Note: This is just one of
1,164
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.
These groupings — even the names of the groupings,
and the areas of main activity — are the
result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,
not the choices of any historian or genealogist.
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John Robert Tolbert (1834-1918) —
also known as John R. Tolbert —
of Abbeville
County, S.C.; Greenwood, Abbeville County (now Greenwood
County), S.C.
Born June 16,
1834.
Republican. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Abbeville County,
1872-74; candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1890, 1892;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from South
Carolina, 1896.
Died January
19, 1918 (age 83 years, 217
days).
Interment at Rehoboth United Methodist Church Cemetery, Greenwood, S.C.
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Robert Red Tolbert (1863-1938) —
also known as R. R. Tolbert —
of Greenwood, Abbeville County (now Greenwood
County), S.C.; Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C.
Born May 10,
1863.
Republican. Postmaster at Greenwood,
S.C., 1884-85, 1889-94; delegate to Republican National
Convention from South Carolina, 1896,
1900,
1908
(alternate), 1912,
1920
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1924
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1928
(Convention
Vice-President); candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1898.
Died October
28, 1938 (age 75 years, 171
days).
Interment a private or family graveyard, Abbeville County, S.C.
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Joseph Warren Tolbert (1865-1946) —
also known as Joseph W. Tolbert; "Tieless
Joe" —
of Greenwood, Greenwood
County, S.C.; Ninety Six, Greenwood
County, S.C.
Born in Abbeville District (now Abbeville
County), S.C., June 6,
1865.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from South
Carolina, 1900
(alternate), 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1936
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); 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., October
18, 1946 (age 81 years, 134
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Ninety Six, S.C.
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Joseph Augustus Tolbert (1891-1940) —
also known as Joseph A. Tolbert —
of Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C.
Born in South Carolina, October
8, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of South Carolina, 1923-33;
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1924,
1928
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1936;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1936; candidate for Governor of
South Carolina, 1938.
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C., March
22, 1940 (age 48 years, 166
days).
Interment a private or family graveyard, Abbeville County, S.C.
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John Oliver Gunn (1892-1992) —
also known as J. O. Gunn —
of Yanceyville, Caswell
County, N.C.
Born in Pelham, Caswell
County, N.C., December
27, 1892.
Democrat. Farmer; automobile
dealer; banker; Caswell
County Treasurer, 1936-40; chair of
Caswell County Democratic Party, 1942-45; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1945-57, 1965-67;
secretary, Royal Hosiery
Mills.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Rotary;
Junior
Order.
Died, in Memorial Hospital,
Danville,
Va., February
18, 1992 (age 99 years, 53
days).
Interment at Yanceyville United Methodist Church Cemetery, Yanceyville, N.C.
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Hettie Elizabeth Gunn (1893-1958) —
also known as Elizabeth Gunn; Hettie Elizabeth Tolbert;
Elizabeth Tolbert —
of Greenwood, Greenwood
County, S.C.; Yanceyville, Caswell
County, N.C.
Born in South Carolina, March
27, 1893.
Republican. School
teacher; postmaster at Greenwood,
S.C., 1924-30.
Female.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Yanceyville, Caswell
County, N.C., December
18, 1958 (age 65 years, 266
days).
Interment at Prospect United Methodist Church Cemetery, Yanceyville, N.C.
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