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James Pickett Adams (1828-1904) —
Born in Richland District (now Richland
County), S.C., September
2, 1828.
Grandson of Joel
Adams; nephew of Joel
Adams II and William
Weston Adams; first cousin of James
Uriah Adams and James
Hopkins Adams; uncle of Henry
Walker Adams.
Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1858-61, 1888-89; major
in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died in Richland
County, S.C., November
1, 1904 (age 76 years, 60
days).
Interment at St.
John's Episcopal Churchyard, Congaree, S.C.
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Stephen Adams (1807-1857) —
of Aberdeen, Monroe
County, Miss.
Born in Pendleton District (now Anderson
County), S.C., October
17, 1807.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1833-34; circuit judge in Mississippi, 1837-45,
1848; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1845-47; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1850; delegate to
Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1851; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1852-57.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., May 11,
1857 (age 49 years, 206
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Walter Alexander Adams (b. 1887) —
also known as Walter A. Adams —
of Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C.
Born in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C., December
16, 1887.
Son of William Alexander Adams and Sarah Elvira (Taylor) Adams;
married, August
28, 1933, to Betty Christine Eastman.
Lawyer; U.S. Vice Consul in Shanghai, 1916-18; Batavia, 1918-20; Canton, 1920; Swatow, 1920-21; Changsha, 1921; Tsingtao, 1921-22; U.S. Consul in Tsingtao, 1922-25; Chungking, 1925-27; Hankow, 1928-29; Nanking, 1929-31; U.S. Consul General in Hankow, 1931-34; Harbin, 1934-36.
Burial
location unknown.
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Weston Adams II (b. 1938) —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., September
15, 1938.
Second great-grandson of Joel
Adams; father of Robert
Adams, (VI).
Republican. Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1972-74; delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1976,
1980
(alternate), 1988,
1992,
1996
(alternate); Presidential Elector for South Carolina, 1980;
U.S. Ambassador to Malawi, 1984-86; producer of the movie
Strike the Tent (2005).
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2005.
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Joseph Alston (1779-1816) —
of South Carolina.
Born in All Saints Parish, Georgetown District (now Georgetown
County), S.C., 1779.
Son of William Alston and Mary (Ashe) Alston; married, February
2, 1801, to Theodosia Burr (1783-1813; daughter of Aaron
Burr); brother-in-law of John
Lyde Wilson.
Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1802-03, 1805-12; Governor of
South Carolina, 1812-14.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., September
19, 1816 (age about 37
years).
Interment at Alston
Family Cemetery, Murrells Inlet, S.C.
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See also Edwards-Wagner
family of New York |
| | | Epitaph: "The life of this Citizen was
common one to the State. To its service he devoted himself from his
early years.. This great man was also a goone one. He met Death with
that fortitude with which his Ancestor did from whom he received his
name & this estate & which is to be found only in the good hoping to
rejoin those whoe loss had left in his heart an 'aching void' that
nothing on earth could fill." |
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Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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George Ross Anderson, Jr. (b. 1929) —
of Anderson, Anderson
County, S.C.
Born in Anderson, Anderson
County, S.C., January
29, 1929.
Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1955-56; U.S.
District Judge for South Carolina, 1980-.
Member, American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; Phi
Delta Phi.
Still living as of 2000.
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Joseph Fletcher Anderson, Jr. (b. 1949) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., November
6, 1949.
Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1980-86; U.S.
District Judge for South Carolina, 1986-.
Still living as of 2000.
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Thomas Galphin Andrews (b. 1882) —
also known as Thomas G. Andrews —
of Stroud, Lincoln
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C., August
29, 1882.
Son of John D. Andrews and Belle (Darby) Andrews; married 1904 to
Adelphia M. Wolgamatt (died 1928); married 1930 to Reba
Myers.
Lawyer; justice of
Oklahoma state supreme court, 1929-35.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Lions.
Burial
location unknown.
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William T. Andrews —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Sumter, Sumter
County, S.C.
