| | 
Edward Clarkson Leverette Adams (1876-1946) —
also known as Ned Adams —
Born in Richland
County, S.C., January
5, 1876.
Physician;
farmer; author;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1916, 1922; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I.
Died in Richland
County, S.C., November
1, 1946 (age 70 years, 300
days).
Interment somewhere
in Richland County, S.C.
|
| |
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.
|
| |
James Uriah Adams (1812-1871) —
Born in Richland District (now Richland
County), S.C., February
12, 1812.
Planter; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1864.
Died in Richland
County, S.C., March 7,
1871 (age 59 years, 23
days).
Interment at St.
John's Episcopal Churchyard, Congaree, S.C.
|
| |
Joel Adams (1750-1830) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Virginia, February
4, 1750.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
planter; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1814-15.
Baptist.
Died in Congaree, Richland District (now Richland
County), S.C., July 9,
1830 (age 80 years, 155
days).
Interment at St.
John's Episcopal Churchyard, Congaree, S.C.
|
| |
Joel Adams II (1784-1859) —
Born in Congaree, Richland District (now Richland
County), S.C., March 6,
1784.
Planter; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1832-33.
Died in Congaree, Richland District (now Richland
County), S.C., May 1,
1859 (age 75 years, 56
days).
Interment somewhere
in Richland County, S.C.
|
| |
Wyatt Aiken (1863-1923) —
of Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C.
Born near Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., December
14, 1863.
Democrat. Farmer; stenographer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1903-17;
defeated, 1916, 1918.
Died in Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C., February
6, 1923 (age 59 years, 54
days).
Interment at Melrose
Cemetery, Abbeville, S.C.
|
| |
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.
|
| |
Benjamin Andrew (1730-1790) —
of Georgia.
Born in Dorchester, Charleston District (now Dorchester
County), S.C., 1730.
Planter; member of Georgia
State Executive Council, 1777; elected Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia 1780, but did not serve.
Died on the floor of the Georgia House of
Representatives, in the then state
capitol building, Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., December
16, 1790 (age about 60
years).
Burial location unknown.
|
| |
David Clinton Appleby (1808-1864) —
of Colleton District (part now in Dorchester
County), S.C.
Born in Colleton District (part now in Dorchester
County), S.C., March 4,
1808.
Planter; preacher;
delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from St. George's,
Dorchester, 1860-62.
Methodist.
Died in Grover, Colleton District (now Dorchester
County), S.C., March
10, 1864 (age 56 years, 6
days).
Interment at Hagermans Cemetery, Reevesville, S.C.
|
| |
Paul McManus Arant (1910-1963) —
also known as Paul M. Arant —
of Pageland, Chesterfield
County, S.C.
Born in Five Forks, Pageland Township, Chesterfield
County, S.C., November
1, 1910.
Lawyer;
farmer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of
South
Carolina state house of representatives from Chesterfield County,
1947-58; member of South
Carolina state senate from Chesterfield County, 1959-62.
Member, Civitan.
Died in December, 1963
(age 53
years, 0 days).
Interment at Pageland
Baptist Church Cemetery, Pageland, S.C.
| |  |
Relatives: Son
of Peter M. Arant and Lottie A. (McManus) Arant; married to Alma
Mangum. |
|
| |
Vernal Glenn Arnette (1885-1974) —
also known as V. G. Arnette —
of Kingstree, Williamsburg
County, S.C.; Myrtle Beach, Horry
County, S.C.
Born in Marion
County, S.C., April 6,
1885.
Merchant;
farmer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Williamsburg County,
1933-34, 1937-42, 1945-46, 1949-54; member of South
Carolina state senate from Williamsburg County, 1957-62.
Died in December, 1974
(age 89
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of Cornelius B. Arnette and Martha R. (Daniel) Arnette; married 1910 to Lula
Belle Chandler. |
|
| |
Wilson Tate Baggett Jr. (1911-1987) —
also known as W. Tate Baggett, Jr. —
of St. Stephen, Berkeley
County, S.C.
Born in St. Stephen, Berkeley
County, S.C., February
4, 1911.
Republican. Farmer; timber
broker; manufacturer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1948,
1956
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1960,
1972.
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions; Farm
Bureau.
Died May 21,
1987 (age 76 years, 106
days).
Interment at St.
Stephen Episcopal Church Cemetery, St. Stephen, S.C.
|
| |
William Seaborn Bamberg Jr. (1849-1928) —
of Barnwell County (part now in Bamberg
County), S.C.
Born in Barnwell District (part now in Bamberg
County), S.C., December
17, 1849.
Democrat. Farmer; member of South
Carolina state senate from Barnwell County, 1891-92; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1896.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from hemiplegia,
in Bamberg, Bamberg
County, S.C., December
22, 1928 (age 79 years, 5
days).
Interment at Restland Cemetery, Bamberg, S.C.
|
| |
Robert Woodward Barnwell (1801-1882) —
of Beaufort, Beaufort District (now Beaufort
County), S.C.
Born in Beaufort, Beaufort District (now Beaufort
County), S.C., August
10, 1801.
Democrat. Lawyer;
planter; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1826-28; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1829-33; president,
Carolina State College, 1833-41; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1850; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from St. Helena, 1860-62;
Delegate
from South Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62; Senator
from South Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Slaveowner.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., November
5, 1882 (age 81 years, 87
days).
Interment at St.
Helena's Churchyard, Beaufort, S.C.
|
| |
Edward Briggs Baskin (1915-2001) —
also known as Ed B. Baskin —
of Bishopville, Lee
County, S.C.
Born May 23,
1915.
Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; farmer; dairy
business; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Lee County, 1957-58;
member of South
Carolina state senate from Lee County, 1959-62.
Member, Farm
Bureau.
