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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Lancaster County, S.C.</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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Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/12-20.html">December 20, 1824</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/seccn.html">delegate to South Carolina secession convention</a> from Lancaster, 1860-62. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/05-04.html">May 4, 1865</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/40.html">40 years, 135 days</a>). Interment at Hanging Rock Methodist Church Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Pleasant Valley Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Lancaster County, South Carolina <br> See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2248450&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Frank Glenn Potts (1885-1969)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/05-10.html">May 10, 1885</a>. U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PL-consuls.html ">Breslau</a>, 1911-12; U.S. Army intelligence officer. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1969/03-10.html">March 10, 1969</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 304 days</a>). Interment at Pleasant Valley Cemetery. <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 Oscar Wrenn Potts and Eva Moore (Harris) Potts; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/07-23.html">July 23, 1911</a>, to Annabel Wallace Johnson.</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>Epitaph:</i> "At Sunrise Hope - At Sundown Peace."</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/69492356">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms05372">Salem Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Heath Springs, Lancaster County, South Carolina <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Willie Bruce Williams (1906-1978)</b> — also known as <b>W. Bruce Williams</b> — of Heath Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, S.C. Born in Heath Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/10-09.html">October 9, 1906</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmsupply.html">livestock dealer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Lancaster County, 1940-42; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from Lancaster County, 1946-62; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/SC.html">1956</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1978/04-25.html">April 25, 1978</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 198 days</a>). Interment at Salem Cemetery. <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 Chambers E. Williams and Belva (Bruce) Williams; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/">1929</a> to Eugenia Cauthen.</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>Earle Coke Bridges (1892-1961)</b> — also known as <b>E. Coke Bridges</b> — of Heath Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, S.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/12-02.html">December 2, 1892</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Lancaster County, 1924-26; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from Lancaster County, 1934-38; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/SC.html">1944</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina</a>, 1946. Died, at the Marion Sims <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/10-12.html">October 12, 1961</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 314 days</a>). Interment at Salem Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms07226">Kershaw City Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Kershaw, Lancaster County, South Carolina <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Beckham Hilton Clyburn (1886-1961)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, S.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/03-01.html">March 1, 1886</a>. Democrat. <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 Lancaster County, 1930-34. <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/royal-arch-masons.html">Royal Arch Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jr-ord-un-am-mechanics.html">Junior Order</a>. Died in Kershaw, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/08-21.html">August 21, 1961</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 173 days</a>). Interment at Kershaw City Cemetery. <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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#547.66.80">William Uriah Clyburn (1857-1917)</a> and Queen Alice (Hilton) Clyburn; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#640.83.06">Charles Frank Clyburn</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/10-14.html">October 14, 1908</a>, to Mary Gaston Jenkins; married to Edna Mae Harris; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#716.20.39">Benjamin Rutledge Clyburn</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#245.62.43">Thomas Franklin Clyburn</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#857.85.45">William Uriah Clyburn (1920-2007)</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#818.09.76">Lewis Marcellus Clyburn Jr.</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#469.83.02">Lewis Lee Clyburn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams8.html#199.80.01">Thomas Yancey Williams</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams2.html#971.74.29">David Reece Williams</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#386.95.98">Lewis Craig Clyburn</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#566.74.03">William Richard Clyburn</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#786.03.20">Thornwell Howard Clyburn</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>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/41921.html">Clyburn family</a> of South Carolina.</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/39434349">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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>Charles Frank Clyburn (1893-1942)</b> — also known as <b>C. Frank Clyburn</b> — of Kershaw, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, S.C. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/07-14.html">July 14, 1893</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Lancaster County, 1916-20; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/SC.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/SC.html">1940</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/09-20.html">September 20, 1942</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 68 days</a>). Interment at Kershaw City Cemetery. <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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#547.66.80">William Uriah Clyburn (1857-1917)</a> and Queen Alice (Hilton) Clyburn; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#658.91.76">Beckham Hilton Clyburn</a>; married to Sara Brewer; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#857.85.45">William Uriah Clyburn (1920-2007)</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#716.20.39">Benjamin Rutledge Clyburn</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#245.62.43">Thomas Franklin Clyburn</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#818.09.76">Lewis Marcellus Clyburn Jr.</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#469.83.02">Lewis Lee Clyburn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams8.html#199.80.01">Thomas Yancey Williams</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams2.html#971.74.29">David Reece Williams</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#386.95.98">Lewis Craig Clyburn</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#566.74.03">William Richard Clyburn</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#786.03.20">Thornwell Howard Clyburn</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>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/41921.html">Clyburn family</a> of South Carolina.</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/39434353">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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>William Uriah Clyburn (1920-2007)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, S.C. Born in Kershaw, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/10-06.html">October 6, 1920</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Lancaster County, 1956-60. