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Benjamin Franklin Bomar (1816-1868) —
also known as Benjamin F. Bomar —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C., August 9,
1816.
Physician;
newspaper publisher; mayor of
Atlanta, Ga., 1849-50; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War.
Died February
1, 1868 (age 51 years, 176
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Percy Eugene Brabham (1905-1978) —
also known as P. Eugene Brabham —
of Bamberg, Bamberg
County, S.C.
Born in Olar, Bamberg
County, S.C., May 28,
1905.
Son of H. Manning Brabham and Lucretia (Johnson) Brabham.
Farmer;
newspaper publisher; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1951-58; member of South
Carolina state senate from Bamberg County, 1959-61.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions;
Junior
Order.
Died in September, 1978
(age 73
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1948
to Katherine (Free) Rhoad. |
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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.
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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Lewis Cass Carpenter (1836-1908) —
of South Carolina; Leadville, Lake
County, Colo.
Born in Putnam, Windham
County, Conn., February
20, 1836.
Republican. Lawyer;
secretary to U.S. Sen. William
H. Buckingham, 1868-73; 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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William Elliott Gonzales (1866-1937) —
also known as William E. Gonzales —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April 24,
1866.
Son of Ambrosio José Gonzales and Harriet Rutledge (Elliott)
Gonzales.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
newspaper editor; U.S. Minister to Cuba, 1913-19; U.S. Ambassador to Peru, 1919-21.
Died October
20, 1937 (age 71 years, 179
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.
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John Temple Graves (1856-1925) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Willington Church, Abbeville
County, S.C., November
9, 1856.
Son of Gen. James Porterfield Graves and Katherine Floride (Calhoun)
Graves.
Newspaper editor; orator;
Presidential Elector for Florida, 1884;
Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1888;
People's candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1908; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August 8,
1925 (age 68 years, 272
days).
Interment at Westview
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Archibald Henry Grimké (b. 1849) —
also known as Archibald H. Grimké —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., August
17, 1849.
Son of Henry Grimké and Nancy (Weston) Grimké.
Newspaper editor; U.S. Consul in Santo Domingo, 1894-98.
African
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Wilton Earle Hall (1901-1980) —
also known as Wilton E. Hall —
of Anderson, Anderson
County, S.C.
Born in Starr, Anderson
County, S.C., March 11,
1901.
Son of Thomas Dean Hall and Sarah (Tucker) Hall.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; established radio
station WAIM, 1935; Presidential Elector for South Carolina, 1944,
1956;
U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1944-45; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, Navy
League; Sigma
Delta Chi; Elks; Lions.
Died in Anderson, Anderson
County, S.C., February
25, 1980 (age 78 years, 351
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Anderson, S.C.
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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.
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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Clare Boothe Luce (1903-1987) —
also known as Ann Clare Boothe —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 10,
1903.
Daughter of William Franklin Boothe (1862-1928) and Anna Clara Snyder
(1882-1938; killed in an automobile-train accident in Miami, Fla.).
Republican. Writer;
journalist; playwright;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1943-47; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1944,
1948
(speaker),
1952;
U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1953-56.
Female.
Catholic.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1983.
Died, from a brain
tumor, in Washington,
D.C., October
9, 1987 (age 84 years, 182
days).
Interment at Mepkin
Abbey, Moncks Corner, S.C.
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Relatives:
Daughter of William Franklin Boothe (1862-1928) and Anna Clara Snyder
(1882-1938; killed in an automobile-train accident in Miami, Fla.);
step-daughter of Albert
Elmer Austin; married, August
10, 1923, to George Tuttle Brokaw (1879-1935; divorced 1929);
married, November
23, 1935, to Henry Robinson Luce (1898-1967; founder and
publisher of Time, Life, and other magazines); mother
of Ann Clare Brokaw (1924-1944; killed in an automobile accident in
Palo Alto, Calif.). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Clare Boothe Luce: Sylvia
Morris, Rage
for Fame : The Ascent of Clare Boothe Luce — Stephen
C. Shadegg, Clare
Boothe Luce: a biography — Joseph Lyons, Clare
Boothe Luce: Author and Diplomat (for young
readers) |
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Miles Benjamin McSweeney (1855-1909) —
also known as Miles B. McSweeney —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April 18,
1855.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Carolina, 1888,
1896,
1900;
member of South Carolina state legislature, 1895-96; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1897-99; Governor of
South Carolina, 1899-1903.
