Further quotes from "Wade Hampton" by Cisco:
"The third Wade Hampton traveled extensively, on business for his father and on vacations with the family. It was at White Fulphur Springs that he met Margaret, the youngest daughter of Sarah Preston and her late husband, former congressman Francis Preston. Wade and Margaret had probably known each other since childhood. The Prestons were a family long prominent in southwestern Virginia, and it was Margaret's brother, John, the attorney, who had married Wade's aunt Caroline in 1830. Wade and Margaret courted at the Virginia resort. They were married in a ceremony at the bride's home in Abington, Virginia, on October 10, 1838. Both were twenty years old. Tradition called for an extended wedding trip, after which they settled back in South Carolina."
"Wade confided to James DeVeaux that he was "married and happy." "The newlyweds called their home 'Sand Hills'. It was just outside Columbia."

"Wade Hampton, Confederate Warrior, Conservative Statesman," by Walter Brian Cisco, page 39….."on June 27, 1852, Margaret Hampton died. The cause is not known. At age 34 Wade Hampton III was a widower. His four unmarried sisters would care for the surviving children. Son Wade IV was eleven, Preston nine, Sally almost seven, and Harriet four.