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John Frederick Ficken Jr. (1843-1925) —
also known as John F. Ficken —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., June 18,
1843.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1876;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,
1876-91; resigned 1891; mayor
of Charleston, S.C., 1891-95.
German ancestry.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April
16, 1925 (age 81 years, 302
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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Archibald Henry Grimké (1849-1930) —
also known as Archibald H. Grimké —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., August
17, 1849.
Newspaper
editor; U.S. Consul in Santo Domingo, 1894-98.
African
and German ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
25, 1930 (age 80 years, 192
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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John Adam Henneman (1835-1891) —
also known as J. A. Henneman —
of Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.
Born in Kronach, Bavaria (now Germany),
1835.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; jeweler;
mayor
of Spartanburg, S.C., 1891; died in office 1891.
German ancestry.
Shot
and killed by
John Williams, in Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C., September
27, 1891 (age about 56
years). Williams was hanged for the murder on October 7, 1892.
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Spartanburg, S.C.
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Relatives:
Married to Louisa Rate. |
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John Diedrich Spreckels (1853-1926) —
also known as John D. Spreckels —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., August
16, 1853.
Republican. Founder and president, Oceanic Steamship
Company; president, Western Sugar
Company; owned the Hotel de
Coronado, the San Diego Electric
Railway, newspapers
in San Francisco and San Diego; built the San Diego and Arizona Railway,
from San Diego to Calexico; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1896,
1924;
member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1896.
German ancestry.
Died in Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif., June 7,
1926 (age 72 years, 295
days).
Entombed at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Claus
Spreckels and Anna Christina (Mangels) Spreckels; brother of Adolph
Bernard Spreckels; married 1877 to Lillie
C. Siebein. |
| | | Political family: Spreckels
family of San Francisco, California. |
| | | The Spreckels Theatre,
in San
Diego, California, is named for
him. — Spreckels Elementary
School, in San Diego,
California, is named for
him. — Spreckels Park,
in Coronado,
California, is named for
him. — The Spreckels Organ Pavilion, an outdoor performance
venue, in Balboa Park, San Diego,
California, is named for
him and his brother. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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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.
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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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