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John Mobley Daniel (b. 1883) —
of Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C.; Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Saluda
County, S.C., July 22,
1883.
Son of John Furman Daniel (M.D.) and Susan (Adams) Daniel; married,
June
26, 1918, to Pearle Richardson.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1911-12; South
Carolina state attorney general, 1925-36.
Baptist.
Member, Woodmen of
the World; Knights
of Pythias; Redmen; Junior
Order.
Burial
location unknown.
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Fred Henry Davis (1894-1937) —
also known as Fred H. Davis —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C., May 18,
1894.
Son of Fred Henry Davis and Annie E. (Pearson) Davis; married, February
3, 1921, to Frances M. Chambers.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
Leon
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1919-20; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1921-27; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 1927; Florida
state attorney general, 1927-31; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1931-37; chief
justice of Florida state supreme court, 1933-35.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Reserve
Officers Association; American
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Lions.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., June 20,
1937 (age 43 years, 33
days).
Interment at Old
City Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Henry Edwards Davis (b. 1879) —
also known as Henry E. Davis —
of Florence, Florence
County, S.C.
Born in Gourdin, Williamsburg
County, S.C., October
4, 1879.
Son of James Edwards Davis and Emma Watson (Chandler) Davis; married,
September
27, 1906, to Lillian Erskine.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of South Carolina, 1930-34.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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John William Davis (1873-1955) —
also known as John W. Davis —
of Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., April 13,
1873.
Son of John
James Davis and Anna (Kennedy) Davis; married, June 20,
1899, to Julia T. McDonald (died 1900); married, January
2, 1912, to Ellen G. Bassel (died 1943); first cousin of Cyrus
Roberts Vance.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Harrison County, 1899;
candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia, 1900;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1904;
U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1911-13; resigned
1913; U.S. Solicitor
General, 1913-18; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1918-21; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1920;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1924; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1928,
1932.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March 24,
1955 (age 81 years, 345
days).
Interment at Locust
Valley Cemetery, Glen Cove, Long Island, N.Y.
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Warren Ransom Davis (1793-1835) —
also known as Warren R. Davis —
of Pendleton, Anderson
County, S.C.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., May 8,
1793.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1827-35; died in
office 1835.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
29, 1835 (age 41 years, 266
days). His funeral service at the U.S. Capitol was disrupted when
Richard Lawrence, a house painter, fired two guns at President Andrew
Jackson.
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Hosea Jefferson Dean (1806-1855) —
also known as H. J. Dean —
of Spartanburg, Spartanburg District (now Spartanburg
County), S.C.
Born in Spartanburg District (now Spartanburg
County), S.C., July 11,
1806.
Grandnephew of Samuel
Farrow; son of John Dean (1776-1852) and Mary (Farrow) Dean
(1780-1830); married, October
14, 1834, to Elizabeth Ellen Mills (1810-1838); married, August 9,
1840, to Mary Stewart Owen (1822-1886).
Lawyer; Spartanburg District Commissioner in Equity, 1832-44;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1850-52; Clerk, South
Carolina House of Representatives, 1853.
Baptist.
Died, of heart
disease, in White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier
County, Va (now W.Va.), August 3,
1855 (age 49 years, 23
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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David Deas (1771-1822) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in 1771.
Son of John Deas and Elizabeth (Allen) Deas; married 1800 to Mary
Sommers.
Lawyer; planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1794-95, 1800-08; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1802-03.
Died in 1822
(age about
51 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Rembert Coney Dennis (1915-1992) —
also known as Rembert C. Dennis —
of Moncks Corner, Berkeley
County, S.C.
Born in Pinopolis, Berkeley
County, S.C., August
27, 1915.
Married to Natalie Brown.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1939-42; member of South
Carolina state senate from Berkeley County, 1943-88; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1944,
1948
(alternate), 1952,
1956,
1960.
Baptist.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions;
Woodmen.
Died June 20,
1992 (age 76 years, 298
days).
