in 1896, at which William Jennings Bryan was nominated for president. Mr. Bradham has recently served as a representative from Clarendon county in the South Carolina legislature.
By religious affiliation he is a Baptist. He is a member of the order of Knights of Pythias, Gamecock lodge, No. 17, Sumter, South Carolina.
He married, October 13, 1859, Sarah F. Hodge. On October 13, 1896, Mr. Bradham married as his second wife, Sarah J. Holladay. He has had seven children, of whom five are now (1908) living.
His address is Manning, South Carolina.
JOHN ENOCH BREAZEALE
B REAZEALE, JOHN ENOCH, lawyer, legislator, code commissioner, was born at Anderson, South Carolina, October 10, 1848. His father, Kenon Breazeale, was a farmer, who held no public office save that of chairman of the board of county commissioners for two terms, one who is remem- bered by his friends for his "simplicity, honesty, and strong aversion to shams, hypocrisy and deceit." The family, coming from England, were among the early settlers of Virginia. Enoch Breazeale, his father's father, Mr. John Enoch Breazeale remem- bers to have seen "when he was over one hundred years old; he came from Virginia."
In his boyhood and youth he worked on his father's farm, attending school for a part of each year. Although he was but sixteen, in the last year of the War between the States he served for about five months in a company of sixteen-year-old boys, stationed at Pendleton, known as the "Pendleton Mounted Infan- try," W. R. Jones captain. Poor health caused him to leave the high school at Anderson in 1867, and compelled him to put aside plans he had formed for taking a college course.
While he was farming, in 1870 and 1871, he also read law. He was admitted to the practice of law in October, 1871, since which time he has continually practiced his profession at Ander- son, South Carolina.
In 1890 he was elected a member of the South Carolina house of representatives, and he served for two successive terms thereafter. He was chairman of the judiciary committee during these two terms. He was a member of the state constitutional convention in 1895. Appointed code commissioner by Governor Tillman in February, 1893, for the unexpired term of Judge Maher, he made the report for the year 1893. He was elected for the full term in February, 1896, and at the end of that term he declined to be a candidate for reelection.
He had charge of the bill in the house of representatives which, becoming a law in 1893, established Winthrop college. He was elected in that year a trustee of Winthrop college, a position which he still (1908) holds.
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He is identified with the Baptist church. A member of the Democratic party, he has been chairman of his county executive committee for several years. He is a Mason. He is past grand master workman of the Grand Lodge of A. O. U. W., of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, the Carolinas, and Florida.
On September 14, 1869, he married Miss Mary J. Bellott ; and of their three children, two are now living. After her death he married, December 25, 1877, Miss Ida Johnson, and they have had five children, two of whom are now living.
His own personal preference, early formed, led him to the study and the practice of law. In his determination to follow a liberal profession he was encouraged by his father, who had been a teacher for some years before his marriage; and he was still further stimulated and encouraged by the influence of his mother, always sympathetic, and "interesting herself, from his earliest recollection, in discussing with him and explaining to him what- ever seemed to him difficult to understand." In his early life the biographies of great men awakened his ambition. He was always fond of mathematics, and during his years of high school study he felt an intense interest in the introduction there given him to the mental and moral sciences.
The address of Mr. Breazeale is Anderson, South Carolina.
LOUIS JUDSON BRISTOW
B RISTOW, LOUIS JUDSON, pastor of the First Baptist church at Williamston, Anderson county, South Carolina, as sergeant, lieutenant and adjutant of the Third bat- talion, South Carolina volunteers, in 1898 and 1899, in the Spanish war, serving in Cuba under General Lee, and since 1905 proprietor and editor of the "Baptist Press" at Greenwood, South Carolina, was born at Timmonsville, Florence county, South Carolina, on the 19th of January, 1876. He is a son of James T. Bristow, who was auditor of Darlington county from 1877 to 1881, and is remembered for his honesty and his liberality. His mother was Mrs. Elizabeth (Blackwell) Bristow. His father's family were from Virginia.
