From Who' who in American Volume 4
Rutledge, Benjamin Hugrer, lawyer; b. Charleston, S. C., Sept. 4, 1861; i. Benjamin Huger and Eleanor (Middleton) R.; ed. pvtly., 1870-7; grad. Va. Mil. Inst., Lexington, Va., 1880, Yale, B. A., 1882; m. Fletcher, N. C., Oct. B, 1892, Emma Blake. Admitted to S. C. bar, 1884; ma]. S. C. Vols.; clerk Judiciary com. of S. C. legislature 4 yrs.; mem. S. C. Gen. Assembly, 1890; electoral messenger from S. C., for Cleveland's first election. Del.-at-large Universal Congress Lawyers and Jurists, St. Louis, 1904. Mem. St. Cecelia Soc.,
etc. Club: Charleston. Episcopalian. Democrat. Address: Charleston, S. C.
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From FAG contributor Cheryl Cartwright;
Father, Benjamin Huger Rutledge (B.A. 1848), a lawyer; member of the Secession Convention in i860; as Acting Brigadier General (commission recommended) commanded a cavalry brigade in Confederate Army during Civil War; member South Carolina Legislature in 1876; son of Benjamin Huger Rutledge, a lawyer, and Alice Ann (Weston) Rutledge; descendant of Hugh Rutledge, chancellor of South Carolina for about thirty years, who was a brother of Edward Rutledge, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and governor of South Carolina, and of John Rutledge, governor^of South Carolina; also descended from Dr. Andrew Rutledge, who was of English descent and who came from Ireland to Charleston in 1730 and was attorney-general of the colony
Mother, Eleanor Maria (Middleton) Rutledge; daughter of Oliver Henng and Susan Matilda Harriet (Chisolm) Middleton; descendant of Arthur Middleton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, of Henry Middleton, governor of South Carolina and minister of the United States to Russia, and of Edward Middleton, who came from England to Barbados and thence to South Carolina in 1678, where he received large tracts of land and was lord proprietor's deputy, assistant justice, and member of the Grand Council of the Province of South Carolina. Great-uncle, Francis H. Rutledge (B A. 1820) Virginia Military Institute (member of Beta Theta Pi; B S. 1880).
Entered Yale as a Junior in 1880; first colloquy appointment Senior year;'member Senior Promenade Committee Studied law with his father's firm, Rutledge & Young and was admitted to South Carolina Bar in May, 1884; practiced in office of Rutledge & Young 1884-87, formed partnership with his father under firm name of Rutledge & Rutledge November 1,1887, which continued until his father's death in 1893; practiced independently 1893-1906; member of firm of Mordecai, Gadsden, Rutledge & Hagood 1906-1913, Mordecai, Gadsden & Rutledge 1913-17, Rutledge & Hyde 19171920, Rutledge, Hyde & Mann 1920-24, and then Rutledge, Hyde, Mann & Figg until his death; was legal representative of several large insurance companies; local and then division counsel for Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company for over twenty years; appointed electoral messenger from South Carolina for Cleveland's first election; president city Democratic convention 1889; clerk of judiciary committee of South Carolina Legislature 1887; member State Legislature 1890-92; served as consul for Belgium at Charleston for over twenty years; elected Captain of Carolina Rifles in January, 1885, anc^ Major, commanding 2d Battalion, 4th Brigade, South Carolina Volunteer Troops, in September, 1887, and served for a number of years; delegate-at-large to Universal Congress of Lawyers and Jurists at St. Louis in 1904; member State Bar Association, St. Cecelia Society, and St. Michael's Episcopal.Church, Charleston (vestryman for thirty years).
