Richard Yeadon papers, 1845.

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Richard Yeadon papers, 1845.

Papers consist of letters to Yeadon, copies of wills, and a handwritten tribute to Richard Yeadon by Benjamin F. Perry. Letters to Richard Yeadon at Charleston, South Carolina from Elizabeth Cater Richbourg (Warm Springs, N.C.) and Robert W. Ervin (Lancaster, S.C.) concern the genealogy of the Marion family. Wills include a copy (1845) of the will (1735) of Benjamin Marion (written in French), and a copy (1845) of the will (1780) of John Marion. Tribute (ca. 1880) to Yeadon is entitled "A Sketch of the Life of Richard Yeadon, copied from Reminiscences by B.F. Perry."

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Marion family.

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Richbourg, Elizabeth Cater.

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Marion, Benjamin, d. ca. 1734.

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Perry, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1805-1886

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Soldier stationed at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri at the time of the Mexican War, with family in Woodford County, Illinois. From the description of Letter, July 14, 1846. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 53791408 B.F. Perry, of Greenville, S.C., was a lawyer and editor, anti-secessionist, and governor of South Carolina during Reconstruction. From the description of B.F. Perry papers, 1822-1960. WorldCat record id: 23765279 Prom...

Yeadon, Richard, 1802-1870

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Attorney, newspaper editor, and S.C. Representative of Charleston, S.C.; as a journalist, Yeadon published Unionist and Whig publications and opposed nullification; husband of Mary Videau Marion. From the description of Richard Yeadon papers, 1841-1870. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 43541315 Charleston, South Carolina attorney, newspaper editor, and South Carolina state Representative. Yeadon compiled a genealogy of the family of his wife Mary Videau Ma...

Marion, John, d. ca. 1780.

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Ervin, Robert W. (Robert William), 1787-1849

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