Married, April 10,
1926, to Regina M. Anderson.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly, 1935-48 (New York County 21st District 1935-44,
New York County 12th District 1945-48).
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; Elks.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Martin Frederick Ansel (1850-1945) —
of Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., December
12, 1850.
Son of John Jacob Ansel and Frederika (Bauer) Ansel; married, February
21, 1878, to Ophelia A. Speight (1858-1894); married, August
23, 1898, to Addie R. Harris.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1882-88; Governor of
South Carolina, 1907-11; defeated, 1902; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1912.
Died in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C., August
24, 1945 (age 94 years, 255
days).
Interment at Springwood
Cemetery, Greenville, S.C.
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Paul McManus Arant (1910-1963) —
also known as Paul M. Arant —
of Pageland, Chesterfield
County, S.C.
Born in Five Forks, Pageland Township, Chesterfield
County, S.C., November
1, 1910.
Son of Peter M. Arant and Lottie A. (McManus) Arant; married to Alma
Mangum.
Lawyer; farmer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1947-58; member of South
Carolina state senate from Chesterfield County, 1959-61.
Member, Civitan.
Died in December, 1963
(age 53
years, 0 days).
Interment at Pageland
Baptist Church Cemetery, Pageland, S.C.
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James Tillinghast Archer (1819-1859) —
also known as James T. Archer —
of Florida.
Born in Gillisonville, Jasper
County, S.C., May 15,
1819.
Son of Hugh Archer and Susan Matilda (Tillinghast) Archer; married to
Mary Brown.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Florida, 1840; secretary of
state of Florida, 1845-48.
The town of Archer, Florida is named for
him.
Died, of heart
disease, in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., June 1,
1859 (age 40 years, 17
days).
Interment at Old
City Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Robert Thomas Ashmore (1904-1989) —
of Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C.
Born in Greenville
County, S.C., February
22, 1904.
Cousin of John
Durant Ashmore; son of John Thomas Ashmore and Lena (Smith)
Ashmore; married, February
6, 1942, to Willie Vance Linthicum.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1953-69.
Baptist.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
American
Legion; Reserve
Officers Association; Jaycees;
Junior
Order; Exchange
Club.
Died in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C., October
5, 1989 (age 85 years, 225
days).
Interment at White
Oak Baptist Church Cemetery, Greenville, S.C.
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Arthur Creel Baker (b. 1925) —
also known as Arthur C. Baker —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Varina, Wake
County, N.C., January
19, 1925.
Son of Offie Franklin Baker and Myrtie (Whisenhunt) Baker; married,
December
31, 1965, to Evelyn Canady.
Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1959.
Baptist.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Exchange
Club.
Still living as of 1967.
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David Gordon Baker (b. 1884) —
also known as D. Gordon Baker —
of Florence, Florence
County, S.C.
Born in Marion
County, S.C., February
17, 1884.
Son of William W. Baker and Sarah (Gordon) Baker; married, April 25,
1906, to Julia Badger.
Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1919-22; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1933-35; justice of
South Carolina state supreme court, 1935-40.
Burial
location unknown.
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William A. Barber (1869-1950) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Chester
County, S.C., 1869.
Son of Capt. Osmund Barber and Mary (Westbrook) Barber; married 1921 to Melanie
Wilmer Gordon.
Lawyer; South
Carolina state attorney general, 1895-96; president, Carolina &
Northwestern Railway,
1900-17.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Psi; American Bar
Association.
Died February
7, 1950 (age about 80
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Woodward Barnwell (1801-1882) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Beaufort, Beaufort District (now Beaufort
County), S.C., August
10, 1801.
Son of Robert
Barnwell.
Democrat. Lawyer; planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1826-28; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1829-33; president,
Carolina State College, 1833-41; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1850; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from South Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62; Senator
from South Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., November
5, 1882 (age 81 years, 87
days).
Interment at St.
Helena's Churchyard, Beaufort, S.C.
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William Edward Barton (1868-1955) —
of Houston, Texas
County, Mo.
