SWANSEA LOSES T Q COGBURN
Teacher for Many Years Dies Suddenly
Thomas Quarles Cogburn, 60, for a number of years a teacher in public schools of South Carolina, died suddenly at 11:45 Monday night at his home near Swansea.
Mr Cogburn was a native of Johnston but had lived in Swansea for eight years. He attended Furman University and later the University of South Carolina and Peabody College at Nashville. His first teaching experience was at Hopkins and following the Spanish American War he was sent to the Philippine Islands by the United States government as supervisor of education for three years. He later taught again in South Carolina and for a number of years was in the banking business at Norway. Recently he had taught and farmed near Swansea.
He was a Mason and a leader in the affairs of the community.
Surviving him aer his widow, Mrs Kathleen Cleckley Cogburn of Swansea; three brothers, R C Cogburn of Beaufort, Texas, B S Cogburn of Bamberg, and L E Cogburn of Eutawville; two sisters, Miss Mae Cogburn of Swansea, and Mrs Agnes Cogburn Addison of Shelton, and a number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 3 o'clock this afternoon from the Swansea Methodist Church. Interment will be in the churchyard.
Nov 25, 1931 The State
Teacher for Many Years Dies Suddenly
Thomas Quarles Cogburn, 60, for a number of years a teacher in public schools of South Carolina, died suddenly at 11:45 Monday night at his home near Swansea.
Mr Cogburn was a native of Johnston but had lived in Swansea for eight years. He attended Furman University and later the University of South Carolina and Peabody College at Nashville. His first teaching experience was at Hopkins and following the Spanish American War he was sent to the Philippine Islands by the United States government as supervisor of education for three years. He later taught again in South Carolina and for a number of years was in the banking business at Norway. Recently he had taught and farmed near Swansea.
He was a Mason and a leader in the affairs of the community.
Surviving him aer his widow, Mrs Kathleen Cleckley Cogburn of Swansea; three brothers, R C Cogburn of Beaufort, Texas, B S Cogburn of Bamberg, and L E Cogburn of Eutawville; two sisters, Miss Mae Cogburn of Swansea, and Mrs Agnes Cogburn Addison of Shelton, and a number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 3 o'clock this afternoon from the Swansea Methodist Church. Interment will be in the churchyard.
Nov 25, 1931 The State
SWANSEA LOSES T Q COGBURN
Teacher for Many Years Dies Suddenly
Thomas Quarles Cogburn, 60, for a number of years a teacher in public schools of South Carolina, died suddenly at 11:45 Monday night at his home near Swansea.
Mr Cogburn was a native of Johnston but had lived in Swansea for eight years. He attended Furman University and later the University of South Carolina and Peabody College at Nashville. His first teaching experience was at Hopkins and following the Spanish American War he was sent to the Philippine Islands by the United States government as supervisor of education for three years. He later taught again in South Carolina and for a number of years was in the banking business at Norway. Recently he had taught and farmed near Swansea.
He was a Mason and a leader in the affairs of the community.
Surviving him aer his widow, Mrs Kathleen Cleckley Cogburn of Swansea; three brothers, R C Cogburn of Beaufort, Texas, B S Cogburn of Bamberg, and L E Cogburn of Eutawville; two sisters, Miss Mae Cogburn of Swansea, and Mrs Agnes Cogburn Addison of Shelton, and a number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 3 o'clock this afternoon from the Swansea Methodist Church. Interment will be in the churchyard.
Nov 25, 1931 The State
Teacher for Many Years Dies Suddenly
Thomas Quarles Cogburn, 60, for a number of years a teacher in public schools of South Carolina, died suddenly at 11:45 Monday night at his home near Swansea.
Mr Cogburn was a native of Johnston but had lived in Swansea for eight years. He attended Furman University and later the University of South Carolina and Peabody College at Nashville. His first teaching experience was at Hopkins and following the Spanish American War he was sent to the Philippine Islands by the United States government as supervisor of education for three years. He later taught again in South Carolina and for a number of years was in the banking business at Norway. Recently he had taught and farmed near Swansea.
He was a Mason and a leader in the affairs of the community.
Surviving him aer his widow, Mrs Kathleen Cleckley Cogburn of Swansea; three brothers, R C Cogburn of Beaufort, Texas, B S Cogburn of Bamberg, and L E Cogburn of Eutawville; two sisters, Miss Mae Cogburn of Swansea, and Mrs Agnes Cogburn Addison of Shelton, and a number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 3 o'clock this afternoon from the Swansea Methodist Church. Interment will be in the churchyard.
Nov 25, 1931 The State
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