Beaufort County
South Carolina
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Beaufort County
South Carolina
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Beaufort County
Index to Locations Prince William'sParish Churchyard Beaufort County, South Carolina
Private or familygraveyard Beaufort County, South Carolina
Beaufort NationalCemetery Beaufort, Beaufort County, South Carolina
|  Samuel D. Wright (1925-1998) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Hilton Head Island,BeaufortCounty, S.C.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,February13, 1925.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; memberofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1966-73 (39th District 1966, 37th District1967-72, 54th District 1973); delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New York,1968;candidate forU.S.Representative from New York, 1976.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP.Convictedin 1978 ofsolicitinga bribe andsentenced tojail.Died, ofParkinson'sdisease, in Hilton Head,BeaufortCounty, S.C.,January20, 1998 (age72 years, 341days).Interment at Beaufort National Cemetery.
St. Helena'sChurchyard Beaufort, Beaufort County, South Carolina See alsoFindagravepage for this location.
| Robert Woodward Barnwell (1801-1882) — of Beaufort, Beaufort District (nowBeaufortCounty), S.C.Born in Beaufort, Beaufort District (nowBeaufortCounty), S.C.,August10, 1801.Democrat.Lawyer;planter;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1826-28;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1829-33;president,Carolina State College, 1833-41;U.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1850;delegateto South Carolina secession convention from St. Helena, 1860-62;Delegatefrom South Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,1861-62;Senatorfrom South Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.Slaveowner. Died in Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.,November5, 1882 (age81 years, 87days).Interment at St. Helena's Churchyard.
| William Elliott (1838-1907) — of Beaufort,BeaufortCounty, S.C.Born in Beaufort,BeaufortCounty, S.C.,September3, 1838.Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1866; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from South Carolina,1876,1888;U.S.Representative from South Carolina, 1887-93, 1895-1903 (7thDistrict 1887-93, 1st District 1895-1903).Slaveowner. Died in Beaufort,BeaufortCounty, S.C.,December7, 1907 (age69 years, 95days).Interment at St. Helena's Churchyard.
 Theodore Monroe Fisher (1891-1955) — also known asT. Monroe Fisher — of Strasburg,ShenandoahCounty, Va.Born in Strasburg,ShenandoahCounty, Va.,October18, 1891.U.S. Vice Consul inHalifax, 1917-18;Colón, 1918-20;Havana, 1920-24;Dundee, 1924-25;Malaga, 1925-26;Dakar, 1926;Dublin, 1926-27;Cartagena, 1927;Puerto Castilla, 1927-28;Tela, 1928-31;Santa Marta, 1931-32;Trieste, 1932-33;Leghorn, as of 1938;Bilbao, as of 1943.Member,Freemasons.DiedMarch31, 1955 (age63 years, 164days).Interment at St. Helena's Churchyard.
St. Peter'sCatholic Chapel Cemetery Beaufort, Beaufort County, South Carolina
Stoney CreekCemetery Beaufort, Beaufort County, South Carolina
| John Edward Frampton (1810-1896) — of Pocotaligo, Beaufort District (nowJasperCounty), S.C.Born in1810.Delegateto South Carolina secession convention from Prince William's,1860-62.Died in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,November6, 1896 (ageabout 86years).Interment at Stoney Creek Cemetery.
TabernacleBaptist Church Cemetery Beaufort, Beaufort County, South Carolina
Six OaksCemetery Sea Pines Plantation, Hilton Head Island, Beaufort County, SouthCarolina See alsoFindagravepage for this location.
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