Harrison County
Texas
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Harrison County
Texas
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Harrison County
Index to Locations
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Gabriel Moore (c.1785-1845) —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.
Born in Stokes
County, N.C., about 1785.
Lawyer;
member of Alabama
territorial House of Representatives, 1817; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1819; member of Alabama
state senate, 1819-20; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1821-29 (at-large 1821-23, 1st
District 1823-29); Governor of
Alabama, 1829-31; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1831-37.
Fought a duel
with his brother-in-law.
Died in Harrison
County, Tex., June 9,
1845 (age about 60
years).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Mary Lee Abat (1902-1986) —
also known as Mrs. P. H. Abat —
of Longview, Gregg
County, Tex.
Born December
15, 1902.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1944.
Female.
Died November
5, 1986 (age 83 years, 325
days).
Interment at Memory Park Cemetery.
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Franklin Barlow Sexton (1828-1900) —
of Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex.
Born in New Harmony, Posey
County, Ind., April 29,
1828.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative
from Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1876.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., May 15,
1900 (age 72 years, 16
days).
Interment somewhere.
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Myron Geer Blalock (1891-1950) —
also known as Myron G. Blalock —
of Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex.
Born in Harrison
County, Tex., January
3, 1891.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1913-18; major in the U.S. Army
during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1928,
1940,
1944,
1948;
state court judge in Texas, 1932; Texas
Democratic state chair, 1937; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion.
Died in Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex., December
28, 1950 (age 59 years, 359
days).
Interment at Grange Hall Cemetery.
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James Harper Starr (1809-1890) —
of Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches
County, Tex.; Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex.
Born in New Hartford, Litchfield
County, Conn., December
18, 1809.
Texas
Republic Secretary of the Treasury, 1839-40.
Died July 25,
1890 (age 80 years, 219
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Matthew Duncan Ector (1822-1879) —
Born in Putnam
County, Ga., February
28, 1822.
Member of Georgia state legislature; member of Texas state
legislature, 1855; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil
War; Judge, Texas Court of
Appeals, 1866-79; died in office 1879.
Wounded during the Civil War, and lost a
leg.
Died October
29, 1879 (age 57 years, 243
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Isaac Van Zandt (1813-1847) —
of Texas.
Born in Franklin
County, Tenn., July 10,
1813.
Member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1840-42; Texas Republic Charge
d'Affaires to the United States, 1842; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845.
Instrumental in negotiating the treaty to annex the Texas Republic to
the United States.
Died of yellow
fever while campaigning
for Governor, in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., October
11, 1847 (age 34 years, 93
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Edward Clark (1815-1880) —
of Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., April 1,
1815.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1846; member of Texas
state senate, 1847; secretary of
state of Texas, 1853-57; Governor of
Texas, 1861; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died May 4,
1880 (age 65 years, 33
days).
Interment at Marshall Cemetery.
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John T. Mills (1817-1871) —
of Texas.
Born in County Antrim, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), November
12, 1817.
Justice
of Texas Republic supreme court, 1839-40, 1842-45; district judge
in Texas, 1846-50.
Died November
30, 1871 (age 54 years, 18
days).
Interment at Marshall Cemetery.
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Joseph Taylor (1815-1880) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in 1815.
Democrat. Physician;
mayor
of Shreveport, La.; elected 1873.
Died in Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex., 1880
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Old City Cemetery.
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David Abner (1826-1902) —
of Texas.
Born in slavery
in Selma, Dallas
County, Ala., 1826.
Farmer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1874; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1875.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Died in 1902
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Old Powder Mill Cemetery.
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Sam Blakeley Hall, Jr. (1924-1994) —
also known as Sam B. Hall, Jr. —
of Texas.
Born in Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex., January
11, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1976-85; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas, 1985-94.
Church
of Christ.
Died April 10,
1994 (age 70 years, 89
days).
Interment at New Grover Cemetery.
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