Anderson County · Marker 04-21
Richard W. Simpson
Cherry St. (S.C. Sec. Rd. 4-115), about 4 mi. E of Pendleton
Front inscription
Born in 1840, Colonel Simpson, lawyer, farmer, and legislator, drafted and executed Thomas Green Clemson's will, establishing Clemson Agricultural College in 1889. Simpson was first president of the college's board of trustees and once owned land which became part of the Simpson Experiment Station. He died in 1912 and is buried in the Simpson family cemetery here.