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John C. Bell —
of Inman, Spartanburg
County, S.C.
Democrat. Cotton classer; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from South Carolina, 1956.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Stephen Robinson Bell (1860-1897) —
also known as Stephen R. Bell —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., June 13,
1860.
Cotton exporter;
Honorary
Vice-Consul for Russia in Charleston,
S.C., 1892-97.
Scotch-Irish
and French
Huguenot ancestry.
Died in Aiken
County, S.C., February
8, 1897 (age 36 years, 240
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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Burnice Matthew Bowen (1883-1964) —
also known as B. M. Bowen; Burnia Mathew
Bowen —
of Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C.
Born in Dillon
County, S.C., December
10, 1883.
Republican. Cotton mill superintendent; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1936.
Died, from a coronary
occlusion due to arteriosclerosis,
in The Haven Nursing
Home, Lexington, Davidson
County, N.C., July 28,
1964 (age 80 years, 231
days).
Interment at Rowan Memorial Park, Salisbury, N.C.
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Andrew Pickens Butler (1826-1902) —
of Aiken
County, S.C.
Born in Edgefield District (now Edgefield
County), S.C., December
15, 1826.
Democrat. Cotton planter;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of South
Carolina state senate from Aiken County, 1876-79; resigned 1879;
South Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture, 1879-90.
Member, Grange.
Died in Aiken
County, S.C., May 14,
1902 (age 75 years, 150
days).
Interment at Sweetwater Cemetery, Edgefield, S.C.
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William de Bruyn=Kops (1860-1957) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., November
4, 1860.
Cotton exporter;
Consul
for Netherlands in Savannah,
Ga., 1888-1903.
Dutch,
English,
and Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., August
8, 1957 (age 96 years, 277
days).
Interment at Laurel
Grove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Edward James Dennis (1844-1904) —
of Charleston
County, S.C.; Berkeley
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston District (part now in Berkeley
County), S.C., March
23, 1844.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; surveyor;
cotton planter; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1880-82, 1884-85,
1892-93 (Charleston County 1880-82, Berkeley County 1884-85,
1892-93); member of South
Carolina state senate from Berkeley County, 1894-1904; defeated,
1886, 1890; died in office 1904; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Berkeley
County, 1895.
Member, United
Confederate Veterans.
Died in Macbeth, Berkeley
County, S.C., May 24,
1904 (age 60 years, 62
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Cross, S.C.
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William Fatman (1852-1919) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
9, 1852.
Cotton buyer; Consul
for Belgium in Charleston,
S.C., 1883-94.
Jewish.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
15, 1919 (age 66 years, 98
days).
Interment at Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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Antonio Gastaver (1851-1929) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Spain,
March
14, 1851.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; cotton exporter;
Honorary
Vice-Consul for Spain in Charleston,
S.C., 1900-07; Vice-Consul
for Uruguay in Charleston,
S.C., 1903-07.
Spanish
ancestry.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., January
5, 1929 (age 77 years, 297
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
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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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Guillermo Oliveras Hall (born c.1850) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Spain,
about 1850.
Cotton exporter;
Vice-Consul
for Ecuador in Charleston,
S.C., 1889-1907.
Burial location unknown.
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Peronneau Finley Henderson (1877-1968) —
also known as P. F. Henderson —
of Aiken, Aiken
County, S.C.
Born in Aiken, Aiken
County, S.C., November
29, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer;
president, Carolina Light &
Power Co.; vice-president, Georgia-Carolina Electric
Co.; director, South Carolina Power
Co., Powell Hardware
Co.; receiver, Langley Cotton Mills Co.; treasurer, Aiken Hospital;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1924.
Southern
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Beta
Theta Pi; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis.
Died April 7,
1968 (age 90 years, 130
days).
Interment at Bethany Cemetery, Aiken, S.C.
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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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Burnet Rhett Maybank (1899-1954) —
also known as Burnet R. Maybank —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March 7,
1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; cotton
exporter;
mayor
of Charleston, S.C., 1931-38; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Carolina, 1936,
1940,
1944
(speaker),
1952
(member, Credentials
Committee); Governor of
South Carolina, 1939-41; member of Democratic
National Committee from South Carolina, 1940; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1941-54; died in office 1954.
Episcopalian.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Flat Rock, Henderson
County, N.C., September
1, 1954 (age 55 years, 178
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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Paul Grier McCorkle (1863-1934) —
also known as Paul G. McCorkle —
of York, York
County, S.C.
Born in Yorkville, York District (now York, York
County), S.C., December
19, 1863.
Democrat. Cotton broker; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 5th District, 1917; York
County Coroner, 1920-34.
Died in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., June 2,
1934 (age 70 years, 165
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, York, S.C.
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Madison Stark Perry (1814-1865) —
also known as Madison S. Perry —
of Florida.
Born in Lancaster District (now Lancaster
County), S.C., 1814.
Democrat. Cotton planter; Governor of
Florida, 1857-61; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War.
Died in Rochelle, Alachua
County, Fla., March, 1865
(age about
50 years).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Near Micanopy, Alachua County, Fla.
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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
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Ellison DuRant Smith (1864-1944) —
also known as Ellison D. Smith; E. D. Smith;
"Cotton Ed" —
of Sumter
County, S.C.; Florence, Florence
County, S.C.; Lynchburg, Lee
County, S.C.
Born in Lynchburg, Lee
County, S.C., August
1, 1864.
Democrat. Cotton planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Sumter County,
1896-1900; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1909-44; died in office 1944;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1912
(Honorary
Vice-President; speaker),
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1928
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1936,
1944
(alternate).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Phi
Kappa Psi; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died November
17, 1944 (age 80 years, 108
days).
Interment at St.
Luke's Cemetery, Bishopville, S.C.
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James Adger Smyth (1837-1920) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., June 8,
1837.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; cotton
broker; mayor
of Charleston, S.C., 1896-1903.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April
25, 1920 (age 82 years, 322
days).
Interment at Second Presbyterian Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.
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William Whetstone Wannamaker Jr. (1900-1993) —
also known as W. W. Wannamaker, Jr. —
of Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C.
Born in Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C., May 18,
1900.
Republican. Civil
engineer; general
contractor; director, Orange Cotton Mills; vice-president,
Wateree Chemical
Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina,
1956,
1960;
member of Republican
National Committee from South Carolina, 1956-66.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died March 3,
1993 (age 92 years, 289
days).
Interment at Sunnyside
Cemetery, Orangeburg, 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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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, Spartanburg, S.C.
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