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History of Lexington County South CarolinaSelect a City, Town, Village or Township: No Data Yet -- Coming Soon! Our database does not include an historic photo for Lexington County South Carolina, do you have one you would like to contribute? Contact Us! 15% - 35% off all Products ยป The Ready Store Biographies:Manuel Simeon Corley Biographical Sketch Manuel Simeon Corley, representative, was born in Lexington county, S.C., Feb. 10, 1823. He became a tailor, and invented a system of garment-cutting. He edited the South Carolina Temperance Standard in 1855-56, served in the Confederate army, was a member of the state constitutional convention in 1868, and was then elected as a Republican to congress. He was commissioner of agricultural statistics of South Carolina in 1870; and county treasurer in 1874. Biography of Julius Daniel Dreher Julius Daniel Dreher, educator, was born in Lexington county, S.C., Oct. 28, 1846; son of John Jacob and Martha Elizabeth Dreher, and of German ancestry. Having served in the Confederate army, 1864-65, he afterward taught school for three years and worked on his father's farm, near Columbia, S.C., for two years to provide the means to pay iris way through college. He was graduated at Roanoke college, Va., A.B., 1871, A.M., 1874. He was an assistant professor at Roanoke, 1871-75; financial secretary, 1875-78, and was its president from 1878 to June, 1903. He became active in promoting the cause of higher education in the south and he spoke on educational subjects before the National educational association, Topeka, Kan., 1886, and before the American social science association, Saratoga, N.Y., 1895. He received the degree of Ph.D. from Williams college in 1881. Local History and Genealogy Links: |
South Carolina Facts: Lexington County Facts: Seat: LexingtonEstablished: 1804 Formed from: Orangeburg
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