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Anna Calhoun was born on the Bath plantation, in the Abbeville District of South Carolina. She was one of seven children in the Calhoun family. Anna adored her father, John C. Calhoun, and remained close to him unti his death in 1850. Her early education was through her surroundings and family, at a day school in Edgefield, SC, then later at South Carolina Female Collegiate Institute, in ...
Anna Maria Calhoun Clemson (February 13, 1817 – September 22, 1875) was the daughter of John C. Calhoun and Floride Calhoun (née Colhoun), and the wife of Thomas Green Clemson, the founder of Clemson University.[2] Calhoun was born on the Bath plantation in the Abbeville District of South...
James Edward Calhoun (1826–1861) William Lowndes Calhoun (1829–1858). Her fourth child, Anna Maria married Thomas Green Clemson, founder of Clemson University in South Carolina. In 1817, Floride Calhoun accompanied her husband to Washington upon his appointment as Secretary of War in the Cabinet of President James Monroe. Second Lady
Anna Maria Clemson formerly Calhoun. Born 13 Feb 1817 [location unknown] Ancestors. Daughter of John Caldwell Calhoun Sr and Floride Bonneau Calhoun. Sister of Andrew Pickens Calhoun, Patrick Calhoun, John Caldwell Calhoun II, Martha Cornelia Calhoun, James Edward Calhoun and William Lowndes Calhoun. Wife of Thomas Green Clemson — married 12 ...
African-Americans were a vital force in the operation and economy of Fort Hill, the home of John C. and Floride Calhoun from 1825 to 1850, Andrew Pickens and Margaret Green Calhoun from 1851 to 1871, and Thomas Green and Anna Clemson from 1872 to 1888. Like many Southern planters of the time, Calhoun raised cotton as a cash crop using enslaved ...
Thomas Green Clemson (July 1, 1807 – April 6, 1888) was an American politician and statesman, serving as Chargés d'Affaires to Belgium, and United States Superintendent of Agriculture. He served in the Confederate Army and founded Clemson University in South Carolina. Historians have called Clemson "a quintessential nineteenth-century Renaissance man."
Anna Maria Calhoun Clemson is often overlooked when discussing the founding of Clemson University. On February 16, the university celebrated what would have been her 199th birthday as well as the impact of her leadership and vision in our university’s history. Happy Birthday Anna! Anna died from a sudden heart attack on Sept. 22, 1875.
