Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 145, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 June 1916 — Young Men Set Noble Example. [ARTICLE]

Young Men Set Noble Example.

Young men among Declaration signers were Thomas Lynch of South Carolina and Edward Rutledge of South Carolina. They were both born in 1749, Lynch in August and Rutledge in November. Each was but twentyseven years old. Other young men were Thomas Heywood of South Carolina, born in 1746; Benjamin Rush, bom in 1745; Elbridge Gerry, bom in 1744; Thomas Jefferson, bom in 1743; Arthur Middleton of South Carolina, bora in 1743; Samuel Chase of Maryland, bora in 1741, and Benjamin Harrison of Virginia, born In 1740. Each member from South Carolina was a young man—Lynch, Rutledge, Heywood ami Middleton.