Married October 5, 1892, in Fletcher, N. C, Emma Craig, daughter of Daniel and Helen Elisabeth (Craig) Blake. Children: Eleanor Middleton, the wife of Ralph T. Hanson (M.S Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1912), a graduate of the United States Naval Academy in 1907 and of the United States Naval War College in 1923; Emma Blake; Alice Weston; Benjamin Huger, Jr. (B.A. Johns Hopkins 1921, M D 1925); Amelia VanCortlandt; Susan Middleton; and Anne Blake
Death, due to pneumonia, occurred after a three weeks' illness Buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston. Survived by wife, son, six daughters, two brothers, Oliver Middleton Rutledge, of Fletcher, and Edward Rutledge, M D., of Charleston, and a sister, Mrs Edwin P. Frost, of Charleston.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1925-26.pdf
Rutledge, Benjamin Hugrer, lawyer; b. Charleston, S. C., Sept. 4, 1861; i. Benjamin Huger and Eleanor (Middleton) R.; ed. pvtly., 1870-7; grad. Va. Mil. Inst., Lexington, Va., 1880, Yale, B. A., 1882; m. Fletcher, N. C., Oct. B, 1892, Emma Blake. Admitted to S. C. bar, 1884; ma]. S. C. Vols.; clerk Judiciary com. of S. C. legislature 4 yrs.; mem. S. C. Gen. Assembly, 1890; electoral messenger from S. C., for Cleveland's first election. Del.-at-large Universal Congress Lawyers and Jurists, St. Louis, 1904. Mem. St. Cecelia Soc.,
etc. Club: Charleston. Episcopalian. Democrat. Address: Charleston, S. C.
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From FAG contributor Cheryl Cartwright;
Father, Benjamin Huger Rutledge (B.A. 1848), a lawyer; member of the Secession Convention in i860; as Acting Brigadier General (commission recommended) commanded a cavalry brigade in Confederate Army during Civil War; member South Carolina Legislature in 1876; son of Benjamin Huger Rutledge, a lawyer, and Alice Ann (Weston) Rutledge; descendant of Hugh Rutledge, chancellor of South Carolina for about thirty years, who was a brother of Edward Rutledge, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and governor of South Carolina, and of John Rutledge, governor^of South Carolina; also descended from Dr. Andrew Rutledge, who was of English descent and who came from Ireland to Charleston in 1730 and was attorney-general of the colony
Mother, Eleanor Maria (Middleton) Rutledge; daughter of Oliver Henng and Susan Matilda Harriet (Chisolm) Middleton; descendant of Arthur Middleton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, of Henry Middleton, governor of South Carolina and minister of the United States to Russia, and of Edward Middleton, who came from England to Barbados and thence to South Carolina in 1678, where he received large tracts of land and was lord proprietor's deputy, assistant justice, and member of the Grand Council of the Province of South Carolina. Great-uncle, Francis H. Rutledge (B A. 1820) Virginia Military Institute (member of Beta Theta Pi; B S. 1880).
Entered Yale as a Junior in 1880; first colloquy appointment Senior year;'member Senior Promenade Committee Studied law with his father's firm, Rutledge & Young and was admitted to South Carolina Bar in May, 1884; practiced in office of Rutledge & Young 1884-87, formed partnership with his father under firm name of Rutledge & Rutledge November 1,1887, which continued until his father's death in 1893; practiced independently 1893-1906; member of firm of Mordecai, Gadsden, Rutledge & Hagood 1906-1913, Mordecai, Gadsden & Rutledge 1913-17, Rutledge & Hyde 19171920, Rutledge, Hyde & Mann 1920-24, and then Rutledge, Hyde, Mann & Figg until his death; was legal representative of several large insurance companies; local and then division counsel for Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company for over twenty years; appointed electoral messenger from South Carolina for Cleveland's first election; president city Democratic convention 1889; clerk of judiciary committee of South Carolina Legislature 1887; member State Legislature 1890-92; served as consul for Belgium at Charleston for over twenty years; elected Captain of Carolina Rifles in January, 1885, anc^ Major, commanding 2d Battalion, 4th Brigade, South Carolina Volunteer Troops, in September, 1887, and served for a number of years; delegate-at-large to Universal Congress of Lawyers and Jurists at St. Louis in 1904; member State Bar Association, St. Cecelia Society, and St. Michael's Episcopal.Church, Charleston (vestryman for thirty years).
