G. Frank Bamberg of Bamberg is owner and director of some of the largest plantations in the southern part of the state and is also a leading banker at Bamberg. He was born in that city October 8, 1873. His great-grandfather was John George Bamberg, a native of Lexington County, South Carolina, a minister of the Lutheran Church. He died in 1800. The grandfather, John Frederick Bamberg, was a native of that portion of Barnwell County now Bamberg. The father of the Bamberg banker was Francis Marion Bamberg, who was born in what is now Bamberg County and was a prominent banker, stock farmer and planter. At the time of Francis M Bamberg's death, he left $300,000 in mortgages with instructions to his son to never foreclose one of them, an order which the latter, G. Frank Bamberg, has never violated.
G. Frank Bamberg was the third in a family of eight children. He was educated at Wofford College in Spartanburg, and at the age of twenty began business for himself as a livestock dealer and planter. Today he owns 2,500 acres, with about 1,500 acres under cultivation, being one of the largest producers of cotton in the southern counties of the state. Mr. Bamberg is president of the Bamberg Auto Company, and of the Bamberg Banking Company, which operates on a capital of $55,000. He is vice president of the B. E. & W. Railroad. Mr. Bamberg is a member of the Masonic order.
In 1896 he married Nell Elizabeth McGee, a daughter of J. B. and Mollie (Cobb) McGee. They have two sons and one daughter: Francis Marion, Joseph McGee and Nell Jennings.
[History of South Carolina, Volume 5, Edited by Yates Snowden and Harry Gardner Cutler, 1920 – Transcribed by AFOFG]
G. Frank Bamberg was the third in a family of eight children. He was educated at Wofford College in Spartanburg, and at the age of twenty began business for himself as a livestock dealer and planter. Today he owns 2,500 acres, with about 1,500 acres under cultivation, being one of the largest producers of cotton in the southern counties of the state. Mr. Bamberg is president of the Bamberg Auto Company, and of the Bamberg Banking Company, which operates on a capital of $55,000. He is vice president of the B. E. & W. Railroad. Mr. Bamberg is a member of the Masonic order.
In 1896 he married Nell Elizabeth McGee, a daughter of J. B. and Mollie (Cobb) McGee. They have two sons and one daughter: Francis Marion, Joseph McGee and Nell Jennings.
[History of South Carolina, Volume 5, Edited by Yates Snowden and Harry Gardner Cutler, 1920 – Transcribed by AFOFG]
G. Frank Bamberg of Bamberg is owner and director of some of the largest plantations in the southern part of the state and is also a leading banker at Bamberg. He was born in that city October 8, 1873. His great-grandfather was John George Bamberg, a native of Lexington County, South Carolina, a minister of the Lutheran Church. He died in 1800. The grandfather, John Frederick Bamberg, was a native of that portion of Barnwell County now Bamberg. The father of the Bamberg banker was Francis Marion Bamberg, who was born in what is now Bamberg County and was a prominent banker, stock farmer and planter. At the time of Francis M Bamberg's death, he left $300,000 in mortgages with instructions to his son to never foreclose one of them, an order which the latter, G. Frank Bamberg, has never violated.
G. Frank Bamberg was the third in a family of eight children. He was educated at Wofford College in Spartanburg, and at the age of twenty began business for himself as a livestock dealer and planter. Today he owns 2,500 acres, with about 1,500 acres under cultivation, being one of the largest producers of cotton in the southern counties of the state. Mr. Bamberg is president of the Bamberg Auto Company, and of the Bamberg Banking Company, which operates on a capital of $55,000. He is vice president of the B. E. & W. Railroad. Mr. Bamberg is a member of the Masonic order.
In 1896 he married Nell Elizabeth McGee, a daughter of J. B. and Mollie (Cobb) McGee. They have two sons and one daughter: Francis Marion, Joseph McGee and Nell Jennings.
[History of South Carolina, Volume 5, Edited by Yates Snowden and Harry Gardner Cutler, 1920 – Transcribed by AFOFG]
G. Frank Bamberg was the third in a family of eight children. He was educated at Wofford College in Spartanburg, and at the age of twenty began business for himself as a livestock dealer and planter. Today he owns 2,500 acres, with about 1,500 acres under cultivation, being one of the largest producers of cotton in the southern counties of the state. Mr. Bamberg is president of the Bamberg Auto Company, and of the Bamberg Banking Company, which operates on a capital of $55,000. He is vice president of the B. E. & W. Railroad. Mr. Bamberg is a member of the Masonic order.
In 1896 he married Nell Elizabeth McGee, a daughter of J. B. and Mollie (Cobb) McGee. They have two sons and one daughter: Francis Marion, Joseph McGee and Nell Jennings.
[History of South Carolina, Volume 5, Edited by Yates Snowden and Harry Gardner Cutler, 1920 – Transcribed by AFOFG]
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