Clement Sulivane Explained

Clement Sulivane
Birth Date:August 20, 1838
Birth Place:Port Gibson, Claiborne County, Mississippi, U.S.
Death Date:November 9, 1920
Death Place:Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland, U.S.
Occupation:Lawyer, politician
Spouse:Delia Bayly Hayward
Children:Earl Van Dorn Sulivane
Vans Murray Sulivane
Ruth Sulivane
Parents:Vans Murray Sulivane
Octavia Van Dorn
Relatives:Earl Van Dorn (uncle)
William Vans Murray (uncle)
Peter Aaron Van Dorn (maternal grandfather)
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Allegiance: (1861–1865)
Serviceyears:1861–1865
Rank:Aide-de-camp (CSA)

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

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 aide-de-camp to his uncle, Earl Van Dorn.[1] [3] [4] He later wrote The Fall of Richmond.[1]

Career

Sulivane 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

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

Death

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Clement Sulivane Biography. 31 July 2016.
  2. Web site: Claiborne County MSGenWeb. 31 July 2016.
  3. Linda Gupton, Seasons in the South: The Lives Involved in the Death of General Van Dorn, AuthorHouse, 2013, p. 97 https://books.google.com/books?id=iPbkDasrI7oC&dq=Clement+Sulivane&pg=PA100
  4. Myron J. Smith, Jr., The CSS Arkansas: A Confederate Ironclad on Western Waters, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2011, p. 205 https://books.google.com/books?id=H-7pwVEncSEC&dq=Clement+Sulivane&pg=PA205
  5. Web site: Clement Sulivane, MSA SC 3520-12888. 31 July 2016.