[864] He had been through the war, and now having seen his eighteenth birthday, he entered school at Maysville for one year, after which he engaged in farming for three years. December 2, 1869, he was married to Kate A., daughter of the late Dr. Lathrop, of Abbeville, and in the fall of 1871 he removed to Lauderdale Springs, Miss., where he studied at the Cooper institute for three years, completing his academic education. Returning to South Carolina in 1874 he taught school at Chester two years, was principal of the high school at Ebenezer three years, and held the same position at Lancaster for two years. Near the latter place he engaged in farming until 1884, in the meantime studying medicine, and in 1884 he was graduated in that profession at the South Carolina medical college at Charleston. In 1890 he was elected to the State senate from Lancaster county on the reform ticket, and the part he took in the political movements of the period were of such importance that he was elected to Congress by his district, the Fifth South Carolina, in 1892, and re-elected in 1894 and 1896.
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[864] He had been through the war, and now having seen his eighteenth birthday, he entered school at Maysville for one year, after which he engaged in farming for three years. December 2, 1869, he was married to Kate A., daughter of the late Dr. Lathrop, of Abbeville, and in the fall of 1871 he removed to Lauderdale Springs, Miss., where he studied at the Cooper institute for three years, completing his academic education. Returning to South Carolina in 1874 he taught school at Chester two years, was principal of the high school at Ebenezer three years, and held the same position at Lancaster for two years. Near the latter place he engaged in farming until 1884, in the meantime studying medicine, and in 1884 he was graduated in that profession at the South Carolina medical college at Charleston. In 1890 he was elected to the State senate from Lancaster county on the reform ticket, and the part he took in the political movements of the period were of such importance that he was elected to Congress by his district, the Fifth South Carolina, in 1892, and re-elected in 1894 and 1896.
Atlanta, Ga. 1899.
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