Born in Pickens District (now Pickens
County), S.C., April 11,
1868.
Son of William Barton and Harriett (King) Barton; cousin of Courtney
Walker Hamlin; married, December
19, 1900, to Marietta Tweed.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; Texas
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1901-02; circuit judge in Missouri
19th Circuit, 1923-28, 1934-46; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 16th District, 1931-33.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Died, from cerebral
thrombosis, in Springfield Baptist Hospital,
Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., July 29,
1955 (age 87 years, 109
days).
Interment at Houston
Cemetery, Houston, Mo.
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James A. Beaty, Jr. (b. 1949) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Whitmire, Newberry
County, S.C., June 28,
1949.
Lawyer; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1981-94; U.S.
District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina, 1994-.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2000.
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Thomas Bee (1739-1812) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., 1739.
Father of Barnard
Elliott Bee; grandfather of Hamilton
Prioleau Bee; great-grandfather of Carlos
Bee.
Lawyer; planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1778-79, 1786-88; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1779-80; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1780-81; member of
South
Carolina state senate, 1788-90; U.S.
District Judge for South Carolina, 1790-1812; died in office 1812.
Died in Pendleton, Pendleton District (now Anderson
County), S.C., February
18, 1812 (age about 72
years).
Interment at Woodstock
Cemetery, Goose Creek, S.C.
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Christie Benet (1879-1951) —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C., December
26, 1879.
Son of William Christie Benet and Susan (McGowan) Benet; married, October
17, 1906, to Alice Van Yeveren Haskell.
Democrat. Lawyer; Solicitor, 5th Circuit, 1908-09; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1918.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Tau Omega; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., March 30,
1951 (age 71 years, 94
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.
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Edward Junius Black (1806-1846) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.; Screven
County, Ga.
Born in Beaufort, Beaufort District (now Beaufort
County), S.C., October
30, 1806.
Father of George
Robison Black.
Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1829-31; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1839-41, 1842-45.
Died in Millettville, Barnwell District (now Allendale
County), S.C., September
1, 1846 (age 39 years, 306
days).
Interment at Robison-Black
Cemetery, Allendale County, S.C.
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Ibra Charles Blackwood (1878-1936) —
also known as Ibra C. Blackwood —
of Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.
Born in Blackwood (unknown
county), S.C., November
21, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1903-05; Governor of
South Carolina, 1931-35; member of Democratic
National Committee from South Carolina, 1932.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died February
12, 1936 (age 57 years, 83
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Memorial Gardens, Spartanburg, S.C.
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Solomon Blatt, Jr. (b. 1921) —
of Barnwell, Barnwell
County, S.C.
Born in Sumter, Sumter
County, S.C., 1921.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for South Carolina, 1971-90; took senior status
1990.
Still living as of 2001.
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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; married
1890 to
Lillie B. Summers; half-brother of Eugene
S. 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, Newberry, S.C.
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Logan Edwin Bleckley (1827-1907) —
also known as Logan E. Bleckley —
of Clarkesville, Habersham
County, Ga.
Born in Rabun
County, Ga., July 3,
1827.
Son of James Bleckley and Catharine Bleckley; married 1857 to Clara
Caroline Haralson; married 1893 to Chloe
Herring.
Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
justice
of Georgia state supreme court, 1875-80; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1887-94.
Methodist.
Died in Clarkesville, Habersham
County, Ga., March 6,
1907 (age 79 years, 246
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Milledge Lipscomb Bonham (b. 1854) —
also known as M. L. Bonham —
of Anderson, Anderson
County, S.C.
Born in Edgefield, Edgefield District (now Edgefield
County), S.C., October
16, 1854.
Son of Milledge
Luke Bonham and Ann Patience (Griffin) Bonham; married, October
24, 1878, to Daisy Aldrich; married, March 2,
1925, to Lillian L. Carter.
