Miss Eliza Gabriella DeSaussure was born in Charleston, SC to Mr. and Mrs. John DeSaussure, her father was into politics and a prominent Charleston lawyer.
The DeSaussures of South Carolina were Huguenots, or French Calvinists, and were descended from Henry DeSaussure who arrived in Charles Town about 1730 from Lausanne, Switzerland. He settled in the Beufort District. The DeSaussure name was associated with domestic slave trading in the Antebellum South.
Miss Eliza was married in Columbia, SC at her parents' home, on Feb. 5, 1835, to Dr. Henry Kollack Burroughs.
Dr. and Mrs. Burroughs lived on Reynolds Square with his parents and the family of his older brother William who was a cotton factor.
They lost their firstborn child, Benjamin, to cholera on July 15, 1838. Their family grew to include; Sarah, William DeSaussure, Mary Elizabeth Burroughs Trenholm, Catherine Burroughs Taylor, and Gabriella. Two other children, Catherine and Henry K., died in infancy.
The DeSaussures of South Carolina were Huguenots, or French Calvinists, and were descended from Henry DeSaussure who arrived in Charles Town about 1730 from Lausanne, Switzerland. He settled in the Beufort District. The DeSaussure name was associated with domestic slave trading in the Antebellum South.
Miss Eliza was married in Columbia, SC at her parents' home, on Feb. 5, 1835, to Dr. Henry Kollack Burroughs.
Dr. and Mrs. Burroughs lived on Reynolds Square with his parents and the family of his older brother William who was a cotton factor.
They lost their firstborn child, Benjamin, to cholera on July 15, 1838. Their family grew to include; Sarah, William DeSaussure, Mary Elizabeth Burroughs Trenholm, Catherine Burroughs Taylor, and Gabriella. Two other children, Catherine and Henry K., died in infancy.
Miss Eliza Gabriella DeSaussure was born in Charleston, SC to Mr. and Mrs. John DeSaussure, her father was into politics and a prominent Charleston lawyer.
The DeSaussures of South Carolina were Huguenots, or French Calvinists, and were descended from Henry DeSaussure who arrived in Charles Town about 1730 from Lausanne, Switzerland. He settled in the Beufort District. The DeSaussure name was associated with domestic slave trading in the Antebellum South.
Miss Eliza was married in Columbia, SC at her parents' home, on Feb. 5, 1835, to Dr. Henry Kollack Burroughs.
Dr. and Mrs. Burroughs lived on Reynolds Square with his parents and the family of his older brother William who was a cotton factor.
They lost their firstborn child, Benjamin, to cholera on July 15, 1838. Their family grew to include; Sarah, William DeSaussure, Mary Elizabeth Burroughs Trenholm, Catherine Burroughs Taylor, and Gabriella. Two other children, Catherine and Henry K., died in infancy.
The DeSaussures of South Carolina were Huguenots, or French Calvinists, and were descended from Henry DeSaussure who arrived in Charles Town about 1730 from Lausanne, Switzerland. He settled in the Beufort District. The DeSaussure name was associated with domestic slave trading in the Antebellum South.
Miss Eliza was married in Columbia, SC at her parents' home, on Feb. 5, 1835, to Dr. Henry Kollack Burroughs.
Dr. and Mrs. Burroughs lived on Reynolds Square with his parents and the family of his older brother William who was a cotton factor.
They lost their firstborn child, Benjamin, to cholera on July 15, 1838. Their family grew to include; Sarah, William DeSaussure, Mary Elizabeth Burroughs Trenholm, Catherine Burroughs Taylor, and Gabriella. Two other children, Catherine and Henry K., died in infancy.
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