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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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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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Maurice Duckworth du Bois (1907-2000) —
also known as Maurice du Bois —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Mechanicsville, St. Mary's
County, Md., November
17, 1907.
Honorary
Consul for Venezuela in Baltimore,
Md., 1933-37.
French
and English ancestry.
Died in South Carolina, January
24, 2000 (age 92 years, 68
days).
Interment at Moreland Memorial Park, Parkville, Md.
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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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Edward Rutledge (1749-1800) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Christ Church Parish, Charleston District (now part of Charleston
County), S.C., November
23, 1749.
Lawyer;
law partner of Charles
Cotesworth Pinckney; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1774-76; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.
Michael, 1787-96; delegate
to South Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;
candidate for Presidential Elector for South Carolina; member of South
Carolina state senate from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1796-98; Governor of
South Carolina, 1798-1800; died in office 1800.
Scotch-Irish
and English ancestry.
Died, from apoplexy,
in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., January
23, 1800 (age 50 years, 61
days).
Interment at St.
Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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John Rutledge (1739-1800) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., September
18, 1739.
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina House of Commons, 1761-76; South
Carolina state attorney general, 1764-65; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1774; President
of South Carolina, 1776-78; Governor of
South Carolina, 1779-82; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1782, 1784-90; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; delegate
to South Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;
received 6 electoral votes, 1789;
Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-91; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1795; common pleas court judge in
South Carolina, 1791-95.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish
and English ancestry.
Died in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., July 23,
1800 (age 60 years, 308
days).
Interment at St.
Michael's Church Cemetery, Charleston, 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
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Benjamin Ryan Tillman (1847-1918) —
also known as Benjamin R. Tillman; "Pitchfork
Ben"; "The One-Eyed Plowboy" —
of Trenton, Edgefield
County, S.C.
Born in Edgefield District (now Edgefield
County), S.C., August
11, 1847.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lost his
left eye in 1864; farmer; Governor of
South Carolina, 1890-94; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Edgefield
County, 1895; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1895-1918; died in office 1918; in
Februry, 1902, he accused
fellow South Carolina senator John
McLaurin, of accepting a bribe (in the form of federal patronage)
to support a treaty; McLaurin called Tillman a liar, and the two came to
blows on the Senate floor; both were censured
by the Senate; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Carolina, 1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1916;
member of Democratic
National Committee from South Carolina, 1912-16.
English ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 3,
1918 (age 70 years, 326
days).
Interment at Ebenezer
Cemetery, Trenton, S.C.; statue at State
House Grounds, Columbia, S.C.
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