Happy Birthday Arthur DeBruhl 1897 1975

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Norman Hoyle DeBruhl <telemandeb@gmail.com>

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From: Dean Desoto <catsnorth@yahoo.com>

Subject: Happy Birthday AM!

Date: August 8, 2019 at 7:33:31 AM EDT

To: Norman DeBruhl <telemandeb@gmail.com>

A birthday prayer for Arthur M. DeBruhl and his magnificent life.  A man I never met, yet I know through his mortal work. He helped to save my mother from a terrible fire, and saved my father from the terrible fires of the end of World War 2.  A special prayer for his young son Pete, a man and incarnate angel sent to help me complete my mortal task as assigned by our Lord.  God bless them and the entire DeBruhl family.  God bless AM and Pete.  Lord hear my prayers.  Amen

Dean DeSoto author of Saving Princess Zelda.

        A story about the Highland Hospital Fire March 10, 1948 in Asheville,
        North Carolina.  Zelda Fitzgerald wife of F Scott Fitzgerald and eight other
        patients died in this horrible fire.  Arthur DeBruhl and his fifteen year old son Norman (Pete) DeBruhl answered the call that night.  AM was
       Building Inspector for the City of Asheville his wife Janie DeBruhl and mother of
       Norman insisted he ride along with his father Arthur that fateful night.  Dean DeSoto
       found Norman in 2019 and made contact.  Norman agreed to work with
       Dean on his book, Saving Princess Zelda.  Dean's mother was a patient
       at Highland and survived the fire.  Dean made a promise to his mother
       to write the story about the fire and Zelda who was a friend of Deans mother and tried to save her
       on that fateful night.  She would have succeeded but the doors were locked and prevented
       it. 

Sgt William Jesse Marshall CSA

              

Photo added by Corey Patterson

Sgt William Jesse Marshall

Birth	5 Feb 1844 Richland County, South Carolina, USA
Death	2 Apr 1915 (aged 71) Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, USA
Burial	Old Jacksonville City Cemetery Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, USA
Plot	Confederate Section
Memorial ID	47798194 · View Source

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• Photos 1
• Flowers 3

Confederate Soldier. Sergeant Major. Co B, Orr's 1st Reg SC Rifles. Co D, 1st Reg Sc Infantry.

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Family Members

Parents

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  Jehu Foster Marshall

  1817–1862
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  Elizabeth DeBruhl Marshall

  1823–1863

Spouse

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  Lucy Grenville Corse Marshall

  1860–1925

Children

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  Eltinge Marshall Thurman

  1880–1954

Flowers • 3

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Left by Charlotte Ann Marshall-Kilvington on 28 Oct 2014                     

DeBruhl Marshall House

This house was erected in 1820 by Jesse DeBruhl a low country planter and broker. and is locally attributed to Robert Mills. While it has a good many of Mill's characteristics, it does not have quite the scale in details that would identify it as such. So far as the known records indicate, there is no basis to attribute the work to Mills.  DeBruhl family legends state that Jesse knew Robert Mills
The house was built for the DeBruhl family, a family long prominent in South Carolina political life, and the date of erection suggests it was built for Jesse DeBruhl, Jesse was very active in the public life of the city, and during the Harrison vs Van Buren presidential campaign was the leader of The Democrats in Richland County. The DeBruhl family intermarried with another prominent local family named Marshall, and the house has for years been known as the DeBruhl-Marshall house. In the early pert of the 20th century the property was purchased by James H. Sams, for years a prominent Columbia architect. Sams died about 1938. The house was operated as a rooming house until 1947 and had gotten in a very poor state of repair.
In 1947 the property was purchased by Mrs. George H. Rhodes and restored as a residence. Mrs. Rhodes made so many interior changes that little remains of the original plan except the center hall and major rooms. The stair, which was originally in a room at the rear of the house, is now in the center hall.
Mr. DeBruhl was twice married. His widow married a Mr. Wylie, and Mrs. E. G. Coker, of Columbia, says that during Mrs. Wylie's lifetime, between 1885 and 1895, the following changes were made: the small rear porch was removed and the present rear porches added; the bath was removed from the first floor to the basement; a window bay was added to the rear of the east room of the first floor; the stairs were removed from what is now the kitchen to their present position in the main hall.
Mrs. Wylie died in 1905, John Quitman Marshall, Esq., who next owned the house, added electricity and one bath.  He also added the staircase from the old Court House.  He installed a new roof and removed the old gutters, that may have contained the initials of the Architect Robert Mills.
The Confederate general, James A. Johnston, made the residence his headquarters in 1865. When General Sherman's army captured  Columbia in February 1865 the City was surrendered but on the second night of the occupation the troops started to systematically burn the City.  The fire reached the DeBruhl house the troops started fires in the attic.  Mrs Wylie Jesse DeBruhl's widow appealed directly to General Sherman to save her home.  General Sherman ordered guards to be placed around the house. Thus was saved this magnificent mansion.  When workers were doing some roofing work
in recent years they discovered the scorched roof rafters from that terrible night when an entire army
of 60,000 men took their revenge on the capital city of South Carolina, the State that led the
Secessionist Movement.  John Quitman Marshall was Secretary of State of South Carolina.
He completed the State Capitol Building, brought electric power to the City,  brought the electric street car system to the City.  He bought the DeBruhl Marshall mansion and remodeled it around 1900.  Jesse DeBruhl was John Quitman Marshall's grandfather.  His mother was Elizabeth DeBruhl
Marshall.  Mrs Wylies only son was William Jesse DeBruhl.  John Quitman Marshall as Secretary
of State administered the oath of office to Governor Wade Hampton a democrat his victory broke the
Carpet Bag rule over South Carolina in 1880 officially ended the occupation since 1865.  John Quitman Marshall left a lasting legacy on Columbia.  He insisted on the wide streets modern transportation system, paved streets, electric street lights, landscaped capitol grounds,
finished the capitol building. Not a bad legacy for one native son of Columbia.












