Makers of America; biographies of leading men of thought and action, the men who constitute the bone and sinew of American prosperity and life . is entry: Jean Avnant, natif de Nisme, fils de Jean Avnantet de Sibelle Dumas, et son femme Marie Soyer natif de Dieppeen Normandie. In the meager lists of Huguenot settlers ofSouth Carolina to be found to-day, this is the sole occurrence ofthe name of Dumas. Yet from this slender record is gleaned thefact that there was a family of Dumas in the ancient Gallic townwhich furnished a member, in the person of John Avnant, son ofJohn and Sybille (Dumas) A
Makers of America; biographies of leading men of thought and action, the men who constitute the bone and sinew of American prosperity and life . is entry: Jean Avnant, natif de Nisme, fils de Jean Avnantet de Sibelle Dumas, et son femme Marie Soyer natif de Dieppeen Normandie. In the meager lists of Huguenot settlers ofSouth Carolina to be found to-day, this is the sole occurrence ofthe name of Dumas. Yet from this slender record is gleaned thefact that there was a family of Dumas in the ancient Gallic townwhich furnished a member, in the person of John Avnant, son ofJohn and Sybille (Dumas) Avnant, to the early church onFrench Quarter Creek. The settlers of Orange Quarter arrived inthe Carolinas in 1680 on board the Richmond ship-of-war. Thevery ancient town of Msme or Mines was an important Huguenotcenter and the scene of much oppression during the religious up-risings. Under the Romans, Mmes was one of the most impor-tant of the cities of Gaul, and no town in France has so manyfine Roman remains. It is apparent that male members of the Dumas family came,sooner or later, to the Carolinas, for prosperous planters of the [480].
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