This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: easternmantra Surnames: Raoul, Theus, Thomson, Haskell, McLemore, Raoul de ChampManoir, Pinel Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.southcarolina.counties.beaufort/276.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The following comes from the book Kith and Kin, written by Kate McLemore in 1948 and published by The Paragon Press in Montgomery, Alabama. Eliza B. Haskell was born on April 22, 1814 and died January 12, 1852, but the book does not specify where. It's very possible that some of the records on her might have been lost when the cities of Columbia and Orangeburg in South Carolina burned down during the Civil War. The book details very little about Haskell and Alfred Raoul, although it does include a letter written by Alfred in the aftermath of General William Tecumseh Sherman's burning of Columbia in 1865. Is Eliza Haskell related to Confederate Col. Alexander Cheves Haskell? The father of Alfred Raoul was indeed Dr. John Louis Raoul, or in full, Jean Rose Marie Desire' Raoul de ChampManoir. Raoul de ChampManoir was born in 1783 in Dinan, France and was a marquis during Napoleon's reign. His family hailed from Burgundy. Dr. Raoul studied medicine under Napoleon's physician Phillippe Pinel and developed a close friendship with Napoleon's nephew, the Duc D'Enghein. Raoul penned a set of memoirs after the duke's assassination and Napoleon was so incensed by them that he imprisoned Raoul, but his life was spared by the intercession of his brother. However, he was exiled from the country in 1809 and boarded a vessel that eventually sunk off the Atlantic coast. He clung to the wreckage for 24 hours before being rescued by a schooner that brought him to Charleston. The day afterward he came to aid an elderly man who was thrown out of a carriage by his horses. Raoul set the man's leg in place and ended up being paid to continue attending upon the man, wh! ich enables him to start up his own practice in Charleston. He married the widow of John Paul Thompson, Caroline Eliza Theus in Belleville plantation, South Carolina sometime in 1812, probably during that summer. Raoul would die of typhoid fever on August 17, 1827. Raoul and his wife Caroline had six children, including Alfred, who was the second to be born. Caroline was born in Charleston on January 1, 1786 and died in Columbia, S.C. on January 23, 1839. Both were buried in Columbia's Trinity Churchyard. I hope that helps. Speaking of the Raouls, would you or anyone else happen to know of Sadie Cromlin Raoul is the granddaughter of Thomas Cooper Raoul, the son of Alfred's brother Frederic Sebastian Raoul? Ian Beverly Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

If you want to learn about the Theus family of Charleston, I suggest you read a copy of Jeremiah Theus, Colonial Painter of Charleston..?His paintings?of well known Charleston people are in many museums.?The Theus family were from Switzerland and settled in Charaleston with many descendants. Not sure where Caroline (Theus) Thompson Haskell fits into that family. -----Original Message----- From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: SCBEAUFO-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, Jul 22, 2009 3:32 pm Subject: Re: [SCBEAUFO] Heyward/Heywood connection to Hassell/Haskell or Raoul Families... This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: easternmantra Surnames: Raoul, Theus, Thomson, Haskell, McLemore, Raoul de ChampManoir, Pinel Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.southcarolina.counties.beaufort/276.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The following comes from the book Kith and Kin, written by Kate McLemore in 1948 and published by The Paragon Press in Montgomery, Alabama. Eliza B. Haskell was born on April 22, 1814 and died January 12, 1852, but the book does not specify where. It's very possible that some of the records on her might have been lost when the cities of Columbia and Orangeburg in South Carolina burned down during the Civil War. The book details very little about Haskell and Alfred Raoul, although it does include a letter written by Alfred in the aftermath of General William Tecumseh Sherman's burning of Columbia in 1865. Is Eliza Haskell related to Confederate Col. Alexander Cheves Haskell? The father of Alfred Raoul was indeed Dr. John Louis Raoul, or in full, Jean Rose Marie Desire' Raoul de ChampManoir. Raoul de ChampManoir was born in 1783 in Dinan, France and was a marquis during Napoleon's reign. His family hailed from Burgundy. Dr. Raoul studied medicine under Napoleon's physician Phillippe Pinel and developed a close friendship with Napoleon's nephew, the Duc D'Enghein. Raoul penned a set of memoirs after the duke's assassination and Napoleon was so incensed by them that he imprisoned Raoul, but his life was spared by the intercession of his brother. However, he was exiled from the country in 1809 and boarded a vessel that eventually sunk off the Atlantic coast. He clung to the wreckage for 24 hours before being rescued by a schooner that brought him to Charleston. The day afterward he came to aid an elderly man who was thrown out of a carriage by his horses. Raoul set the man's leg in place and ended up being paid to continue attending upon the man, wh! ich en ables him to start up his own practice in Charleston. He married the widow of John Paul Thompson, Caroline Eliza Theus in Belleville plantation, South Carolina sometime in 1812, probably during that summer. Raoul would die of typhoid fever on August 17, 1827. Raoul and his wife Caroline had six children, including Alfred, who was the second to be born. Caroline was born in Charleston on January 1, 1786 and died in Columbia, S.C. on January 23, 1839. Both were buried in Columbia's Trinity Churchyard. I hope that helps. Speaking of the Raouls, would you or anyone else happen to know of Sadie Cromlin Raoul is the granddaughter of Thomas Cooper Raoul, the son of Alfred's brother Frederic Sebastian Raoul? Ian Beverly Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCBEAUFO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message