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Albert Sidney Burleson (1863-1937) —
also known as Albert S. Burleson —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in San Marcos, Hays
County, Tex., June 7,
1863.
Son of Edward
Burleson, Jr. and Emma (Kyle) Burleson.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1899-1913 (9th District 1899-1903,
10th District 1903-13); alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1912
(speaker);
U.S.
Postmaster General, 1913-21.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., November
24, 1937 (age 74 years, 170
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Anne Legendre Armstrong (1927-2008) —
also known as Anne Armstrong; Anne Legendre; Mrs.
Tobin Armstrong —
of Armstrong, Kenedy
County, Tex.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
27, 1927.
Daughter of Armant Legendre and Olive (Martindale) Legendre.
Republican. Member of Texas
Republican State Central Committee, 1961-66; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 1964,
1968,
1972
(speaker);
vice-chair
of Texas Republican Party, 1966-; member of Republican
National Committee from Texas, 1968-73; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1976-77; Presidential Elector for Texas, 1992.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1987.
Died, of cancer, in
a hospice
at Houston, Harris
County, Tex., July 30,
2008 (age 80 years, 216
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Elisha Marshall Pease (1812-1883) —
also known as Elisha M. Pease —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in Enfield, Hartford
County, Conn., January
3, 1812.
Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
state house of representatives, 1846-48; member of Texas
state senate, 1849-50; Governor of
Texas, 1853-57, 1867-69; defeated, 1866; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1879.
Died in Lampasas, Lampasas
County, Tex., August
26, 1883 (age 71 years, 235
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Oscar Branch Colquitt (1861-1940) —
also known as Oscar B. Colquitt —
of Pittsburg, Camp
County, Tex.; Terrell, Kaufman
County, Tex.
Born in Camilla, Mitchell
County, Ga., December
16, 1861.
Son of Thomas Jefferson Colquitt and Ann Elizabeth (Burkhalter)
Colquitt.
Lawyer;
newspaper
publisher; oil
business; member of Texas
state senate 9th District, 1895-98; Governor of
Texas, 1911-15; defeated, 1906; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1916; member, U.S. Board of Railway Labor
Mediation.
Methodist.
Died March 8,
1940 (age 78 years, 83
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Morgan Calvin Hamilton (1809-1893) —
of Texas.
Born near Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., February
25, 1809.
Republican. Texas
Republic Secretary of War and Marine, 1842-43, 1844-45; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1868-69; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1870-77.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., November
21, 1893 (age 84 years, 269
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Oran Milo Roberts (1815-1898) —
Born in Laurens
County, S.C., July 9,
1815.
Member of Alabama state legislature, 1839; district judge in Texas,
1846-51; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1857-65, 1874-78; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861; colonel in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1866; Governor of
Texas, 1879-83.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., May 19,
1898 (age 82 years, 314
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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James Stephen Hogg (1851-1906) —
also known as Jim Hogg —
of Wood
County, Tex.
Born in a log
cabin, near Rusk, Cherokee
County, Tex., March 24,
1851.
Democrat. Wood
County Attorney, 1878-80; District Attorney, 7th District,
1880-84; Texas
state attorney general, 1886-90; Governor of
Texas, 1891-95.
Died March 3,
1906 (age 54 years, 344
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Andrew Jackson Hamilton (1815-1875) —
of Texas.
Born in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., January
28, 1815.
Republican. Texas
state attorney general, 1850; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1851; U.S.
Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1859-61; Governor of
Texas, 1865-66; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1866; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Texas, 1868;
member of Republican
National Committee from Texas, 1868-70.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., April 11,
1875 (age 60 years, 73
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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John Hancock (1824-1893) —
of Texas.
Born near Bellefonte, Jackson
County, Ala., October
24, 1824.
Democrat. State court judge in Texas, 1851; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1860; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1866; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1871-77, 1883-85 (4th District
1871-75, 5th District 1875-77, 10th District 1883-85).
Died July 19,
1893 (age 68 years, 268
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Robert Thomas Miller (1893-1962) —
also known as Tom Miller —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., September
21, 1893.
Democrat. Mayor of
Austin, Tex., 1933-49, 1955-61; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1940,
1944,
1956.