Died December
1, 2001 (age 86 years, 192
days).
Burial location unknown.
|
| |
Thomas Bee (1739-1812) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., October
20, 1739.
Lawyer;
planter; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1778-79, 1787-88; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1779-80; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1780-81; member of
South
Carolina state senate from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1789-90; U.S.
District Judge for South Carolina, 1790-1812; died in office 1812.
Died in Pendleton, Pendleton District (now Anderson
County), S.C., February
18, 1812 (age 72 years, 121
days).
Interment at Woodstock
Cemetery, Goose Creek, S.C.
|
| |
Eustace St. Pierre Bellinger (1812-1876) —
of Walterboro, Colleton District (now Colleton
County), S.C.
Born in Colleton District (now Colleton
County), S.C., May 12,
1812.
Planter; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from St. Bartholomew's,
1860-62; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died in Walterboro, Colleton
County, S.C., December, 1876
(age 64
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of William Bellinger and Susannah (Field) Bellinger; married 1845 to Mary
Ellen Kershaw. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
|
| |
James Blair (1786-1834) —
of South Carolina.
Born in The Waxhaws, Lancaster
County, S.C., September
26, 1786.
Democrat. Planter; sheriff;
U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1821-22, 1829-34 (9th
District 1821-22, 8th District 1829-34); resigned 1822; died in
office 1834; in 1832, he assaulted
newspaper editor Duff Green, breaking some bones, and fined
$350.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in Washington,
D.C., April 1,
1834 (age 47 years, 187
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
|
| |
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.
|
 |
Percy Eugene Brabham (1905-1978) —
also known as P. Eugene Brabham —
of Bamberg, Bamberg
County, S.C.
Born in Olar, Bamberg
County, S.C., May 28,
1905.
Farmer; newspaper
publisher; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Bamberg County,
1951-58; member of South
Carolina state senate from Bamberg County, 1958-64.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions;
Junior
Order; Moose.
Died in South Carolina, September
19, 1978 (age 73 years, 114
days).
Interment at Bamberg County Memory Gardens, Bamberg, S.C.
|
| |
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.
|
| |
William Bratton (1742-1815) —
Born in County Antrim, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), 1742.
Planter; served in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from New Acquisition
District, 1785-90; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention, 1790; member
of South
Carolina state senate from York, 1790-94.
Died February
9, 1815 (age about 72
years).
Interment at Bethesda Presbyterian Church Cemetery, York, S.C.
|
| |
James Emilius Broome (1808-1883) —
also known as James E. Broome; "The Veto
Governor" —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.; Fernandina (now part of Fernandina Beach), Nassau
County, Fla.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hamburg, Aiken
County, S.C., December
15, 1808.
Democrat. Merchant;
planter; lawyer;
probate judge in Florida, 1843-48; Governor of
Florida, 1853-57; member of Florida
state senate, 1861.
Died in DeLand, Volusia
County, Fla., November
23, 1883 (age 74 years, 343
days).
Original interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, DeLand, Fla.; reinterment in 1897 somewhere
in Quincy, Fla.
|
| |
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.
|
 |
Addison Brooks Carwile (1896-1983) —
of Abbeville
County, S.C.
Born in Abbeville
County, S.C., October
13, 1896.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school
teacher; farmer; Abbeville
County Probate Judge, 1931-42; served in the U.S. Army during
World War II; county
agricultural extension agent; member of South
Carolina state senate from Abbeville County, 1962-66.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Farm
Bureau.
Died, in Abbeville County Memorial Hospital,
Abbeville
County, S.C., February
22, 1983 (age 86 years, 132
days).
Interment at Upper
Long Cane Cemetery, Abbeville, S.C.
|
| |
Frederick Albert Clinton (1834-1890) —
also known as Albert Clinton —
of Lancaster
County, S.C.
Born in slavery,
South Carolina, 1834.
Republican. Farmer; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Lancaster
County, 1868; member of South
Carolina state senate from Lancaster County, 1870-77; resigned
1877; chair of
Lancaster County Republican Party, 1874-78.
African
ancestry.
Died in Lancaster
County, S.C., 1890
(age about
56 years).
Burial location unknown.
| | |
Relatives:
Married to Celesta Robinson. |
|
| |
Beckham Hilton Clyburn (1886-1961) —
of Lancaster
County, S.C.
Born in Lancaster
County, S.C., March 1,
1886.
Democrat. Farmer; member of South
Carolina state senate from Lancaster County, 1930-34.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Junior
Order.
Died in Kershaw, Lancaster
County, S.C., August
21, 1961 (age 75 years, 173
days).
Interment at Kershaw
City Cemetery, Kershaw, S.C.
|
| |
Thomas Franklin Clyburn (1843-1896) —
also known as Frank Clyburn —
of Lancaster
County, S.C.
Born in Lancaster District (now Lancaster
County), S.C., May 12,
1843.
Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; farmer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Lancaster County,
1868-70; Lancaster
County Auditor, 1877-80, 1893-96; member of South
Carolina state senate from Lancaster County, 1882-86.
Died in Lancaster
County, S.C., October
16, 1896 (age 53 years, 157
days).
Interment at Douglas Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Lancaster, S.C.
|
| |
Marion Reed Cooper (1849-1922) —
also known as M. R. Cooper —
of Port Royal, Beaufort
County, S.C.; Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.; Adams Run, Colleton County (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Graham, Barnwell District (now Denmark, Bamberg
County), S.C., September
21, 1849.
Democrat. Shipbroker;
farmer; sawmill
operator; chair of
Colleton County Democratic Party, 1892-95; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1892-96, 1918-22
(Colleton County 1892-96, Beaufort County 1918-22); died in office
1922; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Colleton
County, 1895; secretary
of state of South Carolina, 1899-1902.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., February
11, 1922 (age 72 years, 143
days).
