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Emerson Lancoe Ard (1895-1952) —
also known as Emerson L. Ard —
of Hemingway, Williamsburg
County, S.C.
Born in Hemingway, Williamsburg
County, S.C., December
24, 1895.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
bank director; mayor of Hemingway, S.C., 1926; member of South
Carolina state senate from Williamsburg County, 1927-34.
Methodist.
Died June 15,
1952 (age 56 years, 174
days).
Interment at Old Johnsonville Cemetery, Johnsonville, S.C.
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Thomas Bennett (1781-1865) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., August
14, 1781.
Lumber
business; architect;
banker; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.
Michael, 1804-06, 1808-18; Speaker of
the South Carolina State House of Representatives, 1814-18; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1812-13; member of South
Carolina state senate from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1819-20,
1836-40; Governor of
South Carolina, 1820-22.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., January
30, 1865 (age 83 years, 169
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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John Blake (1752-1810) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in 1752.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; merchant;
banker; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.
Michael, 1785, 1787-96, 1798-1800; delegate
to South Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;
delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention, 1790; member
of South
Carolina state senate from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1802-10;
died in office 1810.
Episcopalian.
Died July 2,
1810 (age about 58
years).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Charleston County, S.C.; reinterment
at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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James Paul Blanton (1915-2004) —
also known as James P. Blanton —
of near Loris, Horry
County, S.C.
Born near Nichols, Marion
County, S.C., December
13, 1915.
Businessman;
farmer;
vice-president, Horry County National Bank; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1967-68.
Baptist.
Died, in Loris Community Hospital,
Loris, Horry
County, S.C., September
3, 2004 (age 88 years, 265
days).
Interment at Mount Olive Baptist Church Cemetery, Horry County, S.C.
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Langdon Cheves (1776-1857) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Ninety Six District (part now in Abbeville
County), S.C., September
17, 1776.
Democrat. Lawyer;
banker; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1806-08; South
Carolina state attorney general, 1808-10; candidate for
Presidential Elector for South Carolina; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1810-15; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1814-15.
Scottish
and English
ancestry. Member, American
Antiquarian Society.
Slaveowner.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., June 26,
1857 (age 80 years, 282
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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Jesse Franklin Cleveland (1804-1841) —
of Georgia.
Born in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C., October
25, 1804.
Merchant;
bank director; member of Georgia
state senate, 1831-34; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1835-39.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., June 22,
1841 (age 36 years, 240
days).
Interment at Springwood
Cemetery, Greenville, S.C.
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Charles Burnham Cochran (1770-1833) —
also known as Charles Cochran —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February, 1770.
Banker; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1805-06.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., August
21, 1833 (age 63 years, 0
days).
Interment at Cathedral Church of St. Luke and St. Paul, Charleston, S.C.
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Henry Workman Conner (1797-1861) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Mecklenburg
County, N.C., 1797.
Merchant;
banker; president, South Carolina Railroad;
delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from St. Philips' & St.
Michael's, 1860-61; died in office 1861.
Died, from peritonitis,
in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., January
11, 1861 (age about 63
years).
Interment at St.
Michael's Church Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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Daniel DeSaussure (1736-1798) —
also known as John Daniel Hector DeSaussure —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Prince William Parish County (now part of Beaufort
County), S.C., April
10, 1736.
Merchant;
importer;
banker; member of South
Carolina state senate from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1785-90; delegate
to South Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788.
Episcopalian.
French
Huguenot ancestry.
Died in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., July 2,
1798 (age 62 years, 83
days).
Burial location unknown.
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David Dows (1885-1966) —
also known as "Big Dave" —
of Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Bradley, Greenwood
County, S.C.
Born in Irvington, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
12, 1885.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; worked in iron and steel
mills; supervised construction
of steel
mills overseas; studied foreign industries as representative of a
steamship
line; horse
breeder; bank director; Nassau
County Sheriff, 1932-34; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1944;
member, New York State Racing Commission, 1944-49; delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1956;
South
Carolina Republican state chair, 1956-58; candidate for
Presidential Elector for South Carolina.
