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Isaac Donnom Witherspoon

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Isaac Donnom Witherspoon

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30 Jul 1858 (aged 54)
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York, York County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Was sent to South Carolina College but left in his junior year. He moved to Yorkville and studied law with Thomas Williams and became his partner.

In 1836 he was elected to the S.C. House from York District and later was senator. In all, he spent 20 years in one house or the other. In 1842 he was elected lieutenant governor but "did not qualify" and remained in the Senate.

Elected December 8, 1842 as Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina 1842-1844.

Revered in Yorkville where he was considered the leading citizen, I. D. Witherspoon died in White Sulphur Springs, Va., in 1858 following a stroke. He was temporarily buried there and the following year the body was returned (by way of Chester on the Kings Mountain Railroad) to Yorkville for burial. The Yorkville Enquirer reported that the "largest assembly of people in York history followed the hearse to the cemetery of the Independent Presbyterian Church."
Was sent to South Carolina College but left in his junior year. He moved to Yorkville and studied law with Thomas Williams and became his partner.

In 1836 he was elected to the S.C. House from York District and later was senator. In all, he spent 20 years in one house or the other. In 1842 he was elected lieutenant governor but "did not qualify" and remained in the Senate.

Elected December 8, 1842 as Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina 1842-1844.

Revered in Yorkville where he was considered the leading citizen, I. D. Witherspoon died in White Sulphur Springs, Va., in 1858 following a stroke. He was temporarily buried there and the following year the body was returned (by way of Chester on the Kings Mountain Railroad) to Yorkville for burial. The Yorkville Enquirer reported that the "largest assembly of people in York history followed the hearse to the cemetery of the Independent Presbyterian Church."

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I.D. Witherspoon, Born near Waxhaw Church, Lancaster District, S.C. December 3rd 1803 and died at the White Sulphur Springs, Va. July 20th 1858 Col. Witherspoon was emphatically a man of truth. Kindness was the law of his nature. He was affectionate and devoted to his family. An honorable lawyer, he pled for truth. He died in the communion of the Presbyterian Church, at peace with God, in love with all men, and in the sweet assurance of a home in Heaven. By a Friend.

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