Robert Glenn Moorman (June 22, 1814 – October 5, 1873) was a

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planter and politician.

Family

Parents - Thomas Samuel Moorman (1775 – 1818) & Jemima Glenn Sims born 1786
Sister - Elizabeth D. Moorman born 1818, wife of Reuben Sims Chick
First Wife - Mary L. Kenner died 1845, daughter of Samuel Eskridge Kenner (1772? - February 2, 1844) & Lucy Goree (1783? - September 17, 1873)
Child with Mary - Thomas Samuel Moorman (March 24, 1842 – August 4, 1902), lawyer and Librarian of the

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in the 1890s
Second Wife - Virginia C. Harrington (July 19, 1829 – March 17, 1861), daughter of Young John Harrington (April 5, 1784 - November 11, 1850) & Nancy Berry Calmes (August 5, 1786 - May 29, 1879)
Children with Virginia: *Mary Adelaide Moorman (1853 – 1898) *Elizabeth Theresa Moorman (1855 – June 27, 1877) *Robert Glenn Moorman Jr. (November 15, 1857 – October 10, 1896) *Nancy H. Moorman born 1858 Robert was grandfather of Thomas Samuel Moorman (February 7, 1875 – June 28, 1936) - Colonel

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Great-grandfather of Thomas Samuel Moorman (July 11, 1910 – December 23, 1997) – Lt. Gen

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, Superintendent

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1965 - 1970
Great-great-grandfather of Thomas S. Moorman Jr. - General

Government and military service

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1848 - 1852 *

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1852 - 1855, resigned due to poor health, later served 1864 - 1865 * In October 1865 lost to Col. James H. Williams in race for State Senate representing Newberry District by vote of 401 to 369.Thomas H. Pope, ''The History of Newberry County, South Carolina, Vol. II 1860-1990'' (1992), , pp. 24. * Lt. Col. on staff of S.C. Gov.

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1852 - 1854 * Signed S.C. Secession document as delegate to the

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Convention in December, 1860 representing

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with Simeon Fair, John P. Kinard & Joseph Caldwell * Member of the South Carolina Soldier's Board of Relief 1861 - 1864 * Second Lt. South Carolina Volunteers, 3rd Regiment, C.S.A.

General information

Robert Moorman owned a large plantation near Maybinton, Newberry County, South Carolina, where he also bred horses. He was an ardent

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supporter. He was not a college graduate, liked dancing and was a devoted Christian of the

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faith. After moving to the town of

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from Maybinton in 1866, he was a business partner with Albert G. (Bert) Maybin and brothers Reuben Sims Chick (also Moorman's brother-in-law) and Pettus Wales Chick in a Newberry, South Carolina mercantile company named Moorman & Maybin. He also owned a grocery in Mollohon Row in Newberry. He was a Director of Newberry National Bank 1871. he died at his home in Newberry on October 5, 1873, buried Rosemont Cemetery, Newberry, South Carolina. His tombstone inscription is: "Mark the perfect man and behold the upright for the end of that man is peace"

References

;Sources * Pope, Thomas H., ''The History of Newberry County, South Carolina, Vol. II 1860-1990'', 1992,

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* O'Neall, John Belton ''Annals of Newberry'' 1858, updated by John A. Chapman 1892 ;Notes

External links

South Carolina Ordinance of Secession
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moorman, Robert Moorman, Robert Glenn Moorman, Robert Glenn 1814 births 1873 deaths People from Newberry County, South Carolina 19th-century American planters Methodists from South Carolina 19th-century members of the South Carolina General Assembly