Captain Alexander Hamilton Boykin, (CSA)

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Alexander Hamilton Boykin (1815-1866)

• On 22 November 1835, Boykin married Sarah Jones DeSaussure, daughter of William Ford DeSaussure (b. 1792) and Sarah Davie. Nine children were born to them: William DeSaussure (1841-1858); Mary Whitaker (m. Edward Brevard Cantey); Alexander Hamilton, Jr. (1846-1923); Elizabeth Gabriella (m. Brown Manning); Burwell Henry; Elias Miller; Allen Jones; William DeSaussure (1852-1902); and Lemuel Whitaker. Survived by his wife and eight children, Alexander Hamilton Boykin died 8 March 1866 in Charleston and was buried in the Quaker Cemetery in Camden.
• Planter in Kershaw and Sumter districts. Elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives, Hamilton Boykin represented Kershaw in 1846-1849 and 1852-1859. After Kershaw chose him for the state Senate in a special election, he resigned his seat in the House and qualified on 28 November 1859 for the Forty-third General Assembly. Subsequently, Boykin represented Kershaw in the Senate, 1860-1864. Locally, he was a member of the Wateree Agricultural Society, ca. 1841; director of the South Carolina Railroad Company, 1849; and a communicant at Grace Episcopal Church of Camden. reead more.....