Albert M. Shipp

Albert M. Shipp is a South Carolina historical marker in Wallace, Marlboro County, dedicated 1970.

Marlboro County · dedicated 1970 · Near Gillespie Cemetery, U.S. Hwy. 1, 1 mi. N of Wallace, Wallace

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In Gillespie Cemetery, west of here, is buried Albert M. Shipp, Methodist minister, Professor of History at the University of North Carolina 1849-59, second President of Wofford College 1859-75, Vanderbilt University Professor and Dean 1875-85, and author of "Methodism in South Carolina." Dr. Shipp's last home, "Rose Hill" Plantation, is two miles NE.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
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Albert M. Shipp

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