Index to Locations Ideal CemeteryPrivate or family graveyardsBennettsvilleMcCall CemeteryNear BrownsvilleRogers CemeteryWallaceWallace Baptist ChurchCemetery IdealCemetery Marlboro County, South Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Edward James Sawyer (1854-1929) — also known asE. J. Sawyer — of Bennettsville,MarlboroCounty, S.C.Born in North Carolina, October,1854.Republican.Schoolteacher;grocer;postmaster atBennettsville,S.C., 1883-85, 1892-93; alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from South Carolina,1896,1912,1920,1928;candidate forU.S.Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1896.Africanancestry.Died in Bennettsville,MarlboroCounty, S.C.,1929(ageabout74 years).Interment at Ideal Cemetery.| |  Relatives: Sonof Edward James Sawyer, Sr. and Charlotte (Hall) Sawyer; married toElla Georgiana David. | | |  | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
Private or familygraveyard Marlboro County, South Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | John Campbell (c.1795-1845) — of Parnassus (now Blenheim),MarlboroCounty, S.C.Born near Brownsville,MarlboroCounty, S.C., about 1795.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from South Carolina, 1829-31, 1837-45 (3rdDistrict 1829-31, 1st District 1837-39, 2nd District 1839-41, 4thDistrict 1841-45).Slaveowner. Died in Parnassus (now Blenheim),MarlboroCounty, S.C.,May 19,1845 (ageabout 50years).Interment in a private or family graveyard.
McCallCemetery Bennettsville, Marlboro County, South Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: |  | John Lowndes McLaurin (1860-1934) — also known asJohn L. McLaurin — of Bennettsville,MarlboroCounty, S.C.Born inMarlboroCounty, S.C.,May 9,1860.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1890-91;SouthCarolina state attorney general, 1891-97;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1892-97;resigned 1897;U.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1897-1903; in Februry, 1902, he wasaccused,by fellow South Carolina senatorBenTillman, of accepting abribe(in the form of federal patronage) to support a treaty; he calledTillman a liar, and the twocame toblows on the Senate floor; both werecensuredby the Senate; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Marlboro County, 1913-14; SouthCarolina Warehouse Commissioner, 1915-17.Died in Bennettsville,MarlboroCounty, S.C.,July 20,1934 (age74 years, 72days).Interment at McCall Cemetery.
RogersCemetery Near Brownsville, Marlboro County, South Carolina
Wallace BaptistChurch Cemetery Wallace, Marlboro County, South Carolina
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Paul Allen Wallace (1901-1958) — also known asPaul A. Wallace — of Wallace,MarlboroCounty, S.C.Born in Bennettsville,MarlboroCounty, S.C.,July 15,1901.Democrat. Member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Marlboro County, 1947-58; died inoffice 1958; delegate to Democratic National Convention from SouthCarolina,1956.On the night of the 1958 Democratic primary, he and others gatheredin the sheriff'sofficeat the MarlboroCountyCourthouse to hear election returns on the radio; he had justlearned he had won renomination, when Court Clerk Henry A. Rogersentered the room andshot himfour times; hediedabout twenty minutes later, in the emergency room of a nearbyhospital,in Bennettsville,MarlboroCounty, S.C.,June 10,1958 (age56 years, 330days). On June 27, Rogers hanged himself in the South Carolinastate mental hospital.Interment at Wallace Baptist Church Cemetery. | | William Paul Wallace (1921-2013) — also known asWilliam P. Wallace;BillyWallace —ofMarlboroCounty, S.C.Born in Bennettsville,MarlboroCounty, S.C.,October19, 1921.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Marlboro County, 1958.Baptist.Member,Rotary.DiedDecember31, 2013 (age92 years, 73days).Interment at Wallace Baptist Church Cemetery.
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