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Stephen Robinson Bell (1860-1897) —
also known as Stephen R. Bell —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., June 13,
1860.
Cotton
exporter;
Honorary
Vice-Consul for Russia in Charleston,
S.C., 1892-97.
Scotch-Irish
and French Huguenot ancestry.
Died in Aiken
County, S.C., February
8, 1897 (age 36 years, 240
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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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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Wilmot Gibbes de Saussure (1822-1886) —
also known as Wilmot G. de Saussure —
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., July 23,
1822.
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1848-49, 1854-57,
1860-63; Adjutant
General of South Carolina, 1862.
French Huguenot ancestry. Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Ocala, Marion
County, Fla., February
1, 1886 (age 63 years, 193
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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Maurice Duckworth du Bois (1907-2000) —
also known as Maurice du Bois —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Mechanicsville, St. Mary's
County, Md., November
17, 1907.
Honorary
Consul for Venezuela in Baltimore,
Md., 1933-37.
French and English
ancestry.
Died in South Carolina, January
24, 2000 (age 92 years, 68
days).
Interment at Moreland Memorial Park, Parkville, Md.
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Ormond Weyman Follin (1831-1902) —
also known as Ormond W. Follin —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.; San Jose, Santa
Clara County, Calif.; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., August
27, 1831.
Language
teacher; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Guatemala in San
Diego, Calif., 1900-02.
French ancestry.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., October
28, 1902 (age 71 years, 62
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Lewis Gervais (1741-1798) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Hanover, Germany
of French Huguenot parents, 1741.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of South
Carolina state senate from Ninety-Six District, 1779-86; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1782-83; member of
South
Carolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.
Michael, 1785, 1788.
French ancestry.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., August
18, 1798 (age about 57
years).
Interment at St.
Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.
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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.
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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.
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Charles Frederick Huchet (1857-1923) —
also known as Charles F. Huchet —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in South Carolina, 1857.
Vice-Consul
for Brazil in Charleston,
S.C., 1884-1902; Vice-Consul
for Uruguay in Charleston,
S.C., 1892-1902.
French ancestry.
Died, from chronic
interstitial nephritis, in Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C., September
14, 1923 (age about 66
years).
Interment at Sunnyside
Cemetery, Orangeburg, S.C.
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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.
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Hugh Swinton Legaré (1797-1843) —
also known as Hugh S. Legaré —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., January
2, 1797.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1820-21, 1824-30; South
Carolina state attorney general, 1830-32; U.S. Charge d'Affaires
to Belgium, 1832-36; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 5th District, 1837-39; U.S.
Attorney General, 1841-43; died in office 1843.
Scottish
and French Huguenot ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 20,
1843 (age 46 years, 169
days).
Original interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.; reinterment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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James Johnston Pettigrew (1828-1863) —
also known as J. Johnston Pettigrew —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Tyrrell
County, N.C., July 4,
1828.
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1856; general in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War.
French Huguenot ancestry.
Mortally wounded at the Battle of
Gettysburg, and died soon after at Bunker Hill, Berkeley
County, W.Va., July 17,
1863 (age 35 years, 13
days).
Original interment somewhere in Raleigh, N.C.; reinterment in 1865 at Pettigrew Family Cemetery, Tyrrell County, N.C.
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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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James Marsh Seignious (1847-1923) —
also known as James M. Seignious —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., November
4, 1847.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; accountant;
banker;
cotton
factor; financier;
Vice-Consul
for Denmark in Charleston,
S.C., 1901-07.
French Huguenot, English,
and Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Summerville, Dorchester
County, S.C., January
24, 1923 (age 75 years, 81
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Francis P. Seignious and Martha Hester (Wightman) Seignious;
married to Christiana Hannah Pelzer; married, January
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