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    1. [SCNEWBERRY] Fw: Calhoun marker stolen
    2. Valeria Wigington
    3. Subject: Calhoun marker stolen >CALHOUN FAMILY MARKER STOLEN FROM CEMETERY HILL > >The Clemson University Police Department asks for your help in locating a >stone monument removed during the weekend from Woodland Cemetery on >Clemson's campus. > >The monument marked the grave of James Edward Calhoun, a direct descendant >of Andrew Pickens Calhoun, the eldest son of John C. Calhoun. > >The official military marker commemorated James Edward Calhoun's service in >the Spanish American War. He died in 1937 and was buried in the Calhoun >family plot on what has come to be known as Cemetery Hill. > >The inscription on the marker reads: > >JAMES EDWARD CALHOUN >CAPTAIN >2nd ARMY CORPS >U.S. VOL. >SPANISH >AMERICAN WAR > >1878-1937 > > >Anyone with information on the whereabouts of this marker is asked to call the >Clemson University Police at 656-2222 >

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