Convicted
of assault
in 1913, over his treatment of a New York Times reporter who was
attempting to interview him.
Died in Hot Springs, Bath
County, Va., August
13, 1966 (age 81 years, 1
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Charles Irénée du Pont (1797-1869) —
also known as Charles I. du Pont —
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March
29, 1797.
Whig. Cloth
manufacturer; president, Farmers Bank of Delaware; an
organizer of the Delaware Railroad;
member of Delaware
state senate, 1841-44, 1853-56.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., January
31, 1869 (age 71 years, 308
days).
Interment at Du
Pont de Nemours Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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Relatives: Son
of Victor Marie du Pont=de Nemours and Gabrielle Joséphine de
la Fite=de Pelleport; married, October
8, 1824, to Dorcas Montgomery Van Dyke (daughter of Nicholas
Van Dyke (1770-1826); granddaughter of Nicholas
Van Dyke (1738-1789)); married to Anne Ridgely (daughter of Henry
Moore Ridgely); great-grandfather of Francis
Victor du Pont; second great-grandfather of Eleuthere
Irenee du Pont; first cousin of Henry
DuPont; first cousin once removed of Henry
Algernon du Pont; first cousin twice removed of Thomas
Coleman du Pont, Alfred
Irénée du Pont, Pierre
Samuel du Pont, Francis
Irenee du Pont, Edward
Green Bradford Jr. and Elizabeth
Bradford du Pont Bayard; first cousin thrice removed of Henry
Belin du Pont Jr., Lammot
du Pont Copeland, Thomas
Francis Bayard III, Reynolds
du Pont and Alexis
Irenee du Pont Bayard; first cousin four times removed of Pierre
Samuel du Pont IV and Richard
Henry Bayard. |
| | | Political families: DuPont
family of Wilmington, Delaware; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Franklin Harper Elmore (1799-1850) —
also known as Franklin H. Elmore —
of South Carolina.
Born in Laurensville, Laurens District (now Laurens, Laurens
County), S.C., October
15, 1799.
Lawyer;
banker; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1836-39 (4th District
1836-37, 3rd District 1837-39); U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1850; died in office 1850.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 29,
1850 (age 50 years, 226
days).
Interment at Presbyterian
Churchyard, Columbia, S.C.
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Arthur Lee Gaston (1876-1951) —
of Chester, Chester
County, S.C.
Born in Chester, Chester
County, S.C., August
14, 1876.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Chester County,
1900-06; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Carolina, 1920;
director of banks and cotton
mills.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary.
Died, from Hodgkins
lymphoma, in Charlotte Memorial Hospital,
Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., August
13, 1951 (age 74 years, 364
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Chester, S.C.
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William Clyde Graham (b. 1897) —
also known as W. Clyde Graham —
of Pamplico, Florence
County, S.C.
Born in Coward, Florence
County, S.C., December
31, 1897.
Accountant;
farmer;
cattle
breeder; bank director; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Florence County,
1935-38, 1941-48; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1951-68 (Florence County 1951-66, 11th
District 1967-68).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of W. Watson Graham and Knita Emma (Matthews) Graham; married, November
30, 1922, to Marguerite Hyman. |
| | | Image source: South Carolina
Legislative Manual 1964 |
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William Norwood Graydon (1860-1931) —
of Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C.; Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Cokesbury, Abbeville District (now Greenwood
County), S.C., December
11, 1860.
Lawyer;
bank director; member of South
Carolina state senate from Abbeville County, 1898-1902, 1906-10;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Abbeville County,
1914-16.
Methodist.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., August
3, 1931 (age 70 years, 235
days).
Interment at Upper
Long Cane Cemetery, Abbeville, S.C.
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Cecil Claymon Grimes Jr. (1922-2014) —
of Georgetown, Georgetown
County, S.C.
Born in Greenville, Washington
County, Miss., July 23,
1922.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1959-62; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1962-72 (Georgetown County 1962-66, 10th
District 1967-68, 15th District 1969-72); bank director.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Rotary.
