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Photographer: Brian Scott
Taken: December 23, 2008
Caption: Gen. Samuel McGowan Crypt - South Side
Long Cane Cemetery, Abbeville, SC
Additional Description: [South]: Samuel McGowan
Born in Laurens County, 9 October 1819
Died in Abbeville County, 9 August 1897
Go soldier to thy honor and rest
Thy truth and valour bearing
The bravest are the tenderest
The loving are the daring
[East]: A hero of two wars
Seven times wounded
A leader at the bar
A wise lawgiver
A righteous judge
He rest from his labours
And his works do follow him
Submitted: December 26, 2008, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p47777
File Size: 5.182 Megabytes

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