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Project ~35
Hattie )~ob1ey
Richiand County


FRANK HÄNGE

CIVIL WAH ~I~‘RV.ANT and HERO

	At the a~e of one hundred and tFu~ee,. 1~rank Range Is a ramiliar figure on the streete of Greenville, talking freely of pre.Cival and Civi~t1 ?~ar days, and the part ki~ played tri the wiu‘.

	.	!rank, tki~e oldest of‘ nine ch11drer~, w~a born of ~1ave parent3, Lenurd and Elizabeth Herbert, on th~e plantation of Mr.

Jim Baler, Newberry Sauth Øaz‘olina, }Le wae eold several times, arid te known by tkie naine of one of his owners, John gangs. ‚ Durifl8 .t~e~Civa1 ‘~ar kils nu~ater, Mr. Jim }~erbert, carried nlrn to the war as a cook, and when nOCØ~S~ry,. ~e was pressed into service, throwing up brsast~worka; and while he was engaged in ttiis ~iork, at Richmond va. a tàx‘~it1c boabardmer~t of their lines was made, arid a part of their breast-works was crushed in, and his master buried beneath It. Frantic with fear for the aarety. of ~i1a rn&~ter, Frank be~ gan to r~o‘ve t~e~dt~rt away; finally h~e was able to drag k~tm to safety. Though etiot and st~e11 were falling all around htn~, he came out un~ scathed.

	Frank i~~ang. returned to )îewberry at the close of the war, after which hi moved to Greenvtils County in 1901, and into the city in ~ I9~. • a. i~ néver happier than when, in the center of a group of wtUi~g hesr‘rs, he Is rectting ir~ a slngusong tons the different p•rtods ot kits 11f..

S	~ • a. attributes bis longevity to tt~e t~ot that bi has nov~er

~	Wb~SkS7i;~~ nev.r 9~,*ed ~.. ~tob&ccoj n~~€~r had a ~gbt; toott~*c~s