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Family Sheet
HUSBAND
Name: James Chesnut Note
Born: 18 Jan 1815 at Near Camden, , , South Carolina
Married: 23 Apr 1840
Died: 1 Feb 1885 at Camden, , , South Carolina
WIFE
Name: Mary Boykin Miller
Born: 31 Mar 1823 at Mt. Pleasant, , , South Carolina
Died: 1886
Father: Stephen Decatur Miller Governor
Mother: Mary Whitaker Boykin
CHILDREN
NOTES
1). CHESNUT, James, senator, was born near Camden, S. C., in 1 815 son of James Chesnut. He was graduated from Princeto n in 1835. He was a member of the South Carolina legislatur e, 1842 52, and of the state senate, 1854 58. He was appoin ted United Statessenator to succeed Arthur P. Hayne, and w as elected for the full term beginning Dec. 5, 1859. On Nov . 10, 1860, he resigned, anticipating the secession of Sout h Carolina his resignation was not accepted and upon hi s appointment as a delegate in theConfederate provisiona l congress he was expelled from the United States senate, J uly 11, 1861. He served during the war in the Confederate a rmy, receiving a commission as colonel. He served on the st aff of Jefferson Davis, and was promoted to the rankof bri gadier general. He was a delegate to the national Democrati c convention in 1868. He died in South Carolina in 1885.
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