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Daniel DeSaussure (1736-1798) —
also known as John Daniel Hector DeSaussure —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Prince William Parish County (now part of Beaufort
County), S.C., April
10, 1736.
Merchant;
importer;
banker;
member of South
Carolina state senate from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1785-90; delegate
to South Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788.
Episcopalian.
French
Huguenot ancestry.
Died in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., July 2,
1798 (age 62 years, 83
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry William de Saussure (1763-1839) —
also known as Henry W. de Saussure —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.; Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Jasper
County, S.C., August
16, 1763.
Lawyer;
delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention, 1790; member
of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1790-94, 1796-98,
1806-08; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1797-99.
Congregationalist.
Died in Columbia, Richland District (now Richland
County), S.C., March
26, 1839 (age 75 years, 222
days).
Interment at First
Presbyterian Churchyard, Columbia, S.C.
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William Ford DeSaussure (1792-1870) —
also known as William F. DeSaussure —
of Columbia, Richland District (now Richland
County), S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
22, 1792.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Richland, 1837-40,
1842-48; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1852-53; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from Richland, 1860-62.
Slaveowner.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., March
13, 1870 (age 78 years, 19
days).
Interment at Presbyterian
Churchyard, Columbia, S.C.
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Robert Barnwell Rhett (1800-1876) —
also known as Robert Rhett; Robert Barnwell
Smith —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Beaufort, Beaufort
County, S.C., December
21, 1800.
Democrat. South
Carolina state attorney general, 1832; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1837-49 (7th District
1837-39, 6th District 1839-41, 7th District 1841-49); U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1850-52; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from St. Philips' & St.
Michael's, 1860-62; Delegate
from South Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62.
Slaveowner.
Died in St. James
Parish, La., September
14, 1876 (age 75 years, 268
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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Andrew William Burnet (1811-1896) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Colleton District (now Colleton
County), S.C., June 12,
1811.
Delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from St. Philips' & St.
Michael's, 1860-62.
Died December
6, 1896 (age 85 years, 177
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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Wilmot Gibbes de Saussure (1822-1886) —
also known as Wilmot G. de Saussure —
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., July 23,
1822.
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1848-49, 1854-57,
1860-63; Adjutant
General of South Carolina, 1862.
French
Huguenot ancestry. Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Ocala, Marion
County, Fla., February
1, 1886 (age 63 years, 193
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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Robert Barnwell Rhett Jr. (1828-1905) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
25, 1828.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,
1876-78.
Died in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., January
29, 1905 (age 76 years, 339
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Ala.
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Burnet Rhett Maybank (1899-1954) —
also known as Burnet R. Maybank —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March 7,
1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; cotton exporter;
mayor
of Charleston, S.C., 1931-38; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Carolina, 1936,
1940,
1944
(speaker),
1952
(member, Credentials
Committee); Governor of
South Carolina, 1939-41; member of Democratic
National Committee from South Carolina, 1940; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1941-54; died in office 1954.
Episcopalian.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Flat Rock, Henderson
County, N.C., September
1, 1954 (age 55 years, 178
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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