A boyhood passed in the village of Darlington with perfect health developed a strong taste for reading, and was marked by a decided interest and exceptional success in the raising of poultry. His father died when he was sixteen, and his widowed mother was not able to send him to college. He took a position as clerk in a book store at Darlington in 1890. But a distinct conviction that it was his duty to preach the Gospel led him to undertake a course of study at the Southern Baptist Theological seminary, at Louisville, Kentucky, where he spent the years from 1899 to 1901, graduating in theology in the latter year. His favorite lines of reading and study, after the Bible and theology, were history, and especially the biography of national leaders: and of men of letters.
After four years of duty in a book store, during which time he learned the printer's trade, he took a position on the "Dar- lington News." Later he served as a reporter for the Charleston "News and Courier" and for the Columbia "State," and in 1897 he became editor and owner of the "County Record," published at Kingstree, South Carolina.
The outbreak of the Spanish war, in 1898, found him eager to volunteer in the service of his country and humanity for the relief of Cuba and Porto Rico, and he enlisted in the Second infantry, South Carolina volunteers, as a private. He was soon made first sergeant, and later he served as battalion adjutant,
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(having been commissioned second lieutenant a short while before) under General Fitzhugh Lee in Cuba. He was chief of ordnance on Governor McSweeney's staff, with the rank of colonel, from 1899 to 1900.
Since 1906 he has been pastor of the First Baptist church at Williamston, South Carolina. The "Baptist Press," published at Greenwood, he has edited since 1905. He is also a contributing editor of the "Baptist Courier," into which the "Baptist Press" was merged in 1907.
Mr. Bristow is a Prohibitionist and a Democrat in his party relations. He is fully identified with the work of the Missionary Baptist Church, South. His favorite form of exercise has always been gardening. He is a Mason, a Knight of Pythias, an Odd Fellow, and a member of the Woodmen of the World.
He was married on the 29th of October, 1902, to Miss Caro- line Winkler, daughter of the Reverend E. T. Winkler, D. D., LL. D., of Marion, Alabama. They have had two children-one daughter and a son-both of whom are living in 1908.
His address is Williamston, Anderson county, South Caro- lina.
CLINTON CAPERS BROWN
B ROWN, CLINTON CAPERS, D. D., preacher and author, was born in Barnwell, South Carolina, February 2, 1852. His parents were Col. B. H. and Clementine H. Brown. His father was a farmer, who was noted for his common sense and good humor, and who at one time represented the county of Barnwell in the state senate. His mother was held in high esteem by her acquaintances and friends, and exerted a strong influence for good upon the moral and social life of her son. The earliest known ancestors of the family in this country came from England in 1700 and settled near Charlottesville, Virginia. Two of their descendants were colonels in the Revolutionary war.
During his boyhood Clinton Brown lived in a village. He was interested in books, and was also fond of outdoor sports, horses, and guns. His health was good, and he had no tasks involving manual labor to perform. His father had both the means and the inclination to give him a good education. His fondness for reading is shown by the fact that before he was eighteen years old he had read all the novels of Scott and Bulwer. After attending the high school at Barnwell he had a private tutor for two years to prepare him for college. His father hoped he would become a physician, but the son, wisely, as his pro- fessional life has proved, preferred to enter the ministry. He spent two years at Washington and Lee university, two years at Furman university, and then entered the Southern Baptist Theological seminary, at Greenville, South Carolina, where he remained for two years, but from which he was not graduated. The active work of life was commenced January 1, 1875, as pastor of the First Baptist church at Sumter, South Carolina. This church he has served continuously and acceptably for more than thirty-three years. He has taken a deep interest in education and for eight years he was a prominent member of the board of trustees of Furman university. In 1896 this institution conferred on him the honorary degree of D. D. As a writer, too, he has won recognition. Among his published works are "Uncle Daniel and His Friends" and "Themes and Texts of South Carolina
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Preachers." A South Carolina romance, entitled "Sherman's March to the Sea," is now in course of preparation. He is a member of the leading fraternities and orders. In politics he has always been a Democrat. He still retains his youthful fondness for outdoor sports, and finds in hunting his principal means of relaxation.
Doctor Brown has been twice married: First, in 1874, to Corrie Montgomery ; and second, on November 26, 1879, to Sallie Wright. Of his six children, one is living in 1908.
