Thomas Green Clemson, 1807-1888
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A native Philadelphian and leading agriculturist, Mr. Clemson was U.S. chargé d'affaires to Belgium, U.S. Superintendent of Agriculture, and the 1868 president of Pendleton Farmers Society. He married the daughter of John C. Calhoun, Anna, and later bought the Calhoun home, Fort Hill. An advocate of the national land grant movement, he left his estate to establish Clemson University.
He is buried 50 yards south. Erected by Student Alumni Council of the Clemson Alumni Association, 1977
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