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Charles Alexander
Carson
Confederate Veteran
August 1921 |
Confederate Veteran mag., dated August, 1921, page 305.
CHARLES ALEXANDER CARSON
Charles Alexander Carson died at his residence, in Greenville, S.C.,
on April 10, 1921, in the 77th year of his age and was laid to rest
with his people in Christ Church Cemetery the following day. He was
the son of T.C. and Martha Bee Carson, and, except when at school,
his boyhood was spent on his father's plantation on South Saluda
River and he became proficient in all manly exercises and
accomplishments of the youth of his day. In the fall of 1862 he
enlisted in the Butler Guards of the 2d Regiment , S.C.V. and
participated in all the subsequent battles of Kershaw's famous
brigade. As a soldier he was always cool, fearless and efficient and
proved himself worthy of the race from which he sprang. After the
surrender he married MISS ELISE W. BUTLER, a sister of Maj. Gen. M.C.
Butler and spent the remainder of his life on the farm.
He is survived by his wife, 2 sons and one daughter- W.BUTLER
CARSON, of the Seaboard Railroad; THOMAS P., Greenville, and MRS.
ELISE BOWEN of Greenville and by a sister, MRS. JANE M. BRUNSON of
Florence.
" How sleep the brave, who sink to rest
By all their country's wishes blest! "
[ J.W. Brunson .]
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transcribed and contributed by Nancie O'Sullivan |
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