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fathers agricultural interests in Alabama, thus became a 

 planter, and a successful one. After the death of his father 

 he returned to the old home at Fort Hill, where his younger 

 children were born. Anna Mariah, the next, married Mr. 

 Thomas G. Clemson, a foreigner, and who was afterward made 

 Minister to Belgium and Cuba, from this Government. He 

 and his wife both died at Fort Hill, since the war. Patrick 

 was a graduate of West Point, and died a United States officer, 

 before the war. John C. chose the medical profession and 

 graduated, but never practiced; he married twice and left 

 several children. James E , perhaps the brightest raind of the 

 family, settled in San Francisco, Cal., started out with brilliant 

 prospects, but died quite young. Miss Cornelia was injured 

 by a fall in her infancy and never married ; she was also very 

 bright, and assisted her father as his amanuensis. William 

 Lowndes, the youngest of all the children, was my class-mate 

 and best friend, married a Miss Cloud, of Winnesborro, S. C, 

 and died early. 



Mrs. John C. Calhoun was famous for her hospitalities and 

 her varied domestic accomplishments]; superintended, in per- 

 son, her extensive household affairs; her home was ever full of 

 visitors; she was the very perfection in housekeeping, and 

 after the war her old house servants were in great demand ; 

 she was the most loving and indulgent of mothers, was very 

 fond of building, and constantly kept carpenters in her 

 employ, adding, changing and remodeling 'till the old Fort 

 Hill mansion became a model for its conveniences. 



Mrs. Andrew P. Calhoun is still living, and she and her only 

 daughter reside with her son Pat, in North Atlanta. The 

 family, like many other wealthy Southerners, were bereft of 

 their fortune during the Confederate war, but through the 



