Col. Ellison S. Keitt (CSA)

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Ellison Summerfield Keitt

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States
Death: February 09, 1911 (79)
Newberry, South Carolina, United States
Place of Burial: Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of George Keitt and Mary Magdalene Keitt
Husband of Caroline Mary James Keitt
Brother of William John Miller Keitt; Col. Laurence M. Keitt (CSA), US Congress; Anna Florella Whaley and Edward Wannamaker Keitt
Half brother of Caroline Keitt; John Keitt and George Daniel Keitt

Occupation: Farmer, Captain of Keitt's South Carolina Cavalry Company, Confederate States Army
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About Col. Ellison S. Keitt (CSA)

from obituary:

Col. Ellison Keitt was a brother of Col. Laurence M. Keitt, who was killed in battle during the Civil War. Col. Keitt himself was a Confederate soldier, having raised and commanded Keitt's Mounted Rifles, made up of men of Newberry County, South Carolina. After the war he has engaged in farming on a large scale, and was very successful. He served two terms in the State legislature. He was a man of high character, well educated, always interested in the welfare of the State. He took part in one or two national compaigns in New York and other Northern States. He was a man of fine appearance and a most attractive and eloquent speaker.

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Col. Ellison S. Keitt (CSA)'s Timeline

1831
July 3, 1831
Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States
1911
February 9, 1911
Age 79
Newberry, South Carolina, United States
February 10, 1911
Age 79
Saint Peters Catholic Church Cemetery, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, United States