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Greenwood County
South Carolina

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Greenwood County

Index to Locations Callison Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery Greenwood Magnolia Cemetery Greenwood Rehoboth United Methodist Church Cemetery Hodges Greenwood Memorial Gardens Ninety Six Elmwood Cemetery Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery Callison, Greenwood County, South Carolina Politicians buried here:   William Jennings Bryan Dorn (1916-2005) — also known as W. J. Bryan Dorn — of Greenwood, Greenwood County, S.C. Born near Greenwood, Greenwood County, S.C., April 14, 1916. Democrat. Member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1939-40; defeated in primary, 1978; member of South Carolina state senate from Greenwood County, 1941-42; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1947-49, 1951-74; candidate for U.S. Senator from South Carolina, 1948; candidate for Governor of South Carolina, 1974; South Carolina Democratic state chair, 1980-84; member of Democratic National Committee from South Carolina, 1980-84. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Rotary; American Legion; Newcomen Society. Died in Greenwood, Greenwood County, S.C., August 13, 2005 (age 89 years, 121 days). Interment at Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery.   Presumably named for: William Jennings Bryan   Relatives: Son of T. E. Dorn and Pearl (Griffith) Dorn; married 1948 to Mildred Johnson.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books by William Jennings Bryan Dorn: Dorn: Of the People, A Political Way of Life, with Scott Derks (1988) Magnolia Cemetery Greenwood, Greenwood County, South Carolina Politicians buried here:   David Wyatt Aiken (1828-1887) — also known as D. Wyatt Aiken — of Cokesbury, Abbeville County (now Greenwood County), S.C. Born in Winnsboro, Fairfield District (now Fairfield County), S.C., March 17, 1828. Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1864-66; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1876; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1877-87. Member, Grange. Slaveowner. Died in Cokesbury, Abbeville County (now Greenwood County), S.C., April 6, 1887 (age 59 years, 20 days). Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William Aiken and Nancy (Kerr) Aiken; married to Mattie Gaillard; married 1852 to Virginia Smith; father of Wyatt Aiken; first cousin of William Aiken Jr..   Political family: Aiken family of South Carolina (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial Felix Gilbert Parks (1817-1888) — also known as Felix G. Parks — of Greenwood, Abbeville County (now Greenwood County), S.C. Born August 16, 1817. Democrat. Physician; druggist; postmaster at Greenwood, S.C., 1852-61, 1868-83, 1885-88. Died July 6, 1888 (age 70 years, 325 days). Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Sara Elizabeth Quarles; father of Georgia C. Williams.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Greenwood (S.C.) Index-Journal, September 14, 1957 Rehoboth United Methodist Church Cemetery Greenwood, Greenwood County, South Carolina Politicians buried here:   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.   Relatives: Son of Robert Red Tolbert (1808-1866) and Elizabeth (Henderson) Tolbert; father of Robert Red Tolbert (1863-1938) and Joseph Warren Tolbert; granduncle of Hettie Elizabeth Tolbert.   Political family: Tolbert family of Greenwood, South Carolina.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Greenwood Memorial Gardens Hodges, Greenwood County, South Carolina Politicians buried here:   Charles David Blaylock (1891-1950) — also known as Charles D. Blaylock — of Greenwood, Greenwood County, S.C. Born in Chickamauga, Walker County, Ga., March 29, 1891. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; postmaster at Greenwood, S.C., 1932-33; member, Committee on Permanent Organization, Republican National Convention, 1936. Died in Greenwood, Greenwood County, S.C., May 4, 1950 (age 59 years, 36 days). Interment at Greenwood Memorial Gardens.   Relatives: Son of Henry Allen Blaylock and Carra Ann (Sartain) Blaylock; married to Gertrude Koons.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Elmwood Cemetery Ninety Six, Greenwood County, South Carolina Politicians buried here:   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.   Relatives: Son of John Robert Tolbert and Elizabeth Pope (Payne) Tolbert; brother of Robert Red Tolbert; married to Julia Elizabeth DeLoach; first cousin once removed of Hettie Elizabeth Tolbert.   Political family: Tolbert family of Greenwood, South Carolina.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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