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Aiken, William b. January 28, 1806 d. September 6, 1887
US Congressman, South Carolina Governor. He served as the Governor of South Carolina from 1844 to 1846. He was later elected to represent South Carolina's 2nd and 6th Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1851 to 1857. He was the first cousin of Confederate Officer and Congressman David Wyatt Aiken.
Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Beard, Smn. Henry d. October 15, 1863
Civil War Confederate Sailor. He was a seaman of the submarine "H.L. Hunley" on it's second attempt to attack the Union Blockade. Horace Hunley convinced the Confederate Navy to man the sub with a crew from Mobile who were familiar with the Hunley's operations. Hunley went straight to Mobile and to where the submarine was built, Parks and Lyons Machine Shop. He enlisted a new crew to man the vessel. Thomas Parks was the shop's co-owners' son but it is believed the other crewmen, also thought to...[Read More] (Bio by: ¥ankêêBelle)
Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Becker, Smn. Arnold d. February 17, 1864
Civil War Figure, Crewmember of the HL Hunley submarine. It is believed that, when the War began, Seaman Becker may have been working on a riverboat, on the Mississippi River, purchased by the Confederate government. The riverboat was re-fitted for battle and re-named the CSS General Polk. That seems to be a likely port of entry for Becker into that conflict. On October 19, 1861, Becker joined the Confederate States Navy. He was then assigned to the CSS Chicora, a gunboat in attacks against...[Read More] (Bio by: ¥ankêêBelle)
Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Bennett, John b. May 17, 1865 d. December 28, 1956
Author and Illustrator. He wrote such books as 'Master Skylark', Barnaby Lee', 'Treasure of Peyre Gaillard', and 'Madame Margot.' (Bio by: Laurie)
Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Plot: Greenhill Section
Bennett Jr., Thomas b. August 14, 1781 d. January 30, 1865
Governor of South Carolina from 1820 to 1822. Bennett received his education at the College of Charleston and was variously employed as a banker and architect before he became Mayor of that city. Elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives three times (1804 to 1806, 1808 to 1810, 1812 to 1818) as a Democratic-Republican, he served as Speaker from 1814 to 1818. He was gained a seat in the State Senate in 1819, and was elected Governor by the South Carolina General Assembly in a...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom & Christy Sorters Harrison and Tracy Harrison)
Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Brawley, William Huggins b. May 13, 1841 d. November 15, 1916
US Congressman. During the Civil War he served as a Private in Company F, 6th South Carolina Infantry, and was severely wounded at the May 30, 1862 Battle of Seven Pines, losing an arm. He was elected as a Democrat to represent South Carolina's 1st Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1891 until his resignation in 1894.
Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Brookbank, Smn. Robert d. October 15, 1863
Civil War Figure. Seaman of the submarine H.L. Hunley on it's second attempt to attack the Union Blockade. Horace Hunley convinced the Confederate Navy to man the sub with a crew from Mobile who were familiar with the Hunley's operations. Hunley went straight to Mobile and to where the submarine was built, Parks and Lyons Machine Shop. He enlisted a new crew to man the vessel. Thomas Parks was the shop's co-owners' son but it is believed the other crewmen, also thought to be from Mobile...[Read More] (Bio by: ¥ankêêBelle)
Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Cane, Smn. Michael d. August 29, 1863
Civil War Figure. Seaman on the submarine H.L. Hunley. The first crew of the Hunley met their fate on August 29, 1863 at Fort Johnson. The Hunley sank when the wake of a passing ship flooded the sub's open hatches, allowing only four of the crewmembers to escape, while five men perished. The five men were quietly buried at a mariner's graveyard off the bank of the Ashley River. The graveyard had been Charleston's mariners' cemetery during the war. The site was mistakenly covered over when...[Read More] (Bio by: ¥ankêêBelle)
Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Cheves, Langdon b. September 17, 1776 d. June 26, 1857
US Congressman, Speaker of the House and President of the Bank of the United States. Cheves was born in the upstate of South Carolina, then Indian territory. His mother died while still very young and he was raised by his aunt, who would later be killed by Indians. His father was thought to be a loyalist and left South Carolina during the Revolution. When Cheves was ten years old the family moved to Charleston where he began work as a clerk for a local merchant. After some private study he...[Read More] (Bio by: John Schneider)
Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Collins, Smn. Frank G. b. 1837 d. February 17, 1864
Civil War Confederate Sailor. As a Seaman, he was one of 8 members of the "H.L. Hunley", the Confederate submarine that was the first submarine in history to sink an enemy ship. On February 17, 1864, the crewmen of the Hunley successfully sank the Union warship "USS Housatonic", but were never heard from after that. The 8 men were buried in Magnolia Cemetery on April 17, 2004 after the "Hunley" was raised. It is still uncertain why the Hunley sank. Collins was from Virginia. (Bio by: Heather from VA)
Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Conner, James b. September 1, 1829 d. June 26, 1883
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. Born in Charleston, he was one of the best officers that South Carolina furnished the Confederacy. He was a graduate of South Carolina College, and became a distinguished lawyer and a United States district attorney before the outbreak of the Civil War. Serving as Captain of the Montgomery Guards, a local militia company, he participated in the bombardment of Fort Sumter. He entered Confederate service in May 1861 keeping his captaincy while leading the...[Read More] (Bio by: Ugaalltheway)
Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Courtenay, William Ashmead b. February 4, 1831 d. March 17, 1908
Served in the Confederate Army 1861-1865. Mayor of Charleston, S.C., 1880-1887. President of the Chamber of Commerce 1885-1888. In 1887 he was elected a Trustee of the Peabody Education Board.
Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Davis, Smn. Nicholas d. August 29, 1863
Civil War Figure. Seaman on the famed submarine H.L. Hunley. The first crew of the Hunley met their fate on August 29, 1863 at Fort Johnson. The Hunley sank when the wake of a passing ship flooded the sub's open hatches, allowing only four of the crewmembers to escape, while five men perished. The five men were quietly buried at a mariner's graveyard off the bank of the Ashley River. The graveyard had been Charleston's mariners' cemetery during the war. The site was mistakenly covered over when...[Read More] (Bio by: ¥ankêêBelle)
Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
De Saussure, Gen. Wilmot Gibbes b. July 23, 1822 d. February 1, 1886
General of South Carolina State Militia. He served as the Secretary of the South Carolina Treasury and as a Representative to the State Assembly. Appointed to Brigadier General of State Militia in 1861, De Saussure led the 4th Brigade throughout the Civil War. He served on South Carolina Governor Francis Pickens cabinet as Secretary of the Treasury. In 1862, he was elected State Adjutant General and Inspector General of Militia. Post Civil War saw De Saussure resuming his profession as a lawyer...[Read More] (Bio by: Stonewall)
Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Dixon, George E. d. February 17, 1864
Civil War Confederate Army Officer. He was commander of the last crew of the Confederate submarine, "HL Hunley", when it sank 4 miles off the coast of Sullivans Island (Charleston), South Carolina, on February 17, 1864, after sinking the USS Housatonic. A native of Kentucky, he joined Company E of the 21st Alabama Volunteers. He soon met Miss Queenie Bennet of Mobile, Alabama, and proposed. They agreed to marry after the war. Queenie gifted the Lt. with a $20 gold piece which he carried...[Read More] (Bio by: ¥ankêêBelle)
Cause of death: Casualty of war
Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Fuller, John H. L. b. 1833 d. September 6, 1871
British Soldier. Nothing is known of the early life of Fuller, only that he was born in England and enlisted in the British army in the early 1850's. He would transfer to the British Calvary and was assigned to the Light Brigade. During the Crimean War the British Army traveled to Balaclava to engage the Russians. The British were accompanied by the French and Turks. The Light Brigade 4th and 13th Light Dragoons, 8th and 11th Hussars and 17th Lancers under Lord Cardigan was in the valley...[Read More] (Bio by: John Schneider)
Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Gilbreth Jr., Frank B. b. March 17, 1911 d. February 18, 2001
Author. Born Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Junior in Plainfield, New Jersey the fifth child and eldest son of Frank and Lillian Gilbreth, prominent management consultants and time-study experts. He grew up in Montclair, New Jersey with eleven brothers and sisters and was graduated from the University of Michigan, where he served as editor of the college newspaper, The Michigan Daily. He then worked as a reporter for the New York Herald Tribune. In 1934, he moved to the news staff of The News and...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Grayson, William John b. 1788 d. 1863
US Congressman. Elected to represent South Carolina's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1833 to 1837. Member of South Carolina State Legislature.
Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Hagood, Gen. Johnson b. June 16, 1873 d. December 22, 1948
Commanding General, Third Army October 4, 1933 to February 27, 1936. Major General Johnson Hagood was born in Orangeburg, S.C., on June 16, 1873. He was an 1891 graduate of the University of South Carolina. In 1896 he graduated from the U.S. Military Academy and was commissioned a 2nd Lt. in the Artillery. With 40 years in the servive, Johnson retired May 31, 1936. (Bio by: Stonewall)
Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Harvey, Wilson Godfrey b. September 8, 1866 d. October 7, 1932
Governor of South Carolina. Harvey decided to leave school when he was sixteen years old to take a job with the Charleston city newspaper, The Post & Courier. He would work there almost five years when he left to take employment at another newspaper, The World & Budget. He next went to work for and help organize Enterprise Bank of Charleston and would later become it's president. His public service would begin in 1904, when he became a member of the Charleston Board of Alderman. In 1910 he...[Read More] (Bio by: John Schneider)
Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA

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