Interment at St.
John's Baptist Churchyard, Pinopolis, S.C.
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Butler Carson Derrick, Jr. (b. 1936) —
also known as Butler Derrick —
of Edgefield, Edgefield
County, S.C.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., September
30, 1936.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1969-74; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1975-95.
Episcopalian.
Member, Jaycees;
Freemasons;
Lions.
Still living as of 2009.
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Henry William DeSaussure (1763-1839) —
also known as Henry W. DeSaussure —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.; Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in 1763.
Son of Daniel DeSaussure and Mary (McPherson) DeSaussure; married 1785 to
Elizabeth Ford.
Lawyer; delegate to
South Carolina state constitutional convention, 1790; member of
South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1791, 1801, 1806-08; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1797-99.
Congregationalist.
Died March 26,
1839 (age about 75
years).
Interment somewhere
in Columbia, S.C.
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John G. Dinkins (d. 1966) —
of Manning, Clarendon
County, S.C.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1936;
member of South
Carolina state senate.
Died in 1966.
Interment somewhere
in Manning, S.C.
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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, Newberry, S.C.
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Charles A. Douglas (1862-1939) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Fairfield
County, S.C., January
31, 1862.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1884-90; Presidential
Elector for South Carolina, 1888;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1916,
1924.
Presbyterian.
Died October
31, 1939 (age 77 years, 273
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Oscar Henry Doyle (b. 1893) —
also known as Oscar H. Doyle —
of Anderson, Anderson
County, S.C.
Born in Seneca, Oconee
County, S.C., May 7,
1893.
Son of Jasper Doyle and Ella (Dendy) Doyle; married, October
12, 1921, to Hazel Murphy.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of South Carolina, 1937-50.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Woodmen;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Drayton (1767-1822) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., June 22,
1767.
Son of William
Henry Drayton and Dorothy (Golightly) Drayton (1747-1780);
married 1794
to Hester Rose Tidyman (born 1773); second cousin of William
Drayton; first cousin once removed of John
Drayton (1831-1912).
Lawyer; author; botanist;
Governor
of South Carolina, 1800-02, 1808-10; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1802-04; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1803-04; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1804-08; U.S.
District Judge for South Carolina, 1812-22.
Died in South Carolina, November
27, 1822 (age 55 years, 158
days).
Interment at St.
Paul's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.
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John Reid Edwards (b. 1953) —
also known as John Edwards; Johnny Reid Edwards;
"Silk Pony"; "The Breck
Girl" —
of North Carolina.
Born in Seneca, Oconee
County, S.C., June 10,
1953.
Married, July 30,
1977, to Mary Elizabeth Anania.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1999-2005; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 2000,
2004;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 2004,
2008;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2004; in August 2008, he acknowledged
an extramarital
affair with filmmaker Rielle Hunter, though at first he denied
having fathered her baby; this revelation discredited
him and ended his
political career.
Methodist.
In June, 2011, he was indicted
in federal court on campaign
finance charges, based on the argument that the donations he
received in 2007-08 to cover up his affair were illegal
contributions to his presidential campaign.
Still living as of 2011.
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Tazewell Ellett (1856-1914) —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., January
1, 1856.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1895-97.
Died in Summerville, Dorchester
County, S.C., May 19,
1914 (age 58 years, 138
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Robert Brown Elliott (1842-1884) —
also known as R. B. Elliott —
of Edgefield
County, S.C.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in England,
August
11, 1842.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Edgefield
County, 1868; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1868-70, 1874-76;
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1868
(alternate), 1880;
U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1871-74;
resigned 1874; South Carolina
Republican state chair, 1876; candidate for South
Carolina state attorney general, 1876.
African
ancestry.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., August 9,
1884 (age 41 years, 364
days).
Interment at St.
Louis Cemetery No. 2, New Orleans, La.
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Franklin Harper Elmore (1799-1850) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Laurensville (now Laurens), Laurens
County, S.C., October
15, 1799.
