Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist. | |  Samuel Earle (1760-1833) — of South Carolina. Born inFrederickCounty, Va.,November28, 1760.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1784-88;delegateto South Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;delegateto South Carolina state constitutional convention, 1790;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1795-97.Slaveowner. Died in South Carolina,November24, 1833 (age72 years, 361days).Interment atBeaverdamCemetery, Westminster, S.C. | | Elias Earle (1762-1823) — of South Carolina. Born inFrederickCounty, Va.,June 19,1762.Democrat.Ironmaster;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1794-97; member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1800;U.S.Representative from South Carolina, 1805-07, 1811-15, 1817-21(8th District 1805-07, 1811-13, 7th District 1813-15, 1817-21).Slaveowner. Died in Centerville,AndersonCounty, S.C.,May 19,1823 (age60 years, 334days).Interment atOldEarle Cemetery, Greenville, S.C. | | John Baylis Earle (1766-1863) — of South Carolina. Born in North Carolina,October23, 1766.U.S.Representative from South Carolina 8th District, 1803-05; servedin the U.S. Army during the War of 1812.Slaveowner. Died inAndersonCounty, S.C.,February3, 1863 (age96 years, 103days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Anderson County, S.C. | | James Henderson Irby (1793-1860) — of Laurens District (nowLaurensCounty), S.C.Born in Laurens District (nowLaurensCounty), S.C.,December31, 1793.Democrat. Member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1840;LieutenantGovernor of South Carolina, 1852-54.Died in Laurens District (nowLaurensCounty), S.C.,February24, 1860 (age66 years, 55days).Interment atLaurensCity Cemetery, Laurens, S.C. | | William Lowndes Yancey (1814-1863) — also known asWilliam L. Yancey;"The Orator ofSecession" —of Greenville, Greenville District (nowGreenvilleCounty), S.C.; Wetumpka,ElmoreCounty, Ala.; Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.Born inWarrenCounty, Ga.,August10, 1814.Democrat.Newspapereditor;planter; inSeptember 1838, hekilledDr. Robinson Earle in a street brawl;convictedofmanslaughter,andsentencedto a year in jail, butpardoneda few months later; member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1841; member ofAlabamastate senate, 1843;U.S.Representative from Alabama 3rd District, 1844-46; resigned 1846;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama,1860;delegateto Alabama secession convention, 1861;Senatorfrom Alabama in the Confederate Congress, 1862-63; died in office1863.Slaveowner. Died in Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.,July 23,1863 (age48 years, 347days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Montgomery, Ala.  | Benjamin Cudworth Yancey Jr. (1817-1891) — also known asBenjamin C. Yancey, Jr. — of Edgefield District (nowEdgefieldCounty), S.C.;CherokeeCounty, Ala.;ClarkeCounty, Ga.Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,April27, 1817.Planter;lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Edgefield, 1846-49;member ofAlabamastate senate, 1855-56; U.S. Minister toArgentina, 1858-59; colonel in the Confederate Army during theCivil War; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1875-79.Slaveowner. DiedOctober24, 1891 (age74 years, 180days).Interment atMyrtleHill Cemetery, Rome, Ga. | | Samuel Smith Beman (1822-1882) — also known asSamuel S. Beman — of Wetumpka,ElmoreCounty, Ala.; Hampton,WashingtonCounty, N.Y.; Winona,WinonaCounty, Minn.; St. Charles,WinonaCounty, Minn.BornMarch11, 1822.Whig.Lawyer;candidate forU.S.Representative from Alabama 3rd District, 1846; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Washington County 2nd District, 1853; memberofMinnesotastate senate, 1857-58, 1872-74, 1881-82 (11th District 1857-58,7th District 1872-74, 1881-82); died in office 1882.DiedMay 9,1882 (age60 years, 59days).Interment atHillside Cemetery, St. Charles, Minn. | | Joseph Haynsworth Earle (1847-1897) — also known asJoseph H. Earle — of Sumter,SumterCounty, S.C.; Greenville,GreenvilleCounty, S.C.Born in Greenville,GreenvilleCounty, S.C.,April30, 1847.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Sumter County,1878-80; delegate to Democratic National Convention from SouthCarolina,1880;member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Sumter County, 1882-86;SouthCarolina state attorney general, 1886-90;U.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1897; died in office 1897.Died in Greenville,GreenvilleCounty, S.C.,May 20,1897 (age50 years, 20days).Interment atChristEpiscopal Church Cemetery, Greenville, S.C. | | John Laurens Manning Irby (1854-1900) — also known asJohn L. M. Irby — of Laurens,LaurensCounty, S.C.Born in Laurens,LaurensCounty, S.C.,September10, 1854.Democrat.Lawyer;planter;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1886-92;Speaker ofthe South Carolina State House of Representatives, 1890;SouthCarolina Democratic state chair, 1890;U.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1891-97; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from South Carolina,1892(member,CredentialsCommittee);delegateto South Carolina state constitutional convention, 1895.Died in Laurens,LaurensCounty, S.C.,December9, 1900 (age46 years, 90days).Interment atLaurensCity Cemetery, Laurens, S.C.
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