Married October 5, 1892, in Fletcher, N. C, Emma Craig, daughter of Daniel and Helen Elisabeth (Craig) Blake. Children: Eleanor Middleton, the wife of Ralph T. Hanson (M.S Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1912), a graduate of the United States Naval Academy in 1907 and of the United States Naval War College in 1923; Emma Blake; Alice Weston; Benjamin Huger, Jr. (B.A. Johns Hopkins 1921, M D 1925); Amelia VanCortlandt; Susan Middleton; and Anne Blake
Death, due to pneumonia, occurred after a three weeks' illness Buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston. Survived by wife, son, six daughters, two brothers, Oliver Middleton Rutledge, of Fletcher, and Edward Rutledge, M D., of Charleston, and a sister, Mrs Edwin P. Frost, of Charleston.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1925-26.pdf
From Who' who in American Volume 4
Rutledge, Benjamin Hugrer, lawyer; b. Charleston, S. C., Sept. 4, 1861; i. Benjamin Huger and Eleanor (Middleton) R.; ed. pvtly., 1870-7; grad. Va. Mil. Inst., Lexington, Va., 1880, Yale, B. A., 1882; m. Fletcher, N. C., Oct. B, 1892, Emma Blake. Admitted to S. C. bar, 1884; ma]. S. C. Vols.; clerk Judiciary com. of S. C. legislature 4 yrs.; mem. S. C. Gen. Assembly, 1890; electoral messenger from S. C., for Cleveland's first election. Del.-at-large Universal Congress Lawyers and Jurists, St. Louis, 1904. Mem. St. Cecelia Soc.,
etc. Club: Charleston. Episcopalian. Democrat. Address: Charleston, S. C.
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From FAG contributor Cheryl Cartwright;
Father, Benjamin Huger Rutledge (B.A. 1848), a lawyer; member of the Secession Convention in i860; as Acting Brigadier General (commission recommended) commanded a cavalry brigade in Confederate Army during Civil War; member South Carolina Legislature in 1876; son of Benjamin Huger Rutledge, a lawyer, and Alice Ann (Weston) Rutledge; descendant of Hugh Rutledge, chancellor of South Carolina for about thirty years, who was a brother of Edward Rutledge, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and governor of South Carolina, and of John Rutledge, governor^of South Carolina; also descended from Dr. Andrew Rutledge, who was of English descent and who came from Ireland to Charleston in 1730 and was attorney-general of the colony
Mother, Eleanor Maria (Middleton) Rutledge; daughter of Oliver Henng and Susan Matilda Harriet (Chisolm) Middleton; descendant of Arthur Middleton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, of Henry Middleton, governor of South Carolina and minister of the United States to Russia, and of Edward Middleton, who came from England to Barbados and thence to South Carolina in 1678, where he received large tracts of land and was lord proprietor's deputy, assistant justice, and member of the Grand Council of the Province of South Carolina. Great-uncle, Francis H. Rutledge (B A. 1820) Virginia Military Institute (member of Beta Theta Pi; B S. 1880).
Entered Yale as a Junior in 1880; first colloquy appointment Senior year;'member Senior Promenade Committee Studied law with his father's firm, Rutledge & Young and was admitted to South Carolina Bar in May, 1884; practiced in office of Rutledge & Young 1884-87, formed partnership with his father under firm name of Rutledge & Rutledge November 1,1887, which continued until his father's death in 1893; practiced independently 1893-1906; member of firm of Mordecai, Gadsden, Rutledge & Hagood 1906-1913, Mordecai, Gadsden & Rutledge 1913-17, Rutledge & Hyde 19171920, Rutledge, Hyde & Mann 1920-24, and then Rutledge, Hyde, Mann & Figg until his death; was legal representative of several large insurance companies; local and then division counsel for Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company for over twenty years; appointed electoral messenger from South Carolina for Cleveland's first election; president city Democratic convention 1889; clerk of judiciary committee of South Carolina Legislature 1887; member State Legislature 1890-92; served as consul for Belgium at Charleston for over twenty years; elected Captain of Carolina Rifles in January, 1885, anc^ Major, commanding 2d Battalion, 4th Brigade, South Carolina Volunteer Troops, in September, 1887, and served for a number of years; delegate-at-large to Universal Congress of Lawyers and Jurists at St. Louis in 1904; member State Bar Association, St. Cecelia Society, and St. Michael's Episcopal.Church, Charleston (vestryman for thirty years).
