Newberry County
South Carolina
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Newberry County
South Carolina
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Newberry County
Index to Locations Nance FamilyGraveyard Newberry County, South Carolina
IrishGraveyard Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina
JohnstoneCemetery Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina
Kings CreekCemetery Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina
RosemontCemetery Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina See alsoFindagravepage for this location.
|  Eugene Satterwhite Blease (1877-1963) — also known asEugene S. Blease — ofSaludaCounty, S.C.; Newberry,NewberryCounty, S.C.Born inNewberryCounty, S.C.,January28, 1877.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1900-02, 1922-24; memberofSouthCarolina state senate, 1905-06;mayorof Newberry, S.C., 1920-21;justice ofSouth Carolina state supreme court, 1927-31;chiefjustice of South Carolina state supreme court, 1931-34; resigned1934; candidate forU.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1942; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from South Carolina,1944.Methodist.On September 8, 1905, heshotand killed his brother-in-law, Joe Ben Coleman, in Saluda, S.C.;chargedwithmurder,he pleaded self-defense and was found not guilty.DiedDecember27, 1963 (age86 years, 333days).Interment at Rosemont Cemetery.
| Frederick Haskell Dominick (1877-1960) — also known asFred H. Dominick — of Newberry,NewberryCounty, S.C.Born in Peak,NewberryCounty, S.C.,February20, 1877.Democrat.Lawyer; lawpartner ofColeL. Blease; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Newberry County,1900-02;chair ofNewberry County Democratic Party, 1906-14;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1917-33;delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina,1924(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business).Lutheran.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;OddFellows;Elks;Redmen.Died in Newberry,NewberryCounty, S.C.,March11, 1960 (age83 years, 20days).Interment at Rosemont Cemetery.
| Thomas Harrington Pope Jr. (1913-1999) — also known asThomas H. Pope — of Newberry,NewberryCounty, S.C.Born in Kinards,NewberryCounty, S.C.,July 28,1913.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1937-40, 1946-50;Speaker ofthe South Carolina State House of Representatives, 1949-50;colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate forGovernor ofSouth Carolina, 1950; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom South Carolina,1956;SouthCarolina Democratic state chair, 1958.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;PhiBeta Kappa;PhiKappa Phi;OmicronDelta Kappa.Died, in Newberry County MemorialHospital,Newberry,NewberryCounty, S.C.,August23, 1999 (age86 years, 26days).Interment at Rosemont Cemetery.
| Robert Moorman (1814-1873) — of Maybinton, Newberry District (nowNewberryCounty), S.C.BornJune 22,1814.Delegateto South Carolina secession convention from Newberry, 1860-62.DiedOctober5, 1873 (age59 years, 105days).Interment at Rosemont Cemetery.
WhitmireCemetery Whitmire, Newberry County, South Carolina
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