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Aiken County
South Carolina

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Aiken County

Index to Locations Timmerman Cemetery Aiken Aiken Memorial Gardens Aiken Bethany Cemetery Aiken St. Thaddeus' Episcopal Churchyard Beech Island Beech Island Cemetery North Augusta Hammond Family Cemetery Wagener Town Cemetery Timmerman Cemetery Aiken County, South Carolina See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Washington Hodges Timmerman (1832-1908) — also known as W. H. Timmerman — of Edgefield County, S.C. Born in Edgefield District (now Edgefield County), S.C., May 29, 1832. Democrat. Physician; farmer; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; banker; member of South Carolina state house of representatives from Edgefield County, 1882-83, 1890-91; resigned 1891; member of South Carolina state senate from Edgefield County, 1891-93; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1892; chair of Edgefield County Democratic Party, 1892; Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina, 1893-96; delegate to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Edgefield County, 1895; South Carolina state treasurer, 1897-1901; candidate for Governor of South Carolina, 1902. Baptist. Member, Sons of Temperance. Died, from pneumonia, in Batesburg (now part of Batesburg-Leesville), Lexington County, S.C., July 14, 1908 (age 76 years, 46 days). Interment at Timmerman Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Lydia (Bledsoe) Timmerman and Ransom Hodges Timmerman; married, November 4, 1856, to Pauline Frances Terry Asbill; married, May 6, 1879, to Henrietta Marie Wolfe Bell; father of George Bell Timmerman, Sr.; grandfather of Frank Elbert Timmerman and George Bell Timmerman Jr. (who married Helen DuPre).   Political family: Timmerman family of Batesburg-Leesville, South Carolina.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Aiken Memorial Gardens Aiken, Aiken County, South Carolina Politicians buried here:   Charles Earl Simons Jr. (1916-1999) — also known as Charles E. Simons, Jr. — of South Carolina. Born in Johnston, Edgefield County, S.C., August 17, 1916. Lawyer; law partner of Strom Thurmond; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1942, 1947-48, 1960-64; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of South Carolina, 1964-65; U.S. District Judge for South Carolina, 1965-86; took senior status 1986. Baptist. Died, from the effects of head injuries sustained in a fall, at Aiken Regional Medical Center, Aiken, Aiken County, S.C., October 26, 1999 (age 83 years, 70 days). Interment at Aiken Memorial Gardens.   The Charles E. Simons, Jr. Federal Courthouse (built 1935; received its current name 1986), in Aiken, South Carolina, is named for him.   See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges Bethany Cemetery Aiken, Aiken County, South Carolina Politicians buried here:   Jean Thurmond (1926-1960) — also known as Jean Crouch; Mrs. Strom Thurmond — of Aiken, Aiken County, S.C. Born in Elko, Barnwell County, S.C., July 14, 1926. Democrat. First Lady of South Carolina, 1947-51; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1952, 1956. Female. Died, while undergoing surgery for a brain tumor, in the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., January 6, 1960 (age 33 years, 176 days). Interment at Bethany Cemetery; cenotaph at Edgefield Village Cemetery, Edgefield, S.C.   Relatives: Daughter of Horace Johnston Crouch and Inez (Breazeale) Crouch; married, November 7, 1947, to James Strom Thurmond.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Peronneau Finley Henderson (1877-1968) — also known as P. F. Henderson — of Aiken, Aiken County, S.C. Born in Aiken, Aiken County, S.C., November 29, 1877. Democrat. Lawyer; president, Carolina Light & Power Co.; vice-president, Georgia-Carolina Electric Co.; director, South Carolina Power Co., Powell Hardware Co.; receiver, Langley Cotton Mills Co.; treasurer, Aiken Hospital; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1924. Southern Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Beta Theta Pi; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Kiwanis. Died April 7, 1968 (age 90 years, 130 days). Interment at Bethany Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Daniel Sullivan Henderson and Lillie (Ripley) Henderson; married, June 29, 1904, to Grace Adelaide Powell; married, April 28, 1945, to June (Rainsford) Butler.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial St. Thaddeus' Episcopal Churchyard Aiken, Aiken County, South Carolina Politicians buried here:   George William Croft (1846-1904) — of Aiken, Aiken County, S.C. Born in Newberry District (now Newberry County), S.C., December 20, 1846. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; member of South Carolina state senate from Aiken County, 1880; member of South Carolina state house of representatives from Aiken County, 1882-84, 1900-02; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1903-04; died in office 1904. Died in Washington, D.C., March 10, 1904 (age 57 years, 81 days). Interment at St. Thaddeus' Episcopal Churchyard.   Relatives: Son of Theodore Gaillard Croft and Eliza Webb (D'Oyley) Croft; married, April 17, 1873, to Florence E. McMahon; father of Theodore Gaillard Croft (1874-1920).   Cross-reference: Butler B. Hare   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Theodore Gaillard Croft (1874-1920) — also known as Theodore G. Croft — of Aiken County, S.C. Born in Aiken, Aiken County, S.C., November 26, 1874. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1904-05; member of South Carolina state house of representatives from Aiken County, 1906-08; member of South Carolina state senate from Aiken County, 1908-12. Died in Aiken, Aiken County, S.C., March 23, 1920 (age 45 years, 118 days). Interment at St. Thaddeus' Episcopal Churchyard.   Relatives: Son of George William Croft.   Cross-reference: Butler B. Hare   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Beech Island Cemetery (formerly Hammond Cemetery) Beech Island, Aiken County, South Carolina Politicians buried here:   James Henry Hammond (1807-1864) — of South Carolina. Born in Newberry District (now Newberry County), S.C., November 15, 1807. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1835-36; Governor of South Carolina, 1842-44; defeated, 1840; U.S. Senator from South Carolina, 1857-60. Slaveowner. Died, of a stomach disorder, at Beech Island, Aiken County, S.C., November 13, 1864 (age 56 years, 364 days). Interment at Beech Island Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article Hammond Family Cemetery North Augusta, Aiken County, South Carolina See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Samuel Hammond (1757-1842) — Born in Richmond County, Va., September 21, 1757. Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1796-98; member of Georgia state senate, 1799-1800; U.S. Representative from Georgia at-large, 1803-05; secretary of state of South Carolina, 1831-35. Slaveowner. Died in Edgefield District (part now in Aiken County), S.C., September 11, 1842 (age 84 years, 355 days). Original interment at Hammond Cemetery, New Richmond, S.C.; reinterment in 1991 at Hammond Family Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Charles Hammond and Elizabeth (Steele) Hammond.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial Town Cemetery Wagener, Aiken County, South Carolina Politicians buried here:   Otis L. Baughman, Sr. — of Wagener, Aiken County, S.C. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1940, 1944 (alternate). Interment at Town Cemetery.

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