CHARLES ALEXANDER CARSON
Charles Alexander Carson died at his residence, in Greenville, S.C., on April 10, 1921, in the 77th year of his age and was laid to rest with his people in Christ Church Cemetery the following day. He was the son of T.C. and Martha Bee Carson, and, except when at school, his boyhood was spent on his father's plantation on South Saluda River and he became proficient in all manly exercises and accomplishments of the youth of his day. In the fall of 1862 he enlisted in the Butler Guards of the 2d Regiment , S.C.V. and participated in all the subsequent battles of Kershaw's famous brigade. As a soldier he was always cool, fearless and efficient and proved himself worthy of the race from which he sprang. After the surrender he married MISS ELISE W. BUTLER, a sister of Maj. Gen. M.C. Butler and spent the remainder of his life on the farm.
He is survived by his wife, 2 sons and one daughter- W.BUTLER CARSON, of the Seaboard Railroad; THOMAS P., Greenville, and MRS. ELISE BOWEN of Greenville and by a sister, MRS. JANE M. BRUNSON of Florence.
" How sleep the brave, who sink to rest
By all their country's wishes blest! "
[ J.W. Brunson .]