For the sake of helping young people who read this sketch of his life, Doctor Brown says that any falling short of what he had hoped to do can be traced to a failure to hold on and an "unwillingness to convert one talent into two." And in response to a request for suggestions drawn from his own experience and observations as to principles and methods which will help the young to attain true success in life he says: "Keep step with the progress of the world. Be willing to try the untried. Look on the bright side of life, and maintain faith in God."
The address of Doctor Brown is 107 East Liberty street, Sumter, South Carolina.
GEORGE DWIGHT BRYAN
B RYAN, GEORGE DWIGHT, probate judge, lawyer and Confederate naval officer, was born September 26, 1845, in Charleston, Charleston county, South Carolina. His father, George S. Bryan, eminent lawyer and United States district judge for South Carolina, was noted for his gentleness and firmness. His mother, Rebecca Louisa (Dwight) Bryan, a woman of refinement, culture and exalted character, was a strong influence in the formative period of his moral and spiritual life. His first American ancestor, John Dwight, came from Essex county, England, to Dedham, Massachusetts, in 1635; another, Sir Nathaniel Johnson, colonial governor of South Carolina, came from England prior to 1694; and Thomas Broughton, another colonial governor of South Carolina, also from England, came over some years later; George Bryan came from Dublin, Ireland, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, about 1750, and became prominent there before, during and after the War of the Revolution. He was a judge of the supreme court of Pennsylvania.
He was reared in his native city. In childhood and youth his health was good. He was fond of boating, fishing, and hunting, and was very ambitious. He received his primary education and was prepared for Charleston college in the private schools of Miles, Searle and Sachtleben, and William Lesesne. In 1860 he was appointed cadet in the United States Naval academy, Annapolis, Maryland, and went there instead; but when South Carolina seceded he resigned his cadetship and returned home, and early in 1861, though under the age of sixteen, he entered the Confederate States navy as a midshipman and served through the War between the States.
After the war, entirely of his own volition, he decided to become a lawyer, and in 1867 was admitted to the bar and began the practice of law in Charleston. From that time he has been prominently identified with the affairs of the city and state. He was especially conspicuous, by reason of his energy and efficiency, in the campaign of 1876, which redeemed the state from negro domination. In May, 1878, he became corporation counsel of the city of Charleston, and held the position until December,
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1887, when he became mayor of the city, serving until December, 1891, when he returned to his law practice. In February, 1894, by appointment of President Cleveland, he became collector of United States customs for the port of Charleston, and served until July, 1898. Since December, 1901, he has been judge of probate for Charleston county, a position which he is eminently well fitted to fill with distinction and in which he has won the esteem of the judiciary and of the people who have had business before his court.
He is a member and has been president of the Hibernian society; vice-president of the Ancient Artillery society; captain of the Washington Light infantry, Charleston's crack military organization; grand high priest of the Royal Arch Masons of South Carolina, and a member of the Protestant Episcopal church. In politics he is, and has always been, a Democrat. He finds his most enjoyable and helpful recreation at home with his family and in reading. The three strongest influences in his success in life have been, in the order named, home, early com- panionship, and contact with men in active life. He thinks directness of purpose and candor with his fellow-men are valuable assistants to the young man seeking success.
On August 3, 1869, he married Mary Middleton King; ten children have been born to them, of whom eight are now (1908) living.
His address is No. 160 Broad street, Charleston, Charleston county, South Carolina.
OSMUND WOODWARD BUCHANAN
B UCHANAN, OSMUND WOODWARD, lawyer, jurist, was born in Winnsboro, Fairfield county, South Carolina, September 16, 1858, son of Doctor Robert Augustus and Rebecca C. (Woodward) Buchanan. His father was a physician of high attainments, and his forbears include a number of notable names in the early and later military and political annals of the country. His mother was a daughter of Osmund Woodward. On the paternal side he is of Scotch and one the maternal side of English lineage.
