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James Hopkins Adams (1812-1861) —
also known as James H. Adams —
of Gadsden, Richland District (now Richland
County), S.C.
Born in Congaree, Richland District (now Richland
County), S.C., March
15, 1812.
Planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1834-37, 1840-41,
1848-49; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1851-54; candidate for Presidential
Elector for South Carolina; Governor of
South Carolina, 1854-56; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from Richland, 1860-61;
died in office 1861.
Episcopalian.
Died in Columbia, Richland District (now Richland
County), S.C., July 13,
1861 (age 49 years, 120
days).
Interment at St.
John's Episcopal Churchyard, Congaree, S.C.
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Robert Adams (VI) (b. 1963) —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born, in a hospital
at Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., July 3,
1963.
Lobbyist;
campaign manager for U.S. Sen. Strom
Thurmond, 1990, and Gov. David
Beasley, 1994; candidate for South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1996.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2004.
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Weston Adams II (b. 1938) —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., September
15, 1938.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1972-74; delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1976,
1980
(alternate), 1988,
1992,
1996
(alternate); candidate for Presidential Elector for South Carolina;
U.S. Ambassador to Malawi, 1984-86; producer of the movie
Strike the Tent (2005).
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2005.
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Joseph Wright Alsop (1876-1953) —
also known as Joseph W. Alsop —
of Avon, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., April 2,
1876.
Dairy farmer; tobacco grower; insurance
business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Avon, 1907-08; member of Connecticut
state senate 5th District, 1909-12; member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1909-12; Progressive
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1912; first
selectman of Avon, Connecticut, 1922-50.
Episcopalian. Member, Delta
Psi.
Died, following a heart
attack, in the St. Francis Xavier Infirmary,
Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March
17, 1953 (age 76 years, 349
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
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Constance Dean Armitage (b. 1920) —
also known as Constance D. Armitage; Constance Dean;
Mrs. Norman C. Armitage —
of Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., May 13,
1920.
Republican. College
professor; delegate to Republican National Convention from South
Carolina, 1960
(alternate), 1964,
1968,
1972
(speaker);
vice-chair
of South Carolina Republican Party, 1960-62.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Robert Armstrong Dean and Constance (Lawrence) Dean;
married, September
20, 1941, to Norman Cudworth Armitage. |
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Christie Benet (1879-1951) —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C., December
26, 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Solicitor, 5th Circuit, 1908-09; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1918.
Episcopalian. Scottish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary;
Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Tau Omega; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., March
30, 1951 (age 71 years, 94
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Columbia, 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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Solomon Blatt (1895-1986) —
of Barnwell, Barnwell
County, S.C.
Born in Blackville, Barnwell
County, S.C., February
27, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; law
partner of J.
E. Harley, 1917-34; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1932-74, 1974-86
(Barnwell County 1932-74, 91st District 1974-86); died in office
1986; Speaker of
the South Carolina State House of Representatives, 1937-46,
1951-73; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Carolina, 1944
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Episcopalian. Jewish
ancestry.
Died in Barnwell, Barnwell
County, S.C., May 14,
1986 (age 91 years, 76
days).
Interment at Church of the Holy Apostles Episcopal Cemetery, Barnwell, S.C.
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Solomon Blatt Jr. (1921-2016) —
of Barnwell, Barnwell
County, S.C.; Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Barnwell
County, S.C., August
20, 1921.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for South Carolina, 1971-90; took senior status
1990.
Episcopalian. Jewish
ancestry.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April
20, 2016 (age 94 years, 244
days).
Interment at Church of the Holy Apostles Episcopal Cemetery, Barnwell, S.C.
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Milledge Lipscomb Bonham (b. 1854) —
also known as M. L. Bonham —
of Anderson, Anderson
County, S.C.
Born in Edgefield, Edgefield District (now Edgefield
County), S.C., October
16, 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer; Adjutant
General of South Carolina, 1885-90; circuit judge in South
Carolina, 1924-30; justice of
South Carolina state supreme court, 1931-40; appointed 1931; chief
justice of South Carolina state supreme court, 1940.
Episcopalian. Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Knights
of Pythias; Lions.
Burial location unknown.
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John Simpson Bratton (1831-1898) —
also known as John Bratton —
of Winnsboro, Fairfield
County, S.C.
