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• m. Mary Catherine Phillips*, Jan. 15, 1873, Chapel Hill NC.
• Children: See Photo
  • Samuel Phillips Verner* (1873-1943).
    • m. Harriett Dunlap Bradshaw* (1873-1960)
    • m. An earlier African wife concurrent with Harriett, and with Verner's progeny has been reported in Central Africa.
  • John Verner, d. in infancy.
  • Emily Foster Verner (1875-1963).
    • m. Joseph Eaken James D.D. (1875-___?)
  • James Spencer Verner (1877-1933)
    • m. Eliza Bellamy Duffie (1878-1965)
  • William Henry Verner (1879-1905)
  • Ebenezer Pettigrew Verner (1882-1925)
    • m. Elizabeth Quale O'Neill (1884-1979)
  • Laura Battle Verner (1884-1973)
    • m. Lewis O'Bryan (1883-1937)
  • Charles Vermeule Verner (1887-__?), civil engineer; b. Dec. 5, 1887, Walhalla SC; d. in Asheville NC; educated at the University of South Carolina, Columbia SC.
    • m. Louise Huggins (1918-___?), daughter of George H. Huggins and Linda Cary. Charles and Louise had no children.
  • Lucy Plummer Verner (1891-___?), anaesthesiologist; b. Mar. 12, 1891. She was educated at the Presbyterian College for Women at Columbia SC, and at the Flora McDonald College, Red Springs NC. She earned her M.D. in 3 years at the Mayo Brothers Clinic in Rochester MN, and was the first woman ever to graduate from the Mayo Clinic. She worked at the University Hospital in Columbia SC as an anaesthesiologist. She never married and had no children.

Brief Biography:

After college he chose to become a lawyer. His clerkship was with Hon. W.C. Keith and he was admitted to the SC bar in 1873. He first established a law practice with W.C. Keith in Walhalla, SC, which lasted for 15 years. Among his major clients was the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company, which became a part of the Southern Railroad. He represented the County in the State Legislature from 1876 until 1884. He was Inspector-General, with the rank of Colonel on the staff of Governor Wade Hampton (a title which today would be interpreted as the "Solicitor General" or "Attorney General" for SC), and Major on the staff of General J. D. Kennedy. From 1895-1907, he was Master in Equity of Richland County.

From 1907 until his death in 1912, he returned to the practice of law in Columbia SC. His address was East Senate Street, Columbia SC. He was an active Presbyterian (serving as Deacon in Walhalla, and Elder in Columbia), a Royal Arch Mason, and a Democrat.