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2007/01-26.html">January 26, 2007</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 112 days</a>). Interment at Kershaw City Cemetery. <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 Sara (Brewer) Clyburn and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#640.83.06">Charles Frank Clyburn</a>; married to Thera Bobb Shealy; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#658.91.76">Beckham Hilton Clyburn</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#547.66.80">William Uriah Clyburn (1857-1917)</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#716.20.39">Benjamin Rutledge Clyburn</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#245.62.43">Thomas Franklin Clyburn</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#818.09.76">Lewis Marcellus Clyburn Jr.</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#469.83.02">Lewis Lee Clyburn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams8.html#199.80.01">Thomas Yancey Williams</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams2.html#971.74.29">David Reece Williams</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#386.95.98">Lewis Craig Clyburn</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#566.74.03">William Richard Clyburn</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#786.03.20">Thornwell Howard Clyburn</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>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/41921.html">Clyburn family</a> of South Carolina.</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/58073460">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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>William Richard Clyburn (1936-2020)</b> — also known as <b>Bill Clyburn</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/KE-lived.html">Kershaw County</a>, S.C. Born in Westville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/KE-born.html">Kershaw County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/08-08.html">August 8, 1936</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/autodealer.html">Automobile dealer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1970-78 (Kershaw County 1970-74, 53rd District 1974-78). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Died in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2020/02-04.html">February 4, 2020</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 180 days</a>). Interment at Kershaw City Cemetery. <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 Stephen William Clyburn and Vermell E. (Truesdale) Clyburn; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#386.95.98">Lewis Craig Clyburn</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#469.83.02">Lewis Lee Clyburn</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#716.20.39">Benjamin Rutledge Clyburn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#245.62.43">Thomas Franklin Clyburn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#547.66.80">William Uriah Clyburn (1857-1917)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams8.html#199.80.01">Thomas Yancey Williams</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams2.html#971.74.29">David Reece Williams</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#658.91.76">Beckham Hilton Clyburn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#640.83.06">Charles Frank Clyburn</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#818.09.76">Lewis Marcellus Clyburn Jr.</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#857.85.45">William Uriah Clyburn (1920-2007)</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#786.03.20">Thornwell Howard Clyburn</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>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/41921.html">Clyburn family</a> of South Carolina.</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/206857875">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Pleasant Plain Baptist Church Cemetery</a></b></span><br> 3777 Pleasant Plains Road <br> Near Kershaw, Lancaster County, South Carolina <br> See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2278906&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Uriah Clyburn (1857-1917)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, S.C. Born in Lancaster District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-born.html">Lancaster County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/06-16.html">June 16, 1857</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Lancaster County, 1884-86. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/03-03.html">March 3, 1917</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 260 days</a>). Interment at Pleasant Plain Baptist Church Cemetery. <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 Thomas Lorenzo Clyburn and Martha Marcella (Williams) Clyburn; half-brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#716.20.39">Benjamin Rutledge Clyburn</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#245.62.43">Thomas Franklin Clyburn</a>; married to Queen Alice Hilton; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#658.91.76">Beckham Hilton Clyburn</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#640.83.06">Charles Frank Clyburn</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#818.09.76">Lewis Marcellus Clyburn Jr.</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#857.85.45">William Uriah Clyburn (1920-2007)</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#469.83.02">Lewis Lee Clyburn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams8.html#199.80.01">Thomas Yancey Williams</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams2.html#971.74.29">David Reece Williams</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#386.95.98">Lewis Craig Clyburn</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#566.74.03">William Richard Clyburn</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#786.03.20">Thornwell Howard Clyburn</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>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/41921.html">Clyburn family</a> of South Carolina.</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/34302763">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Douglas Presbyterian Church Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Lancaster, Lancaster County, South Carolina <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Thomas Franklin Clyburn (1843-1896)</b> — also known as <b>Frank Clyburn</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, S.C. Born in Lancaster District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-born.html">Lancaster County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/05-12.html">May 12, 1843</a>. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Lancaster County, 1868-70; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-officials.html">Lancaster County Auditor</a>, 1877-80, 1893-96; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from Lancaster County, 1882-86. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/10-16.html">October 16, 1896</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 157 days</a>). Interment at Douglas Presbyterian Church Cemetery. <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 Thomas Lorenzo Clyburn and Katherine 'Kate' (Blue) Clyburn; half-brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#547.66.80">William Uriah Clyburn (1857-1917)</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#716.20.39">Benjamin Rutledge Clyburn</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/10-28.html">October 28, 1867</a>, to Marguerite Lorena 'Wren' Perry; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#658.91.76">Beckham Hilton Clyburn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#640.83.06">Charles Frank Clyburn</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#818.09.76">Lewis Marcellus Clyburn Jr.</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#857.85.45">William Uriah Clyburn (1920-2007)</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#469.83.02">Lewis Lee Clyburn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams8.html#199.80.01">Thomas Yancey Williams</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams2.html#971.74.29">David Reece Williams</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#386.95.98">Lewis Craig Clyburn</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#566.74.03">William Richard Clyburn</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#786.03.20">Thornwell Howard Clyburn</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>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/41921.html">Clyburn family</a> of South Carolina.