Born in Winnsboro, Fairfield District (now Fairfield
County), S.C., March 7,
1831.
Democrat. Physician;
planter;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention, 1865; member
of South
Carolina state senate from Fairfield, 1865-66; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1876
(delegation chair), 1880;
chair
of Fairfield County Democratic Party, 1876-80; South
Carolina Democratic state chair, 1880; South
Carolina state comptroller general, 1881-82; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1884-85.
Episcopalian. Member, Grange;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Slaveowner.
Died in Winnsboro, Fairfield
County, S.C., January
12, 1898 (age 66 years, 311
days).
Interment at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery, Winnsboro, S.C.
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Ben Hill Brown Jr. (1914-1989) —
of Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.
Born in Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C., February
8, 1914.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Consul General in Istanbul, 1960; U.S. Ambassador to Liberia, 1964.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Kappa
Alpha Order; Pi
Kappa Delta; Sigma
Upsilon; Freemasons.
Died in 1989
(age about
75 years).
Burial location unknown.
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John P. Kennedy Bryan (b. 1852) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., September
10, 1852.
Lawyer;
delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Charleston
County, 1895.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Pierce Butler (1744-1822) —
of South Carolina.
Born in County Carlow, Ireland,
July
11, 1744.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1778-89; Adjutant
General of South Carolina, 1779; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1787; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1789-96, 1802-04.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
15, 1822 (age 77 years, 219
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.; cenotaph at St.
Michael's Church Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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James Francis Byrnes (1882-1972) —
also known as James F. Byrnes —
of Aiken, Aiken
County, S.C.; Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.; Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., May 2,
1882.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1911-25; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1931-41; defeated, 1924; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1936,
1940,
1952;
Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1941-42; resigned 1942; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1945-47; Governor of
South Carolina, 1951-55.
Episcopalian or Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Junior
Order.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., April 9,
1972 (age 89 years, 343
days).
Interment at Trinity
Episcopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.; statue at State
House Grounds, Columbia, S.C.
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Nathaniel Wilson Cabell (1914-2004) —
also known as Nathaniel W. Cabell —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March
15, 1914.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1947-54, 1959-64; member
of South
Carolina state senate 15th District, 1967-68.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
One of the originators, in 1948, of the political party which became
known as the States Rights or Dixiecrat Party.
Died July 1,
2004 (age 90 years, 108
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John R. Cabell and Mary E. (Robinson) Cabell; married, November
13, 1948, to Jean Warley Witsell. |
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Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. (1940-2005) —
also known as Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. —
of Fountain Inn, Greenville
County, S.C.
Born in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C., July 24,
1940.
Republican. Real estate
broker; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1970-74; defeated, 1969;
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1972
(alternate), 1976,
1980,
1984,
1988,
1992;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1974; executive assistant to Gov. Jim
Edwards, 1975; member of South
Carolina state senate 2nd District, 1977-78; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1979-87; Governor of
South Carolina, 1987-95; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1996;
lobbyist;
CEO, American Council of Life
Insurers, 1995-2001; director, Norfolk Southern railroad.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sertoma;
Pi
Kappa Phi.
Died, of a heart
attack while suffering from Alzheimer's
disease, in Lexington Medical Hospital,
West Columbia, Lexington
County, S.C., December
7, 2005 (age 65 years, 136
days).
Interment at All
Saints Episcopal Church Cemetery, Pawleys Island, S.C.
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Merrick Ezra Carn (1808-1862) —
of Walterboro, Colleton District (now Colleton
County), S.C.
Born in Orangeburg District (now Orangeburg
County), S.C., August
11, 1808.
Delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from St. Bartholomew's,
1860-62; died in office 1862.
Episcopalian.
Died in Walterboro, Colleton District (now Colleton
County), S.C., January
13, 1862 (age 53 years, 155
days).
Interment at Edmundsburg Old Church Cemetery, Colleton County, S.C.
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Henry C. Chipman (1784-1867) —
of Walterboro, Colleton
County, S.C.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Tinmouth, Rutland
County, Vt., July 25,
1784.
Whig. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; newspaper
editor; justice of
Michigan territorial supreme court, 1827-32; Wayne
County Criminal Court Judge, 1841-43.