Son of John
Archer Elmore; brother of Benjamin
F. Elmore; half-brother-in-law of Benjamin
Fitzpatrick and Dixon
Hall Lewis; half-brother of Rush
Elmore and Albert
S. Elmore.
Lawyer; banker; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1836-39 (4th District
1836-37, 3rd District 1837-39); U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1850; died in office 1850.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 29,
1850 (age 50 years, 226
days).
Interment at Presbyterian
Churchyard, Columbia, S.C.
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John Gary Evans (1863-1942) —
of Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.
Born in Cokesbury, Abbeville District (now Greenwood
County), S.C., October
15, 1863.
Son of Nathan George Evans and Ann Victoria (Gary) Evans; married, December
17, 1897, to Emily Mansfield Plume.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1889-92; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1893-94; Governor of
South Carolina, 1894-97; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention, 1895; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1896,
1900,
1912,
1916,
1928
(alternate); major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
South
Carolina Democratic state chair, 1912-16; member of Democratic
National Committee from South Carolina, 1918-20.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Phi.
Died June 27,
1942 (age 78 years, 255
days).
Interment at Willow
Brook Cemetery, Edgefield, S.C.
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Josiah James Evans (1786-1858) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Marlboro District (now Marlboro
County), S.C., November
27, 1786.
Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1812-13; circuit judge
in South Carolina, 1829-35; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1853-58; died in office 1858.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 6,
1858 (age 71 years, 160
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Darlington County, S.C.; cenotaph at
Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Hamilton Evins (1830-1884) —
of Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.
Born in Spartanburg District (now Spartanburg
County), S.C., July 18,
1830.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1862-64; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1876
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1877-84; died in
office 1884.
Died in Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C., October
20, 1884 (age 54 years, 94
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Street Cemetery, Spartanburg, S.C.
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Hamilton Glover Ewart (1849-1918) —
also known as Hamilton G. Ewart —
of Hendersonville, Henderson
County, N.C.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., October
23, 1849.
Son of James B. Ewart and Mary Ann Ewart; married 1879 to Sarah
C. Ripley.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
North Carolina, 1876;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1887-89, 1895-97,
1911-13; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 9th District, 1889-91;
defeated, 1890, 1904; circuit judge in North Carolina, 1897; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina,
1898-99, 1899-1900.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 28,
1918 (age 68 years, 187
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Hendersonville, N.C.
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Elisha Young Fair (1809-1886) —
also known as Elisha Y. Fair —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Prosperity, Newberry District (now Newberry
County), S.C., July 4,
1809.
Son of William Fair (1770-1851) and Elizabeth (Young) Fair
(1774-1854); married, April 21,
1849, to Martha Ann Cornelia Wyatt.
Lawyer; planter;
U.S. Minister to Belgium, 1858-61.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., December
23, 1886 (age 77 years, 172
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Samuel Farrow (1759-1824) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Virginia, 1759.
Granduncle of Hosea
Jefferson Dean.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
lawyer; planter; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1810-12; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 8th District, 1813-15; member
of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1816-19, 1822-23.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., November
18, 1824 (age about 65
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Spartanburg County, S.C.
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John Myers Felder (1782-1851) —
of South Carolina.
Born in South Carolina, July 7,
1782.
Democrat. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1812-16, 1822-24; member
of South
Carolina state senate, 1816-20, 1840-51; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1831-35.
Died in Union Point, Greene
County, Ga., September
1, 1851 (age 69 years, 56
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Orangeburg County, S.C.
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David Edward Finley (1861-1917) —
also known as David E. Finley —
of Yorkville (now York), York
County, S.C.
Born in Trenton, Phillips
County, Ark., February
28, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1890-91; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1892-96; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 5th District, 1899-1917; died
in office 1917.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., January
26, 1917 (age 55 years, 333
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, York, S.C.