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Mr Boatwright letter to William C DeBruhl September 2, 1852

                        September 2, 1852
                                                                        Columbia, SC

Friend William,

We have just been blank with one of the most terrific floods that ever visited these parts.  Nothing in the annuals of our county; has ever been known to equal it.  And the loss of life and property is incalculable.  All our bridges with exception of Congaree, has been carved off.  Western Bridge, Broad Rive, etc.  Charleston R. R. Bridge.  Both the Augusta Bridge all cut off.  We have as yet not heard of the extent of damage done, but fear the result.  Wm Spencer Brown and a few of McCollum’s were swept away and drowned.  Since all the Negroes on the Plantations below saved their lives by seeking shelter up the house tops and the fear a good many of them is lost. All the stock on the River Plantation are all gone.  None left as many plantations. Your friend Jesse DeBruhl has lost his entire crop.  Every foot of his Plantation is under water.  And his family escaped with their life, remained in a tree for a number of hours before rescued.

The Greenville R.R. is wrecked all to pieces.  They have had no mails for the last your days and all communication is cut off.  There is no knowing when we will receive any goods from Charleston few train tracks work as track or their Bridge is gone.  And what are we to do. God only knows. Corn and flour may run up amazingly and communication is every ones concern.

I must try to arrange some way to get our goods or fear we are in a bad way for many articles but our neighbors are in like predicaments.  And it cannot be arranged.  I have not time to tell you all the particulars.  It was a fearful time last Sunday.  Nearly all Columbia was torn about.  The Bridge, looking every moment to see it give away.  The water was running through. The water was running through the town and the current of drift wood and pressure against it was alarming.  But this noble structure stood the mighty torrent and was only a little injured.  All the houses and Fred Green, hills were swept away.  The hill under the Bridge entirely gone and we never entirely gave way in foundation it has ruined.  Fred W. Green and may a plantation and the news here today is that Augusta is infinitely worse off that we.  It was 8 feet water in the road.  Augusta and Hamburg completely enveloped in water.  All that plant are water comes here but their crop there has been a good many lives lost in Augusta and Hamburg.  It will make the county very sickly; and it will require medicine.  For my impression is there will be really sale for them.  I will order Opium and Morphine from Porvey & Whitman.  As he cannot wait.  I have them longer.  There is none in town.  We wish Pumice Stone, Umbilical Trusses about ½ dz and some Oil of Wintergreen. 1 pt of Sarsaparilla.  There you can fill at your leisure.

B. L. MacLauchlan dead. Alma Adam Edgar and we have heard today Wm C. Preston is dead.  Wm L. Brown’s lady has not yet been found.  McCollum farm was today.

Greenville R. R. Bridge, Camden R. R. Bridge both gone and the house at junction of the true ready, bedded in water.  Featen and Welsh & Mr Curry at Aston have but all their homes with everything in them entirely swept away and they respect in beat.  The rise of the River was awfully sudden all in one night and part of a day.  No one had any idea of it.  Stanley on coming home had not passed over the R. R. Bridge but 5 minutes before it was swept off. Saw it go. Well this is bad new blank  for a letter,  I will stop for the present.  We are all doing well. Your friend’s all well. 