Died in Mt. Hope Retreat,
Baltimore,
Md., September
29, 1909 (age 54 years, 164
days).
Interment at Hampton
Cemetery, Hampton, S.C.
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Alexander Beaufort Meek (1814-1865) —
also known as Alexander B. Meek —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., July 17,
1814.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; Alabama
state attorney general; county judge in Alabama, 1842-44; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, 1846-50; member of
Alabama
state house of representatives, 1853, 1859; Speaker of
the Alabama State House of Representatives, 1859; Presidential
Elector for Alabama, 1856;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1860.
Died in Columbus, Lowndes
County, Miss., November
30, 1865 (age 51 years, 136
days).
Interment at Friendship
Cemetery, Columbus, Miss.
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Lucien Memminger (b. 1879) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., August
11, 1879.
Son of Robert Withers Memminger (1839-1901) and Susan (Mazyck)
Memminger (1842-1914).
Newspaperman; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Boma, 1907-08; Smyrna, 1911; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Naples, 1908-10; Beirut, 1910-11; U.S. Consul in Rouen, 1914; Madras, 1916-19; Leghorn, 1920-21; Bordeaux, 1924-29; U.S. Consul General in Belfast, 1932; Paramaribo, 1943.
Burial
location unknown.
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Roger Craft Peace (1899-1968) —
also known as Roger C. Peace —
of Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C.
Born in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C., May 19,
1899.
Son of Bony H. Peace and Laura E. Peace.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1941.
Baptist.
Died in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C., August
20, 1968 (age 69 years, 93
days).
Interment at Springwood
Cemetery, Greenville, S.C.
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Sheffield Phelps (1864-1902) —
of Teaneck, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 24,
1864.
Son of Ellen (Sheffield) Phelps (1838-1920) and William
Walter Phelps.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1900.
Died, of typhoid
fever, in Aiken, Aiken
County, S.C., December
9, 1902 (age 38 years, 138
days).
Entombed at Hop
Meadow Cemetery, Simsbury, Conn.
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Henry Laurens Pinckney (1794-1863) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., September
24, 1794.
Son of Charles
Pinckney.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1832; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1833-37 (1st District
1833-35, 6th District 1835-37); mayor
of Charleston, S.C., 1837-40; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1841-42.
Died in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., February
3, 1863 (age 68 years, 132
days).
Interment at Circular
Congregational Church Burying Ground, Charleston, S.C.
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Hugo Sheridan Sims, Jr. (1921-2004) —
also known as Hugo S. Sims, Jr. —
of Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C.
Born in South Carolina, 1921.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; served in the U.S. Army during
World War II; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1947-48; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1949-51; lawyer; banker.
Died July 9,
2004 (age about 83
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Clarence Taylor (1890-1983) —
of Anderson, Anderson
County, S.C.
Born in Honea Path, Anderson
County, S.C., March 2,
1890.
Son of L. W. Taylor and Rosa Ella (Massey) Taylor.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer;
newspaper publisher; livestock
auction business; Anderson
County Clerk of Court and Register of Deeds, 1921-32; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1933-39;
defeated, 1938; member of South
Carolina state senate from Anderson County, 1951-54, 1959-62.
Died in Anderson, Anderson
County, S.C., March 25,
1983 (age 93 years, 23
days).
Interment at Garden
of Memories, Honea Path, S.C.
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William Barret Travis (1809-1836) —
also known as William B. Travis —
of Claiborne, Monroe
County, Ala.; Anahuac, Chambers
County, Tex.
Born in Red Bank, Edgefield District (now Saluda
County), S.C., August 9,
1809.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Austin, 1835;
colonel in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence.
Member, Freemasons.
Killed
while defending the Alamo, in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., March 6,
1836 (age 26 years, 210
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at San
Fernando Cathedral, San Antonio, Tex.
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