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Hamilton Fish, Jr. (1849-1936) —
of Garrison, Putnam
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., April 17,
1849.
Son of Hamilton
Fish (1808-1893) and Julia (Kean) Fish; brother of Nicholas
Fish; married to Emily Mann; father of Hamilton
Fish, Jr. (1888-1991); grandfather of Hamilton
Fish, Jr. (1926-1996); great-grandfather of Hamilton
Fish (1954?-).
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Putnam County, 1874, 1876-79, 1889-91,
1893-96; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1895-96; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1884;
New York Aqueduct Commissioner, 1886-88; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1909-11.
Died in Aiken, Aiken
County, S.C., January
15, 1936 (age 86 years, 273
days).
Interment at St.
Philip's Cemetery, Garrison, N.Y.
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Edward Ladson Fishburne (b. 1883) —
also known as E. L. Fishburne —
of Walterboro, Colleton
County, S.C.
Born in Walterboro, Colleton
County, S.C., November
4, 1883.
Son of William Josiah Fishburne and Mamie (Carn) Fishburne; married,
October
8, 1912, to Mary Patterson Gage.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Walterboro, S.C., 1909-10; member
of South
Carolina Democratic State Executive Committee, 1931-34; member of
South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1931-35; justice of
South Carolina state supreme court, 1935-40.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Gadsden (1787-1831) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born March 4,
1787.
Grandson of Christopher
Gadsden; son of Philip Gadsden (1761-1824) and Catherine
(Edwards) Gadsden (1766-1816); married, April 29,
1818, to Margaret Ann Edwards; brother of James
Gadsden; granduncle of Philip
H. Gadsden.
Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1819; U.S.
Attorney for South Carolina, 1820-31; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1827-29.
Died January
24, 1831 (age 43 years, 326
days).
Interment at St.
Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.
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Casper G. Garrett (1865-1947) —
also known as C. G. Garrett —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Laurens
County, S.C., 1865.
Republican. Lawyer; teacher and
administrator, Allen University; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Carolina, 1928.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry.
Died, from uremia, in
Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., November
15, 1947 (age about 82
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Richland County, S.C.
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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; married 1877 to Eliza
Tusten (1857-1944); grandfather of Thomas
Harrington Pope, Jr..
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, Abbeville, S.C.
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J. Ralph Gasque (b. 1913) —
of Washington,
D.C.; Marion, Marion
County, S.C.
Born near Mullins, Marion
County, S.C., May 16,
1913.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1945-48; member of South
Carolina state senate from Marion County, 1949-52, 1956-61;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1960,
1964.
Member, Woodmen;
Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Sigma
Delta Kappa.
Still living as of 1964.
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Arthur Lee Gaston (b. 1876) —
of Chester, Chester
County, S.C.
Born in Chester, Chester
County, S.C., August
14, 1876.
Son of Thomas Chalmers Gaston and Adelaide (Lee) Gaston; married to
Virginia Aiken and Edith Byrd Smith.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1900-06; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1920;
director of banks and
cotton
mills.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Smithwick Gettys (b. 1912) —
of Rock Hill, York
County, S.C.
Born in Rock Hill, York
County, S.C., June 19,
1912.
Son of John E. Gettys and Maud (Martin) Gettys; married to Mary
Phillips White.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 5th District, 1964-75.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Rotary.
Still living as of 1998.
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William Crosland Goldberg (b. 1917) —
of Bennettsville, Marlboro
County, S.C.
Born in Bennettsville, Marlboro
County, S.C., January
25, 1917.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; prisoner of war in
Germany for 18 months; lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1949-50; member of South
Carolina state senate from Marlboro County, 1959-61.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Still living as of 1961.
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Lindsey O. Graham (b. 1955) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Central, Pickens
County, S.C., July 9,
1955.
Republican. Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1992-94; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1995-2003; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 2003-.
Southern
Baptist.
Still living as of 2009.
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William John Grayson (1788-1863) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Beaufort, Beaufort
County, S.C., November
2, 1788.
Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1813-15, 1822-25; member
of South
Carolina state senate, 1826-31; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1833-37.
Died in Newberry, Newberry
County, S.C., October
4, 1863 (age 74 years, 336
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Near Charleston, Charleston County, S.C.
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Lawrence Marion Gressette (b. 1902) —
also known as L. Marion Gressette —
of St. Matthews, Calhoun
County, S.C.
Born near St. Matthews, Calhoun
County, S.C., February
11, 1902.
Son of J. T. Gressette and Rosa (Wannamaker) Gressette; married 1927 to Florence
Howell.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1925-28, 1931-32; member
of South
Carolina state senate from Calhoun County, 1937-61; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1952
(alternate), 1956,
1964;
South
Carolina Democratic state chair, 1953-54.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Kappa Phi; Lions; Blue Key.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry Percy Grier (b. 1871) —
also known as H. P. Grier —
of Statesville, Iredell
County, N.C.
Born in Yorkville (now York), York
County, S.C., March 20,
1871.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Statesville, N.C., 1907; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Iredell County, 1913.
Presbyterian.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Faucheraud Grimké (1752-1819) —
also known as John Grimké —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in 1752.
Son of John Paul Grimké and Mary (Faucheraud) Grimké;
married 1784
to Mary Smith.
Lawyer; planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1782-90; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1786-88; resigned 1788.
Died in New Jersey, August 9,
1819 (age about 67
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Stuart Hall (1869-1938) —
of Gaffney, Cherokee
County, S.C.
Born in Chester
County, S.C., October
24, 1869.
Son of William Stuart Hall (1840-1912) and Evelyn (Holmes) Hall
(1845-1936); married, September
19, 1894, to Anna Brice Caldwell (1871-1970).
Democrat. School
teacher; college
professor; lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1908-10; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1910-14.
Methodist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Sons of
the American Revolution; Chi Psi.
Died in Gaffney, Cherokee
County, S.C., July 20,
1938 (age 68 years, 269
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Hamilton, Jr. (1786-1857) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., May 8,
1786.
Brother-in-law of Barnard
Elliott Bee.
Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; mayor
of Charleston, S.C., 1822; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1822-29; Governor of
South Carolina, 1830-32.
While en route from New Orleans to Galveston, through some mishap, was
drowned
in the Gulf of
Mexico, November
15, 1857 (age 71 years, 191
days). His remains were probably never
found.
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James Henry Hammond (1807-1864) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Newberry District (now Newberry
County), S.C., November
15, 1807.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1835-36; Governor of
South Carolina, 1842-44; defeated, 1840; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1857-60.
Died, of a stomach
disorder, at Beech Island, Aiken
County, S.C., November
13, 1864 (age 56 years, 364
days).
Interment at Beech
Island Cemetery, Beech Island, S.C.
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Butler Black Hare (1875-1967) —
also known as Butler B. Hare —
of Saluda, Saluda
County, S.C.
Born in Edgefield County (part now in Saluda
County), S.C., November
25, 1875.
Son of James Hare and Elizabeth (Black) Hare; married, April 11,
1906, to Kate Etheredge; father of James
Butler Hare.
Democrat. School
teacher; secretary to U.S. Reps. George
W. Croft and Theodore
G. Croft; statistician;
lawyer; vice-president, Farmers Bank of
Saluda; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1925-33, 1939-47 (2nd
District 1925-33, 3rd District 1939-47); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from South Carolina, 1936
(alternate), 1940.
Lutheran.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Saluda, Saluda
County, S.C., December
30, 1967 (age 92 years, 35
days).
Interment at Travis
Park Cemetery, Saluda, S.C.
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Robert Goodloe Harper (1765-1825) —
Born near Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania
County, Va., 1765.
Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1790-95; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1795-1801 (2nd District 1795,
1st District 1795-97, at-large 1797-99, 1st District 1799-1801);
general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1816; received 3 electoral votes for
Vice-President, 1816;
received one electoral vote for Vice-President, 1820;
member of Maryland
state senate, 1819-20.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., January
14, 1825 (age about 59
years).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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James Pershing Harrelson (1919-2003) —
also known as James P. Harrelson; J. P. Harrelson;
"Preacher" —
of Walterboro, Colleton
County, S.C.
Born in Mullins, Marion
County, S.C., June 28,
1919.
Son of Carson A. Harrelson and Bertha Mae Harrelson.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; Baptist
minister; lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1957-60, 1991-94; member
of South
Carolina state senate, 1963-76; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Carolina, 1964,
1968,
1972.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Woodmen;
Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association.
Recipient of the Order of the Palmetto, South Carolina's highest
civilian award.
Died, from strokes
and Parkinson's
disease, in Roper Hospital,
Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April 30,
2003 (age 83 years, 306
days).
Interment at Black
Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Walterboro, S.C.
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William Brantley Harvey (b. 1893) —
of Beaufort, Beaufort
County, S.C.
Born in Hampton, Hampton
County, S.C., June 5,
1893.
Son of Joseph Brantley Harvey and Ella (Causey) Harvey; married, December
20, 1923, to Thelma Lightsey.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; member of
South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1925-28.
Presbyterian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lewis Wardlaw Haskell (1868-1938) —
also known as Lewis W. Haskell —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Pastoria, Jefferson
County, Ark., December
2, 1868.
Son of Langdon Cheves Haskell and Ella Coulter (Wardlaw) Haskell;
married, November
7, 1906, to Aleta Geddes.
Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1902-06; U.S. Consul in
Salina Cruz, 1910-12; Hull, 1912-13; Belgrade, 1913-15; Geneva, 1915-24; Algiers, 1926; U.S. Consul General in Zurich, 1929-32.
Died in Hendersonville, Henderson
County, N.C., April 29,
1938 (age 69 years, 148
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Wesley Hayes (b. 1916) —
also known as Robert W. Hayes —
of Rock Hill, York
County, S.C.
Born in Mullins, Marion
County, S.C., January
20, 1916.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; member of
South
Carolina state senate from York County, 1957-61.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Forty and
Eight; Elks; Kiwanis.
Still living as of 1961.
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Hilary Abner Herbert (1834-1919) —
also known as Hilary A. Herbert —
of Greenville, Butler
County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Laurens, Laurens
County, S.C., March 12,
1834.
Son of Thomas E. Herbert and Dorothy Teague (Young) Herbert; married,
April
23, 1867, to Ella B. Smith.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1877-93; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1893-97.
Died March 6,
1919 (age 84 years, 359
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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John Bee Holmes (1760-1827) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in 1760.
Son of Isaac Holmes and Rebecca (Bee) Holmes; married 1783 to
Elizabeth Edwards (sister of John
Edwards).
Lawyer; planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1791-97; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1794-95; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1799-1801.
Died September
5, 1827 (age about 67
years).
Interment at Circular
Congregational Church Burying Ground, Charleston, S.C.
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Richard Hutson (1748-1795) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in South Carolina, July 9,
1748.
Son of Rev. William Hutson and Mary (Woodward) Hutson.
Lawyer; planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1776-79, 1781-82, 1785,
1788; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1778-79; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1778; member of South
Carolina Legislative Council, 1780-82; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1782-83; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1783-85; delegate to
South Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April 12,
1795 (age 46 years, 277
days).
Entombed at Circular
Congregational Church Burying Ground, Charleston, S.C.
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Robert Durden Inglis (b. 1959) —
also known as Bob Inglis —
of South Carolina.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., October
11, 1959.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1993-99;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1998.
Still living as of 2009.
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John Laurens Manning Irby (1854-1900) —
also known as John L. M. Irby —
of Laurens, Laurens
County, S.C.
Born in Laurens, Laurens
County, S.C., September
10, 1854.