Episcopalian.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 31,
1867 (age 82 years, 310
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Heriot Clarkson (1863-1942) —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Kingville, Richland
County, S.C., August
21, 1863.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1899; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1923-42; appointed 1923; died
in office 1942.
Episcopalian. Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of
the Revolution; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Gamma
Eta Gamma; Anti-Saloon
League.
Died January
27, 1942 (age 78 years, 159
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Maj. William Clarkson and Margaret S. (Simons) Clarkson; married,
December
10, 1889, to Mary Lloyd Osborne. |
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Nathaniel Henry Rhodes Dawson (1829-1895) —
also known as N. H. R. Dawson —
of Selma, Dallas
County, Ala.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
14, 1829.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1860;
Speaker
of the Alabama State House of Representatives, 1880.
Episcopalian.
Died in Selma, Dallas
County, Ala., February
1, 1895 (age 65 years, 352
days).
Interment at Live
Oak Cemetery, Selma, Ala.
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Butler Carson Derrick Jr. (1936-2014) —
also known as Butler Derrick —
of Edgefield, Edgefield
County, S.C.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., September
30, 1936.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1969-74; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1975-95.
Episcopalian. Member, Jaycees;
Freemasons;
Lions.
Died in Easley, Pickens
County, S.C., May 5,
2014 (age 77 years, 217
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Fay Allen Des Portes (1890-1944) —
also known as Fay A. Des Portes —
of Winnsboro, Fairfield
County, S.C.
Born in Winnsboro, Fairfield
County, S.C., June 16,
1890.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1926-28; member of South
Carolina state senate from Fairfield County, 1928-33; resigned
1933; U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1933-36; Guatemala, 1936-43; U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica, 1943-44.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1944
(age about
54 years).
Burial location unknown.
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James Burrows Edwards (1927-2014) —
also known as James B. Edwards; Jim
Edwards —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Hawthorne, Alachua
County, Fla., June 24,
1927.
Republican. Dentist;
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1968,
1972,
1976,
1980,
1984,
1988;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1971; member of South
Carolina state senate 16th District, 1972-74; resigned 1974; Governor of
South Carolina, 1975-79; U.S.
Secretary of Energy, 1981-82.
Episcopalian or Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
American
Dental Association.
Died, from complications of a stroke,
in Mt. Pleasant, Charleston
County, S.C., December
26, 2014 (age 87 years, 185
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Gary Evans (1863-1942) —
of Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.
Born in Cokesbury, Abbeville District (now Greenwood
County), S.C., October
15, 1863.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Aiken County,
1889-92; member of South
Carolina state senate from Aiken County, 1892-93; Governor of
South Carolina, 1894-97; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Aiken
County, 1895; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Carolina, 1896,
1900,
1912,
1916,
1928
(alternate); major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
South
Carolina Democratic state chair, 1912-16; member of Democratic
National Committee from South Carolina, 1918-21.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Phi.
Died June 27,
1942 (age 78 years, 255
days).
Interment at Willow
Brook Cemetery, Edgefield, S.C.
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Edward Ladson Fishburne (b. 1883) —
also known as E. L. Fishburne —
of Walterboro, Colleton
County, S.C.
Born in Walterboro, Colleton
County, S.C., November
4, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer;
mayor of Walterboro, S.C., 1909-10; member of South
Carolina Democratic State Executive Committee, 1931-34; member of
South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1931-35; justice of
South Carolina state supreme court, 1935-40.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Josiah Fishburne and Mamie (Carn) Fishburne; married, October
8, 1912, to Mary Patterson Gage. |
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Philip Henry Gadsden (1867-1945) —
also known as Philip H. Gadsden —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., October
4, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; utility
executive; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,
1894-1900; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Carolina, 1916.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died February
28, 1945 (age 77 years, 147
days).
Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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Henry Augustus Gaillard (1837-1921) —
of Winnsboro, Fairfield
County, S.C.; Fairfield
County, S.C.
Born in St. Stephens Parish, Charleston District (now part of Berkeley
County), S.C., November
26, 1837.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Fairfield County,
1877-80; member of South
Carolina state senate from Fairfield County, 1880-84; chair of
Fairfield County Democratic Party, 1886.
Episcopalian. Member, Knights
of Honor.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., October
8, 1921 (age 83 years, 316
days).
Interment at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery, Winnsboro, S.C.
