Liberty County
Texas
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Liberty County
Texas
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Liberty County
Index to Locations
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Marion Price Daniel (1910-1988) —
also known as Price Daniel —
of Liberty, Liberty
County, Tex.
Born in Dayton, Liberty
County, Tex., October
10, 1910.
Son of Marion Price Daniel and Nannie (Partlow) Daniel.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1939-45; Speaker of
the Texas State House of Representatives, 1943-45; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1940,
1948,
1964;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Texas
state attorney general, 1947-53; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1953-57; Governor of
Texas, 1957-63; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1971-; appointed 1971.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Woodmen;
Sigma
Delta Chi; Pi
Kappa Delta.
Died, from a stroke, in
Liberty, Liberty
County, Tex., August
25, 1988 (age 77 years, 320
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Marion Price Daniel, Jr. (1941-1981) —
of Texas.
Born June 8,
1941.
Son of Marion
Price Daniel.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1969-78; Speaker of
the Texas State House of Representatives, 1973; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1974; candidate in
primary for Texas
state attorney general, 1978.
Shot
and killed by
his estranged wife, Vickie, near Liberty, Liberty
County, Tex., January
19, 1981 (age 39 years, 225
days). She was arrested and indicted for his murder, but found
not guilty at trial.
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Edward Thomas Branch (1811-1861) —
of Liberty, Liberty
County, Tex.
Born in Richmond,
Va., December
11, 1811.
Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1836-38; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1846.
Died September
4, 1861 (age 49 years, 267
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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William Partlow Daniel (1915-2006) —
also known as Bill Daniel; "Governor
Bill" —
Born in Dayton, Liberty
County, Tex., November
20, 1915.
Son of Marion Price Daniel and Nannie (Partlow) Daniel.
Lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives 14th District, 1949-53; played the
role of Colonel Neill in the 1960 film
The Alamo; Governor of
Guam, 1961-63.
Died in Liberty, Liberty
County, Tex., June 20,
2006 (age 90 years, 212
days).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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Edward Bradford Pickett (1823-1882) —
of Texas.
Born in Wilson
County, Tenn., 1823.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Texas
state senate; elected 1869; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1875; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1876.
Died in Liberty, Liberty
County, Tex., January
26, 1882 (age about 58
years).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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