...lina regiment, now a judge of the United States circuit court, was born at Charleston, July 11, 1829. He is descended from a Pennsylvanian, of Scotch-Irish descent, who came to South Carolina after Braddock 's defeat, and engaged in planting. The grandson of the latter, and father of Judge Simonton, was Charles S. Simonton, who married Elizabeth Ross, a native of Ireland, and became a successful mercha...