Magnolia Cemetery (Charleston, South Carolina)
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| Nearest city: | Charleston, South Carolina |
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| 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.
[edit] 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
[edit] 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.
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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
- Geography of Charleston, South Carolina
- Visitor attractions in Charleston, South Carolina
- Protected areas of Charleston County, South Carolina
- South Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs
