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Newberry County
South Carolina

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Newberry County

Index to Locations Nance Family Graveyard Newberry Irish Graveyard Newberry Johnstone Cemetery Newberry Kings Creek Cemetery Newberry Rosemont Cemetery Whitmire Whitmire Cemetery Nance Family Graveyard Newberry County, South Carolina Politicians buried here:   Patrick Calhoun Caldwell (1801-1855) — of South Carolina. Born near Newberry, Newberry District (now Newberry County), S.C., March 10, 1801. Lawyer; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1838-39; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1841-43; member of South Carolina state senate, 1848. Slaveowner. Died near Newberry, Newberry District (now Newberry County), S.C., November 22, 1855 (age 54 years, 257 days). Interment at Nance Family Graveyard.   Relatives: Son of William Thomas Caldwell and Elizabeth Ann (Williams) Caldwell.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial Irish Graveyard Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina Politicians buried here:   James Rogers (1795-1873) — of South Carolina. Born in Goshen Hill Township, Union County, S.C., October 24, 1795. Democrat. U.S. Representative from South Carolina, 1835-37, 1839-43 (8th District 1835-37, 1839-41, 9th District 1841-43). Slaveowner. Died December 21, 1873 (age 78 years, 58 days). Interment at Irish Graveyard.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Johnstone Cemetery Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina Politicians buried here:   George Johnstone (1846-1921) — of Newberry County, S.C. Born in Newberry, Newberry County, S.C., April 18, 1846. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of South Carolina state house of representatives from Newberry County, 1878; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1891-93. Died March 8, 1921 (age 74 years, 324 days). Interment at Johnstone Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Kings Creek Cemetery Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina Politicians buried here:   Joseph Caldwell (1807-1888) — of Newberry District (now Newberry County), S.C. Born in Newberry District (now Newberry County), S.C., September 6, 1807. Delegate to South Carolina secession convention from Newberry, 1860-62. Died in Newberry, Newberry County, S.C., June 25, 1888 (age 80 years, 293 days). Interment at Kings Creek Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of James Caldwell and Elizabeth Mary (Wilson) Caldwell; married 1835 to Margaret Wilson; married to Angleina Turnipseed.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Rosemont Cemetery Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Coleman Livingston Blease (1868-1942) — also known as Coleman L. Blease; Cole L. Blease — of Helena, Newberry County, S.C.; Newberry, Newberry County, S.C.; Columbia, Richland County, S.C. Born near Newberry, Newberry County, S.C., October 8, 1868. Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of Fred H. Dominick; member of South Carolina state house of representatives from Newberry County, 1890-94, 1898-1900; Democratic Presidential Elector for South Carolina, 1897; Democratic Presidential Elector for South Carolina, 1901; member of South Carolina state senate, 1905-08; mayor of Newberry, S.C., 1910; Governor of South Carolina, 1911-15; defeated, 1908 (primary); resigned 1915; defeated, 1916 (Independent Democratic); U.S. Senator from South Carolina, 1925-31; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1928. Methodist. Member, Odd Fellows; Redmen; Moose; Knights of Pythias; Elks; Woodmen. Died in Columbia, Richland County, S.C., January 19, 1942 (age 73 years, 103 days). Interment at Rosemont Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Henry Horatio Blease and Mary A. (Livingston) Blease; half-brother of Eugene Satterwhite Blease; married 1890 to Lillie B. Summers.   Cross-reference: John D. Long — Frank B. Brandegee   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Eugene Satterwhite Blease (1877-1963) — also known as Eugene S. Blease — of Saluda County, S.C.; Newberry, Newberry County, S.C. Born in Newberry County, S.C., January 28, 1877. Democrat. Lawyer; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1900-02, 1922-24; member of South Carolina state senate, 1905-06; mayor of Newberry, S.C., 1920-21; justice of South Carolina state supreme court, 1927-31; chief justice of South Carolina state supreme court, 1931-34; resigned 1934; candidate for U.S. Senator from South Carolina, 1942; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1944. Methodist. On September 8, 1905, he shot and killed his brother-in-law, Joe Ben Coleman, in Saluda, S.C.; charged with murder, he pleaded self-defense and was found not guilty. Died December 27, 1963 (age 86 years, 333 days). Interment at Rosemont Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Henry Horatio Blease and Elizabeth (Satterwhite) Blease; half-brother of Coleman Livingston Blease.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Frederick Haskell Dominick (1877-1960) — also known as Fred H. Dominick — of Newberry, Newberry County, S.C. Born in Peak, Newberry County, S.C., February 20, 1877. Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of Cole L. Blease; member of South Carolina state house of representatives from Newberry County, 1900-02; chair of Newberry County Democratic Party, 1906-14; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1917-33; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1924 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business). Lutheran. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Odd Fellows; Elks; Redmen. Died in Newberry, Newberry County, S.C., March 11, 1960 (age 83 years, 20 days). Interment at Rosemont Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Jacob L. Dominick and Georgiana E. (Minick) Dominick.   Cross-reference: James Burriss Pruitt   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Thomas Harrington Pope Jr. (1913-1999) — also known as Thomas H. Pope — of Newberry, Newberry County, S.C. Born in Kinards, Newberry County, S.C., July 28, 1913. Democrat. Lawyer; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1937-40, 1946-50; Speaker of the South Carolina State House of Representatives, 1949-50; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for Governor of South Carolina, 1950; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1956; South Carolina Democratic state chair, 1958. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa. Died, in Newberry County Memorial Hospital, Newberry, Newberry County, S.C., August 23, 1999 (age 86 years, 26 days). Interment at Rosemont Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Harrington Pope and Marie (Gary) Pope; married to Mary Waties Lumpkin; grandson of Eugene Blackburn Gary.   Epitaph: "Lawyer, Soldier, Historian."   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Robert Moorman (1814-1873) — of Maybinton, Newberry District (now Newberry County), S.C. Born June 22, 1814. Delegate to South Carolina secession convention from Newberry, 1860-62. Died October 5, 1873 (age 59 years, 105 days). Interment at Rosemont Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Whitmire Cemetery Whitmire, Newberry County, South Carolina Politicians buried here:   Thomas Jefferson Graham (1866-1956) — also known as Thomas J. Graham — of Brock, Graham County, N.C. Born in Buncombe County, N.C., March 29, 1866. Republican. Minister; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Graham County, 1921-22. Died October 25, 1956 (age 90 years, 210 days). Interment at Whitmire Cemetery.   Presumably named for: Thomas Jefferson   Relatives: Son of Alphus Theodore Graham and Carolina (Wells) Graham; married, October 10, 1906, to Lillie Price.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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