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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Quaker Politicians in South Carolina</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 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 in Camden, Kershaw District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/KE-born.html">Kershaw County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/01-05.html">January 5, 1822</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1856; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/seccn.html">delegate to South Carolina secession convention</a> from Kershaw, 1860-62; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a>, 1865; state court judge in South Carolina, 1877-93; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/camden.html#2">Camden, S.C.</a>, 1894. Quaker. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Camden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/KE-died.html">Kershaw County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/04-13.html">April 13, 1894</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 98 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/KE-buried.html#cms02717">Quaker Cemetery</a>, Camden, 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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kerrey-keydel.html#182.29.78">John Kershaw</a> and Harriet (DuBose) Kershaw; married to Lucretia Douglas.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9082">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Abijah O'Neall (1798-1874) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ind. Born in Newberry District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/NE-born.html">Newberry County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1798/12-09.html">December 9, 1798</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/grain.html">Miller</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/surveyor.html">surveyor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1839-40; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1849. Quaker; later <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Universalist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Sheltered escaping slaves as part of the "Underground Railroad" before the Civil War. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/index.html">1874</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">about 75 years</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MN-buried.html#cms06466">Yountsville Cemetery</a>, Crawfordsville, Ind.; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MN-buried.html#cms00966">Oak Hill Cemetery</a>, Crawfordsville, Ind. <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">Relatives: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/oneall-oneil.html#901.01.66">Thomas H. O'Neall</a>; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/oneall-oneil.html#199.59.56">John Kelly O'Neall</a>; second great-grandfather of Marabeth Thomas (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sauner-sawtelle.html#656.03.04">Bruce Charles Savage</a>); cousin *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/oneall-oneil.html#151.44.51">John F. O'Neall</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/oneall-oneil.html#784.30.04">John Belton O'Neall</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12007.html">O'Neall family</a> of Indiana.</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> John F. O'Neall (c.1804-1865) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/GE-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Ind. Born in South Carolina, about 1804. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1841-44; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1844, 1847. Quaker or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/index.html">1865</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">about 61 years</a>). 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">Relatives: Uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/oneall-oneil.html#031.57.91">John Henry O'Neall</a>; cousin *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/oneall-oneil.html#819.26.40">Abijah O'Neall</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/oneall-oneil.html#901.01.66">Thomas H. O'Neall</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12007.html">O'Neall family</a> of Indiana.</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> Thomas H. O'Neall (1813-1889) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/TI-lived.html">Tippecanoe County</a>, Ind. Born in Newberry District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/NE-born.html">Newberry County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1813/09-20.html">September 20, 1813</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1849-51. Quaker or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/lung.html">congestion of the lungs</a>, in Stockwell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/TI-died.html">Tippecanoe County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/03-31.html">March 31, 1889</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 192 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/TI-buried.html#cms08065">Fairview Cemetery</a>, Stockwell, Ind. <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">Relatives: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/oneall-oneil.html#819.26.40">Abijah O'Neall</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/oneall-oneil.html#199.59.56">John Kelly O'Neall</a>; cousin *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/oneall-oneil.html#151.44.51">John F. O'Neall</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12007.html">O'Neall family</a> of Indiana.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11318059">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. 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