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John Palmer Gaillard Jr. (1920-2006) —
also known as J. Palmer Gaillard, Jr. —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April
20, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lumber
business; mayor
of Charleston, S.C., 1959-75.
Episcopalian. Member, Elks; Rotary;
American
Legion.
Killed in an automobile
accident, in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., July 29,
2006 (age 86 years, 100
days).
Interment at St.
Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.
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William Crosland Goldberg (b. 1917) —
of Bennettsville, Marlboro
County, S.C.
Born in Bennettsville, Marlboro
County, S.C., January
25, 1917.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; prisoner of war in
Germany for 18 months; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Marlboro County,
1949-50; member of South
Carolina state senate from Marlboro County, 1959-62.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Wade Hampton III (1818-1902) —
also known as "Savior of South
Carolina" —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.; Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March
28, 1818.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state senate, 1858; general in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; Governor of
South Carolina, 1876-79; defeated, 1865; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1879-91; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from South Carolina, 1880;
U.S. Railroad Commissioner, 1893-97.
Episcopalian.
Awarded the Confederate Medal of Honor by the Sons of Confederate
Veterans. Lost a
leg in an accident in 1878.
Slaveowner.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., April
11, 1902 (age 84 years, 14
days).
Interment at Trinity
Episcopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.; statue at State
House Grounds, Columbia, S.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Wade
Hampton (1791-1858) and Ann (FitzSimons) Hampton; married, October
10, 1838, to Margaret Buchanan Frances Preston (daughter of Francis
Smith Preston; sister of William
Campbell Preston); married 1858 to Mary
Singleton McDuffie (daughter of George
McDuffie); nephew of Caroline Martha Hampton (who married John
Smith Preston) and Susan Frances Hampton (who married John
Laurence Manning); grandson of Wade
Hampton (1752-1835). |
| | | Political families: Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Hampton County,
S.C. is named for him. |
| | | The town
of Hampton,
South Carolina, is named for
him. — Wade Hampton High
School (built 1960, rebuilt 2006), in Greenville,
South Carolina, is named for
him. — The Wade Hampton State
Office Building (opened 1940), in Columbia,
South Carolina, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Wade Hampton: Walter Brian
Cisco, Wade
Hampton: Confederate Warrior, Conservative
Statesman |
| | | Image source: William C. Roberts,
Leading Orators (1884) |
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Walter Hazard (1859-1930) —
of Georgetown, Georgetown
County, S.C.
Born in Georgetown, Georgetown District (now Georgetown
County), S.C., December
25, 1859.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Georgetown County,
1882-84, 1888-92; member of South
Carolina state senate from Georgetown County, 1892-93.
Methodist;
later Episcopalian.
Died in Georgetown, Georgetown
County, S.C., February
6, 1930 (age 70 years, 43
days).
Interment at Prince
George Winyah Cemetery, Georgetown, S.C.
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Lawrence Lamar Hester (b. 1891) —
also known as L. L. Hester —
of Mt. Carmel, McCormick
County, S.C.
Born in Mt. Carmel, McCormick
County, S.C., December
17, 1891.
Farmer;
businessman;
mayor of Mt. Carmel, S.C., 1916-20, 1930-40; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1941-68 (McCormick County 1941-66, 24th
District 1967-68).
Episcopalian.
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Relatives: Son
of James T. Hester and Adalina (Hester) Hester; married, June 2,
1917, to Carrie Roser McCelvey. |
| | | Image source: South Carolina
Legislative Manual 1964 |
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Douglas Jenkins (1880-1961) —
of Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C.
Born in Adams Run, Charleston
County, S.C., February
6, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
reporter; U.S. Consul in St. Pierre and Miquelon, 1908-12; Gothenberg, 1912-13; Riga, 1913-17; Harbin, 1918-22; U.S. Consul General in Canton, as of 1924-29; Hong Kong, as of 1932; London, as of 1938; U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1939-41.
Episcopalian.
Died in South Carolina, December
18, 1961 (age 81 years, 315
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Adams Run, S.C.
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Philip J. Lader (b. 1946) —
of Hilton Head Island, Beaufort
County, S.C.
Born in Jackson Heights, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., March
17, 1946.
Lawyer;
candidate for Governor of
South Carolina, 1986; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1997-2001.
Episcopalian. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2001.