Interment at Denmark Cemetery, Denmark, S.C.
|
| |
Stephen A. Davis (b. 1946) —
also known as Stephen Davis —
of Tumacacori, Santa Cruz
County, Ariz.; Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., February
28, 1946.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; airline
pilot; member of Arizona
state senate 9th District, 1975-76; Commodore's Staff Aide to
Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard; Libertarian candidate
for U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1984; horse
trainer; ranch manager; in his writings, he argues that
HIV "cannot" cause AIDS, that AIDS is not contagious, that people
tested as positive are perfectly healthy, and that the epidemic was
caused by drug companies.
Scientologist.
Still living as of 2012.
|
| |
David Deas (1771-1822) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in 1771.
Lawyer;
planter; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1794-95, 1800-08; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1802-03.
Died in 1822
(age about
51 years).
Burial location unknown.
|
| |
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.
|
| |
Elias Evander Dickson (1832-1909) —
also known as Elias E. Dickson; E. E.
Dickson —
of Manning, Clarendon
County, S.C.
Born in Sumter
County, S.C., December
21, 1832.
Farmer; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Clarendon
County, 1868; member of South
Carolina state senate from Clarendon County, 1868-74.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Manning, Clarendon
County, S.C., January
22, 1909 (age 76 years, 32
days).
Interment somewhere
in Manning, S.C.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of Joihn LeGrande Dickson and Mary Ann (Huggins) Dickson; married to
Mary McGill Plowden. |
|
| |
James Edwin Ellerbe (1867-1916) —
also known as J. Edwin Ellerbe —
of Marion, Marion
County, S.C.
Born in Sellers, Marion
County, S.C., January
12, 1867.
Democrat. Farmer; merchant;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Marion County,
1894-96; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Marion
County, 1895; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1905-13.
Methodist.
Died, of pulmonary
tuberculosis, in Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., October
17, 1916 (age 49 years, 279
days).
Interment at Haselden
Cemetery, Latta, S.C.
|
| |
Joshua Fulton Ensor (1834-1907) —
also known as Joshua F. Ensor —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Butler, Baltimore
County, Md., December
12, 1834.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; physician;
farmer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1890, 1892;
postmaster at Columbia,
S.C., 1897-1907; delegate to Republican National Convention from
South Carolina, 1900.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., August
9, 1907 (age 72 years, 240
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.
|
| |
Elisha Young Fair (1809-1886) —
also known as Elisha Y. Fair —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Prosperity, Newberry District (now Newberry
County), S.C., July 4,
1809.
Lawyer;
planter; U.S. Minister to Belgium, 1858-61.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., December
23, 1886 (age 77 years, 172
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
|
 |
Albert Thomas Fancher (1859-1930) —
also known as Albert T. Fancher —
of Little Valley, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.; Salamanca, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born in Leon, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., January
18, 1859.
Republican. Oil
producer; farmer; Cattaraugus
County Clerk, 1885-88; member of New York
state assembly from Cattaraugus County 2nd District, 1899-1902;
member of New York
state senate, 1903-08 (50th District 1903-06, 51st District
1907-08); delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1908,
1920,
1924,
1928.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March
20, 1930 (age 71 years, 61
days).
Interment at Wildwood
Cemetery, Salamanca, N.Y.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of William Fancher and Lydia M. (McLaughlin) Fancher; married to
Loretta Beatrice Darragh and Musette Kathryn Barker. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1907 |
|
| |
Samuel Farrow (1759-1824) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Virginia, 1759.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer;
planter; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1810-12; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 8th District, 1813-15; member
of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1816-19, 1822-23.
Slaveowner.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., November
18, 1824 (age about 65
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Spartanburg County, S.C.
|
| |
John Floyd (1769-1839) —
of Jefferson, Jackson
County, Ga.
Born in Beaufort, Beaufort
County, S.C., October
3, 1769.
Planter; shipbuilder;
served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1820-27; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1827-29.
Slaveowner.
Died near Jefferson, Jackson
County, Ga., June 24,
1839 (age 69 years, 264
days).
Interment at Floyd
Family Cemetery, Woodbine, Ga.
|
| |
Tracy Elihu Fore (1874-1930) —
also known as Tracy E. Fore —
of Latta, Dillon
County, S.C.
Born in Marion
County, S.C., November
17, 1874.
Merchant;
farmer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Dillon County,
1928-30; died in office 1930.
While driving near Florence, S.C., he lost control of his car, which
went off the road and overturned;
he was badly injured, and his condition was complicated by diabetes;
he died two days later, in a hospital
at Florence, Florence
County, S.C., February
2, 1930 (age 55 years, 77
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery, Latta, S.C.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of Willis Fore and Sarah Martha (Berry) Fore; married 1894 to
Katherine Elizabeth Hayes; married to Clara Bethea. |
| | | Epitaph: "An honest man is the noblest
work of God." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
|
| |
Hampton Pitts Fulmer (1875-1944) —
also known as Hampton P. Fulmer —
of Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C.
Born near Springfield, Orangeburg
County, S.C., June 23,
1875.
Democrat. Farmer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1917-20; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1921-44 (7th District
1921-33, 2nd District 1933-44); died in office 1944.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Woodmen;
Junior
Order.
Died October
19, 1944 (age 69 years, 118
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Orangeburg, S.C.
|
| |
John Gaillard (1765-1826) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.; Pendleton, Anderson
County, S.C.
Born in St. Stephens Parish, Charleston District (now part of Berkeley
County), S.C., September
5, 1765.
Democrat. Lawyer;
planter; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from St. Stephen,
1794-96; member of South
Carolina state senate from St. Stephen, 1796-1804; resigned 1804;
U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1804-26; died in office 1826.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
26, 1826 (age 60 years, 174
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
|
 |
John Ralph Gasque (1913-2004) —
also known as J. Ralph Gasque —
of Washington,
D.C.; Marion, Marion
County, S.C.