Democrat. Lawyer; Adjutant
General of South Carolina, 1885-90; circuit judge in South
Carolina, 1924-30; justice of
South Carolina state supreme court, 1931-40; appointed 1931; chief
justice of South Carolina state supreme court, 1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Knights
of Pythias; Lions.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Augustus Bootle (1902-2005) —
also known as William A. Bootle —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Walterboro, Colleton
County, S.C., August
19, 1902.
Son of Philip Loraine Bootle and Laura Lilla (Benton) Bootle;
married, November
24, 1928, to Virginia Childs.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, 1929-33; U.S.
District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia, 1954-72; took
senior status 1972.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons;
Civitan.
Died January
25, 2005 (age 102 years,
159 days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Macon, Ga.
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William Huggins Brawley (1841-1916) —
also known as William H. Brawley —
of Chester, Chester District (now Chester
County), S.C.; Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Chester, Chester District (now Chester
County), S.C., May 13,
1841.
Cousin of John
James Hemphill; granduncle of Robert
Witherspoon Hemphill.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
wounded at the Battle of Seven Pines, Va., and lost an
arm; lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1882-90; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1891-94;
resigned 1894; U.S.
District Judge for South Carolina, 1894-1911; resigned 1911.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., November
15, 1916 (age 75 years, 186
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Near Charleston, Charleston County, S.C.
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Walter James Bristow, Jr. (b. 1924) —
also known as Walter J. Bristow, Jr. —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., October
14, 1924.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; member of
South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1957-58; member of South
Carolina state senate from Richland County, 1959-61.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military
Order of the World Wars; Exchange
Club; Alpha
Tau Omega.
Still living as of 1961.
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Preston Smith Brooks (1819-1857) —
also known as Preston S. Brooks —
of South Carolina.
Born in Edgefield, Edgefield District (now Edgefield
County), S.C., August 5,
1819.
Son of Whitefield Brooks and Mary P. (Carroll) Brooks; cousin of Milledge
Luke Bonham; married 1841 to
Caroline Means (1820-1843); married 1843 to Martha
Means.
Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1844; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1853-56,
1856-57; died in office 1857.
Wounded in a duel
with Louis
T. Wigfall in the 1840s. In May, 1856, furious over an
anti-slavery speech, he went to the Senate and beat
Senator Charles
Sumner with a cane, causing severe
injuries; an attempt to expel him
from Congress failed for lack of the necessary two-thirds vote, but
he resigned;
re-elected to his own vacancy.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
27, 1857 (age 37 years, 175
days).
Interment at Willow
Brook Cemetery, Edgefield, S.C.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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James Emilius Broome (1808-1883) —
also known as James E. Broome; "The Veto
Governor" —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.; Fernandina (now part of Fernandina Beach), Nassau
County, Fla.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hamburg, Aiken
County, S.C., December
15, 1808.
Son of John Broome and Jeanette (Witherspoon) Broome; father of John
Dozier Broome and James
E. Broome.
Democrat. Merchant;
planter;
lawyer; probate judge in Florida, 1843-48; Governor of
Florida, 1853-57; member of Florida
state senate, 1861.
Died in DeLand, Volusia
County, Fla., November
23, 1883 (age 74 years, 343
days).
Original interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, DeLand, Fla.; reinterment in 1897 somewhere
in Quincy, Fla.
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Albert Gallatin Brown (1813-1880) —
also known as Albert G. Brown —
of Terry, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in Chester District (now Chester
County), S.C., May 31,
1813.
Son of Joseph Brown; married 1835 to
Elizabeth Taliaferro; married, January
12, 1841, to Roberta Young.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1835-39; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi, 1839-41, 1847-53 (at-large
1839-41, 4th District 1847-53); circuit judge in Mississippi,
1842-43; Governor of
Mississippi, 1844-48; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1854-61; served in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; Senator
from Mississippi in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Member, Freemasons.
Died near Terry, Hinds
County, Miss., June 12,
1880 (age 67 years, 12
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Jackson, Miss.
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Ben Hill Brown, Jr. (1914-1989) —
of Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.
Born in Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C., February
8, 1914.
