Maverick family of Texas
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- Abram Poindexter Maury (1801-1848) — of Tennessee.
Born in Tennessee, 1801.
Cousin of Fontaine
Maury Maverick. Member of Tennessee state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1835-39 (8th District 1835-37, 5th
District 1837-39). Died in 1848.
Interment in private or family graveyard.
- Samuel Augustus Maverick (1803-1870) — also known as
Samuel A. Maverick — of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex. Born in Pendleton District (now Anderson
County), S.C., 1803.
Grandfather of Fontaine
Maury Maverick; great-grandfather of Maury
Maverick, Jr.. Delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Bexar, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; mayor
of San Antonio, Tex., 1839-40; member of Texas
state house of representatives 44th District, 1851-53. His name
is the origin of the term "maverick" for an unbranded cow, which
later came to mean a political party dissident. Died September
2, 1870. Interment at City
Cemetery No. 1, San Antonio, Tex. Maverick County,
Tex. is named for him.
- James Luther Slayden (1853-1924) — also known as
James L. Slayden — of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex. Born in Mayfield, Graves
County, Ky., June 1,
1853. Uncle of Fontaine
Maury Maverick. Democrat. Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1892; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1897-1919 (12th District 1897-1903,
14th District 1903-19). Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., February
24, 1924. Interment at Mission
Burial Park South, San Antonio, Tex.
- John Wood Fishburne (1868-1937) — of Virginia. Born
near Charlottesville, Albemarle
County, Va., March 8,
1868. Cousin of Fontaine
Maury Maverick. Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature,
1895; state court judge in Virginia, 1913; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 7th District, 1931-33. Died June 24,
1937. Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Charlottesville, Va.
- Fontaine Maury Maverick (1895-1954) — also known as
Maury Maverick — of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex. Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., October
23, 1895. Cousin of Abram
Poindexter Maury and John
Wood Fishburne; grandson of Samuel
Augustus Maverick; nephew of James
Luther Slayden; son of Albert Maverick and Jane Lewis (Maury)
Maverick; married, May 22,
1926, to Terrell Louise Dobbs; father of Maury
Maverick, Jr.. Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lumber
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas,
1928,
1940;
U.S.
Representative from Texas 20th District, 1935-39; mayor
of San Antonio, Tex., 1939-41. Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars. Coined the word "gobbledygook," during World War
II, for pompously worded directives. Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., June 7,
1954. Interment at San
Jose Burial Park, San Antonio, Tex.
- Maury Maverick, Jr. (c.1921-2003) — of Texas. Born
in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex. Great-grandson of Samuel
Augustus Maverick; son of Fontaine
Maury Maverick. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during
World War II; lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1950-56; candidate in primary for
U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1961; columnist for the San Antonio
Express-News. Died, from kidney
failure after surgery, in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., January
28, 2003. Burial
location unknown.
"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political
graveyard."
Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February
3, 1872 |
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