George Lamb Buist (September 4, 1838 – May 31, 1907) was an American lawyer and politician who lived in Charleston, South Carolina.[1]
George Lamb Buist | |
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| Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Charleston County | |
| In office 1876–1880 | |
| Member of the South Carolina Senate from Charleston County | |
| In office 1882–1898 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 4, 1838 Charleston, South Carolina |
| Died | May 31, 1907 (aged 68) Charleston, South Carolina |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Relatives | George Lamb Buist Rivers (grandson) John M. Rivers (great-grandson) Martha Rivers Ingram (great-great-granddaughter) |
| Alma mater | College of Charleston |
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Biography
editGeorge Lamb Buist was born in Charleston.[2] He graduated from the New Jersey Academy in Burlington, New Jersey and the College of Charleston, and he passed the South Carolina Bar in 1860.[3]
During the American Civil War, he joined the Confederate Army, serving with the Palmetto Guards.[3] In the postbellum era, he served in the South Carolina House of Representatives and South Carolina Senate. He represented Charleston County and served in the state senate from 1882 to 1898.[4] He was a Democrat.[5] He served on the board of trustees of his alma mater, the College of Charleston.[3]
Buist married Martha Allston White,[6] and they had 10 children. He died in Charleston on May 31, 1907.[7]
References
edit- ^ https://schistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Rivers-family-papers-1094.00.pdf
- ^ Snowden, Yates, ed. (1920). History of South Carolina. Vol. V. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 159. Retrieved June 28, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b c Hemphill, James Calvin (1907). Men of Mark in South Carolina: Ideals of American Life: A Collection of Biographies of Leading Men of the State. Washington, D.C.: Men of Mark Publishing Company. pp. 48–52 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "The Political Graveyard: South Carolina: State Senate". politicalgraveyard.com.
- ^ "Senate documents". April 12, 1879 – via Google Books.
- ^ Garlington, J. C. (April 12, 1902). Men of the Time: Sketches of Living Notables. A Biographical Encyclopedia of Contemporaneous South Carolina Leaders. Garlington Publishing Company – via Google Books.
- ^ "Major George Buist Dead in Charleston". The Atlanta Journal. Charleston, South Carolina. May 31, 1907. p. 1. Retrieved June 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
Further reading
edit- The Civil War Buists of Charleston, South Carolina. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. November 17, 2015. ISBN 978-1-5193-6025-0.
- Buist Family Papers (1862)
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