Born near Mullins, Marion
County, S.C., May 16,
1913.
Democrat. Lawyer;
farmer; real estate
developer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Marion County,
1945-48; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1949-52, 1956-76 (Marion County 1949-52,
1956-66, 9th District 1967-68, 16th District 1969-72, 11th District
1972-76); resigned 1976; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from South Carolina, 1960,
1964.
Member, Woodmen of
the World; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Sigma
Delta Kappa.
Died, in Marion Nursing
Center, Rains, Marion
County, S.C., April
26, 2004 (age 90 years, 346
days).
Interment at Devotion Gardens, Marion, S.C.; cenotaph at Little Zion Methodist Church Cemetery, Marion County, S.C.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of Cordie Allison Gasque and Jennie (Price) Gasque. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: South Carolina
Legislative Manual 1964 |
|
| |
Archibald Gilbert (born c.1814) —
of Mt. Vernon, Lawrence
County, Mo.
Born in South Carolina, about 1814.
Farmer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 18th District, 1865.
Burial location unknown.
|
| |
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.
|
| |
Theodore Gourdin (1764-1826) —
of South Carolina.
Born near Kingstree, Williamsburg
County, S.C., March
20, 1764.
Planter; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1813-15.
Slaveowner.
Died in Pineville, Berkeley
County, S.C., January
17, 1826 (age 61 years, 303
days).
Interment at Episcopal
Cemetery, St. Stephen, S.C.
|
 |
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.
| | |
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 |
|
 |
Wilbur Gill Grant (1906-1964) —
also known as Wilbur G. Grant —
of Chester, Chester
County, S.C.
Born in Rodman, Chester
County, S.C., May 20,
1906.
Democrat. Merchant;
farmer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Chester County,
1935-38, 1941-42; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
South Carolina, 1936
(alternate), 1944,
1956;
member of South
Carolina state senate from Chester County, 1942-64; died in
office 1964.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Junior
Order; Redmen;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died June 15,
1964 (age 58 years, 26
days).
Interment at Chester
County Cemetery, Chester County, S.C.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of Major J. Grant and Emma E. (Knox) Grant; married, December
26, 1946, to Belva M. Funderburk. |
| | | Image source: South Carolina
Legislative Manual 1964 |
|
| |
John Faucheraud Grimké (1752-1819) —
also known as John Grimké —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., December
16, 1752.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer;
planter; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.
Michael, 1781-83, 1784-90; common pleas court judge in South
Carolina, 1783; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1786-88; resigned 1788.
French
Huguenot and German
ancestry.
Died in Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., August
9, 1819 (age 66 years, 236
days).
Interment somewhere in Long Branch, N.J.
|
| |
Paul Hamilton (1762-1816) —
of South Carolina.
Born in South Carolina, October
16, 1762.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
planter; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1787; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1794; Governor of
South Carolina, 1804-06; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1809-12.
Died in Beaufort, Beaufort District (now Beaufort
County), S.C., June 30,
1816 (age 53 years, 258
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Beaufort County, S.C.
|
| |
Wade Hampton (1791-1858) —
of Richland District (now Richland
County), S.C.
Born in Richland District (now Richland
County), S.C., April
21, 1791.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; planter;
member of South
Carolina state senate from Richland, 1826-29.
Slaveowner.
Died in Mississippi, February
9, 1858 (age 66 years, 294
days).
Interment at Trinity
Episcopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.
|
 |
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.
| | |
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 |
|
 |
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.
| | |
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 |
|
| |
John Bee Holmes (1760-1827) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April
23, 1760.
Lawyer;
planter; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.
Michael, 1790-98; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1794-95; member of South
Carolina state senate from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1799-1802.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., September
5, 1827 (age 67 years, 135
days).
Interment at Circular
Congregational Church Burying Ground, Charleston, S.C.
|
 |
Benjamin Franklin Hornsby (b. 1915) —
also known as Ben F. Hornsby —
of near Winnsboro, Fairfield
County, S.C.
Born in College Place, Richland
County, S.C., May 17,
1915.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; salesman;
farmer; member of South
Carolina state senate from Fairfield County, 1960-64; member of
South
Carolina state house of representatives 41st District, 1980-82.
Methodist.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
American
Legion; Lions.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
| | |
Presumably named
for: Benjamin
Franklin |
| | | Relatives: Son of Marion Boyd Hornsby
and Cornelia (Hayes) Hornsby; married, January
20, 1945, to Esther Leitner. |
| | | Image source: South Carolina
Legislative Manual 1964 |
|
| |
Peter Horry (1743-1815) —
Born in Georgetown
County, S.C., 1743.
Planter; general in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1782, 1792-94; member of
South
Carolina state senate, 1785-87.
French
Huguenot ancestry.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., February
28, 1815 (age about 71
years).
Interment at Trinity
Episcopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.
|
| |
Benjamin Huger (1768-1823) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., 1768.
Planter; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1796-98, 1806-13; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1799-1805,
1815-17; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1818-23.
Slaveowner.
Died near Georgetown, Georgetown
County, S.C., July 7,
1823 (age about 55
years).
Interment at All
Saints Episcopal Church Cemetery, Pawleys Island, S.C.
|
| |
Daniel Huger (1742-1799) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Berkeley
County, S.C., February
20, 1742.
Planter; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1778-80; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1786-88; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina at-large, 1789-93.
French
Huguenot ancestry.
Died in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., July 6,
1799 (age 57 years, 136
days).
Interment at St.
Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.
|
| |
John Huger (1744-1804) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Berkeley
County, S.C., June 5,
1744.
