Lancaster County Wall of Fame

Lancaster County Wall of Fame. . , Andrew Jackson , 1767-1845 , Seventh President of the United States and Hero of the Battle of New Orleans, Andrew "Old Hickory" Jackson was born in Waxhaw's section of Lancaster County and is buried at the Hermitage, in Tennessee., J. Marion Sims , 1813-1883 , Born near Heath Springs. Dr. Sims opened his first medical practice in Lancaster.The "Father of Modern Gynecology." He founded the Women's Hospital of New York and served as personal physician to the Empress of France and Queen Victoria of England., Lancaster County , Lancaster Co., SC. Founded in 1785, derives its name from Lancaster C., Pennsylvania and the House of Lancaster, England. We all proudly display the red rose as our Ancestral emblem. Mural presented by the Belk Simpson Foundation and Kimbrells Originator Miss Katherine Carnes . Ralph H. Waldrop 1985, Elliott White Springs , 1896-1959 , World War I flying ace and well-known author, Col. E.W. Springs who grew up in the former Lancaster City Hall merged the cotton mills in Lancaster, Chester, Kershaw and Fort Mill to form the Springs Cotton Mills, which has become Springs Industries., Nina Mae McKinney , 1912-1967 , A stage actress and movie star of the 1930's. She spent her childhood days in Lancaster. Her best known performances were… Sanders of the River, Hallelujah and Pinky with Ethel Waters., Charles M. Duke, Jr. , 1935-0000 , The 10th man to walk the face of the moon. He was a member of NASA's Apollo 16 mission. With fellow astronaut John Young, he drove the Lunar Roving Vehicle while collecting lunar samples.