1. Samuel Dibble was a lawyer, educator and Confederate Civil War veteran who served several terms as US Representative from South Carolina during the 1880s.
18 Facts About Samuel Dibble
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Samuel Dibble was born in Charleston, South Carolina, the oldest son of Philander Virgil and Frances Ann Dibble.
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Philander and his brother Andrew Dibble moved from Bethel, Connecticut, to Charleston engaging in business together as hatters.
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Young Samuel Dibble pursued an academic course in Bethel, Connecticut, and Charleston, South Carolina.
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Samuel Dibble studied law between 1858 and 1859 under Jefferson Choice of Spartanburg, and Lesesne and Wilkins of Charleston, and was admitted as an attorney of law in December, 1859, and as a solicitor in equity in 1865 having studied equity under Hon.
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Samuel Dibble served in the Confederate States Army throughout the Civil War.
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Samuel Dibble resumed the practice of law in Orangeburg, South Carolina and edited the Orangeburg News.
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On January 3,1861, Samuel Dibble volunteered as a private in the Edisto Rifles in Col.
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Samuel Dibble later became a part of the Eutaw Regiment, Twenty-Fifth South Carolina Volunteers under Col.
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Samuel Dibble served as member of the State house of representatives in 1877 and 1878.
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Samuel Dibble served as member of the Board of School Commissioners of Orangeburg County.
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Samuel Dibble served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1880.
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Samuel Dibble was elected to the Forty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses.
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Samuel Dibble served as chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.
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Samuel Dibble declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1890.
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Samuel Dibble engaged in banking and other business interests in Orangeburg, South Carolina.
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Samuel Dibble died near Baltimore, Maryland, September 16,1913, his 76th birthday.
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Samuel Dibble was interred in Sunny Side Cemetery, Orangeburg, South Carolina.