Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Moores Station Moore's Burying
Ground
Spartanburg Church of the Advent
Cemetery
Spartanburg Episcopal Church of the
Advent
Spartanburg Greenlawn Memorial
Gardens
Spartanburg Magnolia Street
Cemetery
Spartanburg Morgan Square
Spartanburg Oakwood Cemetery
Spartanburg West Oakwood Cemetery
Woodruff Old Bethel Baptist
Cemetery
Private or family
graveyard
Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Moore's Burying
Ground
Moores Station, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
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Thomas Moore (1759-1822) —
of South Carolina.
Born in South Carolina, 1759.
U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1801-13, 1815-17 (6th
District 1801-03, 7th District 1803-13, 8th District 1815-17).
Slaveowner.
Died in 1822
(age about
63 years).
Interment at Moore's Burying Ground.
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Church of the
Advent Cemetery
Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
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John Stanyarne Wilson (1859-1928) —
also known as Stanyarne Wilson —
of Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.; Richmond,
Va.
Born in Yorkville, York District (now York, York
County), S.C., January
10, 1859.
Democrat. Lawyer; cotton goods
manufacturer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Spartanburg County,
1884-86, 1890-92; member of South
Carolina state senate from Spartanburg County, 1892-95; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1895-1901; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from
Spartanburg County, 1895; chair of
Spartanburg County Democratic Party, 1896.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
and Select Masters; Royal
Arch Masons.
Died in Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C., February
14, 1928 (age 69 years, 35
days).
Interment at Church of the Advent Cemetery.
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Episcopal Church
of the Advent
Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
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Columbus Mills —
of Columbus, Polk
County, N.C.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1860.
Interment at Episcopal Church of the Advent.
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Greenlawn
Memorial Gardens
1300 Fernwood-Glendale Road
Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Founded 1939
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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Donald Stuart Russell (1906-1998) —
also known as Donald S. Russell —
of Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.
Born in Lafayette Springs, Lafayette
County, Miss., February
22, 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; president,
University of South Carolina, 1952-57; Governor of
South Carolina, 1963-65; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1965-66; U.S.
District Judge for South Carolina, 1966-71; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1971-98; died in
office 1998.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C., February
22, 1998 (age 92 years, 0
days).
Interment at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens.
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Ibra Charles Blackwood (1878-1936) —
also known as Ibra C. Blackwood —
of Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.
Born in Blackwood, Spartanburg
County, S.C., November
21, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Spartanburg County,
1902-04; Governor of
South Carolina, 1931-35; member of Democratic
National Committee from South Carolina, 1932.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died February
12, 1936 (age 57 years, 83
days).
Interment at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens.
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Dewey Boyce Blanton (1908-1972) —
also known as Dewey B. Blanton —
of Chesnee, Spartanburg
County, S.C.
Born in Cowpens, Spartanburg
County, S.C., October
20, 1908.
Oil
distributor; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1951-56, 1957-58.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died March 9,
1972 (age 63 years, 141
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens.
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Magnolia Street
Cemetery
Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
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John Hamilton Evins (1830-1884) —
also known as John H. Evins —
of Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.
Born in Spartanburg District (now Spartanburg
County), S.C., July 18,
1830.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1862-64; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1876
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1877-84; died in
office 1884.
Died in Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C., October
20, 1884 (age 54 years, 94
days).
Interment at Magnolia Street Cemetery.
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Morgan
Square
Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Oakwood
Cemetery
Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
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Joseph Travis Johnson (1858-1919) —
also known as Joseph T. Johnson —
of Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.
Born in Brewerton, Laurens
County, S.C., February
28, 1858.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1901-15;
resigned 1915; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of South Carolina,
1915-19; died in office 1919.
Died in Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C., May 8,
1919 (age 61 years, 69
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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John Adam Henneman (1835-1891) —
also known as J. A. Henneman —
of Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.
Born in Kronach, Bavaria (now Germany),
1835.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; jeweler;
mayor
of Spartanburg, S.C., 1891; died in office 1891.
German
ancestry.
Shot
and killed by
John Williams, in Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C., September
27, 1891 (age about 56
years). Williams was hanged for the murder on October 7, 1892.
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Louisa Rate. |
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Simpson Bobo (1804-1885) —
of Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.
Born in Cross Anchor, Spartanburg District (now Spartanburg
County), S.C., January
15, 1804.
Lawyer;
delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from Spartanburg, 1860-62;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1862-64.
Methodist.
Died in Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C., December
16, 1885 (age 81 years, 335
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Burwell Bobo and Elizabeth (Roebuck) Bobo; married to Nancy
Holland Foster. |
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memorial |
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West Oakwood
Cemetery
Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Old Bethel
Baptist Cemetery
Woodruff, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
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Harry Douglas Kirby (1890-1938) —
also known as Harry D. Kirby —
of Darlington, Darlington
County, S.C.
Born in Woodruff, Spartanburg
County, S.C., October
16, 1890.
Republican. Grocer; market
gardener; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from South Carolina, 1936.
Died, in Saunders Memorial Hospital,
Florence, Florence
County, S.C., July 4,
1938 (age 47 years, 261
days).
Interment at Old Bethel Baptist Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of James Henry Kirby and Janie (Chamblin) Kirby; married to Orien
Edwards. |
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memorial |
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