Index to Locations
Chester County Cemetery
Richardson Church Cemetery
Private or family graveyards
Chester Evergreen Cemetery
Chester Hopewell Reformed Presbyterian
Church Cemetery
Chester County
Cemetery
Chester County, South Carolina
Politicians buried
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Wilbur Gill Grant (1906-1964) —
also known as Wilbur G. Grant —
of Chester, Chester
County, S.C.
Born in Rodman, Chester
County, S.C., May 20,
1906.
Democrat. Merchant;
farmer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Chester County,
1935-38, 1941-42; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
South Carolina, 1936
(alternate), 1944,
1956;
member of South
Carolina state senate from Chester County, 1942-64; died in
office 1964.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Junior
Order; Redmen;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died June 15,
1964 (age 58 years, 26
days).
Interment at Chester County Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Major J. Grant and Emma E. (Knox) Grant; married, December
26, 1946, to Belva M. Funderburk. |
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Legislative Manual 1964 |
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Richardson Church
Cemetery
Chester County, South Carolina
Private or family
graveyards
Chester County, South Carolina
Evergreen
Cemetery
Chester, Chester County, South Carolina
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
Politicians buried
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Giles Jared Patterson (1827-1891) —
of Chester, Chester
County, S.C.
Born in Spartanburg District (now Spartanburg
County), S.C., January
10, 1827.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; bank
director; member of South
Carolina state senate from Chester County, 1882-90; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1884.
Methodist.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Chester, Chester
County, S.C., December
13, 1891 (age 64 years, 337
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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James Hemphill (1813-1902) —
of Chester, Chester
County, S.C.
Born in Chester District (now Chester
County), S.C., July 3,
1813.
Lawyer;
banker;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Chester, 1857,
1862-64; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention, 1865; member
of South
Carolina state senate from Chester, 1865-66.
Presbyterian.
Died in Chester
County, S.C., January
12, 1902 (age 88 years, 193
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Arthur Lee Gaston (1876-1951) —
of Chester, Chester
County, S.C.
Born in Chester, Chester
County, S.C., August
14, 1876.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Chester County,
1900-06; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Carolina, 1920;
director of banks and
cotton
mills.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary.
Died, from Hodgkins
lymphoma, in Charlotte Memorial Hospital,
Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., August
13, 1951 (age 74 years, 364
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Robert Ephram Abell (1887-1963) —
also known as Robert E. Abell —
of Chester, Chester
County, S.C.
Born in Chester
County, S.C., October
12, 1887.
Democrat. Surgeon;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1940.
Died, from a suspected coronary
occlusion, due to emphysema
and pneumonia,
in Memorial Hospital,
Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., March 9,
1963 (age 75 years, 148
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Joshua L. Abell and Sophia (Erwin) Abell; married to Alice Hall
Glenn. |
|  | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Hopewell Reformed
Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Chester, Chester County, South Carolina
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Robert Witherspoon Hemphill (1915-1983) —
of Chester, Chester
County, S.C.
Born in Chester, Chester
County, S.C., May 10,
1915.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member
of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1947-48; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 5th District, 1957-64; Judge
of U.S. District Court, 1964.
Died in Chester, Chester
County, S.C., December
25, 1983 (age 68 years, 229
days).
Interment at Hopewell Reformed Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
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