Find A Grave - Richland County

Harper, Virgina b. January 9, 1915 d. June 9, 2002
Member of the Manhattan Project that developed the first Atomic Bombs. (Bio by: Erik Lander)
Bush River Memorial Gardens, Irmo, Lexington County, South Carolina, USA
Haskell, John Cheves b. 1841 d. June 26, 1906
Civil War Confederate Army Officer. Attended South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina). During the Civil War served as a staff officer to Generals Joseph E. Johnston and G. W. Smith, lost an arm at the battle of Gaines Mill, Va. June 27, 1862. Upon his recovery he entered the artillery branch where he eventually commanded a battalion of artillery in General James Longstreet's 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. At Appomattox he was sent...[Read More] (Bio by: Steve Dunn)
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA
Hazle, Bob b. December 9, 1930 d. April 25, 1992
Major League Baseball Player. He got his nickname after Hurricane Hazel that caused wide-spread damage in 1953. He blew away National League pitchers upon his arrival in Milwaukee in July 1957 that helped the Braves win the pennant. The left-handed hitter batted .403 with 12 doubles, seven homers and 27 runs batted in after being called up from Wichita of the American Association after center fielder Billy Bruton was injured. On Aug. 27, he pounded two two-run homers as the Braves beat the...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Coons)
Crescent Hill Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA
Heyward, Duncan Clinch b. June 24, 1864 d. June 23, 1943
South Carolina Governor. Heyward was orphaned when seven years old and was raised by his maternal grandmother. He was educated in the schools of Charleston and the Cheltenham Military academy in Pennsylvania, then graduated from Washington and Lee University in Virginia. In 1887 he returned to live and farm the land in Colleton County which he had inherited from his father. While living in Colleton County he was made captain of the Combahee Mounted Riflemen and became a member of the Pythias...[Read More] (Bio by: John Schneider)
Elmwood Memorial Gardens, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA
Higbe, Walter Kirby b. April 8, 1915 d. May 6, 1985
Major League Baseball Player. Born in Columbia, South Carolina, he dropped out of high school and signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates as a right handed pitcher in 1933, playing his rookie season with Muskogee of the Western League. After a few years in the minors, he made his Major League debut with the Chicago Cubs on October 3, 1937. For 12 seasons, he played with the Chicago Cubs (1937-38), Philadelphia Phillies (1939-40), Brooklyn Dodgers (1941-43, 1946-47), Pittsburgh Pirates (1948-49)...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Elmwood Memorial Gardens, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA
Horry, Peter b. 1747 d. February 28, 1815
Revolutionary War Militia Officer. A Planter of French Huguenot descent, hewas born in South Carolina circa 1747. A Lieutenant Colonel in the Revolution and later Brigadier General in the South Carolina Militia, he represented Prince George Winyah and All Saints parishes in the South Carolina State House and Senate. In 1801, Kingston County was renamed Horry County in his honor. (Bio by: Anonymous)
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA
Lumpkin, Alva Moore b. November 13, 1886 d. August 1, 1941
US Senator. Served as a United States Senator from South Carolina in 1941, and as a State Court Judge, and Member of the South Carolina State Legislature.
Elmwood Memorial Gardens, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA
Manning, Richard Irvine b. May 1, 1789 d. May 1, 1836
South Carolina Governor, US Congressman. He served as the 50th Governor of South Carolina from 1824 to 1826. Born near Sumter in the Sumter District, Manning graduated from South Carolina College at Columbia in 1811. During the War of 1812 he served as a Captain of Volunteers in the State Militia, after which he was active as a planter in Clarendon County. He was a member of the State House of Representatives (1820 to 1822) and the State Senate (1822 to 1824) prior to his election as Governor...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA
Manning III., Richard Irvine b. August 15, 1859 d. September 11, 1931
Governor of South Carolina, 1915-1919. (Bio by: Laurie)
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA
Nott, Abraham b. 1768 d. 1830
US Congressman. Elected to represent South Carolina's 4th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1799 to 1801. Also served as a State Court Judge. (Bio by: K)
First Presbyterian Churchyard, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA
Preston, John Smith b. April 20, 1809 d. May 1, 1881
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. Born in Abington, Virginia, he was an ardent secessionist in favor of Virginia withdrawing from the Union at the start of the Civil War. He joined the Confederate Army, was appointed Lieutenant Colonel attached to the staff of General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard and fought at the Battle of the First Manassas. He was then assigned as an Assistant Adjutant General in South Carolina where he supervised the prison camp in Columbia, performed recruiting...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA
Preston, William Campbell b. December 27, 1794 d. May 22, 1860
US Senator. He served as a United States Senator from South Carolina from 1833 to 1842. Also served as a Member of the South Carolina State Legislature. (Bio by: K)
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA
Robertson, Thomas James b. August 3, 1823 d. October 13, 1897
US Senator. He served as a United States Senator from South Carolina from 1868 to 1877.
Elmwood Memorial Gardens, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA
Taylor, John b. May 4, 1770 d. April 16, 1832
US Senator and South Carolina Governor. The son of Columbia, South Carolina's founder, he graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1790, studied law, and became an attorney. Taylor was a Presidential Elector in 1796, served in the state House of Representatives from 1796 to 1802 and 1804 to 1805, and as Solicitor of Columbia's Circuit Court from 1805 to 1806. From 1806 to 1807 he was the first person to serve as Columbia's Intendant, a French office that...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Taylor Evangelical Methodist Church Cemetery, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA
Thompson, Hugh Smith b. January 24, 1836 d. November 20, 1904
South Carolina Governor. A graduate of The Citadel, in 1861 he led a battalion of Citadel cadets who fired the first shots of the American Civil War when they opened fire on the Union ship 'Star of the West' when it entered Charleston Harbor. He served two terms as the Democratic Governor of South Carolina, from 1882 to 1886. He later became an executive of the New York Life Insurance Company. (Bio by: Garver Graver)
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA
Timrod, Henry b. December 8, 1828 d. October 6, 1867
Poet. Known as 'The Laureate of the Confederacy, he compsed such poems as 'Ode to the Confederate Dead at Magnolia Cemetery', 'Carolina', 'The Cotton Ball', and 'Ethnogenesis'. Fought in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, and died in poverty of Tuberculosis.
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA
Waring, Malvina Sarah b. November 12, 1842 d. 1930
Author. Wrote such books as 'The Lion's Share', 'That Sandhiller', and other various serials. (Bio by: Laurie)
Elmwood Memorial Gardens, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA
Watson, Albert William b. August 30, 1922 d. September 25, 1994
US Congressman. He served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II, graduated from the University of South Carolina Law School in 1950 and became an attorney. After serving in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1955 to 1958 and 1961 to 1962, he was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives and served part of one term March, 1963 to February, 1965. He was an opponent of integration and supported Republican Barry Goldwater for United States...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Crescent Hill Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA

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