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Charles Allen Culberson (1855-1925) —
also known as Charles A. Culberson —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Dadeville, Tallapoosa
County, Ala., June 10,
1855.
Son of Eugenia (Kimball) Culberson and David
Browning Culberson.
Democrat. Lawyer; Texas
state attorney general, 1890-94; Governor of
Texas, 1895-99; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1896,
1904,
1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1899-1923.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Washington,
D.C., March 19,
1925 (age 69 years, 282
days).
Interment at East Oakwood Cemetery.
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Charles Keith Bell (1853-1913) —
also known as Charles K. Bell —
of Hamilton
County, Tenn.; Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn., April 18,
1853.
Republican. Hamilton
County Attorney, 1876; member of Texas
state senate, 1884-88; district judge in Texas, 1888-90; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1893-97 (27th District 1893-95, 8th
District 1895-97); Texas
state attorney general, 1901-04; candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1906.
Died in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., April 23,
1913 (age 60 years, 5
days).
Interment at East Oakwood Cemetery.
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James Clifton Wilson (1874-1951) —
also known as James C. Wilson —
of Texas.
Born in Palo Pinto, Palo Pinto
County, Tex., June 21,
1874.
Democrat. U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, 1913-17; U.S.
Representative from Texas 12th District, 1917-19; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, 1919-47.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., August 3,
1951 (age 77 years, 43
days).
Original interment at Rose Hill Cemetery;
reinterment in 1957 at Greenwood Memorial Park.
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Henry Clay Meacham (1869-1929) —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born October
10, 1869.
Mayor
of Fort Worth, Tex., 1925.
Died December
7, 1929 (age 60 years, 58
days).
Interment at Greenwood Memorial Park.
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John S. Justin, Jr. (1917-2001) —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Nocona, Montague
County, Tex., January
17, 1917.
Son of John S. Justin, Sr. and Ruby (Love) Justin.
Business
executive; mayor
of Fort Worth, Tex., 1961-63.
Died, of respiratory
failure, in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., February
26, 2001 (age 84 years, 40
days).
Interment at Greenwood Memorial Park.
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William J. Bailey (1860-1949) —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in 1860.
Member of Texas
state senate 30th District, 1895-98.
Founder of Greenwood Memorial Park in 1909.
Died in 1949
(age about
89 years).
Interment at Greenwood Memorial Park.
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Baylor Lewis Agerton (b. 1887) —
also known as Baylor L. Agerton —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Jonesboro, Coryell
County, Tex., December
29, 1887.
Son of Melissa Jane (Montgomery) Agerton.
Lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Copenhagen, 1917-19.
Interment at Greenwood Memorial Park.
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Raymond Elliot Buck (1894-1971) —
also known as Raymond E. Buck —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., July 13,
1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; insurance
executive; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas,
1944
(alternate), 1956,
1960,
1964.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died March 27,
1971 (age 76 years, 257
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Greenwood Memorial Park.
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John Peter Smith (1831-1901) —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Owen
County, Ky., September
16, 1831.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Fort Worth, Tex., 1882-86, 1890-92.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., April 11,
1901 (age 69 years, 207
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Thomas Neville Waul (1813-1903) —
also known as Thomas N. Waul —
of Texas.
Born in Sumter District (now Sumter
County), S.C., January
5, 1813.
Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1859; Delegate
from Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1866.
Died near Greenville, Hunt
County, Tex., July 28,
1903 (age 90 years, 204
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Augustus McKinney Carter (1848-1906) —
also known as A. M. Carter —
Born in Panola
County, Tex., 1848.
Member of Texas
state senate, 1877.
Died in 1906
(age about
58 years).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Khleber Miller Van Zandt (1836-1930) —
of Texas.
Born in Franklin
County, Tenn., November
7, 1836.
Son of Isaac
Van Zandt.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Texas
state legislature, 1873-74; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1875.
Died in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., March 19,
1930 (age 93 years, 132
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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