The Buchanans, before their settlement in this country, left Scotland and removed to County Antrim, in the north of Ireland, where they settled near Ballymeeny, and from which place Creigh- ton Buchanan, grandfather of Osmund W., came to America. It seems that there were three boys there besides him, two of whom-John and Robert-likewise came over and were members of the Mount Zion society, which organized and kept up Mount Zion college, at Winnsboro, an educational institution that has done much for the upper part of South Carolina. John became a captain in the American army and Robert a lieutenant. The latter died in the service, after refusing medical service from Colonel Phillips, his cousin, of the British army, and is buried at Haddrell's Point (now Mount Pleasant). John lived at Winnsboro, South Carolina, many years after the War of the Revolution. He was the first regular American officer who received the Marquis de Lafayette at Georgetown; and when that celebrated general revisited the state old Fortune, Captain Buchanan's negro body servant, was recognized by him. Subse- quently this faithful old servant was given a home near Winns- boro, and this gave the name to Fortune Spring Woods, a park in the present town of Winnsboro.
Creighton Buchanan had three sons: John, who was adjutant in the War of 1812, afterward state senator, for many years, from Fairfield, and a signer of the ordinance of secession of 1860; Dr. Robert A., father of the subject of this sketch; and Calvin, who died in Texas. Of the daughters, Rachel married John McMaster; Eliza married Mckinney Elliott.
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William Buchanan, the fourth brother, died a short time before his wife and children left Ireland. One of his daughters married her cousin, and the children were James H. Carlisle, of Spartanburg, South Carolina, a signer of the secession ordinance and who was for many years president and a professor in Wofford college, at Spartanburg; John, who was a captain in the Confederate army; Thomas, of Fairfield county; and Mrs. Morrison, also of Fairfield county, mother of Professor William Morrison, of Clemson college.
John H. Buchanan, of Chester, and his sister, now Mrs. Ferguson, were grandchildren; and another descendant married James McCreight, long since deceased.
John Buchanan, an uncle,-called General Buchanan because he was a major-general of the militia of the upper division of the state of South Carolina, and who signed the ordinance of secession of 1860,-had several children. Of these, John M. died in Washington county, Texas, leaving a large family; Samuel W. J. died in early manhood; William Creighton, who went to Kansas, taking negroes with him to help the state decide in favor of Southern rights, but returned in time to enter the Confederate army, became adjutant of the Twelfth South Carolina regiment, and was killed at Ox Hill, Virginia; and a daughter, who mar- ried Doctor Edward Palmer, who died leaving a son, Reverend Wallace Palmer, pastor of a Presbyterian church in New Orleans, Louisiana.
On the maternal side, his ancestors were Norman-English. The Woodwards take the name from having been wood guards (king's foresters), changed into Wood-wards, and then to Wood- ward, keepers of the game preserves of William the Norman, with whom they came from Normandy to England. The family emigrated to Maryland.
Thomas Woodward (the father of the Regulator) was born near Annapolis, Maryland. Some of the children, by his first wife, went to Dinwiddie county, Virginia, and others went into North Carolina. The latter branch of the family omitted one "w" in the spelling of the name, and the name now borne by that branch is spelled Woodard. His second wife was Elizabeth Simpson, of Fairfax county, Virginia. He died while on a trip to his old home in Maryland, whither he had gone to remove his
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children to his new home in Fairfax county. His second wife bore him one child-Thomas Woodward (the Regulator).
Thomas Woodward, known as the "Regulator," on account of his prominence in the Revolutionary struggle, was in the British army in the war against the French and Indians. At the close of that war he had risen to a captaincy and was ordered to the frontier of South Carolina, and subsequently took a promi- nent part in raising the Revolutionary forces in the up-country of South Carolina. He was a member of the provincial congress of 1775, called for the purpose of carrying the state into the revolution, and was killed in defence of the liberty of the colonies at Dutchman's Creek, Fairfield county, while leading his men in a fight with the British and Tories. A shaft in the graveyard of the Woodward family, near Winnsboro, South Carolina, tells of his life and death in the early struggle for independence. He was twice married: First, to Jemima Collins, who died while he was in service, leaving four daughters and two sons-John and William; second, to Mrs. Elizabeth May (née Stokes), who bore him one son, Thomas, and several daughters.
Both of his sons by his first wife were officers in the Revo- lutionary forces. William represented a South Carolina district in the lower house of the United States congress for several years, as did also Joseph A. Woodward, who afterward removed to Alabama, where he died. John Woodward was appointed by the state of South Carolina one of the commissioners to purchase the claim of North Carolina to the Catawba canal, at that time an important public work. His son, Osmund Woodward, grand- father of Judge Buchanan, represented his county in the state legislature.
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