</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/39597244">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms03737">Old First Presbyterian Church Graveyard</a></b></span><br> Lancaster, Lancaster County, South Carolina <br> Founded 1835<br> <i>Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1977</i><br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>James Hervey Witherspoon (1810-1865)</b> — of Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, S.C. Born in Rock Spring, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/PI-born.html">Pickens County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1810/03-23.html">March 23, 1810</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/SC.html">1860</a>; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/ccrep.html">Representative from South Carolina in the Confederate Congress</a>, 1864-65. Died in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/10-03.html">October 3, 1865</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 194 days</a>). Interment at Old First Presbyterian Church Graveyard. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Robert Lafayette Crawford (1825-1863)</b> — of Lancaster, Lancaster District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>), S.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/index.html">1825</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/seccn.html">Delegate to South Carolina secession convention</a> from Lancaster, 1860-62; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/civil-war.html">Killed</a> at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/sf-died.html">Suffolk</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/04-20.html">April 20, 1863</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/37.html">about 37 years</a>). Interment at Old First Presbyterian Church Graveyard. </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Olde Presbyterian Church Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Lancaster, Lancaster County, South Carolina <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Benjamin Rutledge Clyburn (1840-1877)</b> — also known as <b>Benjamin R. Clyburn</b> — of Lancaster District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>), S.C. Born in Lancaster District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-born.html">Lancaster County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/index.html">1840</a>. Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; injured during the Civil War and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/disabled.html">lost a leg</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Lancaster, 1864-66. Died in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/03-20.html">March 20, 1877</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/36.html">about 36 years</a>). Interment at Olde Presbyterian Church Cemetery. <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 Thomas Lorenzo Clyburn and Katherine 'Kate' (Blue) Clyburn; half-brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#547.66.80">William Uriah Clyburn (1857-1917)</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#245.62.43">Thomas Franklin Clyburn</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#658.91.76">Beckham Hilton Clyburn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#640.83.06">Charles Frank Clyburn</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#818.09.76">Lewis Marcellus Clyburn Jr.</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#857.85.45">William Uriah Clyburn (1920-2007)</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#469.83.02">Lewis Lee Clyburn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams8.html#199.80.01">Thomas Yancey Williams</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams2.html#971.74.29">David Reece Williams</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#386.95.98">Lewis Craig Clyburn</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#566.74.03">William Richard Clyburn</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#786.03.20">Thornwell Howard Clyburn</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>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/41921.html">Clyburn family</a> of South Carolina.</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/51212107">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms01341">Westside Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Lancaster, Lancaster County, South Carolina <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Thomas Jefferson Strait (1846-1924)</b> — also known as <b>Thomas J. Strait</b> — of Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, S.C. Born in Chester District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CT-born.html">Chester County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/12-25.html">December 25, 1846</a>. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">physician</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from Lancaster County, 1890-92, 1910-14; resigned 1914; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from South Carolina</a> 5th District, 1893-99. Died in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/04-18.html">April 18, 1924</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 115 days</a>). Interment at Westside Cemetery. <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>Presumably named for:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#647.96.43">Thomas Jefferson</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000989">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410447">Govtrack.us page</a></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>Thomas Yancey Williams (1866-1946)</b> — of Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, S.C. Born in Lancaster, Lancaster District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-born.html">Lancaster County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/08-20.html">August 20, 1866</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; vice-president, Springs <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/cotton.html">Cotton</a> Mills; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Lancaster County, 1896-1904, 1932-36; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from Lancaster County, 1906-10. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">cancer</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/starvation.html">malnutrition</a>, in Marion Sims Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/06-05.html">June 5, 1946</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 289 days</a>). Interment at Westside Cemetery. <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 David Aurelius Williams and Sarah Amanda (Clyburn) Williams; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams2.html#971.74.29">David Reece Williams</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/04-24.html">April 24, 1888</a>, to Leila Poore; married to Margaret Olive (Miller) Earle; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#716.20.39">Benjamin Rutledge Clyburn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#469.83.02">Lewis Lee Clyburn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#245.62.43">Thomas Franklin Clyburn</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#547.66.80">William Uriah Clyburn (1857-1917)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#386.95.98">Lewis Craig Clyburn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#658.91.76">Beckham Hilton Clyburn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#640.83.06">Charles Frank Clyburn</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#818.09.76">Lewis Marcellus Clyburn Jr.</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#857.85.45">William Uriah Clyburn (1920-2007)</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#566.74.03">William Richard Clyburn</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#786.03.20">Thornwell Howard Clyburn</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>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/41921.html">Clyburn family</a> of South Carolina.</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/51987093">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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>David Reece Williams (1877-1937)</b> — also known as <b>D. Reece Williams</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, S.C. Born in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/02-16.html">February 16, 1877</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from Lancaster County, 1914-18. