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Jefferson Blakely Bates (1896-1966) —
also known as Jeff B. Bates —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Wateree, Richland
County, S.C., October
16, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Richland County,
1923-26; member of South
Carolina state senate from Richland County, 1934-40; South
Carolina state treasurer, 1940; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Carolina, 1952,
1956.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Kiwanis.
Died August
17, 1966 (age 69 years, 305
days).
Interment at Old
Richmond Presbyterian Churchyard, Wateree, S.C.
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Relatives: Son
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Heriot Clarkson (1863-1942) —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Kingville, Richland
County, S.C., August
21, 1863.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1899; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1923-42; appointed 1923; died
in office 1942.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of
the Revolution; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Gamma
Eta Gamma; Anti-Saloon
League.
Died January
27, 1942 (age 78 years, 159
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Maj. William Clarkson and Margaret S. (Simons) Clarkson; married,
December
10, 1889, to Mary Lloyd Osborne. |
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Rembert Coney Dennis (1915-1992) —
also known as Rembert C. Dennis —
of Moncks Corner, Berkeley
County, S.C.
Born in Pinopolis, Berkeley
County, S.C., August
27, 1915.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Berkeley County,
1938-42; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1942-88 (Berkeley County 1942-66, 14th
District 1966-84, 37th District 1984-88); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from South Carolina, 1944,
1948
(alternate), 1952,
1956,
1960;
candidate for justice of
South Carolina state supreme court, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Lions;
Woodmen
of the World; Blue
Key.
Died June 20,
1992 (age 76 years, 298
days).
Interment at St.
John's Baptist Churchyard, Pinopolis, S.C.
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William Storen Legaré (1900-1930) —
also known as William S. Legaré —
of Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., January
6, 1900.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,
1924-26; member of South
Carolina state senate from Charleston County, 1926-30; died in
office 1930.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Fatally injured in an automobile
accident near Wolfton, S.C., and died two hours later in a hospital
at Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C., February
7, 1930 (age 30 years, 32
days). Also killed was Sen. W.
Claude Martin; Rep. J.
Rutledge Smith, Jr. was injured but survived.
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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Daniel Calhoun Roper (1867-1943) —
also known as Daniel C. Roper —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Marlboro
County, S.C., April 1,
1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; publicist;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Marlboro County,
1892-94; U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1917-20; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1924
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1932,
1936;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1933-38; U.S. Minister to Canada, 1939.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from leukemia,
in Washington,
D.C., April
11, 1943 (age 76 years, 10
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Whetstone Wannamaker Jr. (1900-1993) —
also known as W. W. Wannamaker, Jr. —
of Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C.
Born in Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C., May 18,
1900.
Republican. Civil
engineer; general
contractor; director, Orange Cotton
Mills; vice-president, Wateree Chemical
Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina,
1956,
1960;
member of Republican
National Committee from South Carolina, 1956-66.
Member, Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Died March 3,
1993 (age 92 years, 289
days).
Interment at Sunnyside
Cemetery, Orangeburg, S.C.
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