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Milledge Lipscomb Bonham (b. 1854) —
also known as M. L. Bonham —
of Anderson, Anderson
County, S.C.
Born in Edgefield, Edgefield District (now Edgefield
County), S.C., October
16, 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer; Adjutant
General of South Carolina, 1885-90; circuit judge in South
Carolina, 1924-30; justice of
South Carolina state supreme court, 1931-40; appointed 1931; chief
justice of South Carolina state supreme court, 1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of the American Revolution; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Knights
of Pythias; Lions.
Burial location unknown.
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John Simpson Bratton (1831-1898) —
also known as John Bratton —
of Winnsboro, Fairfield
County, S.C.
Born in Winnsboro, Fairfield District (now Fairfield
County), S.C., March 7,
1831.
Democrat. Physician;
planter;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention, 1865; member
of South
Carolina state senate from Fairfield, 1865-66; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1876
(delegation chair), 1880;
chair
of Fairfield County Democratic Party, 1876-80; South
Carolina Democratic state chair, 1880; South
Carolina state comptroller general, 1881-82; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1884-85.
Episcopalian.
Member, Grange;
Sons of the American Revolution.
Slaveowner.
Died in Winnsboro, Fairfield
County, S.C., January
12, 1898 (age 66 years, 311
days).
Interment at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery, Winnsboro, S.C.
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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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J. Bates Gerald (b. 1895) —
of Summerton, Clarendon
County, S.C.; Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Blackville, Barnwell
County, S.C., August
30, 1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; South
Carolina Republican state chair, 1938-50; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Carolina, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952
(member, Resolutions
Committee); member of Republican
National Committee from South Carolina, 1949.
Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Lions;
Sons of the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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William Stuart Hall (1869-1938) —
also known as William S. Hall —
of Gaffney, Cherokee
County, S.C.
Born in Chester
County, S.C., October
24, 1869.
Democrat. School
teacher; college
professor; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Cherokee County,
1908-10; member of South
Carolina state senate from Cherokee County, 1911-14.
Southern
Methodist. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Sons of the American Revolution; Chi Psi.
Died, from heart
disease, in Gaffney, Cherokee
County, S.C., July 20,
1938 (age 68 years, 269
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery, Gaffney, S.C.
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John Peter Richardson (1831-1899) —
of Clarendon
County, S.C.
Born in Clarendon District (now Clarendon
County), S.C., September
25, 1831.
Planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1856-61, 1865, 1878-80
(Clarendon 1856-61, 1865, Clarendon County 1878-80); served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention, 1865; member
of South
Carolina state senate from Clarendon, 1865-66; South
Carolina state treasurer, 1880-86; Governor of
South Carolina, 1886-90.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., July 6,
1899 (age 67 years, 284
days).
Interment at Quaker
Cemetery, Camden, S.C.
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