Person:Edmund Smith (14)

Notes

• The Smith sons changed their surname to Rhett in 1837 to honor their ancestor Colonel William Rhett. [1]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} STUDENTS. 1825., in Biographical Catalogue of the Trustees, Teachers and Students of Phillips Academy Andover 1778-1830. (Andover, Massachusetts: The Andover Press, 1903)
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   Edmund Smith, 16, Beaufort, S.C. Y. 1830. *1863
   
   Son of James Smith, "a rice planter," and Marianna Gough;
   brother of Albert, 1826.
   Born "at the Orton plantation on the Cape Fear River, N.C."
   — Graduated 1826; salutatorian.
   — Name changed, 1837, to Edmund Rhett.
   Studied law with his brother, Hon. Robert Barnwell Rhett, and became his partner at Charleston, S.C;
   from 1838. lawyer at Beaufort.
   Rep. and Senator.
   An earnest advocate of the Calhoun doctrine of state rights, and the leading man in his part of the state at the time of his death.
   On the capture of Beaufort, his house was occupied by officers of the Union army, and he retired to Barnwell district.
   Died in Spartanburg, S.C.
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   [Y = Yale]