Index to Locations Timmerman CemeteryAikenAiken Memorial GardensAikenBethany CemeteryAikenSt. Thaddeus' EpiscopalChurchyardBeech IslandBeech Island CemeteryNorth AugustaHammond FamilyCemeteryWagenerTown Cemetery TimmermanCemetery Aiken County, South Carolina See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Washington Hodges Timmerman (1832-1908) — also known asW. H. Timmerman — ofEdgefieldCounty, S.C.Born in Edgefield District (nowEdgefieldCounty), S.C.,May 29,1832.Democrat.Physician;farmer;served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;banker;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Edgefield County,1882-83, 1890-91; resigned 1891; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Edgefield County, 1891-93; alternatedelegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina,1892;chairof Edgefield County Democratic Party, 1892;LieutenantGovernor of South Carolina, 1893-96;delegateto South Carolina state constitutional convention from EdgefieldCounty, 1895;SouthCarolina state treasurer, 1897-1901; candidate forGovernor ofSouth Carolina, 1902.Baptist.Member,Sons ofTemperance.Died, frompneumonia,in Batesburg (now part of Batesburg-Leesville),LexingtonCounty, S.C.,July 14,1908 (age76 years, 46days).Interment at Timmerman Cemetery.
Aiken MemorialGardens Aiken, Aiken County, South Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Charles Earl Simons Jr. (1916-1999) — also known asCharles E. Simons, Jr. — of South Carolina. Born in Johnston,EdgefieldCounty, S.C.,August17, 1916.Lawyer;law partner ofStromThurmond; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1942, 1947-48, 1960-64;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of South Carolina,1964-65;U.S.District Judge for South Carolina, 1965-86; took senior status1986.Baptist.Died, from the effects of head injuries sustained in afall, atAiken RegionalMedicalCenter, Aiken,AikenCounty, S.C.,October26, 1999 (age83 years, 70days).Interment at Aiken Memorial Gardens.
BethanyCemetery Aiken, Aiken County, South Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Jean Thurmond (1926-1960) — also known asJean Crouch;Mrs. StromThurmond —of Aiken,AikenCounty, S.C.Born in Elko,BarnwellCounty, S.C.,July 14,1926.Democrat. First Lady of South Carolina, 1947-51; alternate delegateto Democratic National Convention from South Carolina,1952,1956.Female.Died, while undergoing surgery for abraintumor, in theNationalInstitutes of Health, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,January6, 1960 (age33 years, 176days).Interment at Bethany Cemetery; cenotaph atEdgefieldVillage Cemetery, Edgefield, S.C. | | Peronneau Finley Henderson (1877-1968) — also known asP. F. Henderson — of Aiken,AikenCounty, S.C.Born in Aiken,AikenCounty, S.C.,November29, 1877.Democrat.Lawyer;president, CarolinaLight &Power Co.; vice-president, Georgia-CarolinaElectricCo.; director, South CarolinaPowerCo., PowellHardwareCo.; receiver, LangleyCottonMills Co.; treasurer, AikenHospital;delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina,1924.SouthernPresbyterian. Member,American BarAssociation;PhiBeta Kappa;BetaTheta Pi;Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;Kiwanis.DiedApril 7,1968 (age90 years, 130days).Interment at Bethany Cemetery.
St. Thaddeus'Episcopal Churchyard Aiken, Aiken County, South Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | George William Croft (1846-1904) — of Aiken,AikenCounty, S.C.Born in Newberry District (nowNewberryCounty), S.C.,December20, 1846.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Aiken County, 1880; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Aiken County,1882-84, 1900-02;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1903-04; died inoffice 1904.Died inWashington,D.C.,March10, 1904 (age57 years, 81days).Interment at St. Thaddeus' Episcopal Churchyard. | | Theodore Gaillard Croft (1874-1920) — also known asTheodore G. Croft — ofAikenCounty, S.C.Born in Aiken,AikenCounty, S.C.,November26, 1874.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1904-05; memberofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Aiken County,1906-08; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Aiken County, 1908-12.Died in Aiken,AikenCounty, S.C.,March23, 1920 (age45 years, 118days).Interment at St. Thaddeus' Episcopal Churchyard.
Beech IslandCemetery (formerly Hammond Cemetery) Beech Island, Aiken County, South Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | James Henry Hammond (1807-1864) — of South Carolina. Born in Newberry District (nowNewberryCounty), S.C.,November15, 1807.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1835-36;Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1842-44; defeated, 1840;U.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1857-60.Slaveowner. Died, of astomachdisorder, at Beech Island,AikenCounty, S.C.,November13, 1864 (age56 years, 364days).Interment at Beech Island Cemetery.
Hammond FamilyCemetery North Augusta, Aiken County, South Carolina See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Samuel Hammond (1757-1842) — Born inRichmondCounty, Va.,September21, 1757.Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the RevolutionaryWar; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1796-98; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1799-1800;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1803-05;secretaryof state of South Carolina, 1831-35.Slaveowner. Died in Edgefield District (part now inAikenCounty), S.C.,September11, 1842 (age84 years, 355days).Original interment atHammondCemetery, New Richmond, S.C.; reinterment in 1991 at HammondFamily Cemetery.
TownCemetery Wagener, Aiken County, South Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Otis L. Baughman, Sr. — of Wagener,AikenCounty, S.C.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from SouthCarolina,1940,1944(alternate).Interment at Town Cemetery.
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