Planter; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1787-90; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1792-94.
Died in Charleston
County, S.C., January
22, 1804 (age 59 years, 231
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Berkeley County, S.C.
|
| |
John Middleton Huger (1809-1894) —
also known as John M. Huger —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., 1809.
Sugar
cane planter; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; Consul
for Turkey in New
Orleans, La., 1872-82.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
24, 1894 (age about 84
years).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
|
| |
William Hunter (1816-1901) —
of Wolf Creek, Pickens District (now Pickens
County), S.C.
Born in Pennsylvania, January
23, 1816.
Farmer; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from Pickens, 1860-62;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Pickens
County, S.C., June 15,
1901 (age 85 years, 143
days).
Interment at West View Cemetery, Liberty, S.C.
|
| |
Richard Hutson (1748-1795) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in South Carolina, July 9,
1748.
Lawyer;
planter; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1776-79, 1781-82, 1785,
1788; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1778-79; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1778; member of South
Carolina Legislative Council, 1780-82; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1782-83; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1783-85; delegate
to South Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April
12, 1795 (age 46 years, 277
days).
Entombed at Circular
Congregational Church Burying Ground, Charleston, S.C.
|
| |
John Laurens Manning Irby (1854-1900) —
also known as John L. M. Irby —
of Laurens, Laurens
County, S.C.
Born in Laurens, Laurens
County, S.C., September
10, 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer;
planter; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1886-90; South
Carolina Democratic state chair, 1890; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1891-97.
Died in 1900
(age about
45 years).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Laurens, S.C.
|
| |
Thomas Jones (1742-1836) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., December
13, 1742.
Planter; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.
Michael, 1781-85, 1787-90; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1789-90.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., October
30, 1836 (age 93 years, 322
days).
Interment at Circular
Congregational Church Burying Ground, Charleston, S.C.
|
| |
Laurence Massillon Keitt (1824-1864) —
also known as L. M. Keitt —
of Orangeburg, Orangeburg District (now Orangeburg
County), S.C.
Born in Orangeburg District (part now in Calhoun
County), S.C., October
4, 1824.
Democrat. Planter; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1848; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1853-55,
1855-56, 1856-60; censured
by the House in 1856 for aiding Rep. Preston
S. Brooks in his caning
attack on Sen. Charles
Sumner; resigned; re-elected to his seat within a month; in 1858,
he attacked and attempted
to choke Rep. Galusha
Grow during an argument on the House floor, starting a brawl; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from Orange, 1860-62; Delegate
from South Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Mortally
wounded at the battle of Cold Harbor, and died the next day, near
Richmond (unknown
county), Va., June 4,
1864 (age 39 years, 244
days).
Interment at West End Cemetery, St. Matthews, S.C.
|
| |
John Kershaw (1765-1829) —
of Camden, Kershaw District (now Kershaw
County), S.C.
Born in Camden, Camden District (now Kershaw
County), S.C., September
12, 1765.
Democrat. Lawyer;
planter; grain milling
business; delegate
to South Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1790;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1792; mayor of
Camden, S.C., 1798, 1801, 1811, 1822; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 9th District, 1813-15.
Slaveowner.
Died in Camden, Kershaw District (now Kershaw
County), S.C., August
4, 1829 (age 63 years, 326
days).
Interment a private or family graveyard, Kershaw County, S.C.
|
| |
Harry Douglas Kirby (1890-1938) —
also known as Harry D. Kirby —
of Darlington, Darlington
County, S.C.
Born in Woodruff, Spartanburg
County, S.C., October
16, 1890.
Republican. Grocer;
market gardener; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from South Carolina, 1936.
Died, in Saunders Memorial Hospital,
Florence, Florence
County, S.C., July 4,
1938 (age 47 years, 261
days).
Interment at Old Bethel Baptist Cemetery, Woodruff, S.C.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of James Henry Kirby and Janie (Chamblin) Kirby; married to Orien
Edwards. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
|
 |
Asbury Churchwell Latimer (1851-1908) —
also known as Asbury C. Latimer —
of Belton, Anderson
County, S.C.
Born near Lowndesville, Abbeville
County, S.C., July 31,
1851.
Democrat. Farmer; chair of
Anderson County Democratic Party, 1890-93; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1893-1903; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1903-08; died in office 1908.
Methodist.
Died, from appendicitis
and peritonitis,
in Providence Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., February
20, 1908 (age 56 years, 204
days).
Interment at Belton
Cemetery, Belton, S.C.
|
 |
Henry Laurens (1724-1792) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March 6,
1724.
Merchant;
planter; Vice-President
of South Carolina, 1776-77; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1777-80; member of
South
Carolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.
Michael, 1785.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Philosophical Society.
Died in Berkeley
County, S.C., December
8, 1792 (age 68 years, 277
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mepkin
Abbey, Moncks Corner, S.C.
|
 |
James Byrum Lawson (b. 1897) —
also known as J. B. Lawson —
of Sandy Springs, Anderson
County, S.C.
Born in Cross Keys, Union
County, S.C., February
4, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; merchant;
farmer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1943-48, 1951-54; member
of South
Carolina state senate from Anderson County, 1955-58, 1963-66;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1956,
1964.
Burial location unknown.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of Wylie L. Lawson and Mary (Cooper) Lawson. |
| | | Image source: South Carolina
Legislative Manual 1964 |
|
| |
Daniel Dixon Lee (1911-1996) —
also known as Dixon Lee —
of Dillon, Dillon
County, S.C.; Hamer, Dillon
County, S.C.
Born in Hamer, Dillon
County, S.C., September
14, 1911.
Democrat. Automobile
dealer; farmer; Dillon
County Sheriff, 1945-50; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from South Carolina, 1948,
1952;
member of South
Carolina state senate from Dillon County, 1951-54, 1959-62.
