Thomas Green Clemson Parkway
Dedicated in 1979
in Honor of
Thomas Green Clemson
1807-1888
A Native Philadelphian and
Leading Agriculturist. Mr.
Clemson was U.S. Charge
D'Affaires to Belgium, U.S.
Superintendent of
Agriculture, and the
1868 President of Pendleton
Farmers Society. An advocate of
The National Land Grant
Movement, he left his
estate to establish Clemson
University. He married
the daughter of John C.
Calhoun, Anna, and later
bought the Calhoun Home,
Fort Hill. He is Buried
in St. Paul's Episcopal Churchyard
at Pendleton
Marker is on Anderson Highway (State Highway 28 / 76) 0.1 miles south of Excelsior Mill Road.
Courtesy hmdb.org
