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• Aiken, Wyatt    b. December 14, 1863  d. February 6, 1923
  US Congressman. He served in the United States Army during the Spanish-American War. He was elected to represent South Carolina's 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1903 to 1917. He was the son of Confederate Officer and Congressman David Wyatt Aiken.
  Melrose Cemetery, Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA
   
• Burt, Armistead   b. November 13, 1802  d. October 30, 1883
  US Congressman. Elected to represent South Carolina's 5th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1843 to 1853. (Bio by: K)
  Episcopal Cemetery, Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA
   
• Cothran, James Sproull    b. August 8, 1830  d. December 5, 1897
  US Congressman. Elected to represent South Carolina's 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1887 to 1891. Also served as a State Court Judge. Married to Emma C. Perrin Cothran on 7/17/1855. He was a member of the Confederate States of America (CSA). (Bio by: K)
  Upper Long Cane Cemetery, Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA
   
• Gary, Frank Boyd    b. March 9, 1860  d. December 7, 1922
  US Senator. Served as a United States Senator from South Carolina from 1908 to 1909. Also served as a State Court Judge. (Bio by: K)
  Upper Long Cane Cemetery, Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA
   
• McGowan, Samuel    b. October 9, 1819  d. August 9, 1897
  Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. Born in Laurens District, South Carolina, McGowan attended the school of Thomas Lewis Lesly, and the South Carolina College of which he graduated in 1841. Venturing to Abbeville, he studied law under T.C. Perrin, and was admitted to the bar of South Carolina in 1842. His military service began in 1846, when the Mexican-American War interrupted his civil career and he enlisted in the Palmetto Regiment as a Private. Overcoming three injuries received ...[Read More] (Bio by: Susan Jarrard)
  Upper Long Cane Cemetery, Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA
   
• Parker, Gen. Francis Lejau    b. June 24, 1873  d. May 16, 1966
  US Army Brigadier General. Parker was appointed to the United States Military Academy in 1890. He was an honor graduate of the class of 1894 and immediately appointed a second lieutenant and assigned to the Fifth Cavalry at Fort Sam Houston and later at Fort Ringgold in Texas. In 1897 he was ordered back to Washington, DC where he was an instructor of modern languages. During the Spanish American War he served in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. In 1904 he was transferred to Fort...[Read More] (Bio by: John Schneider)
  Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery, Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA
   

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