About Upper Long Cane Cemetery
Upper Long Cane Cemetery is a cemetery near Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina. It lies about 1.9 mi south of Abbeville. The grounds sit at about 640 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 6 notable people buried here, including Eugene Gary, James S. Cothran and Samuel McGowan. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1251283. The nearest other listed cemetery is Hobson Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Harris Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Abbeville, about 1.8 mi away. It is one of 49 cemeteries we list in Abbeville County, and 25 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Abbeville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Upper Long Cane Cemetery
Among them: 1 Civil War veteran, 1 Mexican-American War veteran, 1 US representative.
- Eugene Gary1854-1926American politician
- James S. Cothran1830-1897US Congressman from South Carolina 3rd district 1887 to 1891
- Samuel McGowan1819-1897Confederate Army general
- Mary Grace Wilson1900-1992American academic administrator, first women's dean of Duke University
- Thomas P. Cothran1857-1934American judge
- William Hampton Barr1778-1843American Presbyterian minister
People whose Wikidata entry gives Upper Long Cane Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
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What Upper Long Cane Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Hobson CemeteryAbbeville, SCCemetery1.0 mi
- Melrose CemeteryAbbeville, SCCemetery1.2 mi
- Trinity CemeteryAbbeville, SCCemetery2.1 mi
- Old Zion CemeteryAbbeville, SCCemetery2.2 mi
- Aiken CemeteryAbbeville, SCChristian cemetery4.8 mi
- Gilgal CemeteryDue West, SCCemetery5.5 mi
- Salem CemeteryAbbeville, SCCemetery5.7 mi
- Sharon CemeteryAbbeville, SCCemetery6.0 mi
- Old Gilgal CemeteryDue West, SCCemetery6.0 mi
- Warrenton CemeteryAbbeville, SCCemetery6.2 mi
Funeral homes near Upper Long Cane Cemetery
- Harris Funeral Home & Cremation Services1.8 miFuneral home · Abbeville · (864) 366-4027
- Richie Funeral Home1.9 miFuneral home · Abbeville · (864) 459-2736
- Andrew Wardlaw Funeral Home Abbeville Chapel2.1 miFuneral home · Abbeville · (864) 366-2330
- Abbeville and White Mortuary2.1 miMortuary · Abbeville · (864) 366-4332
- Chandler-jackson Funeral Home2.2 miFuneral home · Abbeville · (864) 366-8080
- Blyth Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Greenwood · (864) 223-2223
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