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William Storen Legaré (1900-1930) —
also known as William S. Legaré —
of Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., January
6, 1900.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,
1924-26; member of South
Carolina state senate from Charleston County, 1926-30; died in
office 1930.
Episcopalian. Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Fatally injured in an automobile
accident near Wolfton, S.C., and died two hours later in a hospital
at Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C., February
7, 1930 (age 30 years, 32
days). Also killed was Sen. W.
Claude Martin; Rep. J.
Rutledge Smith, Jr. was injured but survived.
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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John Vliet Lindsay (1921-2000) —
also known as John V. Lindsay —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
24, 1921.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1959-65; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1960,
1964;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1966-73; defeated in Republican primary,
1969; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1972;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1972;
candidate in Democratic primary for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1980.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from Parkinson's
disease and pneumonia,
in Hilton Head Island, Beaufort
County, S.C., December
19, 2000 (age 79 years, 25
days).
Interment at Memorial
Cemetery of St. John's Church, Laurel Hollow, Long Island, N.Y.
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Alva Moore Lumpkin Jr. (1921-2005) —
of Richland
County, S.C.
Born November
25, 1921.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Richland County,
1948-50.
Episcopalian.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., January
29, 2005 (age 83 years, 65
days).
Interment at Trinity
Episcopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.
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John Laurence Manning (1816-1889) —
also known as John L. Manning —
of Fulton, Clarendon District (now Clarendon
County), S.C.
Born in Clarendon District (now Clarendon
County), S.C., January
29, 1816.
Democrat. Planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1842-46, 1865-67; member
of South
Carolina state senate, 1846-52, 1861-65, 1878 (Clarendon 1846-52,
1861-65, Clarendon County 1878); resigned 1852, 1865; candidate for
Presidential Elector for South Carolina; Governor of
South Carolina, 1852-54; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from Clarendon, 1860-62;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1868.
Episcopalian. Member, Odd
Fellows; Society
of the Cincinnati; Grange.
Slaveowner.
Died in Camden, Kershaw
County, S.C., October
29, 1889 (age 73 years, 273
days).
Interment at Trinity
Episcopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.
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Richard Irvine Manning (1789-1836) —
of Clarendon District (now Clarendon
County), S.C.
Born near Sumter, Sumter District (now Sumter
County), S.C., May 1,
1789.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Clarendon, 1822-25;
Governor
of South Carolina, 1824-26; member of South
Carolina state senate from Clarendon, 1830-34; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1834-36 (8th District
1834-35, 7th District 1835-36); died in office 1836.
Episcopalian. Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Slaveowner.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 1,
1836 (age 47 years, 0
days).
Interment at Trinity
Episcopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.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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William McDonald (1773-1818) —
Born in 1773.
Planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1810-12; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1813; justice of the peace.
Episcopalian.
Died October
15, 1818 (age about 45
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Christopher Gustavus Memminger (1803-1888) —
also known as Christopher G. Memminger —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Wurttemberg, Germany,
January
9, 1803.
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1836-52, 1854-60,
1876-78; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from St. Philips' & St.
Michael's, 1860-62; chairman of the committee that drew up the
Constitution of the Confederate States of America; Delegate
from South Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62; Confederate
Secretary of the Treasury, 1861-64; pardoned
by President Andrew
Johnson, 1867.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Flat Rock, Henderson
County, N.C., March 7,
1888 (age 85 years, 58
days).
Interment at St.
John in the Wilderness Cemetery, Flat Rock, N.C.
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James Brown Morrison (b. 1906) —
also known as James B. Morrison —
of Georgetown, Georgetown
County, S.C.
Born in McClellanville, Charleston
County, S.C., February
20, 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Georgetown County,
1941-48; member of South
Carolina state senate from Georgetown County, 1949-62; resigned
1962; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina,
1952;
circuit judge in South Carolina 15th Circuit; elected 1962.
Episcopalian. Member, Sigma
Chi; Lions.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard Leland Morrison and Mary Oswald (Freeman) Morrison;
married 1934 to Anne
Allston DuPre. |
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Edward Perry Passailaigue (b. 1891) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., November
2, 1891.
