Found in the book, South Carolina Portraits, A Collection of Portraits of South Carolinians and Portraits in South Carolina, compiled by The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of South Carolina, edited by Christie Zimmerman Fant, Margaret Belser Hollis and Virginia Gurley Meynard, page 327: Mary Ophelia Caldwell was born on November 23, 1836, daughter of John Caldwell of Columbia. In 1852, at age sixteen, she married Thomas James Robertson (1823-1892), and her father built the house which has become known as the Lace House as a wedding gift. Thomas J. Robertson, born near Winnsboro, South Carolina, graduated from South Carolina College in 1843 and engaged in planting. He was a member of the State Constitutional Convention in 1865 and was elected to represent South Carolina in the United States Senate in 1868 and 1871. He died in Columbia in 1897, Mrs. Robertson in 1909. They are buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Columbia. The Lace House is now part of the Governor's Mansion Complex in Columbia.
Note: for information on The Lace House, please go to: www.lacehouse.sc.gov/history/Pages/TheLaceHouseHistory.aspx
Found in The State 18 July 1909: Mrs. Mary Caldwell Robertson died at her home at 803 Richland street yesterday morning at 10:05 o'clock, after an illness of several days. Mrs. Robertson was a life-long resident of Columbia and was 72 years of age, her life being one of Christian gentleness and charity. She is survived by two sons, Mrssrs. J. Caldwell and Edwin W. Robertson and a niece, Mrs. Wilie Jones. She was the widow of the late Thos. J. Robertson, at one time United States senator from this State. Before her marriage she was Miss Mary Caldwell, daughter of Mr. John Caldwell of this city, one of the most prominent business men in South Carolina ante-bellum days. He was at one time the president of the Old South Carolina railroad and at the head of the Columbia and Greenville railway company, and late was president of the Exchange bank, which after many changes is not managed by his grandson, Mr. E. W. Robertson, and is known at the National Loan and Exchange bank of Columbia.
Note: for information on The Lace House, please go to: www.lacehouse.sc.gov/history/Pages/TheLaceHouseHistory.aspx
Found in The State 18 July 1909: Mrs. Mary Caldwell Robertson died at her home at 803 Richland street yesterday morning at 10:05 o'clock, after an illness of several days. Mrs. Robertson was a life-long resident of Columbia and was 72 years of age, her life being one of Christian gentleness and charity. She is survived by two sons, Mrssrs. J. Caldwell and Edwin W. Robertson and a niece, Mrs. Wilie Jones. She was the widow of the late Thos. J. Robertson, at one time United States senator from this State. Before her marriage she was Miss Mary Caldwell, daughter of Mr. John Caldwell of this city, one of the most prominent business men in South Carolina ante-bellum days. He was at one time the president of the Old South Carolina railroad and at the head of the Columbia and Greenville railway company, and late was president of the Exchange bank, which after many changes is not managed by his grandson, Mr. E. W. Robertson, and is known at the National Loan and Exchange bank of Columbia.
Found in the book, South Carolina Portraits, A Collection of Portraits of South Carolinians and Portraits in South Carolina, compiled by The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of South Carolina, edited by Christie Zimmerman Fant, Margaret Belser Hollis and Virginia Gurley Meynard, page 327: Mary Ophelia Caldwell was born on November 23, 1836, daughter of John Caldwell of Columbia. In 1852, at age sixteen, she married Thomas James Robertson (1823-1892), and her father built the house which has become known as the Lace House as a wedding gift. Thomas J. Robertson, born near Winnsboro, South Carolina, graduated from South Carolina College in 1843 and engaged in planting. He was a member of the State Constitutional Convention in 1865 and was elected to represent South Carolina in the United States Senate in 1868 and 1871. He died in Columbia in 1897, Mrs. Robertson in 1909. They are buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Columbia. The Lace House is now part of the Governor's Mansion Complex in Columbia.
Note: for information on The Lace House, please go to: www.lacehouse.sc.gov/history/Pages/TheLaceHouseHistory.aspx
Found in The State 18 July 1909: Mrs. Mary Caldwell Robertson died at her home at 803 Richland street yesterday morning at 10:05 o'clock, after an illness of several days. Mrs. Robertson was a life-long resident of Columbia and was 72 years of age, her life being one of Christian gentleness and charity. She is survived by two sons, Mrssrs. J. Caldwell and Edwin W. Robertson and a niece, Mrs. Wilie Jones. She was the widow of the late Thos. J. Robertson, at one time United States senator from this State. Before her marriage she was Miss Mary Caldwell, daughter of Mr. John Caldwell of this city, one of the most prominent business men in South Carolina ante-bellum days. He was at one time the president of the Old South Carolina railroad and at the head of the Columbia and Greenville railway company, and late was president of the Exchange bank, which after many changes is not managed by his grandson, Mr. E. W. Robertson, and is known at the National Loan and Exchange bank of Columbia.
Note: for information on The Lace House, please go to: www.lacehouse.sc.gov/history/Pages/TheLaceHouseHistory.aspx
Found in The State 18 July 1909: Mrs. Mary Caldwell Robertson died at her home at 803 Richland street yesterday morning at 10:05 o'clock, after an illness of several days. Mrs. Robertson was a life-long resident of Columbia and was 72 years of age, her life being one of Christian gentleness and charity. She is survived by two sons, Mrssrs. J. Caldwell and Edwin W. Robertson and a niece, Mrs. Wilie Jones. She was the widow of the late Thos. J. Robertson, at one time United States senator from this State. Before her marriage she was Miss Mary Caldwell, daughter of Mr. John Caldwell of this city, one of the most prominent business men in South Carolina ante-bellum days. He was at one time the president of the Old South Carolina railroad and at the head of the Columbia and Greenville railway company, and late was president of the Exchange bank, which after many changes is not managed by his grandson, Mr. E. W. Robertson, and is known at the National Loan and Exchange bank of Columbia.
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