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Timrod, Henry 1829-1867

Poet; born in Charleston, S. C., Dec. 8, 1829; was educated at the University of Georgia; practised law; taught for several years, during which time he contributed to Southern papers and magazines; was editor of the South Carolinian, in Columbia, from 1864 till the city was burned in 1865, when he lost all. His best known poem was a short ode written for Memorial Day. He died in Columbia, S. C., Oct. 6, 1867.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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