Married October 5, 1892, in Fletcher, N. C, Emma Craig, daughter of Daniel and Helen Elisabeth (Craig) Blake. Children: Eleanor Middleton, the wife of Ralph T. Hanson (M.S Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1912), a graduate of the United States Naval Academy in 1907 and of the United States Naval War College in 1923; Emma Blake; Alice Weston; Benjamin Huger, Jr. (B.A. Johns Hopkins 1921, M D 1925); Amelia VanCortlandt; Susan Middleton; and Anne Blake
Death, due to pneumonia, occurred after a three weeks' illness Buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston. Survived by wife, son, six daughters, two brothers, Oliver Middleton Rutledge, of Fletcher, and Edward Rutledge, M D., of Charleston, and a sister, Mrs Edwin P. Frost, of Charleston.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1925-26.pdf
Rutledge, Benjamin Hugrer, lawyer; b. Charleston, S. C., Sept. 4, 1861; i. Benjamin Huger and Eleanor (Middleton) R.; ed. pvtly., 1870-7; grad. Va. Mil. Inst., Lexington, Va., 1880, Yale, B. A., 1882; m. Fletcher, N. C., Oct. B, 1892, Emma Blake. Admitted to S. C. bar, 1884; ma]. S. C. Vols.; clerk Judiciary com. of S. C. legislature 4 yrs.; mem. S. C. Gen. Assembly, 1890; electoral messenger from S. C., for Cleveland's first election. Del.-at-large Universal Congress Lawyers and Jurists, St. Louis, 1904. Mem. St. Cecelia Soc.,
etc. Club: Charleston. Episcopalian. Democrat. Address: Charleston, S. C.
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From FAG contributor Cheryl Cartwright;
Father, Benjamin Huger Rutledge (B.A. 1848), a lawyer; member of the Secession Convention in i860; as Acting Brigadier General (commission recommended) commanded a cavalry brigade in Confederate Army during Civil War; member South Carolina Legislature in 1876; son of Benjamin Huger Rutledge, a lawyer, and Alice Ann (Weston) Rutledge; descendant of Hugh Rutledge, chancellor of South Carolina for about thirty years, who was a brother of Edward Rutledge, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and governor of South Carolina, and of John Rutledge, governor^of South Carolina; also descended from Dr. Andrew Rutledge, who was of English descent and who came from Ireland to Charleston in 1730 and was attorney-general of the colony
Mother, Eleanor Maria (Middleton) Rutledge; daughter of Oliver Henng and Susan Matilda Harriet (Chisolm) Middleton; descendant of Arthur Middleton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, of Henry Middleton, governor of South Carolina and minister of the United States to Russia, and of Edward Middleton, who came from England to Barbados and thence to South Carolina in 1678, where he received large tracts of land and was lord proprietor's deputy, assistant justice, and member of the Grand Council of the Province of South Carolina. Great-uncle, Francis H. Rutledge (B A. 1820) Virginia Military Institute (member of Beta Theta Pi; B S. 1880).
Entered Yale as a Junior in 1880; first colloquy appointment Senior year;'member Senior Promenade Committee Studied law with his father's firm, Rutledge & Young and was admitted to South Carolina Bar in May, 1884; practiced in office of Rutledge & Young 1884-87, formed partnership with his father under firm name of Rutledge & Rutledge November 1,1887, which continued until his father's death in 1893; practiced independently 1893-1906; member of firm of Mordecai, Gadsden, Rutledge & Hagood 1906-1913, Mordecai, Gadsden & Rutledge 1913-17, Rutledge & Hyde 19171920, Rutledge, Hyde & Mann 1920-24, and then Rutledge, Hyde, Mann & Figg until his death; was legal representative of several large insurance companies; local and then division counsel for Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company for over twenty years; appointed electoral messenger from South Carolina for Cleveland's first election; president city Democratic convention 1889; clerk of judiciary committee of South Carolina Legislature 1887; member State Legislature 1890-92; served as consul for Belgium at Charleston for over twenty years; elected Captain of Carolina Rifles in January, 1885, anc^ Major, commanding 2d Battalion, 4th Brigade, South Carolina Volunteer Troops, in September, 1887, and served for a number of years; delegate-at-large to Universal Congress of Lawyers and Jurists at St. Louis in 1904; member State Bar Association, St. Cecelia Society, and St. Michael's Episcopal.Church, Charleston (vestryman for thirty years).
Married October 5, 1892, in Fletcher, N. C, Emma Craig, daughter of Daniel and Helen Elisabeth (Craig) Blake. Children: Eleanor Middleton, the wife of Ralph T. Hanson (M.S Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1912), a graduate of the United States Naval Academy in 1907 and of the United States Naval War College in 1923; Emma Blake; Alice Weston; Benjamin Huger, Jr. (B.A. Johns Hopkins 1921, M D 1925); Amelia VanCortlandt; Susan Middleton; and Anne Blake
Death, due to pneumonia, occurred after a three weeks' illness Buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston. Survived by wife, son, six daughters, two brothers, Oliver Middleton Rutledge, of Fletcher, and Edward Rutledge, M D., of Charleston, and a sister, Mrs Edwin P. Frost, of Charleston.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1925-26.pdf
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