Died in Georgetown, Georgetown
County, S.C., October
8, 2014 (age 92 years, 77
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Prince
George Winyah Cemetery, Georgetown, S.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Sadie (Ehlers) Grimes and Cecil Claymon Grimes, Sr.; married, October
4, 1947, to Harriet Horry Pyatt. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: South Carolina
Legislative Manual 1964 |
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Butler Black Hare (1875-1967) —
also known as Butler B. Hare —
of Saluda, Saluda
County, S.C.
Born in Edgefield County (part now in Saluda
County), S.C., November
25, 1875.
Democrat. School
teacher; secretary to U.S. Reps. George
W. Croft and Theodore
G. Croft; statistician;
lawyer;
vice-president, Farmers Bank of Saluda; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1925-33, 1939-47 (2nd
District 1925-33, 3rd District 1939-47); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from South Carolina, 1936
(alternate), 1940.
Lutheran.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Saluda, Saluda
County, S.C., December
30, 1967 (age 92 years, 35
days).
Interment at Travis
Park Cemetery, Saluda, S.C.
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Jesse Frank Hawkins (b. 1887) —
of Newberry, Newberry
County, S.C.
Born in Newberry
County, S.C., November
21, 1887.
Dairy farmer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Newberry County,
1957-60; member of South
Carolina state senate from Newberry County, 1961-66; bank
director.
Methodist.
Member, Grange;
Farm
Bureau.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Pierce M. Hawkins and Mary Jane (Swindler) Hawkins; married, February
12, 1920, to Anna Louise Dickert. |
| | | Image source: South Carolina
Legislative Manual 1964 |
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James Hemphill (1813-1902) —
of Chester, Chester
County, S.C.
Born in Chester District (now Chester
County), S.C., July 3,
1813.
Lawyer;
banker; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Chester, 1857,
1862-64; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention, 1865; member
of South
Carolina state senate from Chester, 1865-66.
Presbyterian.
Died in Chester
County, S.C., January
12, 1902 (age 88 years, 193
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Chester, S.C.
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Solomon Lafayette Hoge (1836-1909) —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.; Kenton, Hardin
County, Ohio.
Born in Logan
County, Ohio, July 11,
1836.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; justice of
South Carolina state supreme court, 1868; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1869-71,
1875-77; South
Carolina state comptroller general, 1874-75; banker.
Died in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., February
23, 1909 (age 72 years, 227
days).
Interment at Grove
Cemetery, Kenton, Ohio.
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Tristram Tupper Hyde (1862-1931) —
also known as Tristram T. Hyde —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., July 3,
1862.
Democrat. Real estate
business; banker; mayor
of Charleston, S.C., 1915-19; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Carolina, 1916
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., January
27, 1931 (age 68 years, 208
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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Joseph Johnson (1776-1862) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Mt. Pleasant, Charleston
County, S.C., 1776.
Whig. Physician;
druggist;
banker; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1825-27.
Died in Pineville, Berkeley
County, S.C., October
6, 1862 (age about 86
years).
Interment at St.
Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.
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John Charles Lindsay (b. 1927) —
of Bennettsville, Marlboro
County, S.C.
Born in Bennettsville, Marlboro
County, S.C., April
18, 1927.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer;
bank director; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Marlboro County,
1953-62; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1963-76 (Marlboro County 1963-66, 9th
District 1967-68, 20th District 1969-72, 9th District 1972-76).
Member, Jaycees;
Freemasons;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Delta Phi.
Still living as of 1976.
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Relatives: Son
of Ross Moore Lindsay, Sr. and Louis (Crosland) Lindsay; married, June 15,
1949, to Frances Maxine Bair. |
| | | Image source: South Carolina
Legislative Manual 1964 |
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Richard Irvine Manning (1859-1931) —
also known as Richard I. Manning —
of Sumter, Sumter
County, S.C.; Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Homesley Plantation, Sumter
County, S.C., August
15, 1859.
