Wilson, Stanyarne, 1860-1928

LC control no.	n 2012022647
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Wilson, Stanyarne, 1860-1928 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	U.S.
Birth date	18600110
Death date	19280214
Place of birth	York, S.C.
Place of death	Spartanburg, S.C.
Affiliation	Washington and Lee University Kings Mountain Military School United States. Congress. House
Profession or occupation	Legislators
Found in	NUCMC data from The Citadel Archives & Museum for Grover Criswell collection, 1852-1953 (contains an address by Hon. Stanyarne Wilson) Bankruptcy bill, 1898: t.p. (Stanyarne Wilson) Biog. Dir. of the U.S. Congress website, viewed Apr. 5, 2012 (WILSON, Stanyarne, a Representative from South Carolina; born in Yorkville (now York), S.C., Jan. 10, 1860; attended Kings Mountain Military School and Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.; studied law; was admitted to the bar by an act of the legislature in 1880, then being a minor; settled in Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, S.C., in 1881; practiced law and was also interested in cotton manufactures, gold mining, iron works, and agriculture; member of the State house of representatives 1884-1886 and 1890-1892; served in the State senate 1892-1895; member of the State constitutional convention in 1895; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fourth, Fifty-fifth, and Fifty-sixth Congresses (Mar. 4, 1895-Mar. 3, 1901); continued the practice of law in Spartanburg, S.C., and later in Richmond, Va., where he moved in 1913; returned to Spartanburg, S.C., in Jan. 1928, and died there Feb. 14, 1928; interment in Church of the Advent Cemetery)