History of Manassas, (Manassas (city) County) Virginia United States of America

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John Hugh Means, governor of South Carolina, was born at Hampton, Fairfield district, S.C., Aug. 18, 1812, son of Thomas and Sarah Means. His father, a planter, was a native of Boston, Mass. John Hugh Means was graduated at South Carolina college in 1832, and during the nullification excitement in 1832-33 he became well known as an advocate of state rights. He was married, Jan. 23, 1833, to Sallie, daughter of Robert Stark of Columbia, S.C. He was a representative in the South Carolina legislature for several terms, was governor of South Carolina, 1850-52, and during his administration strengthened the state militia and advocated secession. As president of the state convention of 1852, he declared the state had a right to secede and govern itself independently. He was a delegate to the South Carolina convention of 1860, and in 1861 entered the Confederate army as colonel of the 17th South Carolina regiment. He took a prominent part in the early movements of the civil war, and was attached to Evans's independent brigade, Kemper's division, in the battle of Manassas, where he was mortally wounded. He died at Manassas, Va., Aug. 28, 1862.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Manassas, (Manassas (city) County) Virginia

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