16-18 Edmund H. Deas
N 34° 17.729 W 079° 51.755
17S E 604674 N 3795505
African American political figure.
Waymark Code: WM76J8
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 09/09/2009
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After moving to Darlington County in the 1870s, Edmund H. Deas served as county chairman of the Republican Party for a number of years and was a delegate to four national conventions. A black candidate for Congress in 1884 and 1890, Deas was Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue in S. C., 1889-94 and 1897-1901. This house was his residence at his death in 1915.
Erected by Darlington County Bicentennial Committee for Ethnic Participation, 1977
Marker Name: Edmund H. Deas
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Person
Marker number: 16-18
County: Darlington
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