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Oconee County
South Carolina

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Oconee County

Index to Locations Seneca Seneca Mountain View Cemetery Walhalla West View Memorial Cemetery Westminster Beaverdam Cemetery Seneca Mountain View Cemetery Seneca, Oconee County, South Carolina Politicians buried here:   Asa Preston Grant (1864-1942) — of Seneca, Oconee County, S.C. Born in Clarkesville, Habersham County, Ga., June 28, 1864. Member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1929-30. Died in Seneca, Oconee County, S.C., January 22, 1942 (age 77 years, 208 days). Interment at Seneca Mountain View Cemetery. West View Memorial Cemetery Walhalla, Oconee County, South Carolina Politicians buried here:   Anson Cummings Merrick (1847-1912) — also known as A. C. Merrick — of Walhalla, Oconee County, S.C. Born October 1, 1847. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1896 (alternate), 1900. Died January 8, 1912 (age 64 years, 99 days). Interment at West View Memorial Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Stephen Merrick and Caroline (Cummings) Merrick; married to Julia Malinda Camp.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Robert Anderson Thompson (1828-1914) — also known as Robert A. Thompson — of Pickens Court House, Pickens District (now Pickens, Pickens County), S.C. Born June 13, 1828. Delegate to South Carolina secession convention from Pickens, 1860-62; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Died August 7, 1914 (age 86 years, 55 days). Interment at West View Memorial Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Charles Thompson and Mahala (Gaines) Thompson; married to Valinda Rose Starrett.   Epitaph: "Last surviving signer of the S.C. Ordinance of Secession."   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Beaverdam Cemetery Westminster, Oconee County, South Carolina Politicians buried here:   Samuel Earle (1760-1833) — of South Carolina. Born in Frederick County, Va., November 28, 1760. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1784-88; delegate to South Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; delegate to South Carolina state constitutional convention, 1790; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1795-97. Slaveowner. Died in South Carolina, November 24, 1833 (age 72 years, 361 days). Interment at Beaverdam Cemetery.   Relatives: Nephew of Elias Earle; cousin *** of John Baylis Earle.   Political family: Earle family of South Carolina.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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