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Robert Reid Hemphill was the family patrisrch (1840-1908). His parents were William Ramsey Hemphill and Hannah Lind. He grew up in Abbeville County, South Carolina. He worked as editor for the Abbeville Medium as well as an attorney. Hemphill enlisted in the Confederate Army bduring the Civil War. He served as a sergeant in Company G of the 1st South Carolina Infantry Regiment. Following the war, he briefly practiced law in Cleburne, Texas, before returning to his home in Abbeville County. This is a large format (8 1/2 X 6 1/2 inch) cabinet card showing showing four boys, some of Hemphill's children. They lived in Abbeville, South Carolina. Hemphill was addressed as General in is later years despite serving as a Sgt Major. He was later elected as Secretary of the South Carolina Senate. The cabinert card does not have the normal studio informationm at the bottom of the page. The portrait is undated, but would have been taken in yhe very late-1890s or the early-1900s. We suspect it was the early-1900s. The boys look to be about 7-18 years old. The older boys wear suits, one with knee pants and the other with long pants. Thevyounger boys weear shirts and knee pants. The youngest is barefoot. This is something we rarely see in the 19th century, but for some reason was common in the early-20th century, especially in the South.
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