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Bell County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Bell County


Index to Locations

  • Private or family graveyards
  • Belton Courthouse Grounds
  • Belton University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Campus
  • Temple Hillcrest Cemetery


    Private or family graveyard
    Bell County, Texas
    Politicians buried here:
      Elijah Sterling Clack Robertson (1820-1879) — of Salado, Bell County, Tex. Born in Giles County, Tenn., August 23, 1820. Son of Sterling Clack Robertson and Frances (King) Robertson. Democrat. Texas Republic Postmaster General, 1839; lawyer; delegate to Texas secession convention, 1861; delegate to Texas state constitutional convention, 1875. Methodist. Died in Salado, Bell County, Tex., October 8, 1879 (age 59 years, 46 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.
      Relatives: Son of Sterling Clack Robertson and Frances (King) Robertson; married, July 29, 1846, to Eliza Hamer (died 1852); married, November 8, 1852, to Mary Elizabeth Dickey.


    Courthouse Grounds
    Belton, Bell County, Texas

    Politicians who have monuments here:
      Peter Hansbrough Bell (1812-1898) — of Texas. Born in Spotsylvania County, Va., May 12, 1812. Democrat. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; Governor of Texas, 1849-53; U.S. Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1853-57; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Died in Littleton, Halifax County, N.C., March 8, 1898 (age 85 years, 300 days). Original interment at City Cemetery, Littleton, N.C.; reinterment in 1930 at Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.; memorial monument at Courthouse Grounds.
      Bell County, Tex. is named for him.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography


    University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Campus
    (formerly Baylor Female College)
    Belton, Bell County, Texas
    Politicians buried here:
      Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor (1793-1874) — also known as Robert E. B. Baylor — Born in Lincoln County, Ky., May 10, 1793. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1819-20; member of Alabama state house of representatives, 1824; U.S. Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1829-31; judge of Texas Republic, 1841-45; delegate to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; district judge in Texas, 1845-60. Baptist. Member, Freemasons. One of the founders, in 1845, of Baylor University, and of Baylor Female College (now the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor). Died in Gay Hill, Washington County, Tex., January 6, 1874 (age 80 years, 241 days). Original interment at Old Baylor University Campus, Independence, Tex.; reinterment in 1886 at University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Campus.
      Relatives: Nephew of Jesse Bledsoe.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Hillcrest Cemetery
    Temple, Bell County, Texas
    Politicians buried here:
      George Cassety Pendleton (1845-1913) — also known as George C. Pendleton — of Belton, Bell County, Tex. Born near Viola, Warren County, Tenn., April 23, 1845. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Texas state house of representatives 56th District, 1883-88; Speaker of the Texas State House of Representatives, 1887-88; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1888; Lieutenant Governor of Texas, 1890-92; U.S. Representative from Texas 7th District, 1893-97. Member, Grange. Died in Temple, Bell County, Tex., January 19, 1913 (age 67 years, 271 days). Interment at Hillcrest Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


     

     


     
       
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