Ruth Miller

  Ruth Miller is a Charleston historian.  She Became interested  in Charleston grave yards when she was giving a tour to mortician around Charleston and they wanted to stop at a grave yard.  One of her books another one of her books is Book two.  She taught  me many things about Charleston that I did not know.  Like for example when people where getting grave stones and things made out of stone they had to order it from a stone carver from up north such as New England because they did not have any stone down here.  Also king Charles gave the Carolinas to Sir Ashley Cooper that is why the rivers that run together in Charleston one is called the Ashley river and the Cooper bridge.  There are also 2 grave yards that date back to as late as the 1600s in Charleston.  She said "the main two exports in Charleston where rice and indigo."  Also "the main import where slaves."   Ruth went to duke University. She has been all around the world and enjoys going to historic cities in America.  She has been a Charleston guide since 1979.  She knows a lot about history of Charleston churches and 18th century grave yards.  One of her quotes is "By 1710 there we had more africans than Americans." If you think about that it is crazy that the people over here just went over across the world to get people to do there labor for them and before you know it there are more of them over here.  She also mentioned the origins of the churches.  The methodist are from England the congressional are from England and they have a meeting house.  Presbyterian are from England as well. The catholic church is from Spain. And the Episcopal church is from American. 

18th Century Graveyards

This picture is the grave yard at Cathedral church. 


Cathedral church

 This grave is a head stone. It is Carl Wohlfel he was born January 13 1914 and died in October 24 1992.  He was a Korean war veteran. It is at the Cathedral church.













This grave is also a head stone at The cathedral church.  I cant read the name but thy where born in 1786 and died in August 1884.






This is a pedestal tomb or urn in the Cathedral church. there is a mom and dad buried there.  I am not sure there birth or death days. 

 This is a either a ledger of a fallen tomb stone in not sure.  It was for Sophia Elfe.  She died in May 31st 1870's and was married to Albert for 54 years.









This in a Head stone in the Cathedral church.  It is Mary Lucia she died in 1889 and was married to Edward Lowpdes and was the daughter of Jon Guerad.










I think this is a Head stone but I am not sure.  It belongs to Susan Henrietta. She was born in June 29 1822 and died December 13 1891. This Grave s at the Cathedral church.

This is a grass flush in the Cathedral.  This belongs to William Lucas.  He was in World War 1 he was born in 1896 and died in 1977.









This is a column grave in the Cathedral church.  I can not read this but it says the person died September 30 1846 at the age of 24 years old.










This is a box tomb at the Cathedral church. I do not see any markings in this picture so I do not know much about it.

This is a Die on Socket.  This grave is at the Saint Patrick church.  The words are almost gone but  the person berried here is a child.



Saint patrick church

 This is a Mausolem in the cathedral church.  It has no markings so i dont know anything about it.

Hurricane

Before I left Charleston with my friend Max, I had baseball workouts. At this point, the storm was supposed to be really bad for North and South Carolina. When I got back to Chapin, I met up with a few of my friends to go eat and then we went back to one of their houses to hang out for a while. On Tuesday and Wednesday I mostly just slept and hung out at my house and watched the news. The storm had weakened a lot and wasn’t supposed to be as bad anymore. On Thursday, I went and visited one of my other friends at Lander University. We hung out and went to eat. Later on that night, we went to a haunted house. I absolutely hate scary things. It was awful. I got home around 11-12 and went to sleep. Friday morning, my friends and I left for Clemson. That night, I went to someone’s house and just hung out for a while and ended up falling asleep kind of early. Saturday morning I woke up and went to the Clemson game. It was so hot and I wished the hurricane had hit Clemson by this point because it was way too hot to be outside watching football. I left for chapin right after the game and got home and went to sleep. By this point, the hurricane had downgraded a lot and it was only a tropical storm. I spent most of today doing homework and watching movies. I’m glad that Charleston didn’t get hit really bad because after Hugo, it couldn’t handle another big hit. Minus the fact this storm killed a few people, I’m so glad I got to come home and see my friends and family for a few days.

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Hurricane news

Hey I'm Tanner Steffy I am from Chapin SC right out side of Columbia.  Things that I enjoy doing are playing baseball, hanging out with my friends and going on the lake in the summer.  I live in McAlister with my roommate Jared.  I like going on vacation with my family also.  I went on a cruise this summer that went to Dominican Republic and Grand turks. I have played baseball my whole life. I also play baseball here at the college. I am un decided on my major.