The charlestonian I chose was Susan Dunlap Adger. according to Find a Grave, she was born on December 25, 1808 and died on March 8, 1884. She is the daughter of James and Sarah Adger. She had three sisters and four brothers. She was the second born child in the family. According to SNAC, the Adger family was very wealthy. Susan's father, James was a merchant.
The grandchild of Susan wrote about her stating,"My grandmother was Susan Dunlap Adger Smythe Bennett of Charleston, South Carolina. her husband was John Bennett of Chillicothe, Ohio, who moved south for his health, and having married a Charleston girl he made Charleston his home. He was a writer. In fact, he was inducted into the South Carolina Academy of Authors on March 20th.
Her husband, John was pretty successful. According to Legendary Locals of Charleston, he came to Charleston having already published a book in 1897. He successfully wrote a children's book called Master Skylark. Because of growing up in Ohio, he was obsessed with the African American culture, Gullah. He collected these stories for 40 years and published them all together in a book in 1946.
It crosses my mind how they made this relationship work with the huge age difference, but I guess back then it didn't matter. i couldn't fins a lot of information about Susan, but i found as much as I could. She is buried in Second Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC.
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