Lee County · Marker 31-08
Ellison Durant Smith August 1, 1864-November 17, 1944
Intersection of Church St. (S.C. Hwy. 341) & Potts St. (U.S. Hwy. 76), Lynchburg
Front inscription
Known nationally as "Cotton Ed" and active in 1905 in forming the Southern Cotton Association, Ellison DuRant Smith was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1908 and served until his death in 1944, having been Committee Chairman of Agriculture and of Interstate Commerce. His home, Tanglewood, is 3 miles east on Highway 341