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John Peter Richardson (1831-1899) —
of South Carolina.
Born September
25, 1831.
Son of John
Peter Richardson (1801-1864).
Governor
of South Carolina, 1886-90.
Died July 6,
1899 (age 67 years, 284
days).
Interment at Quaker Cemetery.
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Joseph Brevard (1766-1821) —
of Camden, Kershaw District (now Kershaw
County), S.C.
Born in Iredell, Iredell
County, N.C., July 19,
1766.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1796-99; justice of
South Carolina state supreme court, 1801-15; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 9th District, 1819-21;
defeated, 1821.
Died in Camden, Kershaw District (now Kershaw
County), S.C., October
11, 1821 (age 55 years, 84
days).
Interment at Quaker Cemetery.
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Thomas Jefferson Withers (1804-1865) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Ebenezer, York
County, S.C., 1804.
State court judge in South Carolina, 1846; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from South Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861.
Died in Camden, Kershaw
County, S.C., November
7, 1865 (age about 61
years).
Interment at Quaker Cemetery.
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John Doby Kennedy (1840-1896) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Camden, Kershaw
County, S.C., January
5, 1840.
General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1878-82; candidate for
Governor
of South Carolina, 1882.
Died April 14,
1896 (age 56 years, 100
days).
Interment at Quaker Cemetery.
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Joseph Brevard Kershaw (1822-1894) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Camden, Kershaw
County, S.C., January
5, 1822.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1856; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention, 1860; general in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1865; state court judge in South Carolina,
1877-93.
Quaker.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Camden, Kershaw
County, S.C., April 13,
1894 (age 72 years, 98
days).
Interment at Quaker Cemetery.
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Thomas Ancrum (1888-1967) —
of Camden, Kershaw
County, S.C.
Born in Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C., August 4,
1888.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
South Carolina, 1944.
Died April 25,
1967 (age 78 years, 264
days).
Interment at Quaker Cemetery.
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