Son of Ben
Hill Brown and Clara Twitty (Colcock) Brown; married, March 3,
1940, to Barbara Bothwell Burt.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign
Service officer; U.S. Consul General in Istanbul, 1960; U.S. Ambassador to Liberia, 1964.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Kappa
Alpha Order; Pi
Kappa Delta; Sigma
Upsilon; Freemasons.
Died in 1989
(age about
75 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edgar Allen Brown (1888-1975) —
also known as Edgar A. Brown —
of Barnwell, Barnwell
County, S.C.
Born in Aiken
County, S.C., July 12,
1888.
Son of Augustus Abraham Brown and Elizabeth (Howard) Brown; married
to Annie Love Sitgreaves.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1921-26; Speaker of
the South Carolina State House of Representatives, 1925-26; South Carolina
Democratic state chair, 1922-26, 1952-53; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from South Carolina, 1924,
1932,
1940,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1926, 1938; member of South
Carolina state senate from Barnwell County, 1929-61.
Died in June, 1975
(age 86
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Seabrook Bryan (1809-1905) —
also known as George S. Bryan —
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., May 22,
1809.
Married to Rebecca L. Dwight (1822-1908); father of John P.
Kennedy Bryan.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for South Carolina, 1866-86; retired 1886.
Died in Flat Rock, Henderson
County, N.C., September
28, 1905 (age 96 years, 129
days).
Interment at St.
Michael's Church Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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John P. Kennedy Bryan (b. 1852) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., September
10, 1852.
Son of George
Seabrook Bryan and Rebecca L. (Dwight) Bryan; married, August
12, 1880, to Henrietta C. King.
Lawyer; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention, 1895.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial
location unknown.
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Archibald Bulloch (c.1730-1777) —
of Georgia.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., about 1730.
Married to Mary de Veaux; father of William
Bellinger Bulloch; second great-grandfather of Theodore
Roosevelt; third great-grandfather of Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr..
Lawyer; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1775; served in the
Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; President
of Georgia, 1776-77; died in office 1777.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., February
22, 1777 (age about 47
years).
Interment at Colonial
Park Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Alfred Lee Bulwinkle (1883-1950) —
also known as Alfred L. Bulwinkle —
of Gastonia, Gaston
County, N.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April 21,
1883.
Son of Herman Bulwinkle and Frances (McKean) BUlwinkle; married 1911 to Bessie
Lewis.
Democrat. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War I;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1921-29, 1931-50 (9th
District 1921-29, 1931-33, 10th District 1933-43, 11th District
1943-50); died in office 1950.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Patriotic
Order Sons of America; Lions.
Died in Gastonia, Gaston
County, N.C., August
31, 1950 (age 67 years, 132
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Gastonia, N.C.
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Mark Wilson Buyck, Jr. (b. 1934) —
also known as Mark W. Buyck, Jr. —
of Florence, Florence
County, S.C.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., December
25, 1934.
Son of Mark Wilson Buyck and Mary (Otis) Buyck; married to Julia
Willcox.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for South Carolina, 1975-77.
Still living as of 1977.
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James Francis Byrnes (1882-1972) —
also known as James F. Byrnes —
of Aiken, Aiken
County, S.C.; Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.; Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., May 2,
1882.
Son of James Francis Byrnes and Elizabeth E. Byrnes; first cousin of
Frank
Joseph Hogan; married, May 2,
1906, to Maude Busch (c.1883-1976).
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1911-25; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1931-41; defeated, 1924; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1936,
1940,
1952;
Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1941-42; resigned 1942; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1945-47; Governor of
South Carolina, 1951-55.
Episcopalian
or Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Junior
Order.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., April 9,
1972 (age 89 years, 343
days).
Interment at Trinity
Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.; statue at State
House Grounds, Columbia, S.C.
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Nathaniel Wilson Cabell (1914-2004) —
also known as Nathaniel W. Cabell —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March 15,
1914.
