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Eugene Blackburn Gary (1854-1926) —
of Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C.
Born in Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C., August
22, 1854.
Son of F. F. Gary and Caroline (Blackburn) Gary.
Lawyer;
Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1891-93; justice of
South Carolina state supreme court, 1893-1912; chief
justice of South Carolina state supreme court, 1912-26.
Died, from encephalitis
lethargica, in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., December
10, 1926 (age 72 years, 110
days).
Interment at Upper Long Cane Cemetery.
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Frank Boyd Gary (1860-1922) —
also known as Frank B. Gary —
of Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C.
Born in Cokesbury, Abbeville District (now Greenwood
County), S.C., March 9,
1860.
Democrat. Member of South Carolina state legislature; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1908-09.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., December
7, 1922 (age 62 years, 273
days).
Interment at Upper Long Cane Cemetery.
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James Sproull Cothran (1830-1897) —
also known as James S. Cothran —
of Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C.
Born near Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C., August 8,
1830.
Son of Wade Samuel Cothran and Frances Elizabeth (Sproull) Cothran.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; circuit judge in
South Carolina, 1881-86; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1887-91.
Died, in a sanitarium
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
5, 1897 (age 67 years, 119
days).
Interment at Upper Long Cane Cemetery.
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Samuel McGowan (1819-1897) —
of Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C.
Born October
9, 1819.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Carolina, 1860,
1876
(member, Resolutions
Committee); general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
justice
of South Carolina state supreme court, 1879.
Died August 9,
1897 (age 77 years, 304
days).
Interment at Upper Long Cane Cemetery.
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