The students of the Radical University: James A. Creighton

James Alonzo Creighton (b. June 12, 1859, d. November 3, 1937)
South Carolina.  White.  
Occupation: farmer, merchant.
Father's occupation: preacher, teacher.

James was born in McCormick County, South Carolina to Frances (or Fannie) E. and George W. M. Creighton.  His father was a preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (which was a church denomination that had split off from the Methodist Episcopal Church in the 1840s over disputes about slavery).  The family was living in Edgefield in 1860, but they had moved to Winnsboro by 1870.

James first appears in university records in the 1876 University of South Carolina catalogue.  He described as a freshman from Camden following the modern studies track.  This university closed before he completed his degree.  After the university closure, he returned to live with his parents and farmed.

Around 1907, he moved to North Augusta, South Carolina.  There he worked as merchant, selling wholesale dry goods.  He fell seriously ill in October, 1937 and then died on November 3, 1937 of bladder cancer ("carcinoma of bladder").  He is buried in Sunset Hill Cemetery in North Augusta, South Carolina.

Sources Cited
1). 1880; Census Place: Hurricane, Pickens, South Carolina; Roll: 1238; Page: 82B

2). 1870; Census Place: Easley, Pickens, South Carolina; Roll: M593_1506; Page: 394A

3). 1920; Census Place: North Augusta, Aiken, South Carolina; Roll: T625_1683; Page: 17A.

4). 1860; Census Place: Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina; Page: 75.

5). South Carolina Department of Archives and History; Columbia, South Carolina; South Carolina Death Records; Year Range: 1925-1949; Death County or Certificate Range: Aiken


note to self: look up obituary in nov 6, 1937 atlanta constitution