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Marion County
South Carolina

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Marion County

Index to Locations Little Zion Methodist Church Cemetery Private or family graveyards Little RockLittle Rock Cemetery MarionDevotion Gardens MullinsMiller's Churchyard NicholsJones Nichols Cemetery Little ZionMethodist Church Cemetery Marion County, South Carolina Politicians who have(or had) monuments here: John Ralph Gasque (1913-2004) — also known asJ. Ralph Gasque — ofWashington,D.C.; Marion,MarionCounty, S.C.Born near Mullins,MarionCounty, S.C.,May 16,1913.Democrat.Lawyer;farmer;real estatedeveloper; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Marion County,1945-48; member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1949-52, 1956-76 (Marion County 1949-52,1956-66, 9th District 1967-68, 16th District 1969-72, 11th District1972-76); resigned 1976; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom South Carolina,1960,1964.Member,Woodmen ofthe World;Freemasons;Order of theEastern Star;Shriners;SigmaDelta Kappa.Died, in MarionNursingCenter, Rains,MarionCounty, S.C.,April26, 2004 (age90 years, 346days).Interment atDevotion Gardens, Marion, S.C.;cenotaph at Little Zion Methodist Church Cemetery.   Relatives: Sonof Cordie Allison Gasque and Jennie Bell (Price) Gasque; third cousinofAllardHenry Gasque.   Political family:Gasquefamily of Florence, South Carolina.   The J. Ralph GasqueBuilding(formerly the Tax and Records Building), inMarion,South Carolina, isnamed forhim.   See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial   Image source: South CarolinaLegislative Manual 1964 Private or familygraveyard Marion County, South Carolina Little RockCemetery Little Rock, Marion County, South Carolina Eli Thomas Stackhouse (1824-1892) — also known asEli T. Stackhouse — of South Carolina. Born in Little Rock,MarionCounty, S.C.,March27, 1824.Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1863-66;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1891-92; died inoffice 1892.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,June 14,1892 (age68 years, 79days).Interment at Little Rock Cemetery. Politicians buriedhere:     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

Politicians buriedhere:

John Ralph Gasque (1913-2004) — also known asJ. Ralph Gasque — ofWashington,D.C.; Marion,MarionCounty, S.C.Born near Mullins,MarionCounty, S.C.,May 16,1913.Democrat.Lawyer;farmer;real estatedeveloper; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Marion County,1945-48; member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1949-52, 1956-76 (Marion County 1949-52,1956-66, 9th District 1967-68, 16th District 1969-72, 11th District1972-76); resigned 1976; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom South Carolina,1960,1964.Member,Woodmen ofthe World;Freemasons;Order of theEastern Star;Shriners;SigmaDelta Kappa.Died, in MarionNursingCenter, Rains,MarionCounty, S.C.,April26, 2004 (age90 years, 346days).Interment at Devotion Gardens; cenotaph atLittleZion Methodist Church Cemetery, Marion County, S.C.   Relatives: Sonof Cordie Allison Gasque and Jennie Bell (Price) Gasque; third cousinofAllardHenry Gasque.   Political family:Gasquefamily of Florence, South Carolina.   The J. Ralph GasqueBuilding(formerly the Tax and Records Building), inMarion,South Carolina, isnamed forhim.   See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial   Image source: South CarolinaLegislative Manual 1964

James Norton (1843-1920) — of Mullins,MarionCounty, S.C.Born near Mullins,MarionCounty, S.C.,October8, 1843.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;schoolteacher;farmer;merchant;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Marion County,1886-88, 1890-92, 1906-08;SouthCarolina state comptroller general, 1894-97;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1897-1901.Died in Mullins,MarionCounty, S.C.,October14, 1920 (age77 years, 6days).Interment at Miller's Churchyard.

	Cross-reference:FrazierB. Baker
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipediaarticle

William Bascom Rowell (1800-1880) — of Marion, Marion District (nowMarionCounty), S.C.Born in Marion District (nowMarionCounty), S.C.,March28, 1800.Member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1832, 1850, 1854;delegateto South Carolina secession convention from Marion, 1860-62.Methodist.Died in Nichols,MarionCounty, S.C.,May 22,1880 (age80 years, 55days).Interment at Jones Nichols Cemetery.

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