The Political Graveyard: Greenwood County, S.C.

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Greenwood County
South Carolina

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Greenwood County

Index to Locations

Callison Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery

Greenwood Magnolia Cemetery

Ninety Six Elmwood Cemetery

Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery
Callison, Greenwood County, South Carolina

Politicians buried here:

William Jennings Bryan Dorn (1916-2005) — also known as W. J. Bryan Dorn — of Greenwood, Greenwood County, S.C. Born near Greenwood, Greenwood County, S.C., April 14, 1916. Son of T. E. Dorn and Pearl (Griffith) Dorn. Democrat. Member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1939-40; defeated in primary, 1978; member of South Carolina state senate, 1941-43; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1947-49, 1951-74; candidate for U.S. Senator from South Carolina, 1948; candidate for Governor of South Carolina, 1974; South Carolina Democratic state chair, 1980-84; member of Democratic National Committee from South Carolina, 1980-84. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Rotary; American Legion; Newcomen Society. Died in Greenwood, Greenwood County, S.C., August 13, 2005 (age 89 years, 121 days). Interment at Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery.

		Presumably named for: William Jennings Bryan
		Relatives: Married 1948 to Mildred Johnson (died 1990).
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
		Books by William Jennings Bryan Dorn: Dorn: Of the People, A Political Way of Life, with Scott Derks (1988)

Magnolia Cemetery
Greenwood, Greenwood County, South Carolina

Politicians buried here:

David Wyatt Aiken (1828-1887) — also known as D. Wyatt Aiken — of Cokesbury, Abbeville County (now Greenwood County), S.C. Born in Winnsboro, Fairfield District (now Fairfield County), S.C., March 17, 1828. Son of William Aiken and Nancy (Kerr) Aiken. Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1864-66; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1876; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1877-87. Member, Grange. Died in Cokesbury, Abbeville County (now Greenwood County), S.C., April 6, 1887 (age 59 years, 20 days). Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of William Aiken and Nancy (Kerr) Aiken; first cousin of William Aiken, Jr.; married to Mattie Gaillard; married 1852 to Virginia Smith; father of Wyatt Aiken. See Aiken family of South Carolina.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

Elmwood Cemetery
Ninety Six, Greenwood County, South Carolina

Politicians buried here:

Joseph Warren Tolbert (d. 1946) — also known as Joseph W. Tolbert; "Tie-Less Joe" — of Greenwood, Greenwood County, S.C.; Ninety Six, Greenwood County, S.C. Son of John Robert Tolbert. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1900 (alternate), 1908, 1912, 1916, 1924, 1928, 1936; member of Republican National Committee from South Carolina, 1912-24; South Carolina Republican state chair, 1925-31. Hit by a car (perhaps intentionally), in his front yard, and died soon after, in Ninety Six, Greenwood County, S.C., 1946. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.

Relatives: Brother of Robert Redd Tolbert. See Tolbert family of South Carolina.

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