My best respects to My B and all you family.

Regards closing to be remembered.

Thy blank, blank

Mr. W. Boatwright

1852

Aug 27-28

Landfall near the AL/MS border as a Cat 3 hurricane. Moved northeast across central GA and SC as a TS before moving off the coast near the NC/SC border.

Letter from Stephen C DeBruhl to Brother William DeBruhl July 8, 1858

                                                            Abbeville, SC
                                                                                                July 8, 1858

Brother William

I received yours of the 2^nd the day before yesterday and would have answered yesterday had not Parker been out of town.

I have just seen him and got the desired information.  He says he paid you six hundred and sixty 91/100 Dollars ($664.91) on the 4^th August 1857.  You are mistaken as to my owing you a letter.  I wrote to you some months ago and have never heard from you until now.  I expected to meet you in Columbia on the 4^th May at the Quitman calibration but was disappointed.  I was down applying for Equity and was admitted without difficulty.  By the by I am rising in the world, I now boast the title of Major in the Abbeville squadron of Calvary having been elected last Friday.  My friends however came nearer having to having bury one than vote for one in that day.  I was practicing for our tilt (which came off on Friday) on Thursday evening and the horse I was riding ran against the post which held the head for us at striking me full against it & consequently knocking me off.  My sword, I think, stuck my chin cutting it very severely and also tow of my fingers.  The blow came very near dislocating my jaw bone which is still quite sore.  My hip was also badly bruised.  I have not been able to eat anything except hominy & such soft things as do not require chewing until a day or two past.  I am now getting better tough.  I suffer a good deal still.  The rest of the family are all well.  Willie is getting on finely.  Col Marshall’s family are all well at present.  Cousins Mary came up yesterday and is looking I think as well as I have seen her for a number of years. 

I wish you could get off for a while and come spend some time with us as we are all very anxious to see you.  Don Mc Laughlin is established here in the Drug business with Dr. Gordon.  They are doing a very fine business.  The remainder of the town is pretty much as you left it with the exception of Bob White who ‘tis said intends talking to himself a wife in the person of Miss Sallie Belcher. 

I believe that our dull town affords nothing that will interest you especially as it is now if possible more so than usual.  Write to us soon & often.  All send their love.

Yours truly,

Stephen C DeBruhl

J Foster Marshall letter to Capt Wm Barkuloo July 7, 1859

                                                                                                Abbeville, C. H., SC
                                                                                                7^th July, 1859

Capt Wm Barkuloo,

Dear Sir,

Stephen informed my yesterday that you desired me to send you out the balance due to you as guardian of your son from the Estate of Sc. DeBruhl.

It will be out of my power to do so for some time to come as it is now a season when we planters never have any money.  I may come across some one who may have some money to loan, and in that event I will cheerfully avail myself of the means to furnish you with the balance.

I had made no preparation to meet this balance, supposing you intended to draw on me as you have done hereto before for William’s support; but as I have above said, I will avail myself of first chance to raise the funds and send it to you. Little Susan has gone up to Williamston for her health which is some better than it has been.

Aunt Susan is not well, and I fear her disease is a deep seated one, which no physician can cure.  Stephen’s habits of late have distressed her and Susan very much and I fear will be the cause of both their deaths if he does not learn this place.  If you can do anything to get him out where you are, or to Florida you will confer a lasting blessing on his family.  I a going to make one more effort with him; and if I fail, I am done with him until he reforms.  This is not the place for him/ His association must be broken up or he is a lost man.  What I have written is in confidence.

Respectfully yours,

J. Foster Marshall

Answered Sept 5, 1859

Stephan C DeBruhl letter to his brother William DeBruhl Jan 11 1858

                                                            Abbeville
                                                                                                Jan 11, 1858

Brother William

I was very much gratified by the receipt of your letter of December, 25 and pleased to hear that you anticipated a Merry Christmas.  I hope that all your pleasant anticipation were more than realized and that you found Miss Herman both pretty and agreeable.

I would have answered your letter immediately but was so much engaged enjoying myself that I really had not time.  We had the merriest  Christmas that I have ever spent.  I will give you an account if it & let you judge for yourself.  In the first place Alex Weir invited some six or seven young ladies from Pendleton & Anderson to spend Christmas holiday at his house, all of whom came down; as of course such an I influx pretty young ladies created quite an excitement in our usually quiet town.

