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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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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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Benjamin Frost Huger (1836-1887) —
also known as Benjamin F. Huger —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., July 21,
1836.
Democrat. Insurance agent; postmaster at Charleston,
S.C., 1885-87.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March
25, 1887 (age 50 years, 247
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Whitefoord Claude Martin (1879-1930) —
also known as W. Claude Martin —
of Branchville, Orangeburg
County, S.C.
Born in Kingstree, Williamsburg
County, S.C., May 8,
1879.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; banker;
insurance and real
estate business; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Orangeburg County,
1912-14, 1916-18; mayor of Branchville, S.C., 1920-24; member of South
Carolina state senate from Orangeburg County, 1924-30; died in
office 1930.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Junior
Order; Woodmen of
the World.
Killed in an automobile
accident at Wolfton, Orangeburg
County, S.C., February
7, 1930 (age 50 years, 275
days). Also killed was Sen. William
S. Legare; Rep. J.
Rutledge Smith, Jr. was injured but survived.
Interment at Ott Cemetery, Branchville, S.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Whitefoord Smith Martin and VerMelle Clarice (Brockington) Martin;
married, April 9,
1908, to Ruth Reeves. |
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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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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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Doctor Allen Spivey (1868-1945) —
also known as D. A. Spivey —
of Conway, Horry
County, S.C.
Born in Horry
County, S.C., August
25, 1868.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance business; tobacco
warehouser; hotel
business; banker; chair of
Horry County Democratic Party, 1894; mayor of
Conway, S.C., 1901-03; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Horry County,
1904-08; member of South
Carolina state senate from Horry County, 1908-12, 1924-28;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Carolina, 1924.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen of
the World; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Conway, Horry
County, S.C., May 24,
1945 (age 76 years, 272
days).
Interment at Lakeside
Cemetery, Conway, S.C.
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William Lee Trenholm (1836-1901) —
also known as William L. Trenholm —
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
3, 1836.
Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Comptroller of the Currency, 1886-89; insurance executive.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
11, 1901 (age 64 years, 342
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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James Madison Waddell Jr. (1922-2003) —
also known as James M. Waddell, Jr. —
of Beaufort, Beaufort
County, S.C.
Born in Boydell, Ashley
County, Ark., November
1, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; insurance
business; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Beaufort County,
1954-58; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Carolina, 1956
(alternate), 1964;
member of South
Carolina state senate, 1960-92 (Beaufort County 1960-66, 16th
District 1966-68, 13th District 1968-72, 15th District 1972-84, 46th
District 1984-92); resigned 1992.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Navy
League; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sertoma;
Farm
Bureau; Nature
Conservancy.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., January
15, 2003 (age 80 years, 75
days).
Interment at Beaufort
National Cemetery, Beaufort, S.C.
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Ernest Edward Wehman Jr. (1891-1964) —
also known as E. Edward Wehman, Jr. —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., December
27, 1891.
Insurance business; mayor
of Charleston, S.C., 1944-47.
Died May 1,
1964 (age 72 years, 126
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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