Spartanburg County
South Carolina
PoliticalGraveyard.com
Spartanburg County
South Carolina
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Spartanburg County
Index to Locations Private or familygraveyard Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Moore's BuryingGround Moores Station, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Church of theAdvent Cemetery Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Episcopal Churchof the Advent Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
GreenlawnMemorial Gardens 1300 Fernwood-Glendale Road Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina Founded 1939 See alsoFindagravepage for this location.
|  Ibra Charles Blackwood (1878-1936) — also known asIbra C. Blackwood — of Spartanburg,SpartanburgCounty, S.C.Born in Blackwood,SpartanburgCounty, S.C.,November21, 1878.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Spartanburg County,1902-04;Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1931-35; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from South Carolina, 1932.Baptist.Member,Freemasons.DiedFebruary12, 1936 (age57 years, 83days).Interment at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens.
| Dewey Boyce Blanton (1908-1972) — also known asDewey B. Blanton — of Chesnee,SpartanburgCounty, S.C.Born in Cowpens,SpartanburgCounty, S.C.,October20, 1908.Oildistributor; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1951-56, 1957-58.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners.DiedMarch 9,1972 (age63 years, 141days).Entombed in mausoleum at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens.
Magnolia StreetCemetery Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
MorganSquare Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
OakwoodCemetery Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
| John Adam Henneman (1835-1891) — also known asJ. A. Henneman — of Spartanburg,SpartanburgCounty, S.C.Born in Kronach, Bavaria (nowGermany),1835.Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;jeweler;mayorof Spartanburg, S.C., 1891; died in office 1891.Germanancestry.Shotandkilled byJohn Williams, in Spartanburg,SpartanburgCounty, S.C.,September27, 1891 (ageabout 56years). Williams was hanged for the murder on October 7, 1892.Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
| Simpson Bobo (1804-1885) — of Spartanburg,SpartanburgCounty, S.C.Born in Cross Anchor, Spartanburg District (nowSpartanburgCounty), S.C.,January15, 1804.Lawyer;delegateto South Carolina secession convention from Spartanburg, 1860-62;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1862-64.Methodist.Died in Spartanburg,SpartanburgCounty, S.C.,December16, 1885 (age81 years, 335days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
West OakwoodCemetery Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Old BethelBaptist Cemetery Woodruff, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
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