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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]
Patrick Calhoun (1856–1943) James Edward Calhoun (1857–1872) Floride Pure Calhoun January 1814 – 1815 no spouse: Died from sickness Jane Calhoun 1816 no spouse: Died in infancy Anna Maria Calhoun: Feb 13, 1817 – Sep 22, 1875 Thomas Green Clemson, Clemson University founder Mother of: Unnamed Calhoun (1839–1839) John Calhoun Clemson ...
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.
At age 21, she married Thomas Green Clemson. After her father John C. Calhoun died in 1850; his widow Floride Calhoun gained total ownership of Fort Hill Plantation. Because Anna Maria was the only living child, she inherited a part of Fort Hill when Floride died in 1866. Anna Maria bequeathed Thomas G. Clemson a portion of the property in her ...
Thomas Green Clemson and his wife Anna Calhoun Clemson had four children. Their first child, whose name is not known, died as an infant in 1839. In 1841, John Calhoun Clemson was born. Shortly after in 1842, Anna Clemson gave birth to her daughter Floride Elizabeth Clemson.
Anna Maria (1817–1875), ... In June 2020, Clemson University removed John C. Calhoun's name from Clemson University Calhoun Honors College, ...
After John Calhoun's death in 1850, the property and the 50 slaves there passed to his wife to be shared with three of her children: Cornelia, John, and Anna Maria, wife of Thomas Green Clemson. Anna sold her share to Floride Calhoun. Floride Calhoun sold the plantation to her son, Andrew
The Calhoun/Colhoun family is a prominent political family in the United States and is a key political family in U.S. history.The Calhouns rose to power in the South prior to the Civil War and today continue to hold political power and influence through private-sector leadership and control in the South as well as in the Midwest and in New England.