Died February
14, 1996 (age 84 years, 153
days).
Burial location unknown.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of Daniel Jasper Lee and Bessie (Price) Lee; married to Mattie
McLemore. |
|
| |
Rawlins Lowndes (1721-1800) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in St.
Christopher, January
6, 1721.
Lawyer;
planter; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.
Michael, 1776-78, 1787-90; President
of South Carolina, 1778-79; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1788-89.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., August
24, 1800 (age 79 years, 230
days).
Interment at St.
Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.
|
| |
William Jones Lowndes (1782-1822) —
also known as William Lowndes —
of South Carolina.
Born in South Carolina, February
11, 1782.
Democrat. Lawyer;
planter; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1806-08; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1811-22 (4th District
1811-13, 2nd District 1813-22).
Slaveowner.
Died aboard a
ship in the North
Atlantic Ocean while en route to England, October
27, 1822 (age 40 years, 258
days).
Buried at sea in North Atlantic Ocean; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
|
| |
James Haselden Manning (1857-1936) —
of Dillon, Dillon
County, S.C.
Born in Little Rock, Dillon
County, S.C., April
16, 1857.
Democrat. Farmer; member of South
Carolina state senate from Dillon County, 1911-14; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1916.
Died in Florence
County, S.C., March 2,
1936 (age 78 years, 321
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery, Latta, S.C.
|
| |
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.
|
| |
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.
|
| |
Richard Irvine Manning (1817-1861) —
of Clarendon District (now Clarendon
County), S.C.
Born in Sumter District (now Sumter
County), S.C., December
22, 1817.
Planter; member of South
Carolina state senate from Clarendon, 1858-61; died in office
1861; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died, from a fever,
in Clarendon District (now Clarendon
County), S.C., October
10, 1861 (age 43 years, 292
days).
Interment at Trinity
Episcopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.
|
| |
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.
|
| |
Ernest Allison Marvin (1880-1967) —
also known as Ernest A. Marvin —
of Green Pond, Colleton
County, S.C.; Whitehall, Colleton
County, S.C.
Born in Colleton
County, S.C., March
10, 1880.
Democrat. Farmer; candidate for Presidential Elector for South
Carolina.
Died, in Riverside Nursing
Home, Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
23, 1967 (age 86 years, 350
days).
Interment at Stokes Cemetery, Hendersonville, S.C.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of Samuel Anderson Marvin and Mary J. (Sanders) Marvin; married 1904 to Anna
Gertrude Jaycocks; married to Anna Gregg. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
|
| |
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.
|
| |
James Hugh McFaddin (c.1916-1974) —
also known as J. Hugh McFaddin —
of Manning, Clarendon
County, S.C.
Born about 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer; tobacco
farmer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Clarendon County,
1938-40; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Carolina, 1940
(alternate), 1948,
1956;
member of South
Carolina state senate from Clarendon County, 1941-42, 1947-58;
circuit judge in South Carolina 3rd Circuit, 1958-70.
Died in 1974
(age about
58 years).
Burial location unknown.
|
| |
George Washington McKown (b. 1906) —
also known as George W. McKown —
of near Gaffney, Cherokee
County, S.C.
Born in Gaffney, Cherokee
County, S.C., July 10,
1906.
Democrat. Farmer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Cherokee County,
1935-36; member of South
Carolina state senate from Cherokee County, 1939-42, 1947-66;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1952.
Burial location unknown.
| | |
Presumably named
for: George
Washington |
| | | Relatives: Son of Edward L. McKown and
Bessie (Lancaster) McKown; married to Delia Gettys. |
|
| |
John Hugh Means (1812-1862) —
of Buckhead, Fairfield District (now Old Buckhead, Fairfield
County), S.C.
Born in Fairfield District (now Fairfield
County), S.C., August
18, 1812.
Planter; Governor of
South Carolina, 1850-52; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from Fairfield, 1860-62;
died in office 1862; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil
War.
Mortally
wounded in the Second Battle of Bull Run (Second Manassas), and
died a few days later, in Prince
William County, Va., September
1, 1862 (age 50 years, 14
days).
Interment a private or family graveyard, Fairfield County, S.C.; cenotaph
at First
Presbyterian Churchyard, Columbia, S.C.
|
| |
George Washington Murray (1853-1926) —
also known as George W. Murray —
of Sumter, Sumter
County, S.C.
Born in slavery
at Rembert, Sumter
County, S.C., September
22, 1853.
Republican. Farmer; school
teacher; customs
inspector; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1893-97 (7th District
1893-95, 1st District 1895-97).
African
ancestry.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
21, 1926 (age 72 years, 211
days).
Interment at Lincoln
Cemetery, Blue Island, Ill.
|
| |
William Edwin Myrick (b. 1904) —
also known as W. E. Myrick —
of Ulmers, Allendale
County, S.C.
Born in Ulmers, Allendale
County, S.C., September
1, 1904.
Farmer; merchant;
member of South
Carolina state senate from Allendale County, 1942-46, 1950-62.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of W. W. Myrick and Rosa B. (Cave) Myrick; married to Emily Jane
Best. |
|
| |
James Norton (1843-1920) —
of Mullins, Marion
County, S.C.
Born near Mullins, Marion
County, S.C., October
8, 1843.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; farmer; merchant;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Marion County,
1886-88, 1890-92, 1906-08; South
Carolina state comptroller general, 1894-97; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1897-1901.
Died in Mullins, Marion
County, S.C., October
14, 1920 (age 77 years, 6
days).
Interment at Miller's
Churchyard, Mullins, S.C.
|
| |
Abijah O'Neall (1798-1874) —
of Montgomery
County, Ind.
Born in Newberry District (now Newberry
County), S.C., December
9, 1798.
