- Magnolia Cemetery (Charleston, South Carolina)
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Magnolia Cemetery
Nearest city: Charleston, South Carolina Coordinates: 32°49′6″N 79°56′32″W / 32.81833°N 79.94222°WCoordinates: 32°49′6″N 79°56′32″W / 32.81833°N 79.94222°W Built: 1850 Architect: Edward C. Jones Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 78002502[1] Added to NRHP: March 24, 1978 Magnolia Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Charleston, South Carolina.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a Historic District in 1978.
Notable interments
- William Aiken, Jr. (1806–1887), US Congressman, South Carolina Governor
- John Bennett (1865–1956), author and illustrator
- Thomas Bennett, Jr. (1781–1865), Governor of South Carolina
- William H. Brawley (1841–1916), U.S. Representative from South Carolina and United States federal judge
- Langdon Cheves (1776–1857), American politician and a president of the Second Bank of the United States
- James Conner (general) (1829–1883), Confederate general in the American Civil War
- George E. Dixon (1837–1864), Commander of the Confederate submarine CSS Hunley
- Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Jr. (1911–2001), author
- William J. Grayson (1788–1863), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
- Wilson Godfrey Harvey (1866–1932), Governor of South Carolina
- Daniel Elliott Huger (1779–1854), US Senator from South Carolina
- Horace Lawson Hunley (1823–1863), Confederate marine engineer, developer of early submarines
- Micah Jenkins (1835–1864), Confederate general
- Mitchell Campbell King (1815–1901), physician
- George Swinton Legaré (1869–1913), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
- Hugh S. Legaré (1797–1843), 16th U.S. Attorney General
- William Turner Logan (1874–1941), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
- Andrew Gordon Magrath (1813–1893), South Carolina Governor
- Burnet Rhett Maybank (1899–1954), US Senator, South Carolina Governor
- Josephine Pinckney (1895–1957), novelist and poet
- Robert Rhett (1869–1913), U.S. Representative and Senator from South Carolina
- William Gilmore Simms (1806–1870), poet, novelist and historian
- Richard Smith Whaley (1874–1951), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
External links
U.S. National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Lists by county Abbeville • Aiken • Allendale • Anderson • Bamberg • Barnwell • Beaufort • Berkeley • Calhoun • Charleston • Cherokee • Chester • Chesterfield • Clarendon • Colleton • Darlington • Dillon • Dorchester • Edgefield • Fairfield • Florence • Georgetown • Greenville • Greenwood • Hampton • Horry • Jasper • Kershaw • Lancaster • Laurens • Lee • Lexington • Marion • Marlboro • McCormick • Newberry • Oconee • Orangeburg • Pickens • Richland • Saluda • Spartanburg • Sumter • Union • Williamsburg • York
Lists by city Other lists Keeper of the Register • History of the National Register of Historic Places • Property types • Historic district • Contributing property Categories:- Historic districts in South Carolina
- Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
- 1850 establishments in the United States
- National Register of Historic Places in Charleston, South Carolina
- South Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs
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