Robert Barnwell Rhett
Former member of the U.S. Senate
Robert Barnwell Rhett was an American politician who served as a deputy from South Carolina to the Provisional Confederate States Congress from 1861 to 1862, a member of the US House of Representatives from South Carolina from 1837 to 1849, and US... Wikipedia
Born: December 21, 1800, Beaufort, SC
Died: September 14, 1876 (age 75 years), St. James Parish, LA
Children: Alfred M. Rhett and Maj. Andrew B. Rhett, CSA
Party: Democratic Party
Grandchildren: Harriet Lowndes Maybank and Edmund M. Rhett
Place of burial: Magnolia Cemetery Trust, Charleston, SC
Grandparents: Sarah Smith, Thomas Smith, and Elizabeth Gough