Democrat. Farmer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Sumter County,
1892-96; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1898-1906; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Carolina, 1912
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1916;
Governor
of South Carolina, 1915-19; president, American Products Export
and Import Corp.; Cotton
Warehouse Co.; National Bank of Sumter; Bank of
Mayesville; South Carolina Land & Settlement Assoc.; director,
Sumter Telephone
Co.; Telephone
Manufacturing
Co.; Magneto Manufacturing
Co.; Palmetto Fire
Insurance Co.; New York Life
Insurance Co.; Union-Buffalo Mills Co.; Clifton Manufacturing
Co.; chairman Peoples State Bank of South Carolina.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., September
11, 1931 (age 72 years, 27
days).
Interment at Trinity
Episcopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.
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John Moore Mars (1884-1965) —
of Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C.
Born in Cokesbury, Abbeville County (now Greenwood
County), S.C., August
17, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer;
banker; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Abbeville County,
1908-10; member of South
Carolina state senate from Abbeville County, 1910-14, 1934-50; mayor
of Abbeville, S.C., 1918-34.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen of
the World; Redmen;
Junior
Order.
Died in Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C., November
24, 1965 (age 81 years, 99
days).
Interment at Melrose
Cemetery, Abbeville, S.C.
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Whitefoord Claude Martin (1879-1930) —
also known as W. Claude Martin —
of Branchville, Orangeburg
County, S.C.
Born in Kingstree, Williamsburg
County, S.C., May 8,
1879.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
banker; insurance
and real
estate business; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Orangeburg County,
1912-14, 1916-18; mayor of Branchville, S.C., 1920-24; member of South
Carolina state senate from Orangeburg County, 1924-30; died in
office 1930.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Junior
Order; Woodmen of
the World.
Killed in an automobile
accident at Wolfton, Orangeburg
County, S.C., February
7, 1930 (age 50 years, 275
days). Also killed was Sen. William
S. Legare; Rep. J.
Rutledge Smith, Jr. was injured but survived.
Interment at Ott Cemetery, Branchville, S.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Whitefoord Smith Martin and VerMelle Clarice (Brockington) Martin;
married, April 9,
1908, to Ruth Reeves. |
| | | Epitaph: "Love." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Howard Moore (1876-1927) —
of Rowesville, Orangeburg
County, S.C.; Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C.
Born in Cokesbury, Abbeville County (now Greenwood
County), S.C., January
9, 1876.
Democrat. School
principal; superintendent
of schools; banker; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Abbeville County,
1910-18; member of South
Carolina state senate from Abbeville County, 1918-27; died in
office 1927.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen of
the World.
Was a passenger in a sedan, going up a steep hill, when the rear axle
broke; the car rolled rapidly downhill and overturned;
he was pinned underneath and killed, in Bordeaux, McCormick
County, S.C., August
26, 1927 (age 51 years, 229
days).
Interment at Melrose
Cemetery, Abbeville, S.C.
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Earle Elias Morris Jr. (1928-2011) —
also known as Earle E. Morris, Jr. —
of Pickens, Pickens
County, S.C.
Born in Pickens, Pickens
County, S.C., July 14,
1928.
Democrat. Banker; merchant;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1951-54; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1954-70 (Pickens County 1954-66, 2nd
District 1966-70); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
South Carolina, 1956,
1968,
1972;
South
Carolina Democratic state chair, 1966-68; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1971-74; South
Carolina state comptroller general, 1976-99; convicted
in 2004 of securities
fraud following the collapse of Carolina Investors, though he
denied any intent to defraud anyone; sentenced
to 44 months in prison.
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions; Elks; Moose; Woodmen of
the World; Jaycees;
Kiwanis;
Blue
Key; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Phi
Kappa Phi.
Died, from prostate
cancer, in Lexington, Lexington
County, S.C., February
11, 2011 (age 82 years, 212
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Bush River Memorial Gardens, Columbia, S.C.
