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Bamberg County
South Carolina

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Bamberg County

Index to Locations Mizpah Methodist Churchyard BambergBamberg County MemoryGardens BambergRestland Cemetery BambergSouth End Cemetery DenmarkDenmark Cemetery EhrhardtAyer Family Cemetery Mizpah MethodistChurchyard Bamberg County, South Carolina See alsoFindagravepage for this location.Joseph Josiah Brabham (1817-1883) — of Buford's Bridge, Barnwell District (nowBambergCounty), S.C.Born in Barnwell District (nowBarnwellCounty), S.C.,September6, 1817.Delegateto South Carolina secession convention from Barnwell, 1860-62;served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.Died inBambergCounty, S.C.,July 8,1883 (age65 years, 305days).Interment at Mizpah Methodist Churchyard. Politicians buriedhere:     Relatives: Sonof Joseph Brabham and Sarah Clarke (Kirkland) Brabham; married toSusannah Elizabeth McMillan; first cousin twice removed ofBenjaminJohnston Mixson andPercyEugene Brabham.   Political family:Brabham-Mixsonfamily of South Carolina.   See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

Percy Eugene Brabham (1905-1978) — also known asP. Eugene Brabham — of Bamberg,BambergCounty, S.C.Born in Olar,BambergCounty, S.C.,May 28,1905.Farmer;newspaperpublisher; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Bamberg County,1951-58; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Bamberg County, 1958-64.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Lions;JuniorOrder;Moose.Died in South Carolina,September19, 1978 (age73 years, 114days).Interment at Bamberg County Memory Gardens.

Politicians buriedhere:

	Relatives: Sonof Harry Manning Brabham and Lucretia (Johnson) Brabham; married,December4, 1948, to Katherine (Free) Rhoad; first cousin twice removed ofJosephJosiah Brabham; second cousin ofBenjaminJohnston Mixson.
		Political family:Brabham-Mixsonfamily of South Carolina.
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial
		Image source: South CarolinaLegislative Manual 1964

William Seaborn Bamberg Jr. (1849-1928) — of Barnwell County (part now inBambergCounty), S.C.Born in Barnwell District (part now inBambergCounty), S.C.,December17, 1849.Democrat.Farmer;member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Barnwell County, 1891-92; alternatedelegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina,1896.Methodist.Member,Freemasons.Died, fromhemiplegia,in Bamberg,BambergCounty, S.C.,December22, 1928 (age79 years, 5days).Interment at Restland Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof William Seaborn Bamberg and Phillipine (Picouet) Bamberg; married,November11, 1879, to Ida Isabel Mahony.
		Epitaph: "He will liveagain."
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

James Carlisle Kearse (1893-1973) — also known asJ. Carl Kearse — of Bamberg,BambergCounty, S.C.Born in Olar,BambergCounty, S.C.,March29, 1893.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Bamberg County,1921-24; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Bamberg County, 1940-56; alternatedelegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina,1944;South Carolina State Highway Commissioner.Methodist.Member,Lions;AmericanLegion;Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias.Died, in ahospitalat Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,March14, 1973 (age79 years, 350days).Interment at South End Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Joseph Josiah Kearse and Mildred (Bamberg) Kearse; married,November15, 1922, to Daisye Rizer; married to EuniceJohns.
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

Marion Reed Cooper (1849-1922) — also known asM. R. Cooper — of Port Royal,BeaufortCounty, S.C.; Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.; Adams Run, Colleton County (nowCharlestonCounty), S.C.Born in Graham, Barnwell District (now Denmark,BambergCounty), S.C.,September21, 1849.Democrat.Shipbroker;farmer;sawmilloperator;chair ofColleton County Democratic Party, 1892-95; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1892-96, 1918-22(Colleton County 1892-96, Beaufort County 1918-22); died in office1922;delegateto South Carolina state constitutional convention from ColletonCounty, 1895;secretaryof state of South Carolina, 1899-1902.Died in Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.,February11, 1922 (age72 years, 143days).Interment at Denmark Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof C. C. Cooper; married,December23, 1877, to Lizzie Gibson.
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

Lewis Malone Ayer (1769-1863) — Born in South Carolina,April11, 1769.Member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Barnwell, 1808-16.Died in Barnwell District (nowBarnwellCounty), S.C.,December28, 1863 (age94 years, 261days).Interment at Ayer Family Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Thomas Ayer and Frances (Malone) Ayer; married to Rebecca Erwin;father ofLewisMalone Ayer Jr..
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

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