Anderson County
South Carolina
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Anderson County
South Carolina
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Anderson County
Index to Locations
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Joshua Whitner Ashley —
of South Carolina.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1892; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1913.
Interment at Mt. Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery.
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John Baylis Earle (1766-1863) —
of South Carolina.
Born in North Carolina, October
23, 1766.
U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 8th District, 1803-05; served
in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812.
Died in Anderson
County, S.C., February
3, 1863 (age 96 years, 103
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Wilton Earle Hall (1901-1980) —
also known as Wilton E. Hall —
of Anderson, Anderson
County, S.C.
Born in Starr, Anderson
County, S.C., March 11,
1901.
Son of Thomas Dean Hall and Sarah (Tucker) Hall.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; established radio
station WAIM, 1935; Presidential Elector for South Carolina, 1944,
1956;
U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1944-45; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, Navy
League; Sigma
Delta Chi; Elks; Lions.
Died in Anderson, Anderson
County, S.C., February
25, 1980 (age 78 years, 351
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
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Lewis Malone Ayer (1821-1895) —
of South Carolina.
Born near Barnwell, Barnwell District (now Barnwell
County), S.C., November
12, 1821.
Member of South Carolina state legislature, 1848-56; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention, 1861; Representative
from South Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Baptist.
Died March 8,
1895 (age 73 years, 116
days).
Interment at Old Silverbrook Cemetery.
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Asbury Churchwell Latimer (1851-1908) —
also known as Asbury C. Latimer —
of Belton, Anderson
County, S.C.
Born near Lowndesville, Abbeville
County, S.C., July 31,
1851.
Son of Clement T. Latimer and Frances B. Latimer.
Democrat. Farmer; chair of
Anderson County Democratic Party, 1890-93; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1893-1903; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1903-08; died in office 1908.
Methodist.
Died February
20, 1908 (age 56 years, 204
days).
Interment at Belton Cemetery.
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Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston (1896-1965) —
also known as Olin D. Johnston —
of Anderson, Anderson
County, S.C.; Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.
Born near Honea Path, Anderson
County, S.C., November
18, 1896.
Son of Edward Andrews Johnston and Lelia (Webb) Johnston.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1923-24, 1927-30; Governor of
South Carolina, 1935-39, 1943-45; member of Democratic
National Committee from South Carolina, 1935-40, 1944-48;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1948
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1952,
1956,
1964;
U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1945-65; died in office 1965.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Optimist
Club; Redmen; Woodmen;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Junior
Order.
Died April 18,
1965 (age 68 years, 151
days).
Interment at Barkers Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.
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John Clarence Taylor (1890-1983) —
of Anderson, Anderson
County, S.C.
Born in Honea Path, Anderson
County, S.C., March 2,
1890.
Son of L. W. Taylor and Rosa Ella (Massey) Taylor.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer; newspaper
publisher; livestock
auction business; Anderson
County Clerk of Court and Register of Deeds, 1921-32; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1933-39;
defeated, 1938; member of South
Carolina state senate from Anderson County, 1951-54, 1959-62.
Died in Anderson, Anderson
County, S.C., March 25,
1983 (age 93 years, 23
days).
Interment at Garden of Memories.
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Andrew Pickens (1779-1838) —
of South Carolina.
Born November
13, 1779.
Son of Andrew
Pickens (1739-1817).
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Governor of
South Carolina, 1816-18.
Died July 1,
1838 (age 58 years, 230
days).
Interment at Old Stone Churchyard.
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Andrew Pickens (1739-1817) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1739.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 5th District, 1793-95; member
of South Carolina state legislature.
Died in 1817
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Old Stone Churchyard.
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Barnard Elliott Bee (1787-1853) —
also known as Barnard E. Bee —
of Texas.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., 1787.
Son of Thomas
Bee.
Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; Texas
Republic Secretary of the Treasury, 1836; Texas
Republic Secretary of War, 1837-38; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1838-39; Texas Republic Minister to
the United States, 1838-41.
Died in 1853
(age about
66 years).
Interment at St. Paul's Episcopal Churchyard.
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Thomas Green Clemson (1807-1888) —
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 1,
1807.
Mining engineer;
U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Belgium, 1844-51.
Among the founders
of the Maryland Agricultural College, now the University of Maryland.
Bequeathed his home and land holdings to the state of South Carolina
for the purpose of establishing
an agricultural college, which was named for
him, and became Clemson University.
Died April 6,
1888 (age 80 years, 280
days).
Interment at St. Paul's Episcopal Churchyard.
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