Clement Sulivane

Clement Sulivane
Born August 20, 1838
Port Gibson, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Died November 9, 1920
Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland
Occupation Lawyer, politician
Spouse(s) Delia Bayly Hayward
Children Earl Van Dorn Sulivane
Vans Murray Sulivane
Ruth Sulivane
Parent(s) Vans Murray Sulivane
Octavia Van Dorn
Relatives Earl Van Dorn (uncle)
William Vans Murray (uncle)
Peter Aaron Van Dorn (maternal grandfather)

Clement Sulivane (1838-1920) was an American Confederate veteran, lawyer, journalist and politician. He served in the Maryland Senate from 1878 to 1880.

Biography

Early life

Clement Sulivane was born on August 20, 1838 in Port Gibson, Mississippi.[1] His father was Vans Murray Sulivane and his mother, Octavia Van Dorn.[1] His maternal grandfather was Peter Aaron Van Dorn (1773-1837).[2] One of his uncles was Earl Van Dorn.[1][3] Another uncle was William Vans Murray.[1]

He was educated at a preparatory school in Northampton, Massachusetts.[1] He attended Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey and graduated from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1857.[1] He studied the Law, and was admitted to the bar in 1860.[1]

During the American Civil War of 1861-1865, he served in the Confederate States Army as an aid-de-camp to his uncle, Earl Van Dorn.[1][3][4] He later wrote The Fall of Richmond.[1]

Career

He worked as a lawyer and journalist in Cambridge, Maryland.[1][3] He then served in the Maryland Senate from 1878 to 1880.[5]

Personal life

He married Delia Bayly Hayward, the daughter of William Richard Hayward and Eliza Ennalls Eccleston.[1] They had three children:

Death

He died on November 9, 1920 in Cambridge, Maryland.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 Biography
  2. Ancestry.com: Peter Aaron Van Dorn, 1773-1837
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Linda Gupton, Seasons in the South: The Lives Involved in the Death of General Van Dorn, AuthorHouse, 2013 , p. 97
  4. Myron J. Smith, Jr., The CSS Arkansas: A Confederate Ironclad on Western Waters, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2011, p. 205
  5. Maryland Senate