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Maybank-Myers-Rhett family of Charleston, South Carolina

Note: This is just one of 1,325 family groupings listed on The Political Graveyard web site. These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.

This specific family group is a subset of the much larger Four Thousand Related Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset.

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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.
  Relatives: Son of Robert Barnwell Rhett and Elizabeth Washington (Burnett) Rhett; married to Josephine Horton and Harriet Moore; nephew of Andrew William Burnet; grandnephew of Henry William de Saussure; granduncle of Burnet Rhett Maybank; great-grandson of Daniel DeSaussure; great-granduncle of Burnet Rhett Maybank Jr.; first cousin once removed of William Ford DeSaussure; second cousin of Wilmot Gibbes de Saussure.
  Political families: DeSaussure-Rhett family of Charleston, South Carolina; Maybank-Myers-Rhett family of Charleston, South Carolina (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Francis Kerchner Myers (1874-1940) — Born in Wilmington, New Hanover County, N.C., March 7, 1874. U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of South Carolina, 1934-40; died in office 1940. Died in Charleston, Charleston County, S.C., August 2, 1940 (age 66 years, 148 days). Interment at Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Dominicy Myers and Eliza Hill 'Lessie' (DeRosset) Myers; married to Roberta Atkinson Smith; father of Elizabeth DeRosset Myers (who married Burnet Rhett Maybank); grandfather of Burnet Rhett Maybank Jr..
  Political family: Maybank-Myers-Rhett family of Charleston, South Carolina (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also federal judicial profile — Find-A-Grave memorial — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Maybank and Harriet Lowndes (Rhett) Maybank; married 1923 to Elizabeth DeRosset Myers (daughter of Francis Kerchner Myers); married 1948 to Mary Cecil; father of Burnet Rhett Maybank Jr.; grandnephew of Robert Barnwell Rhett Jr.; great-grandson of Robert Barnwell Rhett, William Aiken Jr. and John Edward Frampton; great-grandnephew of Andrew William Burnet; second great-grandson of Thomas Lowndes; second great-grandnephew of Henry William de Saussure and William Jones Lowndes; third great-grandson of Rawlins Lowndes and Daniel DeSaussure; first cousin thrice removed of William Ford DeSaussure; second cousin twice removed of Wilmot Gibbes de Saussure; third cousin twice removed of Charles Pinckney Brown.
  Political families: DeSaussure-Rhett family of Charleston, South Carolina; Maybank-Myers-Rhett family of Charleston, South Carolina (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Burnet Rhett Maybank Jr. (1924-2016) — also known as Burnet R. Maybank — of Greenville, Greenville County, S.C.; Charleston, Charleston County, S.C. Born in Charleston, Charleston County, S.C., May 2, 1924. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1953-58; Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina, 1959-61. Died in Charleston, Charleston County, S.C., October 25, 2016 (age 92 years, 176 days). Interment at Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery, Edisto Island, S.C.
  Relatives: Son of Burnet Rhett Maybank and Elizabeth DeRossett (Myers) Maybank; married to Marion Mitchell; grandson of Francis Kerchner Myers; great-grandnephew of Robert Barnwell Rhett Jr.; second great-grandson of Robert Barnwell Rhett, William Aiken Jr. and John Edward Frampton; second great-grandnephew of Andrew William Burnet; third great-grandson of Thomas Lowndes; third great-grandnephew of Henry William de Saussure and William Jones Lowndes; fourth great-grandson of Rawlins Lowndes and Daniel DeSaussure; first cousin four times removed of William Ford DeSaussure; second cousin thrice removed of Wilmot Gibbes de Saussure; third cousin thrice removed of Charles Pinckney Brown.
  Political family: Maybank-Myers-Rhett family of Charleston, South Carolina (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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