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jr-ord-un-am-mechanics.html">Junior Order</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/09-20.html">September 20, 1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 216 days</a>). Interment at Westside Cemetery. <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 David Aurelius Williams and Sarah Amanda (Clyburn) Williams; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams8.html#199.80.01">Thomas Yancey Williams</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/11-28.html">November 28, 1906</a>, to Rosa Ellen Bailey; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#716.20.39">Benjamin Rutledge Clyburn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#469.83.02">Lewis Lee Clyburn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#245.62.43">Thomas Franklin Clyburn</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#547.66.80">William Uriah Clyburn (1857-1917)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#386.95.98">Lewis Craig Clyburn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#658.91.76">Beckham Hilton Clyburn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#640.83.06">Charles Frank Clyburn</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#818.09.76">Lewis Marcellus Clyburn Jr.</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#857.85.45">William Uriah Clyburn (1920-2007)</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#566.74.03">William Richard Clyburn</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#786.03.20">Thornwell Howard Clyburn</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>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/41921.html">Clyburn family</a> of South Carolina.</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>Evan Clyburn Wilson (1897-1971)</b> — also known as <b>E. Clyburn Wilson</b> — of Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, S.C. Born in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/01-26.html">January 26, 1897</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Lancaster County, 1936-38. Died in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1971/05-09.html">May 9, 1971</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 103 days</a>). Interment at Westside Cemetery. <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 James Stephen Wilson and Elizabeth Hicklin (Williams) Wilson; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/">1918</a> to Ruth Elliott Riddle.</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/28499087">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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>Lewis Marcellus Clyburn Jr. (1902-1977)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, S.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/10-05.html">October 5, 1902</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Lancaster County, 1928-30; served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II. Died in Charlotte, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ME-died.html">Mecklenburg County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1977/07-27.html">July 27, 1977</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 295 days</a>). Interment at Westside Cemetery. <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 Lewis Marcellus Clyburn and Elizabeth (Belk) Clyburn; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#716.20.39">Benjamin Rutledge Clyburn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#245.62.43">Thomas Franklin Clyburn</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#547.66.80">William Uriah Clyburn (1857-1917)</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#658.91.76">Beckham Hilton Clyburn</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#640.83.06">Charles Frank Clyburn</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#469.83.02">Lewis Lee Clyburn</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams8.html#199.80.01">Thomas Yancey Williams</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams2.html#971.74.29">David Reece Williams</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#857.85.45">William Uriah Clyburn (1920-2007)</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#386.95.98">Lewis Craig Clyburn</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#566.74.03">William Richard Clyburn</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#786.03.20">Thornwell Howard Clyburn</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>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/41921.html">Clyburn family</a> of South Carolina.</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/51850984">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms00701">Hammond Cemetery</a></b></span><br> New Richmond, Lancaster County, South Carolina <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians formerly buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Samuel Hammond (1757-1842)</b> — Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/RI-born.html">Richmond County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1757/09-21.html">September 21, 1757</a>. Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a>, 1796-98; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/stsen.html">Georgia state senate</a>, 1799-1800; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a> at-large, 1803-05; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of South Carolina</a>, 1831-35. Slaveowner. Died in Edgefield District (part now in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/AI-died.html">Aiken County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/09-11.html">September 11, 1842</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 355 days</a>). Original interment at Hammond Cemetery; reinterment in 1991 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/AI-buried.html#cms05517">Hammond Family Cemetery</a>, North Augusta, 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 Charles Hammond and Elizabeth (Steele) Hammond.</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000133">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405015">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel Hammond">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/142490917">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms05235">Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church</a></b></span><br> The Waxhaws, Lancaster County, South Carolina <br> Founded 1750<br> <i>Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1975</i><br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Richardson Davie (1756-1820)</b> — also known as <b>"Father of the University of North Carolina"</b> — of Halifax, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/HL-lived.html">Halifax County</a>, N.C. Born in Egremont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1756/06-22.html">June 22, 1756</a>. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">member, U.S. Constitutional Convention</a>, 1787; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/gov.html">Governor of North Carolina</a>, 1798-99. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Land's Ford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CT-died.html">Chester County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/11-05.html">November 5, 1820</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 136 days</a>). Interment at Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church. <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> Ancestor of Preston Davie (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davie-davila.html#408.61.93">May Preston Davie</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>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0031.html">Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0631.html">Davie family</a> of Maryland (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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;"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/DV.html">Davie County, N.C.</a> is named for him.</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://www.nga.org/governor/william-richardson-davie/">National Governors Association biography</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> </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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