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Sarah Scott <I>Carrington</I> Currell

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Sarah Scott Carrington Currell

Birth
Halifax County, Virginia, USA
Death
1 Feb 1940 (aged 76)
Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
Lexington, Lexington City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Sarah Scott Carrington, "gentle, gracious and good," was married in 1888 to Dr. William Spencer Currell. Dr. Currell, an educator, was a professor at Washington & Lee University and at Hampden-Sydney College; he was Dean of the English department at the University of South Carolina, which school he also served as President. They had eight daughters. Sarah Scott Carrington Currell is buried in the McDowell plot in Lexington.

Daughter of:
Charles Scott Carrington SR (married in 1854)to Susan Smith Preston McDowell of Lexington, daughter of the Hon. James McDowell Governor of Virginia from 1843 to 1846, and his wife, Susan Preston. Miss McDowell was born at Colatto, the McDowell home in Lexington.
Sarah Scott Carrington, "gentle, gracious and good," was married in 1888 to Dr. William Spencer Currell. Dr. Currell, an educator, was a professor at Washington & Lee University and at Hampden-Sydney College; he was Dean of the English department at the University of South Carolina, which school he also served as President. They had eight daughters. Sarah Scott Carrington Currell is buried in the McDowell plot in Lexington.

Daughter of:
Charles Scott Carrington SR (married in 1854)to Susan Smith Preston McDowell of Lexington, daughter of the Hon. James McDowell Governor of Virginia from 1843 to 1846, and his wife, Susan Preston. Miss McDowell was born at Colatto, the McDowell home in Lexington.


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