| Birth: | Jan. 24, 1836
Charleston
Charleston County
South Carolina, USA | | Death: | Nov. 20, 1904
New York
New York County
New York, USA | 
South Carolina Governor. A graduate of The Citadel, in 1861 he led a battalion of Citadel cadets who fired the first shots of the American Civil War when they opened fire on the Union ship 'Star of the West' when it entered Charleston Harbor. He served two terms as the Democratic Governor of South Carolina, from 1882 to 1886. He later became an executive of the New York Life Insurance Company. (bio by: Garver Graver)
Family links:
Spouse:
Elizabeth Clarkson Thompson (1840 - 1909)*
Children:
Henry Tazewell Thompson (1859 - 1932)*
*Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for Hugh Thompson | | | Burial:
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Cemetery
Columbia
Richland County
South Carolina, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Garver Graver
Record added: Apr 04, 2008
Find A Grave Memorial# 25740366 |
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