Background
McMASTER, Fitz Hugh was born on July 22, 1867 in Winnsboro, South Carolina, United States. Son of George Hunter and Mary Elizabeth (Flenniken) McMaster.
McMASTER, Fitz Hugh was born on July 22, 1867 in Winnsboro, South Carolina, United States. Son of George Hunter and Mary Elizabeth (Flenniken) McMaster.
Preparatory education, Mount Zion Academy, Winnsboro. Bachelor of Arts, University of South Carolina., 1888, Bachelor of Laws, 1889.
Reporter Columbia (South Carolina.) Record, 1890-1891, The State, Columbia, 1893-1895. Manager Evening Post, Charleston, South Carolina., 1895-1903. Circulation manager The State, 1903-1908.
Insurance commissioner of South Carolina., 1908-1918. City editor The State, 1917-1920. Assistant manager Carolina Life Insurance Company, 1929.
Editor Columbia Record, 1929-1931. Then served as reporter on The State. Manager Standard Cotton Warehouse, Columbia, 1934-1941, retired.
Secretary and treasurer National Convention of Insurance Commissioners, 1912-1917.
Member, South Carolina General Assembly, Charleston Company, 1900-1901. State Insurance Commissioner, South Carolina, 1908-1918. Lieutenant Colonel, Staff of Governor.
W. G. Harvey and R. C. Cooper. Member Historical Commission, South Carolina. Chmn. Board of Commissioners of State Confederate Home, South Carolina, since 1925.
Editor, The Columbia Record. since 1928. Author: The Lords Proprietors of South Carolina. The McMaster Family in American, 1926.
Member: Phi Beta Kappa. Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Sigma Delta Chi. Clubs: Ko8mos (Columbia, South Carolina), Hunting (Wateree).
Married Elizabeth S. Waring, November 2, 1892.