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Coleman Livingston Blease (1868-1942) —
also known as Coleman L. Blease; Cole L.
Blease —
of Helena, Newberry
County, S.C.; Newberry, Newberry
County, S.C.; Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born near Newberry, Newberry
County, S.C., October
8, 1868.
Son of Henry Horatio Blease and Mary A. (Livingston) Blease.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of Fred
H. Dominick; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1890-94, 1899-1900;
Presidential Elector for South Carolina, 1896,
1900;
member of South
Carolina state senate, 1905-08; mayor of Newberry, S.C., 1910; Governor of
South Carolina, 1911-15; resigned 1915; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1925-31; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from South Carolina, 1928.
Methodist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Redmen; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Woodmen.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., January
19, 1942 (age 73 years, 103
days).
Interment at Rosemont Cemetery.
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Frederick Haskell Dominick (1877-1960) —
also known as Fred H. Dominick —
of Newberry, Newberry
County, S.C.
Born in Peak, Newberry
County, S.C., February
20, 1877.
Son of Jacob L. Dominick and Georgiana E. (Minick) Dominick.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of Cole
L. Blease; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1901-02; chair of
Newberry County Democratic Party, 1906-14; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1917-33.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Redmen.
Died in Newberry, Newberry
County, S.C., March 11,
1960 (age 83 years, 20
days).
Interment at Rosemont Cemetery.
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Thomas Harrington Pope, Jr. (1913-1999) —
also known as Thomas H. Pope —
of Newberry, Newberry
County, S.C.
Born in Kinards, Newberry
County, S.C., July 28,
1913.
Son of Thomas Harrington Pope (1876-1943) and Marie (Gary) Pope
(1882-1964).
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1937-40, 1946-50; Speaker of
the South Carolina State House of Representatives, 1949-50;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate in primary
for Governor of
South Carolina, 1950; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from South Carolina, 1956;
South
Carolina Democratic state chair, 1958.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died, in Newberry County Memorial Hospital,
Newberry, Newberry
County, S.C., August
23, 1999 (age 86 years, 26
days).
Interment at Rosemont Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Grandson of Eugene
Blackburn Gary; son of Thomas Harrington Pope (1876-1943) and
Marie (Gary) Pope (1882-1964); married to Mary Waties Lumpkin
(1917-2008). |
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