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Fairfield County
South Carolina

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Fairfield County


Index to Locations

  • Winnsboro Unknown location
  • Winnsboro Bethel Cemetery
  • Winnsboro Episcopal Cemetery
  • Winnsboro Manigault Cemetery


    Unknown Location
    Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina
    Politicians buried here:
      Richard Winn (1750-1818) — of Winnsboro, Fairfield County, S.C. Born in Virginia, 1750. Democrat. U.S. Representative from South Carolina, 1793-97, 1803-13 (4th District 1793-97, 1803, 5th District 1803-13). Died in 1818 (age about 68 years). Interment somewhere.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Bethel Cemetery
    North Vanderhorst Street
    Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina
    Politicians buried here:
      Walter Boyd Brown, Sr. (1920-1998) — also known as Walter Brown, Sr.; W. B. Brown — of Winnsboro, Fairfield County, S.C. Born in Smallwood, Fairfield County, S.C., May 16, 1920. Son of Boyd Brown. Democrat. Member of South Carolina state house of representatives; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1960, 1964, 1968; first director of South Carolina Department of General Services; vice-president of Norfolk Southern Corporation (formerly Southern Railway). Presbyterian. Blind in one eye. The Walter Boyd Brown Industrial Park was named for him. Died, following a stroke, at Fairfield Memorial Hospital, Winnsboro, Fairfield County, S.C., March 9, 1998 (age 77 years, 297 days). Interment at Bethel Cemetery.
      Boyd Brown (1897-1949) — of Winnsboro, Fairfield County, S.C. Born in 1897. Democrat. Member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1937-45; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1940, 1944. Presbyterian. Died in 1949 (age about 52 years). Interment at Bethel Cemetery.
      Relatives: Father of Walter Boyd Brown, Sr..


    Episcopal Cemetery
    Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina
    Politicians buried here:
      William Waters Boyce (1818-1890) — of South Carolina. Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston County), S.C., October 24, 1818. Member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1846-47; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1853-60; Delegate from South Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Representative from South Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65. Died in Fairfax County, Va., February 3, 1890 (age 71 years, 102 days). Interment at Episcopal Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      John Bratton (1831-1898) — of Winnsboro, Fairfield County, S.C. Born in Winnsboro, Fairfield District (now Fairfield County), S.C., March 17, 1831. Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1876; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1884-85. Died in Winnsboro, Fairfield County, S.C., January 12, 1898 (age 66 years, 301 days). Interment at Episcopal Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Manigault Cemetery
    Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina
    Politicians buried here:
      Elliott Boulware (1889-1954) — also known as E. W. Boulware — of Winnsboro, Fairfield County, S.C. Born January 15, 1889. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1928. Died March 27, 1954 (age 65 years, 71 days). Interment at Manigault Cemetery.


     

     


     
       
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