Miller;
merchant;
surveyor;
farmer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1839-40; candidate for Indiana
state senate, 1849.
Quaker;
later Universalist.
Irish
ancestry.
Sheltered escaping slaves as part of the "Underground
Railroad" before the Civil War.
Died in 1874
(age about
75 years).
Original interment at Yountsville
Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Ind.; reinterment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Ind.
|
| |
John F. O'Neall (c.1804-1865) —
of Greene
County, Ind.
Born in South Carolina, about 1804.
Farmer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1841-44; candidate for Indiana
state senate, 1844, 1847.
Quaker
or Methodist.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in 1865
(age about
61 years).
Burial location unknown.
|
| |
Thomas H. O'Neall (1813-1889) —
of Tippecanoe
County, Ind.
Born in Newberry District (now Newberry
County), S.C., September
20, 1813.
Farmer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1849-51.
Quaker
or Methodist.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, from congestion of
the lungs, in Stockwell, Tippecanoe
County, Ind., March
31, 1889 (age 75 years, 192
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Stockwell, Ind.
|
| |
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.
|
| |
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.
|
| |
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.
|
| |
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.
|
| |
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.
|
| |
John Smith Preston (1809-1881) —
also known as John S. Preston —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., April
20, 1809.
Democrat. Lawyer;
planter; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1848-56; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Carolina, 1860;
delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from Richland, 1861-62;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., May 1,
1881 (age 72 years, 11
days).
Interment at Trinity
Episcopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.
|
| |
Thomas Raysor (1797-1858) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Colleton District (now Colleton
County), S.C., December
23, 1797.
Planter; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1833.
Slaveowner.
Died in Barnwell District (part now in Bamberg
County), S.C., January
11, 1858 (age 60 years, 19
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Colleton County, S.C.
|
| |
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.
|
| |
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.
|
| |
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.
|
| |
Richard Richardson (1704-1780) —
Born in James City
County, Va., 1704.
Surveyor;
planter; justice of the peace; member of South
Carolina Legislative Council, 1776; general in the Continental
Army during the Revolutionary War; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1779-80, 1779-80; died in office 1780.
Died in Clarendon District (now Clarendon
County), S.C., September, 1780
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Richardson
Cemetery, Near Remini, Clarendon County, S.C.
|
| |
Thomas James Robertson (1823-1897) —
also known as Thomas J. Robertson —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Fairfield District (now Fairfield
County), S.C., August
3, 1823.
Republican. Planter; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Richland
County, 1868; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1868-77.
Slaveowner.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., October
13, 1897 (age 74 years, 71
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.
|
| |
Thomas Roper (1760-1829) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., May 20,
1760.
Planter; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.
Michael, 1796-1802; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1799-1801.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April
15, 1829 (age 68 years, 330
days).
Interment at St.
Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.
|
| |
Marion Wainwright Seabrook (1890-1947) —
also known as Marion W. Seabrook —
of Sumter, Sumter
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., June 13,
1890.
Republican. Lawyer;
farmer; candidate for U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1936; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Carolina, 1940
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Died in Sumter, Sumter
County, S.C., November
3, 1947 (age 57 years, 143
days).
Interment at Sumter
Cemetery, Sumter, S.C.
|
| |
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.
|
| |
Benjamin Glover Shields (b. 1808) —
also known as Benjamin G. Shields —
of Marengo
County, Ala.; Falls
County, Tex.; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C., 1808.
Member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1834; U.S.
Representative from Alabama at-large, 1841-43; U.S. Charge
d'Affaires to Venezuela, 1845; candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1851; planter; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1874-77.
Slaveowner.
Died in Texas.
Burial location unknown.
|
| |
John Monroe Shingler (1794-1872) —
of Holly Hill, Charleston District (now Orangeburg
County), S.C.
Born in Ridgeville, Charleston District (now Dorchester
County), S.C., 1794.
Planter; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from St. James, Goose
Creek, 1860-62.
Died in Holly Hill, Charleston County (now Orangeburg
County), S.C., 1872
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Shingler Family Cemetery, Holly Hill, S.C.
|
| |
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.
|
| |
Eldred Simkins (1779-1831) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Edgefield, Edgefield District (now Edgefield
County), S.C., August
30, 1779.
Democrat. Planter; lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1812-14; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1818-21; member
of South
Carolina state senate from Edgefield, 1822-26; candidate for
Presidential Elector for South Carolina; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Edgefield, 1828-29.
Slaveowner.
Died in Edgefield, Edgefield District (now Edgefield
County), S.C., November
17, 1831 (age 52 years, 79
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
|
| |
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.
|
| |
Jeremiah Smith (1840-1927) —
also known as "Uncle Jerry" —
of Conway, Horry
County, S.C.
Born in Horry District (now Horry
County), S.C., August
11, 1840.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; planter;
hotel
operator; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Horry County,
1880-84, 1898-1900, 1902-04; member of South
Carolina state senate from Horry County, 1884-92, 1920-24; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Horry
County, 1895; mayor of
Conway, S.C., 1906-08.
Methodist.
Member, United
Confederate Veterans; Freemasons.
Last Confederate veteran to serve in the South Carolina Senate.
Died in Conway, Horry
County, S.C., February
17, 1927 (age 86 years, 190
days).
Interment at Lakeside
Cemetery, Conway, S.C.
|
| |
John Julius Pringle Smith (1816-1894) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born October
15, 1816.
Lawyer;
planter; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from St. Philips' & St.
Michael's, 1860-62.
Died November
25, 1894 (age 78 years, 41
days).
Interment at St.
Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.
|
| |
William Smith (1762-1840) —
of Yorkville, York District (now York, York
County), S.C.
Born in South Carolina, 1762.
