Per his death certificate found on Ancestry.com: he was a son of Jno Hampden Chamberlayne, born in Richmond, Va., and Mary Walker Gibson, born in Petersburg, Va. He was married at the time of his death but his spouse is not named. He was a teacher. He died at Columbia Hospital of pneumococcus meningitis. The informant was Churchill Gibson Chamberlayne of Richmond, Va.
1916 Columbia City Directory: Chamberlayne Lewis P (Elizabeth), prof Univ of S C, r same, tel 1535W
Note: his grave marker stands alone, his wife does not appear to be buried with him.
A Biographical Dictionary of North American Classicists, by Ward W. Briggs, page 91: Chamberlayne, Lewis Parke. Born 3 June 1879, Richmond, VA, to John Hampden, a newspaper editor & state representative, and Mary Walker Gibson C. Married: Elizabeth Weldon Clairborne, 27 June 1911. Education: U. Virginia, 1896-99, B. A., 1901; M. A., 1902; study at Berlin, 1905-6; A. M. & Ph.D Halle, 1908. Prof. Exp.: Class. mstr. Locust Dale Acad (VA), 1900; Lat. mstr. Kenyon Military Acad. (OH), 1901; prof. Lat. Southern Female Acad. (Petersburg, VA), 1903; Lat. & Germ. mstr. Chestnut Hill Acad. (PA) 1903-05; inst. Lat. Amherst, 1908-10; prof. Lat. U. South Carolina, 1910-17; prof. Lat. Chatauqua Inst. Summ. Sch., 1910-4; prof. Lat. George Peabody Coll., Summer 1915. Died 14 Dec. 1917, Columbia, SC. Lewis Parke Chamberlayne was born to a distinguished Virginia family and was trained by C. W. Bain at McCabe's School in Richmond, one of the finest in the South. After a career of teaching in private schools, he was a student of Wilamowitz, E. Meyer, Vahlen, and W. Schulze at Berlin and of Blass, Wissowa, Dittenberger, and Kern at Halle. After his two years at Amherst, he succeeded his teacher Bain at the University of South Carolina, where an untimely death cut off a promising career. His daughter Elizabeth married Moses Hadas.
Per his death certificate found on Ancestry.com: he was a son of Jno Hampden Chamberlayne, born in Richmond, Va., and Mary Walker Gibson, born in Petersburg, Va. He was married at the time of his death but his spouse is not named. He was a teacher. He died at Columbia Hospital of pneumococcus meningitis. The informant was Churchill Gibson Chamberlayne of Richmond, Va.
1916 Columbia City Directory: Chamberlayne Lewis P (Elizabeth), prof Univ of S C, r same, tel 1535W
Note: his grave marker stands alone, his wife does not appear to be buried with him.
A Biographical Dictionary of North American Classicists, by Ward W. Briggs, page 91: Chamberlayne, Lewis Parke. Born 3 June 1879, Richmond, VA, to John Hampden, a newspaper editor & state representative, and Mary Walker Gibson C. Married: Elizabeth Weldon Clairborne, 27 June 1911. Education: U. Virginia, 1896-99, B. A., 1901; M. A., 1902; study at Berlin, 1905-6; A. M. & Ph.D Halle, 1908. Prof. Exp.: Class. mstr. Locust Dale Acad (VA), 1900; Lat. mstr. Kenyon Military Acad. (OH), 1901; prof. Lat. Southern Female Acad. (Petersburg, VA), 1903; Lat. & Germ. mstr. Chestnut Hill Acad. (PA) 1903-05; inst. Lat. Amherst, 1908-10; prof. Lat. U. South Carolina, 1910-17; prof. Lat. Chatauqua Inst. Summ. Sch., 1910-4; prof. Lat. George Peabody Coll., Summer 1915. Died 14 Dec. 1917, Columbia, SC. Lewis Parke Chamberlayne was born to a distinguished Virginia family and was trained by C. W. Bain at McCabe's School in Richmond, one of the finest in the South. After a career of teaching in private schools, he was a student of Wilamowitz, E. Meyer, Vahlen, and W. Schulze at Berlin and of Blass, Wissowa, Dittenberger, and Kern at Halle. After his two years at Amherst, he succeeded his teacher Bain at the University of South Carolina, where an untimely death cut off a promising career. His daughter Elizabeth married Moses Hadas.
Gravesite Details
Tanscribed from the book Internment Records of Elmwood Cemetery, Columbia, three volumes.
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement