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Governor. Timmerman was born in Anderson on August 11, 1912, the son of George Bell Timmerman and Mary Vandiver Sullivan.…

Newspaper publisher. Little is known of Elizabeth Timothy’s origins and early life. Benjamin Franklin described her as “born and bred…

Newspaper printer. Timothy was born Louis Timothée, the son of a Huguenot who took refuge in Holland following the revocation…

Newspaper printer, patriot. Timothy was born in Holland to Louis and Elizabeth Timothée before they immigrated to Philadelphia in 1731…

Poet, essayist. Timrod was born on December 8, 1828, in Charleston, South Carolina, the only son of a bookbinder, William…

Historian, educator. A meticulous scholar, eloquent writer, and engaging teacher, Tindall is one of the nation’s most distinguished historians. Born…

Lawyer, jurist. Toal was born in Columbia on August 11, 1943, the daughter of Herbert W. Hoefer and Lilla Farrell.…

Three times in the history of South Carolina, tobacco has risen to the status of a major cash crop, and…

Tobacco curing barns have helped to define the Pee Dee landscape since the 1880s. Unlike in Burley-tobacco regions such as…

Promoter, publisher. Born in Appenzell, Switzerland, Tobler became that canton’s governor until he was removed from office in a power…

(Beaufort County). Tombee Plantation House was built by Thomas Benjamin Chaplin, for whom (“Tom B.”) it was named. A member…

Industrialist, journalist. Tompkins was born in Edgefield on October 12, 1851, the eldest child of Dewitt Clinton Tompkins and Hannah…

Tourism solidified its place in South Carolina’s economy during the twentieth century, but people have long flocked to the Palmetto…

(Columbia). Columbia’s Town Theatre is the longest continuously operating community theater in America. The theater got its start in June…

Educator. Towne was born on May 3, 1825, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to John Towne and Sarah Robinson. During her childhood…

Physicist, Nobel laureate. Townes was born in Greenville on July 28, 1915, the second of six children born to Henry…

For three decades following the founding of Charleston in 1670, population growth in South Carolina was painfully slow. Settlement remained…

Traditional medicine, although viewed as unconventional and often in contradiction to established medical practices, was once commonplace in South Carolina.…

In its broadest sense, transportation pertains to the movement or conveyance of people and products, as well as the various…

(Greenville County; 2020 pop. 8,202). The modern city developed in northern Greenville County near the intersection of the Buncombe Road…