Northern Alabama, historical and . re-sources, he is a man of rare business intuition,buoyant temper and elastic spirit—as fresli infeeling as a boy, the sort of man to accomplishgreat results. Among the exclusive plutocracyof New England, he has an elegant residence atBuzzards Bay, on the coast of Massachusetts, andon j\[onte Sano, Alabama, a pretty villa, for theaccommodation of himself and his guests duringhis trips to Huntsville. -^•-•i ROBERT BARNWELL RHETT, the father of along lineage and of a conspicuous public service,was born in 1800. The son, of whom this briefsketch i
Northern Alabama, historical and . re-sources, he is a man of rare business intuition,buoyant temper and elastic spirit—as fresli infeeling as a boy, the sort of man to accomplishgreat results. Among the exclusive plutocracyof New England, he has an elegant residence atBuzzards Bay, on the coast of Massachusetts, andon j\[onte Sano, Alabama, a pretty villa, for theaccommodation of himself and his guests duringhis trips to Huntsville. -^•-•i ROBERT BARNWELL RHETT, the father of along lineage and of a conspicuous public service,was born in 1800. The son, of whom this briefsketch is given, was born in Charleston, S. C., in1828. His accomplished mother was a Burnets,whose paternal grandfather came from Aberdeenin the colonial days, her maternal grandfatherbeing Daniel DeSaussure, whose son W. H. De-Saussure was first Controller of the United Statesmint and whose wife was Sarah Mcpherson, ofBadenoch-Cluny descent. On both sides of his house Mr. Ehett is identi-fied with the history of the United States, earlyand >fe<^^l„*«^^».-<^^-txi^ M^ij:z^ NORTHERN ALABAMA. 257 Prepared for college chiefly bj William \\. Ab-bott, of (ieorgetown, D. C, he entered Harvardfrom Charleston in 1845. At the June exhibitionof 47, being one of the first eight of a large class,he was a speaker ; at that of 48 he was again aspeaker : and on commencement day, 1849. Forrank in scholarship he was chosen a member ofThe Phi Beta Kappa Society. Ue was electedpresident and orator of The Hasty PuddingClub, and he was an active member of TheOneida Boat Club, pulling in several eight-oaredraces on the river Charles among the winning crew. President Everett having advised against a two-years travel in Europe, ho returned to Charleston,studied law in the office of .James L. Petigru, ajiersonal friend of his father, and was admitted tothe bar at Columbia, S. C, in 1851. He alsoserved on the staff of Governor Means. In 1853, sullering from laryngitis, having mar-ried
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