1229 Calhoun Street – Samuel P. Boozer / Garlington Home

 City Directories and History:  Reported to have been constructed just prior to the Civil War by Samuel P. Boozer (1834-1900), this magnificent home remains a testament to the quality of artisans working in the ante-bellum era and the money available for building such fine homes in Newberry. The owner was a local merchant and in 1904 the home was sold by his estate to A.C. Jones. (SC National Register Property)

View of Calhoun Street, ca. 1910. Courtesy of the Beard Postcard Collection – 2017

A. C. GARLINGTON – Was a native of Laurens County; graduated at the University of Georgia; read law, and in 1848 came to Newberry to practice, having married in Newberry, where he soon made a tine reputation as a lawyer and orator. He was one of the finest and most eloquent speakers I ever listened to. He was a candidate for the Legislature in 1850, when the whole district and the State were excited on the Bank question. He took the side of the bank, and was elected by a large majority. He was again elected in 1852. In 1854 he ran for Congress against Preston S. Brooks, and was defeated. He was elected State Senator in 1856, and again in 1860. During the War of Secession he served some months as Major of the Holcombe Legion, until his presence was demanded in the Adjutant-General’s office, which he also held. In 1865 he was again elected to the House of Representatives—making three terms in the House and two in the Senate, fourteen years of legislative service. After the war he went to Atlanta, Georgia, remaining there a few years, and returned to South Carolina, where he lived the remainder of his life. He died on the 27th day of March, 1885, having nearly completed his sixty-second year.

He was survived by his widow, who was Sallie L. Moon, daughter of Dr. Peter Moon; one daughter, now Mrs. W. Y. Fair, and three sons, Ernest A., who graduated at West Point, at the head of his class, on June 1oth, 1875, and was commissioned as second lieutenant in the United States Army and assigned to the Seventh Cavalry, being promoted to first lieutenant on June 26th of the same year. He commanded the expedition sent to the Arctic Sea in 1882 for the relief of Lieutenant Greeley. He was severely wounded in the right arm in a fight with Indians at Wounded Knee on December 20th, 1800, and shortly afterwards was promoted to the rank of Captain. William M. and Harry H., now living in Newberry County.

(Information from: The Annals of Newberry Co., SC – O’Neall and Chapman, Aull and Houseal Publishers – 1892)

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