Great-grandson of Elias
Earle; cousin of Joseph
Haynsworth Earle.
Democrat. Lawyer; planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1886-90; South Carolina
Democratic state chair, 1890; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1891-97.
Died in 1900
(age about
45 years).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Laurens, S.C.
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James Ferdinand Izlar (1832-1912) —
also known as James F. Izlar —
of Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C.
Born near Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C., November
25, 1832.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1880-90; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Carolina, 1884;
circuit judge in South Carolina, 1889; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1894-95.
Died in Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C., May 26,
1912 (age 79 years, 183
days).
Interment at Episcopal
Cemetery, Orangeburg, S.C.
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Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) —
also known as "Old Hickory"; "The Farmer of
Tennessee"; "King Andrew the
First" —
of Tennessee.
Born, in a log
cabin, in The Waxhaws, Lancaster
County, S.C., March 15,
1767.
Son of Andrew Jackson (1730-1767) and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Jackson
(1737-1781); married, January
17, 1794, to Rachel (Donelson) Robards (1767-1828; aunt of Andrew
Jackson Donelson).
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Tennessee, 1790-97; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1796-97; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1797-98, 1823-25; justice of
Tennessee state supreme court, 1798; general in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812; Governor of
Florida Territory, 1821; President
of the United States, 1829-37.
Presbyterian.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Killed Charles Dickinson in a pistol duel,
May 30, 1806; also duelled
with Thomas
Hart Benton and Waightstill
Avery. Censured
by the U.S. Senate in 1834 over his removal of federal deposits from
the Bank of the United States. On January 30, 1835, while attending
funeral services at the Capitol Building for Rep. Warren
R. Davis of South Carolina, he was shot
at with two guns -- which both misfired -- by Richard Lawrence, a
house painter (later found not guilty by reason of insanity).
Died, of dropsy (congestive
heart failure), in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., June 8,
1845 (age 78 years, 85
days). Elected in 1910 to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans. His portrait appears on the U.S. $20
bill; from the 1860s until 1927, his portrait appeared on on U.S.
notes
and certificates of various denominations from $5
to $10,000. In 1861, his portrait appeared on Confederate States
$1,000
notes.
Interment at The
Hermitage, Nashville, Tenn.; statue erected 1853 at Lafayette
Park, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1856 at Jackson
Square, New Orleans, La.
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Jackson counties in Ala., Ark., Colo., Fla., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Ore., Tenn., Tex., W.Va. and Wis., and Hickory County,
Mo., are named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Andrew
J. Donelson
— Andrew
Jackson Miller
— Andrew
J. Faulk
— Andrew
Jackson Titus
— Andrew
Jackson Isacks
— Andrew
Jackson Hamilton
— Andrew
Jackson Harlan
— Andrew
J. Kuykendall
— Andrew
J. Thayer
— Elam
A. J. Greeley
— Andrew
Jackson Ingle
— Andrew
J. Ogle
— Andrew
Jackson Carr
— Andrew
Jackson Bryant
— Andrew
J. Bentley
— Andrew
J. Rogers
— William
A. J. Sparks
— Andrew
Jackson Poppleton
— Andrew
J. Hunter
— A.
J. Clements
— Andrew
Jackson Baker
— Andrew
J. Felt
— A. J.
King
— Andrew
J. Sawyer
— Andrew
Jackson Caldwell
— Andrew
Jackson Gahagan
— Andrew
Jackson Biship
— Andrew
Jackson Houston
— Andrew
J. Cobb
— Andrew
J. Montague
— Andrew
J. Barchfeld
— Andrew
J. Kirk
— Andrew
J. Livingston
— Andrew
Jackson Stewart
— Andrew J.