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John Henry O'Neall (1838-1907) —
also known as John H. O'Neall —
of Washington, Daviess
County, Ind.
Born near Newberry, Newberry
County, S.C., October
30, 1838.
Democrat. Lawyer;
banker; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1867; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 2nd District, 1887-91; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1896.
Methodist.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Washington, Daviess
County, Ind., July 15,
1907 (age 68 years, 258
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Washington, Ind.
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Walter Leak Parsons (1858-1931) —
also known as W. L. Parsons —
of Rockingham, Richmond
County, N.C.
Born in Camden, Kershaw
County, S.C., December
15, 1858.
Democrat. Lawyer;
bank president; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1887-88, 1907-08; member
of North
Carolina state senate 21st District, 1913-14; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1924.
Methodist.
Died in Rockingham, Richmond
County, N.C., December
21, 1931 (age 73 years, 6
days).
Interment at Eastside
Cemetery, Rockingham, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Hilliard Crawford Parsons and Frances Cornelia (Leak)
Parsons; married 1882 to Mary
Wall 'Manie' Leak. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Giles Jared Patterson (1827-1891) —
of Chester, Chester
County, S.C.
Born in Spartanburg District (now Spartanburg
County), S.C., January
10, 1827.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; bank
director; member of South
Carolina state senate from Chester County, 1882-90; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1884.
Methodist.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Chester, Chester
County, S.C., December
13, 1891 (age 64 years, 337
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Chester, S.C.
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James Hardin Peterson (1894-1978) —
also known as J. Hardin Peterson —
of Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla.
Born in Batesburg (now part of Batesburg-Leesville), Lexington
County, S.C., February
11, 1894.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; citrus
grower; Polk
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1921-32; U.S.
Representative from Florida 1st District, 1933-51; chairman,
First State Bank of Lakeland.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Phi; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Knights
of Khorassan; Odd
Fellows; Kiwanis;
American
Legion.
Died in Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla., March
28, 1978 (age 84 years, 45
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Cemetery, Lakeland, Fla.
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James Willard Ragsdale (1872-1919) —
also known as J. Willard Ragsdale —
of Florence, Florence
County, S.C.
Born in Timmonsville, Florence
County, S.C., December
14, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer;
banker; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Florence County,
1898-1900; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1902-04; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1913-19; died in
office 1919.
Methodist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 23,
1919 (age 46 years, 221
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Florence, S.C.
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Robert Goodwyn Rhett (1862-1939) —
also known as R. Goodwyn Rhett —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., March
25, 1862.
Democrat. Lawyer;
banker; mayor
of Charleston, S.C., 1903-11; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Carolina, 1904
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
English
ancestry.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April
16, 1939 (age 77 years, 22
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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George Lamb Buist Rivers (b. 1896) —
also known as Buist Rivers —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., May 26,
1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,
1924-28; member of South
Carolina state senate from Charleston County, 1930; president,
The Central Railroad
of South Carolina; director and counsel, Citizens and Southern
National Bank; director, Life and Accident Insurance
Company; vice president and counsel of radio
station WCSC.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Moultrie Rutledge Rivers and Eliza Ingraham (Buist) Rivers;
married, November
20, 1930, to Ethel Pinckney Rutledge. |
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Robert Bethea Scarborough (1861-1927) —
also known as Robert B. Scarborough —
of Conway, Horry
County, S.C.
Born in Chesterfield, Chesterfield District (now Chesterfield
County), S.C., October
29, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer;
banker; member of South
Carolina state senate from Horry County, 1896-99; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1899-1900; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1901-05;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Carolina, 1912.
Southern
Methodist. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Died in Conway, Horry
County, S.C., November
23, 1927 (age 66 years, 25
days).
Interment at Lakeside
Cemetery, Conway, S.C.
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James Marsh Seignious (1847-1923) —
also known as James M. Seignious —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., November
4, 1847.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; accountant;
banker; cotton
factor; financier;
Vice-Consul
for Denmark in Charleston,
S.C., 1901-07.
