Clement Sulivane
Clement Sulivane | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 20, 1838 |
| Died | November 9, 1920 |
| Occupation(s) | Lawyer, politician |
| Spouse | Delia Bayly Hayward |
| Children | Earl Van Dorn Sulivane Vans Murray Sulivane Ruth Sulivane |
| Parent(s) | Vans Murray Sulivane Octavia Van Dorn |
| Relatives | Earl Van Dorn (uncle) William Vans Murray (uncle) Peter Aaron Van Dorn (maternal grandfather) |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  Confederate States of America (1861–1865) |
| Service | Confederate States Army |
| Years of service | 1861–1865 |
| Rank | Aide-de-camp (CSA) |
Clement Sulivane (1838–1920) was an American Confederate soldier, lawyer, journalist and politician. He served in the Maryland Senate from 1878 to 1880.
Early life
[edit]Clement Sulivane was born on August 20, 1838, in Port Gibson, Mississippi.[1] His father was Vans Murray Sulivane and his mother, Octavia Van Dorn.[1] His maternal grandfather was Peter Aaron Van Dorn (1773–1837).[2] One of his uncles was Earl Van Dorn.[1][3] Another uncle was William Vans Murray.[1]
He was educated at a preparatory school in Northampton, Massachusetts.[1] He attended Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, and graduated from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1857.[1] He studied the Law, and was admitted to the bar in 1860.[1]
During the American Civil War of 1861–1865, he served in the Confederate States Army as an aide-de-camp to his uncle, Earl Van Dorn.[1][3][4] He later wrote The Fall of Richmond.[1]
Career
[edit]Sulivane worked as a lawyer and journalist in Cambridge, Maryland.[1][3] He then served in the Maryland Senate from 1878 to 1880.[5]
Personal life
[edit]Sulivane married Delia Bayly Hayward, the daughter of William Richard Hayward and Eliza Ennalls Eccleston.[1] They had three children:
- Earl Van Dorn Sulivane (1869–1950).[1]
- Vans Murray Sulivane (1873–1938).[1]
- Ruth Sulivane (1874–1953).[1]
Death
[edit]Sulivane died on November 9, 1920, in Cambridge, Maryland.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Clement Sulivane Biography". Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ^ "Claiborne County MSGenWeb". Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ^ a b c Linda Gupton, Seasons in the South: The Lives Involved in the Death of General Van Dorn, AuthorHouse, 2013, p. 97 [1]
- ^ Myron J. Smith, Jr., The CSS Arkansas: A Confederate Ironclad on Western Waters, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2011, p. 205 [2]
- ^ "Clement Sulivane, MSA SC 3520-12888". Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- 1838 births
- 1920 deaths
- People from Port Gibson, Mississippi
- People from Cambridge, Maryland
- University of Virginia alumni
- Confederate States Army officers
- Maryland lawyers
- American male journalists
- Maryland state senators
- People of Mississippi in the American Civil War
- Journalists from Mississippi
- 19th-century American legislators
- 19th-century American lawyers
- 19th-century American journalists
- 19th-century American male writers
- 19th-century Maryland politicians