[555] to Abbeville county, where he spent his youth, served an apprenticeship as a blacksmith, later became a clerk and finally a merchant, thus continuing until the war began. In 1861 he volunteered as a private in Joseph H. Cunningham's company, of Abbeville county, afterward Company G, Nineteenth South Carolina volunteer infantry, but was discharged on account of physical disability. In 1862 he re-entered the Confederate service and was detailed by the secretary of war to report to General Beauregard at Charleston, who assigned him to duty in the enrolling department of the State. Later he was made adjutant of the post at Greenville, S. C., where he remained until the close of the war. His military service was entirely voluntary, his physical condition being such as to make him exempt under the law. After the war he returned to mercantile pursuits, and the business of fire insurance agency, in which he was successfully engaged for twenty-seven years. Being appointed treasurer of Abbeville county, he began a useful career as a public official, serving two years as county treasurer, two years as school commissioner, ten years as sheriff, and three years as county commissioner, resigning the last position in 1891 to accept the chair of horticulture in Clemson college, which he has since held. Professor DuPre is a member of the Methodist church South, a Knight Templar, and prominent in Freemasonry, and a member of the Charleston Huguenot society. He was married, in 1856, to Mary Power Huckabee, of Abbeville county. They have six children living, five sons and one daughter. His eldest son, Julius H. DuPre, is cashier of the Farmers' bank of Abbeville, and his youngest son, Arthur M., is a member of the faculty of Wofford college.
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[555] to Abbeville county, where he spent his youth, served an apprenticeship as a blacksmith, later became a clerk and finally a merchant, thus continuing until the war began. In 1861 he volunteered as a private in Joseph H. Cunningham's company, of Abbeville county, afterward Company G, Nineteenth South Carolina volunteer infantry, but was discharged on account of physical disability. In 1862 he re-entered the Confederate service and was detailed by the secretary of war to report to General Beauregard at Charleston, who assigned him to duty in the enrolling department of the State. Later he was made adjutant of the post at Greenville, S. C., where he remained until the close of the war. His military service was entirely voluntary, his physical condition being such as to make him exempt under the law. After the war he returned to mercantile pursuits, and the business of fire insurance agency, in which he was successfully engaged for twenty-seven years. Being appointed treasurer of Abbeville county, he began a useful career as a public official, serving two years as county treasurer, two years as school commissioner, ten years as sheriff, and three years as county commissioner, resigning the last position in 1891 to accept the chair of horticulture in Clemson college, which he has since held. Professor DuPre is a member of the Methodist church South, a Knight Templar, and prominent in Freemasonry, and a member of the Charleston Huguenot society. He was married, in 1856, to Mary Power Huckabee, of Abbeville county. They have six children living, five sons and one daughter. His eldest son, Julius H. DuPre, is cashier of the Farmers' bank of Abbeville, and his youngest son, Arthur M., is a member of the faculty of Wofford college.
Atlanta, Ga. 1899.
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