French
Huguenot, English,
and Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Summerville, Dorchester
County, S.C., January
24, 1923 (age 75 years, 81
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Francis P. Seignious and Martha Hester (Wightman) Seignious;
married to Christiana Hannah Pelzer; married, January
5, 1891, to Esther Barnwell Heyward. |
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Hugo Sheridan Sims Jr. (1921-2004) —
also known as Hugo S. Sims, Jr. —
of Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C.
Born in South Carolina, 1921.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1947-48; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1949-51; lawyer;
banker.
Died July 9,
2004 (age about 83
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Doctor Allen Spivey (1868-1945) —
also known as D. A. Spivey —
of Conway, Horry
County, S.C.
Born in Horry
County, S.C., August
25, 1868.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance
business; tobacco
warehouser; hotel
business; banker; chair of
Horry County Democratic Party, 1894; mayor of
Conway, S.C., 1901-03; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Horry County,
1904-08; member of South
Carolina state senate from Horry County, 1908-12, 1924-28;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Carolina, 1924.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen of
the World; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Conway, Horry
County, S.C., May 24,
1945 (age 76 years, 272
days).
Interment at Lakeside
Cemetery, Conway, S.C.
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John McKee Spratt Jr. (b. 1942) —
also known as John M. Spratt, Jr. —
of York, York
County, S.C.
Born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., November
1, 1942.
Democrat. Lawyer;
banker; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Carolina, 1964
(alternate), 1996
(speaker),
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 5th District, 1983-.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Washington Hodges Timmerman (1832-1908) —
also known as W. H. Timmerman —
of Edgefield
County, S.C.
Born in Edgefield District (now Edgefield
County), S.C., May 29,
1832.
Democrat. Physician;
farmer;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; banker;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Edgefield County,
1882-83, 1890-91; resigned 1891; member of South
Carolina state senate from Edgefield County, 1891-93; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1892;
chair
of Edgefield County Democratic Party, 1892; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1893-96; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Edgefield
County, 1895; South
Carolina state treasurer, 1897-1901; candidate for Governor of
South Carolina, 1902.
Baptist.
Member, Sons of
Temperance.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Batesburg (now part of Batesburg-Leesville), Lexington
County, S.C., July 14,
1908 (age 76 years, 46
days).
Interment at Timmerman Cemetery, Aiken County, S.C.
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George Alfred Trenholm (1807-1876) —
also known as George A. Trenholm —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
25, 1807.
Democrat. Banker; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1852, 1853-56, 1874-76
(St. Philip & St. Michael 1852, 1853-56, Charleston County 1874-76);
Confederate
Secretary of the Treasury, 1864-65.
Arrested
by Union
forces in 1865, and imprisoned
at Fort Pulaski, Tennessee, until October.
Slaveowner.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., December
9, 1876 (age 69 years, 288
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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Thomas Yancey Williams (1866-1946) —
of Lancaster, Lancaster
County, S.C.
Born in Lancaster, Lancaster District (now Lancaster
County), S.C., August
20, 1866.
Farmer;
lawyer;
banker; vice-president, Springs Cotton
Mills; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Lancaster County,
1896-1904, 1932-36; member of South
Carolina state senate from Lancaster County, 1906-10.
Died, from cancer
and malnutrition,
in Marion Sims Memorial Hospital,
Lancaster, Lancaster
County, S.C., June 5,
1946 (age 79 years, 289
days).
Interment at Westside
Cemetery, Lancaster, S.C.
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Charles Otto Witte (1823-1908) —
also known as Karl Otto Witte —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Blomberg, Germany,
November
23, 1823.
Importer
and exporter; banker; Vice-Consul
for Sweden & Norway in Charleston,
S.C., 1865-1903; Consul
for Germany in Charleston,
S.C., 1871-1907; Vice-Consul
for Austria-Hungary in Charleston,
S.C., 1881-1907.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March 2,
1908 (age 84 years, 100
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Johann Friedrich Witte and Christianna (Linnemann) Witte; married
to Charlotte Sophia Reeves. |
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