The Political Graveyard: Dillon County, S.C.

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Dillon County
South Carolina

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Dillon County

Index to Locations

Dothan Cemetery
Dillon County, South Carolina

Politicians buried here:
	Preston Lang Bethea — also known as P. L. Bethea — of Minturn, Dillon County, S.C.; Dillon, Dillon County, S.C. Democrat. Member of South Carolina state house of representatives; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1936, 1940. Interment at Dothan Cemetery.

Haselden Cemetery
Latta, Dillon County, South Carolina

Politicians buried here:

William Haselden Ellerbe (1862-1899) — of South Carolina. Born in Marion, Marion County, S.C., April 7, 1862. Son of William S. Ellerbe (1832-1899) and Sarah E. (Haselden) Ellerbe (1833-1891). South Carolina state comptroller general, 1891-95; Governor of South Carolina, 1897-99; died in office 1899. Died, of consumption (tuberculosis), in Sellers, Marion County, S.C., June 2, 1899 (age 37 years, 56 days). Interment at Haselden Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of William S. Ellerbe (1832-1899) and Sarah E. (Haselden) Ellerbe (1833-1891); married, June 29, 1887, to Henrietta Rogers (1864-1929); brother of James Edwin Ellerbe; father of Earle Rogers Ellerbe. See Ellerbe family of South Carolina.
		See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial

James Edwin Ellerbe (1867-1916) — also known as J. Edwin Ellerbe — of Marion, Marion County, S.C. Born in Sellers, Marion County, S.C., January 12, 1867. Son of William S. Ellerbe and Sarah Elizabeth (Haselden) Ellerbe. Democrat. Farmer; merchant; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1894-96; delegate to South Carolina state constitutional convention, 1895; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1905-13. Methodist. Died, of pulmonary tuberculosis, in Asheville, Buncombe County, N.C., October 17, 1916 (age 49 years, 279 days). Interment at Haselden Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of William S. Ellerbe and Sarah Elizabeth (Haselden) Ellerbe; brother of William Haselden Ellerbe; married, November 23, 1887, to Nellie Converse Elford (1866-1941); uncle of Earle Rogers Ellerbe. See Ellerbe family of South Carolina.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial

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