Son of John R. Cabell and Mary E. (Robinson) Cabell; married, November
13, 1948, to Jean Warley Witsell.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of
South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1947-54, 1959-64; member
of South
Carolina state senate, 1967-68.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
One of the originators, in 1948, of the political party which became
known as the States Rights or Dixiecrat Party.
Died July 1,
2004 (age 90 years, 108
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Patrick Calhoun Caldwell (1801-1855) —
of South Carolina.
Born near Newberry, Newberry District (now Newberry
County), S.C., March 10,
1801.
Son of William Thomas Caldwell (1748-1814) and Elizabeth Ann
(Williams) Caldwell (1759-1815).
Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1838-39; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1841-43; member
of South
Carolina state senate, 1848.
Died near Newberry, Newberry District (now Newberry
County), S.C., November
22, 1855 (age 54 years, 257
days).
Interment at Nance
Family Graveyard, Newberry County, S.C.
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John Campbell (c.1795-1845) —
of Parnassus (now Blenheim), Marlboro
County, S.C.
Born near Brownsville, Marlboro
County, S.C., about 1795.
Brother of Robert
Blair Campbell.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1829-31, 1837-45 (3rd
District 1829-31, 1st District 1837-39, 2nd District 1839-41, 4th
District 1841-45).
Died in Parnassus (now Blenheim), Marlboro
County, S.C., May 19,
1845 (age about 50
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Marlboro County, S.C.
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Josiah Abigail Patterson Campbell (1830-1917) —
also known as J. A. P. Campbell —
of Kosciusko, Attala
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in Camden, Kershaw
County, S.C., March 2,
1830.
Married, May 23,
1850, to Eugenia E. Nash.
Lawyer; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1851-59; Speaker of
the Mississippi State House of Representatives, 1859; delegate
to Mississippi secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Mississippi to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
circuit judge in Mississippi; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1876-94; chief
justice of Mississippi state supreme court, 1891-94.
Died in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., January
10, 1917 (age 86 years, 314
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Jackson, Miss.
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John G. Capers (b. 1866) —
of Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Anderson, Anderson
County, S.C., April 17,
1866.
Son of Rev. Ellison Capers and Charlotte Rebecca (Palmer) Capers;
married, June 18,
1895, to Lillia Trenholm.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for South Carolina, 1901-06; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Carolina, 1904,
1908;
member of Republican
National Committee from South Carolina, 1904-12.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lewis Cass Carpenter (1836-1908) —
of South Carolina; Leadville, Lake
County, Colo.
Born in Putnam, Windham
County, Conn., February
20, 1836.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Republican
National Committee from South Carolina, 1870-72; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1874-75; newspaper
editor.
Died in Denver,
Colo., March 6,
1908 (age 72 years, 15
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Robert Foster Chapman (b. 1926) —
also known as Robert F. Chapman —
of Camden, Kershaw
County, S.C.
Born in Inman, Spartanburg
County, S.C., April 24,
1926.
Son of James Alfred Chapman and Martha (Marshall) Chapman; married to
Mary Winston Gwathmey.
Lawyer; Judge of
U.S. District Court, 1974; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1981-91.
Still living as of 1991.
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Elijah Webb Chastain (1813-1874) —
of Georgia.
Born near Pickens, Pendleton District (now Pickens
County), S.C., September
25, 1813.
Lawyer; member of Georgia
state senate, 1840-50; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1851-55; delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1860; colonel in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Died in Murray
County, Ga., April 9,
1874 (age 60 years, 196
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Fannin County, Ga.
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Robert Gregg Cherry (1891-1957) —
also known as R. Gregg Cherry —
of Gastonia, Gaston
County, N.C.
Born in York
County, S.C., October
17, 1891.
Son of Chancellor Lafayette Cherry and Hattie (Davis) Cherry; married
to Mildred Stafford.
Democrat. Lawyer; associated in law practice with Alfred
Lee Bulwinkle; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor
of Gastonia, N.C., 1919-23; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1931-40; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1937; North Carolina
Democratic state chair, 1937; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1940,
1948,
1952,
1956;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1941-43; Governor of
North Carolina, 1945-49.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Redmen; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Kiwanis;
Knights
of Khorassan.
