Index to Locations
Bloom Hill Cemetery
Private or family graveyards
Mayesville Salem Brick Church
Cemetery
Pinewood St. Marks Episcopal
Cemetery
Statesburg Church of Holy Cross
Episcopal Cemetery
Sumter Sumter Cemetery
Bloom Hill
Cemetery
Sumter County, South Carolina
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John Smythe Richardson (1777-1850) —
of Sumter District (now Sumter
County), S.C.
Born in Camden District (part now in Sumter
County), S.C., April
11, 1777.
Lawyer;
South
Carolina state attorney general, 1810-18.
Died in Sumter District (now Sumter
County), S.C., May 8,
1850 (age 73 years, 27
days).
Interment at Bloom Hill Cemetery.
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Francis de Lesseline Richardson (1818-1870) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Sumter District (now Sumter
County), S.C., 1818.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1848-49, 1854-60,
1864-65; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from St. Philips' & St.
Michael's, 1860-62.
Died November
20, 1870 (age about 52
years).
Interment at Bloom Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Elizabeth Lucretia (Buford) Richardson and John Smythe Richardson;
married to Agnes Fraser. |
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Private or family
graveyard
Sumter County, South Carolina
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George McDuffie (1790-1851) —
of Edgefield, Edgefield
County, S.C.
Born in Columbia
County, Ga., August
10, 1790.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1818-20; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1821-34 (6th District
1821-23, 5th District 1823-34); Governor of
South Carolina, 1834-36; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1842-46.
Slaveowner.
Died in Sumter District (now Sumter
County), S.C., March
11, 1851 (age 60 years, 213
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Salem Brick
Church Cemetery
Mayesville, Sumter County, South Carolina
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Robert Witherspoon (1767-1837) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Kingstree, Williamsburg District (now Williamsburg
County), S.C., January
29, 1767.
Democrat. Planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1792-94, 1802-04,
1806-08, 1816-17; South
Carolina state treasurer, 1801; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1809-11.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died in Mayesville, Sumter District (now Sumter
County), S.C., October
11, 1837 (age 70 years, 255
days).
Interment at Salem Brick Church Cemetery.
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St. Marks
Episcopal Cemetery
Pinewood, Sumter County, South Carolina
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Henry Burchell Richardson (1916-1997) —
also known as Henry B. Richardson;
"Punch" —
of Sumter, Sumter
County, S.C.
Born in Laurens, Laurens
County, S.C., October
15, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state senate, 1955-72 (Sumter County 1955-66, 20th
District 1967-68, 17th District 1969-72); alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1956.
Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Elks; American Bar
Association.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., May 11,
1997 (age 80 years, 208
days).
Interment at St. Marks Episcopal Cemetery.
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Church of Holy
Cross Episcopal Cemetery
Statesburg, Sumter County, South Carolina
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Joel Roberts Poinsett (1779-1851) —
of Travelers Rest, Greenville
County, S.C.; Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March 2,
1779.
Democrat. U.S. Consul General in Buenos Aires, 1811-14; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1816-20; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1821-25; U.S.
Minister to Mexico, 1825-29; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1837-41.
Member, Freemasons.
Gave important help to Latin American independence movements.
Slaveowner.
Died near Statesburg, Sumter
County, S.C., December
12, 1851 (age 72 years, 285
days).
Interment at Church of Holy Cross Episcopal Cemetery.
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William Mayrant —
of South Carolina.
Born in South Carolina.
U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 9th District, 1815-16;
resigned 1816; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1818-21.
Slaveowner.
Interment at Church of Holy Cross Episcopal Cemetery.
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Sumter
Cemetery
Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina
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John Jacob Riley (1895-1962) —
also known as John J. Riley —
of Sumter, Sumter
County, S.C.
Born near Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C., February
1, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; school
teacher; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1945-49,
1951-62; died in office 1962.
Died in Surfside, Horry
County, S.C., January
1, 1962 (age 66 years, 334
days).
Interment at Sumter Cemetery.
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John Smythe Richardson (1828-1894) —
also known as John S. Richardson —
of Sumter, Sumter
County, S.C.
Born in Sumter District (now Sumter
County), S.C., February
29, 1828.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1865-67; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1876;
U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1879-83.
Slaveowner.
Died in Sumter
County, S.C., February
24, 1894 (age 66 years, 0
days).
Interment at Sumter Cemetery.
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Corinne Boyd Riley (1893-1979) —
also known as Corinne Anderson Boyd —
of South Carolina.
Born in Piedmont, Greenville
County, S.C., July 4,
1893.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1962-63.
Female.
Died in Sumter, Sumter
County, S.C., April
12, 1979 (age 85 years, 282
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Sumter Cemetery.
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Robert Obadiah Purdy (1857-1935) —
also known as Robert O. Purdy —
of Sumter, Sumter
County, S.C.
Born in Brunswick
County, Va., February
11, 1857.
Mayor
of Sumter, S.C., 1890; circuit judge in South Carolina, 1902-07.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League; Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Died January
29, 1935 (age 77 years, 352
days).
Interment at Sumter Cemetery.
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Marion Wainwright Seabrook (1890-1947) —
also known as Marion W. Seabrook —
of Sumter, Sumter
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., June 13,
1890.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1936; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Carolina, 1940
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Died in Sumter, Sumter
County, S.C., November
3, 1947 (age 57 years, 143
days).
Interment at Sumter Cemetery.
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Edwin B. Boyle (1894-1970) —
of Sumter, Sumter
County, S.C.
Born in Sumter, Sumter
County, S.C., April
17, 1894.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Carolina, 1944
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1948.
Died in Sumter, Sumter
County, S.C., October
14, 1970 (age 76 years, 180
days).
Interment at Sumter Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of William Belton Boyle and Mary Ann Levicy Barnes Boyle; married 1917 to Alice
Dickson. |
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