Died April 30,
1962 (age 68 years, 221
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Rudolph Kleberg (1847-1924) —
of Cuero, DeWitt
County, Tex.
Born in Cat Spring, Austin
County, Tex., June 26,
1847.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member
of Texas
state senate, 1882; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Texas, 1885-89; U.S.
Representative from Texas 11th District, 1896-1903.
Died December
28, 1924 (age 77 years, 185
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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George Whitfield Terrell (1803-1846) —
also known as George W. Terrell —
of Texas.
Born in Nelson
County, Ky., 1803.
Son of Col. James Terrell.
Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1829-36; Attorney
General of the Texas Republic, 1841-44.
Died May 13,
1846 (age about 42
years).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Atkins Jefferson McLemore (1857-1929) —
also known as A. Jeff McLemore —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Tennessee, 1857.
Democrat. Member of Texas state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1915-19 (at-large 1915-17, 2nd
District 1917-19).
Died in 1929
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Alexander Penn Wooldridge (1847-1930) —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., April 13,
1847.
Lawyer;
bank
president; mayor of
Austin, Tex., 1909-19.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., September
8, 1930 (age 83 years, 148
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Jacob Carl Maria DeGress (1842-1894) —
also known as Jacob Carl DeGress —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Cologne (Köln), Germany,
April
23, 1842.
Son of Carl Franz Wilhelm von Gress and Johanna Walburga (di Bramino)
von Gress.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; Texas
superintendent of public instruction, 1871-74; mayor of
Austin, Tex., 1877-80.
Catholic.
Died, of complications of his Civil War
injuries, March 19,
1894 (age 51 years, 330
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Carl Franz Wilhelm von Gress and Johanna Walburga (di Bramino) von
Gress; married, January
1, 1867, to Bettie Buckner Young; married, August 2,
1882, to W. M. Johnston. |
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William Alexander —
Texas
state attorney general, 1865-66, 1867, 1870-74.
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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John Gordon Chalmers (1803-1847) —
also known as John G. Chalmers —
of La Grange, Fayette
County, Tex.
Born in Halifax
County, Va., August
25, 1803.
Son of James Ronald Chalmers and Sarah Lanier (Williams) Chalmers.
Newspaper
editor; member of Virginia state legislature; Texas
Republic Secretary of the Treasury, 1841.
During a fight with Joshua Holden, he was Stabbed
and mortally
wounded; he died soon after, January
1, 1847 (age 43 years, 129
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Nimrod Lindsay Norton (1830-1903) —
of Missouri.
Born in Nicholas
County, Ky., April 18,
1830.
Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative
from Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., September
28, 1903 (age 73 years, 163
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Ezekiel B. Turner —
Texas
state attorney general, 1867-70.
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Nathan George Shelley —
Texas
state attorney general, 1862-64.
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Annie Webb Blanton (1870-1945) —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., August
19, 1870.
Daughter of Thomas Lindsay Blanton and Eugenia (Webb) Blanton.
Democrat. College
professor; Texas
superintendent of public instruction, 1919-23.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, American
Association of University Women; Daughters of the
American Revolution; United
Daughters of the Confederacy; Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa
Delta Pi; Pi
Lambda Theta; Pi Gamma
Mu; Delta
Kappa Gamma; Order of the
Eastern Star; Maccabees.
First
woman to be elected to statewide office in Texas.
Died October
2, 1945 (age 75 years, 44
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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William Martin Walton —
Texas
state attorney general, 1866-67.
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Jane Y. McCallum (1878-1957) —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born December
30, 1878.
Democrat. Secretary of
state of Texas, 1927-33; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1928
(alternate), 1944.
Female.
Found and rescued the original Texas Declaration of Independence.
Died August
14, 1957 (age 78 years, 227
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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James Gibson Swisher (1794-1864) —
also known as James G. Swisher —
of Texas.
Born in Tennessee, 1794.
Delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Washington, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; served in the Texas Army
during the Texas War of Independence.
Died in 1864
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Henry Walton Raglin (1817-1882) —
also known as H. W. Raglin —
of Texas.
Born in Mississippi, 1817.
Texas
Republic Land Office Commissioner, 1840.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., December
7, 1882 (age about 65
years).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Joseph Carroll Harrison (1822-1855) —
also known as J. C. Harrison —
of Cherokee
County, Tex.
