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Langdon Cheves Jr. (1814-1863) —
Born in Pennsylvania, 1814.
Engineer; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from St. Peter's, 1860-62;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Hit by a shell,
and killed, while defending the Confederate-held
battery on Morris Island, Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., July 10,
1863 (age about 49
years).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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Thomas Green Clemson (1807-1888) —
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 1,
1807.
Mining
engineer; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Belgium, 1844-51; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War.
Among the founders
of the Maryland Agricultural College, now the University of Maryland.
Bequeathed his home and land holdings to the state of South Carolina
for the purpose of establishing
an agricultural college, which went on to become Clemson University.
Died in Pickens
County, S.C., April 6,
1888 (age 80 years, 280
days).
Interment at St.
Paul's Episcopal Churchyard, Pendleton, S.C.
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John Bernard Faust (b. 1898) —
also known as John B. Faust —
of Denmark, Bamberg
County, S.C.
Born in Otranto Plantation (now part of Hanahan), Berkeley
County, S.C., September
18, 1898.
Chemical
engineer; U.S. Vice Consul in Buenos Aires, 1927-28; Asuncion, 1928-31; Paris, 1931-33; Lisbon, as of 1934; U.S. Consul in Santiago, as of 1936-40.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John S. J. Faust and Blanche (Walker) Faust; married, July 12,
1928, to Dorothy Shaw. |
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Albert Waller Gilchrist (1858-1926) —
also known as Albert W. Gilchrist —
of Punta Gorda, Charlotte
County, Fla.
Born in Greenwood, Greenwood
County, S.C., January
15, 1858.
Democrat. Civil engineer; real estate
dealer; orange
grower; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1893-96, 1903-06; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 1905; served in the
U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Governor of
Florida, 1909-13; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Florida, 1912
(speaker),
1924;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1916.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from a tumor of the
thigh, in the Hospital
for the Ruptured and Crippled, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 15,
1926 (age 68 years, 120
days).
Interment at Indian
Spring Cemetery, Punta Gorda, Fla.
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Henry Martyn Robert (1837-1923) —
Born in Robertville, Jasper
County, S.C., May 2,
1837.
Engineer; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; author of Robert's
Rules of Oreder; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1890-91.
Died in Hornell, Steuben
County, N.Y., May 11,
1923 (age 86 years, 9
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Joseph Thomas Robert and Adeline Elizabeth (Lawton) Robert;
married 1860 to Helene
Marie Thresher; married to Isabel Livingston
Hoagland. |
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article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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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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