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[838] His contributions to medical literature, especially in the fields of sanitation and quarantine, are of great value. As an instructor in his profession he has done admirable service as demonstrator and assistant professor of his professional alma mater, and in various other capacities he has advanced his profession and the general welfare. Four years he served faithfully as alderman of the city. With his old comrades of the Confederacy he maintains friendly ties by membership in the survivors' association, and Sumter camp, and holds the rank of surgeon on the staff of Gen. C. I. Walker, commanding the division of South Carolina. In 1879 Dr. Simons was married to Serena D. Aiken, of Charleston, and they have five sons living.


Colonel Charles H. Simonton

Colonel Charles H. Simonton, of the Twenty-fifth South Carolina 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 merchant at Charleston. Judge Simonton was graduated at the South Carolina college in 1849, after which he read law and was admitted to practice at Charleston in 1852. In 1857 he formed a partnership with Theodore G. Barker, which continued until 1886. His career before the war was one of success in his profession and prominence in public affairs. He was assistant clerk of the house in the legislature of 1851-52, and in 1858 was elected to the legislature, and again in 1860. He was also active in military affairs and in 1857 was elected captain of the Washington light infantry. In command of this company he took charge of the United States arsenal at Charleston in November, 1860, under an agreement between the State authorities and Colonel Huger, of the United States ordnance department, and he continued in this duty until the secession of the State. He was then transferred to Castle Pinckney, where he was with his command during the siege of Fort Sumter, also serving on John's island and James island. In February, 1862, he and his company, then consisting of 250 men, were mustered into the Confederate States

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