 The second was John Canty Villepigue on October 15, 1918; he was wounded so severely in the action for which he was recognized that he died several months later from his injuries.Villepigue was a descendant of General John B. Villepigue noted above.Statesman and financier Bernard M. Baruch (1870-1965), labor leader Lane Kirkland, and baseball player Larry Doby, the first African-American player in the American League, were each born in Kershaw County.