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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.
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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Relatives:
Married 1921
to Melanie Wilmer Gordon. |
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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.
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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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.
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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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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George Swinton Legaré (1869-1913) —
also known as George S. Legaré —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Rockville, Charleston
County, S.C., November
11, 1869.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1903-13; died in
office 1913.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., January
31, 1913 (age 43 years, 81
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Near Charleston, Charleston County, S.C.
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Ellison DuRant Smith (1864-1944) —
also known as Ellison D. Smith; E. D. Smith;
"Cotton Ed" —
of Florence, Florence
County, S.C.; Lynchburg, Lee
County, S.C.
Born in Lynchburg, Lee
County, S.C., August 1,
1864.
Democrat. Farmer;
member of South Carolina state legislature, 1896-1900; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1909-44; died in office 1944;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1912
(Honorary
Vice-President; speaker),
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1928,
1936,
1944
(alternate).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Phi Kappa Psi; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died November
17, 1944 (age 80 years, 108
days).
Interment at St.
Luke's Cemetery, Bishopville, S.C.
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