Ravenel family.

Descendents of early French Huguenots, the Revenel and related DuBose families of South Carolina ranked among the most prominent members of the state's planter class. William Francis Ravenel (b. 1828), son of physician/planter Henry Ravenel (1790-1867), achieved note as a lawyer and planter in the Berkeley District. His half-brother, Henry W. Ravenel (1814-1887), became a well-respected botanist. Around 1857, William Ravenel married Ellen DuBose, whose brother, Theodore Samuel DuBose (b. 1785), was a graduate of Yale and a prosperous planter in the Fairfield District.

From the description of Ravenel family papers, 1790-1918 (bulk 1850-1890) [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 22758341