Died June 25,
1957 (age 65 years, 251
days).
Interment somewhere
in Gastonia, N.C.
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Heriot Clarkson (1863-1942) —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Kingville, Richland
County, S.C., August
21, 1863.
Son of Maj. William Clarkson and Margaret S. (Simons) Clarkson;
married, December
10, 1889, to Mary Lloyd Osborne.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1899; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1923-40; appointed 1923.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of
the Revolution; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Gamma
Eta Gamma; Anti-Saloon
League.
Died January
27, 1942 (age 78 years, 159
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C.
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Robert Archer Cooper (1874-1953) —
also known as Robert A. Cooper —
of Laurens, Laurens
County, S.C.; Washington,
D.C.; San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico.
Born in Laurens
County, S.C., June 12,
1874.
Son of Henry Addison Cooper and Elizabeth Archie (Jones) Cooper;
married, March 22,
1899, to Mamie Machen; married, November
15, 1917, to Dorcas Calmes.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1901-04; Solicitor, 8th
Judicial Circuit, 1905-16; Governor of
South Carolina, 1919-22; U.S.
District Judge for Puerto Rico, 1934-.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died August 7,
1953 (age 79 years, 56
days).
Interment at Laurens
Cemetery, Laurens, S.C.
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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;
married, July 17,
1855, to Emma Chiles (1834-1916); father of Thomas
Perrin 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, Abbeville, S.C.
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Thomas Perrin Cothran (1857-1934) —
also known as Thomas P. Cothran —
of Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C.
Born in Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C., October
24, 1857.
Son of James
Sproull Cothran and Emma Chiles (Perrin) Cothran (1834-1916);
married, January
6, 1886, to Ione Smith.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1904-10, 1914-21; Speaker of
the South Carolina State House of Representatives, 1918-21; South Carolina
Democratic state chair, 1920; justice of
South Carolina state supreme court, 1921-34; died in office 1934.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died April 11,
1934 (age 76 years, 169
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Tyrone Courtney (b. 1952) —
also known as Ty Courtney —
of Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.
Born in Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C., January
4, 1952.
Lawyer; municipal judge in South Carolina, 1981-82; member of
South
Carolina state senate, 1991-2000.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Jaycees;
Lions.
Tried
and convicted
in June 2000 on federal charges
of bank
fraud, mail fraud, and making false
statements in a loan application.
Still living as of 2000.
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George William Croft (1846-1904) —
of Aiken, Aiken
County, S.C.
Born in Newberry District (now Newberry
County), S.C., December
20, 1846.
Son of Theodore Gaillard Croft and Eliza Webb (D'Oyley) Croft;
married, April 17,
1873, to Florence E. McMahon; father of Theodore
Gaillard Croft (1874-1920).
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1880; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1882-83, 1901-02; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1903-04; died in
office 1904.
Died in Washington,
D.C., 1904
(age about
57 years).
Interment at St.
Thaddeus' Episcopal Churchyard, Aiken, S.C.
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Theodore Gaillard Croft (1874-1920) —
also known as Theodore G. Croft —
of South Carolina.
Born in Aiken, Aiken
County, S.C., November
26, 1874.
Son of George
William Croft.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1904-05; member
of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1907-08; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1909-12.
Died in Aiken, Aiken
County, S.C., March 23,
1920 (age 45 years, 118
days).
Interment at St.
Thaddeus' Episcopal Churchyard, Aiken, S.C.
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Edward Charles Cushman, Jr. (b. 1918) —
also known as Edward C. Cushman, Jr. —
of Aiken, Aiken
County, S.C.
Born in Aiken, Aiken
County, S.C., September
21, 1918.
Son of Edward C. Cushman, Sr. and Mary Nagel (Sweringen) Cushman;
married to Ruth Lecil Drummond.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1949-60; member of South
Carolina state senate from Aiken County, 1961.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Lions; American
Legion.
Still living as of 1961.
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