These ladies having arrived On Monday before Christmas, Weir, gave then a party the next night (Tuesday).  At said party I was glad to see our friends, Don Mc Laughlin who came up to see about forming a partnership with Dave Gordon, in the Drug Store.  I do not know what was the result of his visit.  The next night (Wednesday) there was a very pleasant party at Mrs. White’s at which Don was also present.

The next Thursday night there was a hot supper given by the ladies of the Episcopal Church.  On Friday night a party at Mrs Miller’s which I did not attend, having been invited to another in the county before her invitations were sent out.  On Friday morning, Dolph Williams and myself started for Ros Tatum’s to attend an affair at Capt Portlow’s about half a mile from Tatum’s, John Portlow, whom I expect you recollect having seen at Tatum’s when we were there, having married the night before.  We arrived at Tatum’s about fifteen minutes after four, having driven over about as muddy roads as you can and found him & five other young men disposed as follows, two in bed, one on the lounge & the other three over a pitcher of delicious punch which you may well suppose was very refreshing to we way worn travelers.  

Having incorporated ourselves with a few glasses of the fragrant beverage rested awhile, we put ourselves in readiness for the party.  On our arrival at the party we found quite a number of the bright eyed rose cheeked lasses of the country interspersed with a few jewels from Georgia. Having passed the evening in conversation, music & dancing we broke up at a late hour every seeming much pleased.  Our party reached Tatum’s again between 1 & 2 o’clock when we again called the pitcher into requisition & soon had ½ gallon of steaming, fragrant care dispelling punch to which I assume you (if assurance be needed) we did ample justice.  Having restore the waste caused by the exertions at the party we all retired at an early hour (5 ½ o’clock) to our virtuous couches.  We rose the next day bright as larks & went over to Portlow’s for breakfast & after having thoroughly discussed the Turkey hash we adjourned to the parlor for a game of Euchre whist was kept up till we began to feel quite sleepy & thirsty when we again returned to Tatum’s & satisfied thirst, hunger & drowsiness. Sunday we spent very pleasantly in Georgia & started bright & early Monday morning for home in order to be there Monday night to a party given by the young men & of whom we were managers.  After again trapping through the mud all day we arrived at home about sun down.  Having with some difficulty removed the mud from us & put on clean shirts we once more felt right side up & proceeded to the Marshall House when we had one of the finest parties it has ever been my fortune to attend.  The next day I was at a dining party till after sun down & a party again at night which wound up my Christmas festivities & as you may imagine pretty nearly wound me up.  I am very sorry that I will be unable to come to Brunswick during the “Grand Regattas” as I will be as busy as bee until May.  Fraser Livingston marries the day after tomorrow so that he will alas be unable to come.  He marries Miss Fannie McCain.  Bill is worse off than either of us being over head & ears in love & I think will only get out by a kick.  He is after Miss Clara Kilpatrick & is now I think gone to Pendleton.  Jim Martin marries Miss Abrams on the 26^th this month.  Eph Power was to have been married tomorrow morning to Miss Kate Giles but the Old Squire has “over sot the whole affair”.  It seems that the Squire objected at first but finally gave his consent (being told by his daughter that she was determined to marry him), to their marriage but would not give them a party.  The consequently determined to marry tomorrow morning & proceed immediately to Cokesbury where his mother was to give them a party.  The arrangements were all made accordingly, the party in course of preparation, invitations went out & when alas the Old Squire calls the whole family together, Sons & sons-in-law, daughters & daughters-in-law to consult upon the matter the result of whose deliberations were that it could not be, Poor Eph I am sorry for him but he has the consolation that he not the only man who has been treated in that way.  I believe I have given you all the news afloat about our muddy town.

We are all well at present & have been so except myself.  I was quite sick the week before Christmas with fever & have been suffering very much for a week past with a large boil on my neck produced by a blister which the Dr. applied when I was sick.  It has got a great deal better but not entirely well yet.  I wish you would write to Wallace about the hire of Lewis for the two months that he was with Drummond.  It would be very acceptable at this time when money is as scarce as hen’s teeth.

Col Marshall made a final settlement of father’s personal Estate on Friday least.  It resulted better than he anticipated having amounted to a thousand dollars more than he expected.  The share of each distributer is $2,067.10 hence there is to you deducting your note & interest ($1552.68) which amounts (514.42).  We had a very heavy rain last night which continued with some abatement nearly all the but the sun has at least come forth & is now shining quite warmly,  too much so I am afraid to keep clear.  Write soon & tell me how you enjoyed your Christmas visit.

Yours truly

Stephen C. DeBruhl