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Christie Benet (1879-1951) —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C., December
26, 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Solicitor, 5th Circuit, 1908-09; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1918.
Episcopalian.
Scottish ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary;
Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Tau Omega; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., March
30, 1951 (age 71 years, 94
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.
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William Christie Benet (1846-1930) —
of Abbeville
County, S.C.; Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C.
Born in Scotland,
March
22, 1846.
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Abbeville County,
1888-90.
Scottish ancestry.
Died, from heart
disease, in Beallmont Park Sanatorium,
Black Mountain, Buncombe
County, N.C., August
17, 1930 (age 84 years, 148
days).
Interment at Upper
Long Cane Cemetery, Abbeville, S.C.
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Langdon Cheves (1776-1857) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Ninety Six District (part now in Abbeville
County), S.C., September
17, 1776.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1806-08; South
Carolina state attorney general, 1808-10; candidate for
Presidential Elector for South Carolina; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1810-15; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1814-15.
Scottish and English
ancestry. Member, American
Antiquarian Society.
Slaveowner.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., June 26,
1857 (age 80 years, 282
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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William de Bruyn=Kops (1860-1957) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., November
4, 1860.
Cotton
exporter;
Consul
for Netherlands in Savannah,
Ga., 1888-1903.
Dutch,
English,
and Scottish ancestry.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., August
8, 1957 (age 96 years, 277
days).
Interment at Laurel
Grove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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John Geddes (1777-1828) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., December
25, 1777.
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1808-16; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1816-18; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1817-19, 1823-24; Governor of
South Carolina, 1818-20.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March 4,
1828 (age 50 years, 70
days).
Interment at First
Scots Presbyterian 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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William McGillivray Morrison (1903-1960) —
also known as William McG. Morrison —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., January
8, 1903.
Democrat. Mayor
of Charleston, S.C., 1947-59; defeated, 1959; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1952,
1956.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., January
1, 1960 (age 56 years, 358
days).
Interment at St.
Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.
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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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Thomas Thomson (1813-1881) —
of Abbeville, Abbeville District (now Abbeville
County), S.C.
Born in Tarbolton, South Ayrshire, Scotland,
June
5, 1813.
Lawyer;
delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from Abbeville, 1860-62;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Presbyterian.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C., May 6,
1881 (age 67 years, 335
days).
Interment at Upper
Long Cane Cemetery, Abbeville, S.C.
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