May
— Andrew
J. McConnico
— Andrew
J. Brewer
— Andrew
J. Transue
— Andrew
Jackson Graves
— Andrew
Jackson Gilbert
— Andrew
J. Hinshaw
— Andy
Young
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| | | Cross-reference: Warren
R. Davis — Thomas
Hart Benton — Francis
P. Blair — Waightstill
Avery |
| | | See also Donelson-Smith-Jackson
family of Tennessee |
| | | Campaign slogan: "Let the people
rule." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Andrew Jackson: Robert
Vincent Remini, The
Life of Andrew Jackson — Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew
Jackson : The Course of American Freedom, 1822-1832 —
Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew
Jackson : The Course of American Democracy,
1833-1845 — Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew
Jackson : The Course of American Empire, 1767-1821 —
Andrew Burstein, The
Passions of Andrew Jackson — David S. Heidler & Jeanne
T. Heidler, Old
Hickory's War: Andrew Jackson and the Quest for
Empire — Donald B. Cole, The
Presidency of Andrew Jackson — H. W. Brands, Andrew
Jackson : His Life and Times |
| | | Image source: Portrait &
Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Douglas Jenkins (1880-1961) —
of Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C.
Born in Adams Run, Charleston
County, S.C., February
6, 1880.
Son of James Joseph Jenkins and Cecile (Swinton) Jenkins; married, February
6, 1905, to Charlotte Keith Furman (died 1915); married, August
23, 1918, to Lucia Lesene Dean (1889-1971).
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
reporter; U.S. Consul in SAINT Pierre and Miquelon, 1908-12; Gothenberg, 1912-13; Riga, 1913-17; Harbin, 1918-22; U.S. Consul General in Canton, 1924-29; Hong Kong, 1932; London, 1938; U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1939-41.
Episcopalian.
Died in South Carolina, December
18, 1961 (age 81 years, 315
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Adams Run, S.C.
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Joseph Travis Johnson (1858-1919) —
also known as Joseph T. Johnson —
of Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.
Born in Brewerton, Laurens
County, S.C., February
28, 1858.
Son of Benjamin Johnson and Mary Johnson; married, July 30,
1890, to Sarah Anderson.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1901-15;
resigned 1915; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of South Carolina,
1915-19; died in office 1919.
Died in Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C., May 8,
1919 (age 61 years, 69
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Spartanburg, S.C.
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Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston (1896-1965) —
also known as Olin D. Johnston —
of Anderson, Anderson
County, S.C.; Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.
Born near Honea Path, Anderson
County, S.C., November
18, 1896.
Son of Edward Andrews Johnston and Lelia (Webb) Johnston; married, December
27, 1924, to Gladys E. Atkinson; father of Elizabeth
Johnston Patterson.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1923-24, 1927-30; Governor of
South Carolina, 1935-39, 1943-45; member of Democratic
National Committee from South Carolina, 1935-40, 1944-48;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1948
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1952,
1956,
1964;
U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1945-65; died in office 1965.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Optimist
Club; Redmen; Woodmen;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Junior
Order.
Died April 18,
1965 (age 68 years, 151
days).
Interment at Barkers
Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Honea Path, S.C.
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Fleming Adolphus Jones, Jr. (b. 1895) —
also known as Fleming A. Jones, Jr. —
of Welch, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born in Gaffney, Cherokee
County, S.C., October
10, 1895.
Son of Felix Jones and Emeline (Young) Jones; married, June 15,
1921, to H. Preston Mills.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from McDowell County, 1935-42,
1945-48; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
West Virginia, 1952.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Phi
Beta Sigma; American
Legion.
First
Democratic black member of West Virginia House of Delegates.
Burial
location unknown.
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Francis Cyril Jones (b. 1919) —
also known as Francis C. Jones —
of Batesburg, Lexington
County, S.C.
Born in Batesburg, Lexington
County, S.C., October
10, 1919.
Son of Cyril E. Jones and Freida (Rutland) Jones; married to
Marguerite Marshall Watson.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
chair
of Lexington County Democratic Party, 1952; member of South
Carolina state senate from Lexington County, 1957-61.
Baptist.
Member, Civitan;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1961.
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