Blease, Coleman Livingston b. October 8, 1868 d. January 18, 1942 South Carolina Governor, US Senator. He was elected as Governor of South Carolina, serving from 1911 to 1915. He was later elected as a Democratic Senator from South Carolina to the United States Senate, serving from 1925 to 1931. Rosemont Cemetery, Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA Plot: Section B1
Dominick, Frederick Haskell b. February 20, 1877 d. March 11, 1960 US Congressman. He was admitted to the bar in 1898 and commenced law practice in Newberry, South Carolina. He was a member of the State House of Representatives, 1901 to 1902, chairman of the Democratic committee, 1906 to 1914, assistant attorney general of South Carolina, 1913 to 1916 and a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1920 and 1924. In 1917, he was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fifth Congress and to the seven succeeding Congresses, serving until 1933. During World...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Rosemont Cemetery, Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA
Johnstone, George b. April 18, 1846 d. March 7, 1921 US Congressman. At the the outbreak of the Civil War, he was a member of the South Carolina State Military Academy. He enlisted in the Confederate Army as a member of the Battalion State cadets and served until the close of the war. After his discharge he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1871 and commenced practice in Newberry. From 1877 to 1884, he was member of the South Carolina State House of Representatives and a member of the State Executive Committee of the Democratic Party, 1880...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Johnstone Graveyard, Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA
Nance, James Drayton b. October 10, 1837 d. May 6, 1864 Civil War Confederate Army Officer. He was engaged in the practice of law when he hastened to the call of his native South Carolina in 1861. A life long bachelor and alumni of the South Carolina Military Academy (The Citadel), he entered as a Captain and commander of Company E, 3rd South Carolina Infantry on April 14, 1861. He accepted the Colonelcy and command of the 3rd on May 14, 1862. His service for the Southern Confederacy was mainly in the east, particularly along the Virginia front...[Read More] (Bio by: Stonewall) Rosemont Cemetery, Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA
Rogers, James b. October 24, 1795 d. December 21, 1873 US Congressman. He was born on a plantation called "Orange Hall" in what is now Goshen Hill Township, Union County, South Carolina, graduated from South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina) in 1813, studied law, and became an attorney in Yorkville, York County. He held various local offices and served in the militia, commanding South Carolina's First Division as a Major General until the legislature removed Unionists from office in the mid-1830s. In 1834 he was elected to...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern) Kings Creek Cemetery, Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA
b. October 8, 1868 d. January 18, 1942