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,
1916-18; served in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Episcopalian. Member, Pi
Kappa Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Theodore Wagner Passailaigue and Kate (Melchers) Passailaigue;
married, August
9, 1925, to Edith Carolyn Legarra. |
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Giles Jared Patterson (b. 1885) —
of Chester, Chester
County, S.C.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Chester, Chester
County, S.C., October
19, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Chester County Democratic Party, 1913.
Episcopalian. Member, Civitan;
Freemasons;
Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Franklin Perry (1805-1886) —
of Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C.
Born in Pendleton District (part now in Pickens
County), S.C., November
20, 1805.
Democrat. Farmer; lawyer; newspaper
editor; in 1832, he challenged Turner Bynum, editor of a
competing newspaper, to a duel,
and fatally injured his adversary; candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1834, 1835, 1848, 1872;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Greenville, 1836-41,
1849-59, 1862-64; member of South
Carolina state senate from Greenville, 1844-48; candidate for
Presidential Elector for South Carolina; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from South Carolina, 1860,
1868,
1876;
Governor
of South Carolina, 1865.
Episcopalian.
Died, from heart
disease, in Greenville
County, S.C., December
3, 1886 (age 81 years, 13
days).
Interment at Christ
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Greenville, S.C.
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Charles Pinckney (1732-1782) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Charles Town (now Charleston), Charleston
County, S.C., March 7,
1732.
Lawyer;
planter;
member of South
Carolina state senate from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1779-80.
Anglican. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., September
22, 1782 (age 50 years, 199
days).
Interment at St.
Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.; cenotaph at Christ Church Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, S.C.
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Charles Pinckney (1757-1824) —
of Christ Church Parish (now Mt. Pleasant), Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., October
26, 1757.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1785-87; member of
South
Carolina state house of representatives from Christ Church,
1786-89, 1790-91, 1792-96, 1798; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; Governor of
South Carolina, 1789-92, 1796-98, 1806-08; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1798-1801; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1801-04; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1819-21.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., October
29, 1824 (age 67 years, 3
days).
Interment at St.
Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.
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Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746-1825) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
25, 1746.
Lawyer;
law partner of Edward
Rutledge; planter;
colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of South
Carolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.
Michael, 1783-90; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; member of South
Carolina state senate from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1790-96,
1800-04; U.S. Minister to France, 1796-97; received one electoral vote, 1796;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1800; candidate for President
of the United States, 1804 (Federalist), 1808.
Episcopalian. Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Slaveowner.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., August
16, 1825 (age 79 years, 172
days).
Interment at St.
Michael's Church Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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Thomas Harrington Pope Jr. (1913-1999) —
also known as Thomas H. Pope —
of Newberry, Newberry
County, S.C.
Born in Kinards, Newberry
County, S.C., July 28,
1913.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1937-40, 1946-50; Speaker of
the South Carolina State House of Representatives, 1949-50;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for Governor of
South Carolina, 1950; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from South Carolina, 1956;
South
Carolina Democratic state chair, 1958.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died, in Newberry County Memorial Hospital,
Newberry, Newberry
County, S.C., August
23, 1999 (age 86 years, 26
days).
Interment at Rosemont
Cemetery, Newberry, S.C.
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Edward Richardson Jr. (1780-1840) —
Born in Orangeburg District (now Orangeburg
County), S.C., April
22, 1780.
Planter;
member of South
Carolina state senate, 1822-25.
Episcopalian.
Died August
31, 1840 (age 60 years, 131
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Burchill Richardson (1770-1836) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Camden District (part now in Clarendon
County), S.C., October
28, 1770.
Planter;
Governor
of South Carolina, 1802-04; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1806-13 (Clarendon & Claremont 1806-10,
Clarendon 1810-13); resigned 1813; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1816-18.
Episcopalian.
Died in Sumter District (part now in Clarendon
County), S.C., April
28, 1836 (age 65 years, 183
days).
Interment at Richardson
Cemetery, Near Remini, Clarendon County, S.C.
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John Peter Richardson (1831-1899) —
of Clarendon
County, S.C.
Born in Clarendon District (now Clarendon
County), S.C., September
25, 1831.
Planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1856-61, 1865, 1878-80
(Clarendon 1856-61, 1865, Clarendon County 1878-80); served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention, 1865; member
of South
Carolina state senate from Clarendon, 1865-66; South
Carolina state treasurer, 1880-86; Governor of
South Carolina, 1886-90.
