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Politicians in the Lumber and Timber Business in South Carolina

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.   Relatives: Son of W. T. Baggett and Sadie (Venning) Baggett.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Thomas Bennett (1781-1865) — of South Carolina. Born in Charleston, Charleston County, S.C., August 14, 1781. Lumber business; architect; banker; member of South Carolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1804-06, 1808-18; Speaker of the South Carolina State House of Representatives, 1814-18; intendant of Charleston, South Carolina, 1812-13; member of South Carolina state senate from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1819-20, 1836-40; Governor of South Carolina, 1820-22. Died in Charleston, Charleston County, S.C., January 30, 1865 (age 83 years, 169 days). Interment at Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Bennett (1754-1814) and Anna Hayes (Warnock) Bennett; married, February 19, 1801, to Mary Lightbourn Stone; married, March 5, 1840, to Jane (Burgess) Gordon; adoptive father of Christopher Gustavus Memminger; father of Anna Margaret Bennett (who married James Butler Campbell).   Political family: Memminger-Bennett family of Charleston, South Carolina.   The city of Bennettsville, South Carolina, is named for him.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   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.   Relatives: Son of C. C. Cooper; married, December 23, 1877, to Lizzie Gibson.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   John Palmer Gaillard Jr. (1920-2006) — also known as J. Palmer Gaillard, Jr. — of Charleston, Charleston County, S.C. Born in Charleston, Charleston County, S.C., April 20, 1920. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lumber business; mayor of Charleston, S.C., 1959-75. Episcopalian. Member, Elks; Rotary; American Legion. Killed in an automobile accident, in Charleston, Charleston County, S.C., July 29, 2006 (age 86 years, 100 days). Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.   Relatives: Son of John Palmer Gaillard and Eleanor (Lucas) Gaillard; married, July 15, 1944, to Lucy Foster; great-grandson of Peter Charles Gaillard; great-grandnephew of Peter Gaillard Snowden; first cousin thrice removed of Franklin Gaillard and Henry Augustus Gaillard; first cousin four times removed of John Gaillard; second cousin thrice removed of Theodore Gaillard Hunt and Peter Porcher Bonneau; third cousin once removed of Thomas Porcher Stoney.   Political family: Gaillard family of Charleston, South Carolina.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Jacob F. Mintzing (d. 1842) — of Charleston, Charleston County, S.C. Lumber merchant; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1820-35; mayor of Charleston, S.C., 1840-42; died in office 1842. Lutheran. Died, from stomach cancer, March 14, 1842. Interment at St. Johns Lutheran Church Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.   See also Wikipedia article

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