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Politicians in the Tobacco Industry in South Carolina

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.   Relatives: Son of Joseph Wright Alsop (1838-1891) and Elizabeth Winthrop (Beach) Alsop; married, November 4, 1909, to Corinne Douglas Robinson; father of Joseph Alsop, Corinne A. Chubb, Stewart Alsop and John deKoven Alsop; grandfather of Corinne Roosevelt Robinson Chubb (who married Warren Zimmermann).   Political family: Roosevelt family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   James Hugh McFaddin (c.1916-1974) — also known as J. Hugh McFaddin — of Manning, Clarendon County, S.C. Born about 1916. Democrat. Lawyer; tobacco farmer; member of South Carolina state house of representatives from Clarendon County, 1938-40; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1940 (alternate), 1948, 1956; member of South Carolina state senate from Clarendon County, 1941-42, 1947-58; circuit judge in South Carolina 3rd Circuit, 1958-70. Died in 1974 (age about 58 years). Burial location unknown.   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.   Relatives: Son of William Alexander Spivey and Frances (Hughes) Spivey; married, June 18, 1895, to Mary Essie Collins.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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