Episcopalian. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., July 6,
1899 (age 67 years, 284
days).
Interment at Quaker
Cemetery, Camden, 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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Lucius Mendel Rivers (1905-1970) —
also known as L. Mendel Rivers —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Gumville, Berkeley
County, S.C., September
28, 1905.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1933-36; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1936
(alternate), 1944,
1952,
1956
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1941-70; died in
office 1970.
Episcopalian. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Exchange
Club.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., December
28, 1970 (age 65 years, 91
days).
Interment at St.
Stephen Episcopal Church Cemetery, St. Stephen, S.C.
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Willis Roberts (1779-1853) —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in South Carolina, February
8, 1779.
Candidate for secretary
of state of Alabama, 1818; personal secretary to Gov. William
W. Blount, 1819-20; newspaper
publisher; member of Alabama
state senate, 1833-35; Texas Republic Collector of Customs for
the Port of Galveston, 1838-39.
Presbyterian
or Episcopalian.
Died in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., December
23, 1853 (age 74 years, 318
days).
Interment at Church Street Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
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John Brownlee Robertson (1809-1892) —
also known as John B. Robertson —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., September
14, 1809.
Whig. Physician;
carpet
manufacturer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Haven, 1840; secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1847-49; postmaster at New
Haven, Conn., 1849-53; mayor
of New Haven, Conn., 1881-82.
Episcopalian. Scotch-Irish
and French
Huguenot ancestry.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 14,
1892 (age 82 years, 304
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Benjamin Huger Rutledge (1861-1925) —
also known as Benjamin H. Rutledge —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., September
4, 1861.
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,
1890-92; Consul
for Belgium in Charleston,
S.C., 1907.
Episcopalian.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., November
12, 1925 (age 64 years, 69
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.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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Whitemarsh Benjamin Seabrook (1792-1855) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Edisto Island, Charleston
County, S.C., June 30,
1792.
Democrat. Planter; lawyer; author;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1814-25; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1826-34; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1834-36; Governor of
South Carolina, 1848-50.
Episcopalian.
Died in Beaufort, Beaufort District (now Beaufort
County), S.C., April
16, 1855 (age 62 years, 290
days).
Interment at Gunbluff
Plantation Cemetery, Edisto Island, S.C.
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Thomas Shubrick (1710-1779) —
Born in Stepney, London, England,
August
17, 1710.
Sea
captain; merchant;
insurance
business; planter;
member of South
Carolina Legislative Council, 1776-78.
Anglican.
Died in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., August
14, 1779 (age 68 years, 362
days).
Interment at St.
Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.
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Huger Sinkler (1868-1923) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.; Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born in Charleston District (part now in Berkeley
County), S.C., February
20, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,
1896-1906; member of South
Carolina state senate from Charleston County, 1906-18; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1916.
Episcopalian.
Died in Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., August
13, 1923 (age 55 years, 174
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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John Wesley Snyder (1895-1985) —
Born in Jonesboro, Craighead
County, Ark., June 21,
1895.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1946-53.
Episcopalian.
Died in Seabrook Island, Charleston
County, S.C., October
8, 1985 (age 90 years, 109
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Adolphus Fletcher Spigner Jr. (1916-1961) —
of Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., May 6,
1916.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Richland County,
1946-48; member of South
Carolina state senate from Richland County, 1954-58.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Exchange
Club; Elks.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., May 22,
1961 (age 45 years, 16
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.
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Richard Sprigg Jr. (c.1769-1806) —
of Maryland.
Born in Prince
George's County, Md., about 1769.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1792-94; member of Maryland
state senate, 1794-95; U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1796-99, 1801-02 (2nd District
1796-99, at-large 1801-02); district judge in Maryland, 1802-03.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., 1806
(age about
37 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Arnoldus Van der Horst (1748-1815) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in South Carolina, March
21, 1748.
Planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1776-78, 1794, 1799-1800
(Christ Church 1776-78, 1794, St. Philip & St. Michael 1799-1800);
member of South
Carolina state senate from Christ Church, 1779-86, 1788-91; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1785-86, 1790-92; Governor of
South Carolina, 1794-96.
Episcopalian.
Died in Kiawah Island, Charleston
County, S.C., January
29, 1815 (age 66 years, 314
days).
Interment at St.
