Porcher, Frederick A. (Frederick Adolphus), 1809-1888

South Carolina plantation owner, historian, and educator. A graduate of Yale, Porcher became a professor at the College of Charleston and was a founding member of the S.C. Historical Society. He was the son of George Porcher (1775-1813) of Cedar Spring Plantation (St. John's Berkeley Parish) and Marianne Gendron Palmer (1784-1835). He married Caroline Smith Parker (1824-1888) in 1850.

From the description of Frederick A. Porcher papers, 1826-1922. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 35953312

Professor of history and belle lettres, 1848-1888, at College of Charleston (S.C.); graduate of Yale; son of George Porcher (1775-1813) and Marianne Gendron Palmer (1784-1835); Porcher married three times: in 1832, to Rebecca Branford Rhodes (1812-1832), and, 1838, to Emma Caroline Gough (1815-1848), and in 1850, he wed Caroline Smith Parker (1824-1888).

From the description of Frederick A. Porcher papers, 1855-1922. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 35667829

From the description of Frederick A. Porcher papers [addition], 1855-1899. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 63182913

South Carolina plantation owner and educator. A graduate of Yale, Porcher became a professor at the College of Charleston (Charleston, S.C.) and was a member and president of the South Carolina Historical Society (Charleston, S.C.).

From the description of Letter : Charleston, [S.C.], to [Oliver Payson] Hubbard, 1878 May 3. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32144699

South Carolina plantation owner, historian, and educator. A graduate of Yale, Porcher became a professor at the College of Charleston and was a founding member of the South Carolina Historical Society (Charleston, S.C.). He was the son of George Porcher (1775-1813) of Cedar Spring Plantation (St. John's Berkeley Parish) and Marianne Gendron Palmer (1784-1835). He married Caroline Smith Parker (1824-1888) in 1850.

From the description of Frederick A. Porcher papers, 1826-1922. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70977461

Born on Cedar Spring Plantation (S.C.), Frederick Adolphus Porcher was the son of George Porcher and Marianne Gendron Palmer. After graduating from Yale College he studied law, and from 1834 to 1836 served in the South Carolina legislature. Porcher became a professor of "History and Belles Lettres" at the College of Charleston in March 1848.

From the description of Frederick A. Porcher papers, 1836-1878. (College of Charleston). WorldCat record id: 6642394