Born in Alabama, October
3, 1822.
Son of Joseph D. Harrison and Rachel (Lockhart) Harrison.
Newspaper
publisher; insurance
agent; hotel
operator; livery
business; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1855; died in office 1855.
Methodist.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., November
9, 1855 (age 33 years, 37
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Joseph Baker (1804-1846) —
of Texas.
Born in Maine, 1804.
Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1837-38.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., July 11,
1846 (age about 42
years).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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John Bowden Connally, Jr. (1917-1993) —
also known as John B. Connally —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born near Floresville, Wilson
County, Tex., February
27, 1917.
Son of John Bowden Connally, Sr. and Lela (Wright) Connally.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Texas, 1956,
1964;
Governor
of Texas, 1963-69; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1971-72; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1980.
Methodist.
Shot
and wounded in Dallas, Tex., November 22, 1963, in the same volley of
gunfire that killed President John
F. Kennedy. Prosecuted
for bribery
conspiracy in connection with milk price supports; acquitted.
Died of pulmonary
fibrosis, in Methodist Hospital,
Houston, Harris
County, Tex., June 15,
1993 (age 76 years, 108
days).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery; statue at Sam
Houston Park, Houston, Tex.
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James Pinckney Henderson (1808-1858) —
also known as J. Pinckney Henderson —
of Marshville (unknown
county), Tex.
Born in Lincolnton, Lincoln
County, N.C., March 31,
1808.
Lawyer;
general in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; Attorney
General of the Texas Republic, 1836-37; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1837; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; Governor of
Texas, 1846-47; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1857-58; died in office 1858.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 4,
1858 (age 50 years, 65
days).
Original interment and cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1930 at Texas State
Cemetery.
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Ralph Webster Yarborough (1903-1996) —
also known as Ralph W. Yarborough —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Chandler, Henderson
County, Tex., June 8,
1903.
Democrat. District judge in Texas, 1936-41; candidate for nomination
for Texas
state attorney general, 1938; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II; candidate in primary for Governor of
Texas, 1952, 1954, 1956; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1957-71; defeated in primary, 1970, 1972;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1964,
1980.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Delta Phi; Order of the
Coif; Moose; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Acacia.
Died January
27, 1996 (age 92 years, 233
days).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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John Hemphill (1803-1862) —
of Texas.
Born in Chester
County, S.C., December
18, 1803.
Judge of Texas Republic, 1840; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1846-58; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1859-61; Delegate
from Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; died
in office 1862; candidate for Senator
from Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1861.
When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign his
seat in the Senate; one of ten Southern
senators expelled
in absentia on July 11, 1861.
Died in Richmond,
Va., January
7, 1862 (age 58 years, 20
days).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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Edmund Jackson Davis (1827-1883) —
also known as Edmund J. Davis —
of Texas.
Born in St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla., October
2, 1827.
Republican. District judge in Texas, 1856-61; general in the Union
Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1866; Governor of
Texas, 1870-74; defeated, 1873, 1880; member of Republican
National Committee from Texas, 1872-74; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 10th District, 1882.
After his defeat as Governor, he refused to give up the office, and
barricaded
himself in the state capitol.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., February
7, 1883 (age 55 years, 128
days).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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Thomas Gibbs Gee (c.1925-1994) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., about 1925.
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1973-91.
Died, of amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's
disease), at Methodist Hospital,
Houston, Harris
County, Tex., October
25, 1994 (age about 69
years).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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John Ireland (1827-1896) —
also known as "Oxcart John" —
of Texas.
Born near Millerstown, Grayson
County, Ky., January
21, 1827.
Mayor
of Seguin, Tex., 1858; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861; colonel in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1866; district judge in
Texas, 1866-67; member of Texas
state house of representatives; member of Texas
state senate; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1875-76; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1878; Governor of
Texas, 1883-87.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died March 5,
1896 (age 69 years, 44
days).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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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; memorial monument at Courthouse
Grounds, Belton, Tex.
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Miriam Amanda Wallace Ferguson (1875-1961) —
also known as Ma Ferguson; Miriam Amanda
Wallace —
of Texas.
Born in Bell
County, Tex., June 13,
1875.