Michael's Church Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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Calvin William Verity Jr. (1917-2007) —
also known as C. William Verity —
Born in Middletown, Butler
County, Ohio, January
26, 1917.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; chief executive officer,
Armco (steel
industry), 1971-82; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1987-89.
Episcopalian.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Beaufort, Beaufort
County, S.C., January
3, 2007 (age 89 years, 342
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Calvin William Verity, Sr. and Elizabeth (O'Brien)
Verity. |
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George Frederick von Kolnitz Jr. (1868-1948) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.; Mt. Pleasant, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., August
6, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,
1890-94, 1906-08; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Charleston
County, 1895; member of South
Carolina state senate from Charleston County, 1902-06; defeated
in primary, 1894.
Lutheran
or Episcopalian. German
ancestry. Member, Woodmen of
the World; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Suffered coronary
thrombosis, and died, in Mt. Pleasant, Charleston
County, S.C., December
27, 1948 (age 80 years, 143
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Frederick von Kolnitz and Mary E. (Wayne) von Kolnitz;
married, April 9,
1890, to Sarah Conover Holmes. |
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Francis Hopkins Weston (1866-1930) —
also known as Francis H. Weston —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born near Eastover, Richland District (now Richland
County), S.C., October
10, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of John
Quitman Marshall, 1888-91; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Richland County,
1892-96, 1898-1902; member of South
Carolina state senate from Richland County, 1906-14; resigned
1914; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Carolina, 1912;
U.S.
Attorney for South Carolina, 1914-18; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of South Carolina, 1915; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of South Carolina, 1918-22;
candidate for Presidential Elector for South Carolina.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., September
11, 1930 (age 63 years, 336
days).
Interment at St.
John's Episcopal Churchyard, Congaree, S.C.
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Relatives: Son
of William Weston and Caroline Elizabeth (Woodward) Weston; married,
April
15, 1896, to Amy Adams Shoolbred. |
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Sims White (1796-1855) —
Born in St. Stephens Parish, Charleston District (now part of Berkeley
County), S.C., July 9,
1796.
Planter;
member of South
Carolina state senate from St. John Berkeley, 1830-38.
Episcopalian.
Died August
12, 1855 (age 59 years, 34
days).
Interment at Biggin Cemetery, Moncks Corner, S.C.
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Oliver Perry Williams (1819-1881) —
of St. Bartholomew's Parish, Charleston District (now Colleton
County), S.C.
Born in Walterboro, Colleton
County, S.C., October
14, 1819.
Lawyer;
planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1858-59; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Episcopalian.
Died in Colleton
County, S.C., April
28, 1881 (age 61 years, 196
days).
Interment at Burnt
Church Burial Ground, Jacksonboro, S.C.
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William Williams (1796-1860) —
also known as Billie Williams —
of South Carolina.
Born in Colleton
County, S.C., April 5,
1796.
Member of South
Carolina state senate, 1846-54.
Episcopalian.
Died in Beaufort
County, S.C., 1860
(age about
64 years).
Burial location unknown.
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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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William Blackburn Wilson Jr. (1850-1920) —
of Rock Hill, York
County, S.C.
Born in York, York
County, S.C., January
12, 1850.
Lawyer;
fled
to Texas in 1871-73 to avoid federal
prosecution over his Klan
activities; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from York County,
1884-88; member of South
Carolina state senate from York County, 1888-92; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from York
County, 1895.
Episcopalian. Member, Ku Klux
Klan; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Died in Rock Hill, York
County, S.C., April
30, 1920 (age 70 years, 109
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, York, S.C.
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Charles Dudley Withers (b. 1916) —
also known as Charles D. Withers —
of Florida.
Born in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C., April
15, 1916.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Bombay, 1946-48; U.S. Consul General in Nairobi, 1957-61; U.S. Ambassador to Rwanda, 1963-66.
Episcopalian. Member, Kappa
Alpha Order.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur Rutledge Young (1876-1947) —
of Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Sewanee, Franklin
County, Tenn., July 3,
1876.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,
1916-18; member of South
Carolina state senate from Charleston County, 1918-22, 1925-26.
Episcopalian. Member, Elks.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., May 16,
1947 (age 70 years, 317
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Edward Young and Elizabeth (Rutledge) Young; married, December
19, 1907, to Nannie Cabell Conner. |
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