Democrat. Planter; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from York, 1796-97,
1824-26; member of South
Carolina state senate from York, 1803-08, 1831-32; common pleas
court judge in South Carolina, 1808-16; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1816-23, 1826-31; received 7
electoral votes for Vice-President, 1828;
received 23 electoral votes for Vice-President, 1836;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1836-40.
Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., June 26,
1840 (age about 77
years).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
|
| |
William Jasper Talbert (1846-1931) —
also known as W. Jasper Talbert —
of Parksville, Edgefield County (now McCormick
County), S.C.
Born near Edgefield, Edgefield
County, S.C., October
6, 1846.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
farmer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Edgefield County,
1880-84; member of South
Carolina state senate from Edgefield County, 1884-88; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1892;
U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1893-1903;
candidate for Governor of
South Carolina, 1902.
Died in Greenwood, Greenwood
County, S.C., February
5, 1931 (age 84 years, 122
days).
Interment at Parksville
Cemetery, Parksville, S.C.
|
| |
John Clarence Taylor (1890-1983) —
of Anderson, Anderson
County, S.C.
Born in Honea Path, Anderson
County, S.C., March 2,
1890.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer;
newspaper
publisher; livestock
auction
business; Anderson
County Clerk of Court and Register of Deeds, 1921-32; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1933-39;
defeated, 1938; member of South
Carolina state senate from Anderson County, 1951-54, 1959-62.
Died in Anderson, Anderson
County, S.C., March
25, 1983 (age 93 years, 23
days).
Interment at Garden
of Memories, Honea Path, S.C.
|
 |
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.
|
| |
Frank Elbert Timmerman (1899-1966) —
also known as Frank E. Timmerman —
of Edgefield, Edgefield
County, S.C.
Born in Aiken
County, S.C., October
19, 1899.
Automobile
dealer; wholesale oil
distributor; real estate
business; farmer; member of South
Carolina state senate from Edgefield County, 1957-64.
Baptist.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Lions.
Died March
16, 1966 (age 66 years, 148
days).
Interment at Sunset Gardens Memorial Park, Johnston, S.C.
|
| |
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.
|
| |
John Adam Treutlen (1734-1782) —
also known as John A. Treutlen; Hans Adam
Treuettlen —
of Georgia.
Born in Kürnbach, Germany,
January
16, 1734.
Merchant;
planter; justice of the peace; Governor of
Georgia, 1777-78.
Lutheran.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Seized and murdered
by a group of men, probably in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., March 1,
1782 (age 48 years, 44
days).
Cenotaph at Veterans Park of Effingham County, Springfield, Ga.
|
| |
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.
|
| |
Alexander Stuart Wallace (1810-1893) —
also known as Alexander S. Wallace —
of Yorkville (now York), York
County, S.C.
Born in York District (now York
County), S.C., December
30, 1810.
Republican. Planter; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1852-55, 1858-59,
1865-66; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1869-77.
Slaveowner.
Died in Yorkville (now York), York
County, S.C., June 27,
1893 (age 82 years, 179
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, York, S.C.
|
| |
Daniel Wallace (1801-1859) —
of Union District (now Union
County), S.C.
Born near Laurens, Laurens District (now Laurens
County), S.C., May 9,
1801.
Lawyer;
planter; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1846-47; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1848-53.
Slaveowner.
Died in Jonesville, Union District (now Union
County), S.C., May 13,
1859 (age 58 years, 4
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Union, S.C.
|
| |
Joshua John Ward (1800-1853) —
also known as "King of the Rice
Planters" —
Born in Georgetown District (now Georgetown
County), S.C., November
24, 1800.
Rice planter; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from All Saints, 1832-36;
Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1850-52.
Slaveowner.
Died in Georgetown District (now Georgetown
County), S.C., February
27, 1853 (age 52 years, 95
days).
Interment at All
Saints Episcopal Church Cemetery, Pawleys Island, S.C.
|
| |
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.
|
| |
Marshall Burns Williams (1912-1995) —
also known as Marshall B. Williams —
of Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C.
Born in Norway, Orangeburg
County, S.C., January
17, 1912.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
farmer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Orangeburg County,
1947-52; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1952-95 (Orangeburg County 1952-66, 19th
District 1966-68, 11th District 1968-72, 13th District 1972-84, 40th
District 1984-95); died in office 1995.
Died, from complications of heart
disease, at Providence Hospital,
Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., December
28, 1995 (age 83 years, 345
days).
Interment somewhere
in Orangeburg, S.C.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of C. H. Williams and Maude (Metts) Williams; married to Margaret
Shecut. |
|
| |
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.
|
| |
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.
|
| |
Willie Bruce Williams (1906-1978) —
also known as W. Bruce Williams —
of Heath Springs, Lancaster
County, S.C.
Born in Heath Springs, Lancaster
County, S.C., October
9, 1906.
Democrat. Merchant;
farmer; livestock
dealer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Lancaster County,
1940-42; member of South
Carolina state senate from Lancaster County, 1946-62; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1956.
Died April
25, 1978 (age 71 years, 198
days).
Interment at Salem
Cemetery, Heath Springs, S.C.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of Chambers E. Williams and Belva (Bruce) Williams; married 1929 to
Eugenia Cauthen. |
|
| |
Robert Witherspoon (1767-1837) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Kingstree, Williamsburg District (now Williamsburg
County), S.C., January
29, 1767.
Democrat. Planter; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1792-94, 1802-04,
1806-08, 1816-17; South
Carolina state treasurer, 1801; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1809-11.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died in Mayesville, Sumter District (now Sumter
County), S.C., October
11, 1837 (age 70 years, 255
days).
Interment at Salem
Brick Church Cemetery, Mayesville, S.C.
|
|
|
![[Amazon.com]](https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/a150X70b.gif)