Lawyer; Civic Leader; Entrepreneur. Founded the oldest continually operating law firm in the United States: Bobo, Carlisle & Edwards, which operates today as the Bean Law Firm, Spartanburg, SC. Served on the first Board of Trustees of Wofford College 1851-1861, and again 1863-1885 (twice as chairman). Elected Dec. 6, 1860 as a delegate to the SC Secessation Convention. A signer of the South Carolina Declaration of Secession from the Union during the formation of the Confederate States of America. Served in the Congress of South Carolina 1862-1864. Member of Central Methodist Church (first church in Spartanburg 1837) 1839-1885; Superintendent of Sunday School 1841-1880. Delegate to Methodist General Conference. Father-in-law of civic leader John W. Carlisle (1827-1914).
Son of Burwell Bobo, Sr. and Elizabeth Roebuck.
Married Nancy Holland Foster c.1833. She was the daughter of Anthony Foster, Jr. and Elizabeth Bobo of Cedar Springs, SC.
(Source: History of Spartanburg County, Landrum, 1900; History of Wofford College; and window plaque in Central United Methodist Church)
Son of Burwell Bobo, Sr. and Elizabeth Roebuck.
Married Nancy Holland Foster c.1833. She was the daughter of Anthony Foster, Jr. and Elizabeth Bobo of Cedar Springs, SC.
(Source: History of Spartanburg County, Landrum, 1900; History of Wofford College; and window plaque in Central United Methodist Church)
Lawyer; Civic Leader; Entrepreneur. Founded the oldest continually operating law firm in the United States: Bobo, Carlisle & Edwards, which operates today as the Bean Law Firm, Spartanburg, SC. Served on the first Board of Trustees of Wofford College 1851-1861, and again 1863-1885 (twice as chairman). Elected Dec. 6, 1860 as a delegate to the SC Secessation Convention. A signer of the South Carolina Declaration of Secession from the Union during the formation of the Confederate States of America. Served in the Congress of South Carolina 1862-1864. Member of Central Methodist Church (first church in Spartanburg 1837) 1839-1885; Superintendent of Sunday School 1841-1880. Delegate to Methodist General Conference. Father-in-law of civic leader John W. Carlisle (1827-1914).
Son of Burwell Bobo, Sr. and Elizabeth Roebuck.
Married Nancy Holland Foster c.1833. She was the daughter of Anthony Foster, Jr. and Elizabeth Bobo of Cedar Springs, SC.
(Source: History of Spartanburg County, Landrum, 1900; History of Wofford College; and window plaque in Central United Methodist Church)
Son of Burwell Bobo, Sr. and Elizabeth Roebuck.
Married Nancy Holland Foster c.1833. She was the daughter of Anthony Foster, Jr. and Elizabeth Bobo of Cedar Springs, SC.
(Source: History of Spartanburg County, Landrum, 1900; History of Wofford College; and window plaque in Central United Methodist Church)
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