Background
Colcock, Francis Horton was born on June 19, 1855 in Huntsville, Alabama, United States. Son of Colonel Charles Jones and Lucy Frances (Horton) Colcock.
Colcock, Francis Horton was born on June 19, 1855 in Huntsville, Alabama, United States. Son of Colonel Charles Jones and Lucy Frances (Horton) Colcock.
Descendant of Revolutionary ancestry. Civil Engineer, Union College, Schnectady, New York, 1877. (Doctor of Laws, University of Alabama).
Studied law in office of General James Conner, Charleston, South Carolina., and admitted to bar, 1879. Member Howell, Murphy & Colcock, of Hampton and Walterboro, South Carolina., 1880-1882. Teacher Porter Military Academy, 1886-1894.
Assistant professor mathematics, 1894-1899, professor, 1899-1907, professor mathematics and astronomy, 1907-1915, dean department Physics and Engineering, 1907-1908, dean Department Engineering and Mathematics, 1907-1912, University of South Carolina.
Resumed practice, June 1915, then at Beaufort, South Carolina. Also planter. Was commissioner of company schools of Charleston Company, South Carolina., and commissioner public schools of Charleston, rearganizing same.
Vice president National Rivers and Harbors Congress. Member Good Roads Congress, Washington, District of Columbia, 1911 (commission on organization).
Member Howell, Murphy & Colcock, of Hampton and Walterboro, South Carolina., 1880-1882.
Married Mary Robert Jones, August 4, 1880.