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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Politicians in the Oil and Gas Business in South Carolina</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Blanton</b> — of Chesnee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/SP-lived.html">Spartanburg County</a>, S.C. Born in Cowpens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/SP-born.html">Spartanburg County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/10-20.html">October 20, 1908</a>. <b>Oil distributor</b>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1951-56, 1957-58. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/03-09.html">March 9, 1972</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 141 days</a>). Entombed in mausoleum at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/SP-buried.html#cms05440">Greenlawn Memorial Gardens</a>, Spartanburg, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Jack Kenyon Blanton and Lula Melissa (Pettit) Blanton; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/06-20.html">June 20, 1931</a>, to Mary Estelle Lee.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/20889576">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/063/06.44.jpg" width=70 height=111 border=0 alt="William Green DesChamps, Jr."></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Green DesChamps Jr. (b. 1917)</b> — of Bishopville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LE-lived.html">Lee County</a>, S.C. Born in Bishopville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LE-born.html">Lee County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/08-29.html">August 29, 1917</a>. <b>Oil jobber</b>; mayor of Bishopville, S.C., 1958; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a>, 1963-68 (Lee County 1963-66, 8th District 1967-68). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William Green DesChamps and Etta (Hearon) DesChamps; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/03-08.html">March 8, 1944</a>, to Elizabeth N. Duvall.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> South Carolina Legislative Manual 1964</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=839PAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA64-IA24"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/651/52.25.jpg" width=70 height=103 border=0 alt="Albert T. Fancher"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Albert Thomas Fancher (1859-1930)</b> — also known as <b>Albert T. Fancher</b> — of Little Valley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CA-lived.html">Cattaraugus County</a>, N.Y.; Salamanca, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CA-lived.html">Cattaraugus County</a>, N.Y. Born in Leon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CA-born.html">Cattaraugus County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/01-18.html">January 18, 1859</a>. Republican. <b>Oil producer</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CA-officials.html">Cattaraugus County Clerk</a>, 1885-88; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Cattaraugus County 2nd District, 1899-1902; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a>, 1903-08 (50th District 1903-06, 51st District 1907-08); delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/NY.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/NY.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/NY.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/NY.html">1928</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-died.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/03-20.html">March 20, 1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 61 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CA-buried.html#cms01221">Wildwood Cemetery</a>, Salamanca, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William Fancher and Lydia M. (McLaughlin) Fancher; married to Loretta Beatrice Darragh and Musette Kathryn Barker.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/160002162">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> New York Red Book 1907</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Frank Elbert Timmerman (1899-1966)</b> — also known as <b>Frank E. Timmerman</b> — of Edgefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ED-lived.html">Edgefield County</a>, S.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/AI-born.html">Aiken County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/10-19.html">October 19, 1899</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/autodealer.html">Automobile dealer</a>; <b>wholesale oil distributor</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from Edgefield County, 1957-64. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1966/03-16.html">March 16, 1966</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 148 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ED-buried.html# ">Sunset Gardens Memorial Park</a>, Johnston, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of John Elbert Timmerman and Frances Anna 'Fannie' (Clegg) Timmerman; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/07-26.html">July 26, 1932</a>, to Lucy Jane Scurry; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tillmon-timmis.html#423.60.96">George Bell Timmerman, Sr.</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tillmon-timmis.html#116.97.30">Washington Hodges Timmerman</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tillmon-timmis.html#478.73.54">George Bell Timmerman Jr.</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tillmon-timmis.html#341.69.54">Helen DuPre</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/80528180">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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