Daughter of Joseph Lapsley Wallace and Eliza (Garrison) Wallace.
Governor
of Texas, 1925-27, 1933-35.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Died of heart
failure. June 25,
1961 (age 86 years, 12
days).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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Calvin Maples Cureton (b. 1874) —
of Meridian, Bosque
County, Tex.
Born near Walnut Springs, Bosque
County, Tex., September
1, 1874.
Son of William E. Cureton and Mary (Odle) Cureton.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1909-12; Texas
state attorney general, 1919-21; chief
justice of Texas state supreme court, 1921-36.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias.
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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Hardin Richard Runnels (1820-1873) —
of Boston, Bowie
County, Tex.
Born in Mississippi, August
30, 1820.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1847-54; Speaker of
the Texas State House of Representatives, 1853-54; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1855-57; Governor of
Texas, 1857-59; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1860;
delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1866.
Member, Freemasons.
Died December
25, 1873 (age 53 years, 117
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Bowie County, Tex.; reinterment in
1929 at Texas State Cemetery.
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Alexander Watkins Terrell (1827-1912) —
also known as Alexander Terrell; Alex
Terrell —
of Texas.
Born in Patrick
County, Va., November
23, 1827.
District judge in Texas, 1857-62; general in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; member of Texas
state senate, 1875-82; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1891-93, 1903-07; U.S. Minister
to Turkey, 1893-96.
Died in Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto
County, Tex., September
9, 1912 (age 84 years, 291
days).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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Alexander James Patterson (1883-1948) —
of Texas.
Born April 21,
1883.
Chief
justice of Texas state supreme court, 1941-48.
Died January
1, 1948 (age 64 years, 255
days).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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Andrew Jackson Houston (1854-1941) —
of La Porte, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Independence, Washington
County, Tex., June 21,
1854.
Son of Samuel
Houston.
Democrat. U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1941; died in office 1941.
Died in a hospital
at Baltimore,
Md., June 26,
1941 (age 87 years, 5
days).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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Francis Richard Lubbock (1815-1905) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Beaufort, Beaufort
County, S.C., October
16, 1815.
Democrat. Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1857-59; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1860;
Governor
of Texas, 1861-63; general in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; Texas state
treasurer, 1879-91.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., June 22,
1905 (age 89 years, 249
days).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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Daniel James Moody, Jr. (1893-1966) —
also known as Dan Moody —
of Taylor, Williamson
County, Tex.
Born in Taylor, Williamson
County, Tex., June 1,
1893.
Son of Daniel Moody and Nanny E. (Robertson) Moody.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Williamson
County Attorney, 1920-22; District Attorney, 1922-25; Texas
state attorney general, 1925-27; Governor of
Texas, 1927-31; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1928,
1944,
1948,
1952;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1942.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., May 22,
1966 (age 72 years, 355
days).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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Robert Allan Shivers (1907-1985) —
also known as Allan Shivers —
of Texas.
Born in Lufkin, Angelina
County, Tex., October
5, 1907.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state senate, 1935-47; major in the U.S. Army during World War
II; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1947-49; Governor of
Texas, 1949-57; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1952;
member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi.
Died of a heart
attack, in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., January
14, 1985 (age 77 years, 101
days).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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James Edward Ferguson (1871-1944) —
also known as James E. Ferguson; "Pa
Ferguson" —
of Temple, Bell
County, Tex.
Born near Salado, Bell
County, Tex., August
31, 1871.
Democrat. Governor of
Texas, 1915-17; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Indicted
on embezzlement
and other charges
in 1917; soon after, was impeached
by the Texas House, and removed from
office by the Texas Senate.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., September
21, 1944 (age 73 years, 21
days).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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James Jarrell Pickle (1913-2005) —
also known as J. J. 'Jake' Pickle —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Roscoe, Nolan
County, Tex., October
11, 1913.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; one of the
founders of radio
station KVET, in Austin, Texas; U.S.
Representative from Texas 10th District, 1963-95.
Methodist.
Died June 18,
2005 (age 91 years, 250
days).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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Abner Smith Lipscomb (1789-1856) —
Born in South Carolina, February
10, 1789.
Member of Alabama
territorial legislature, 1818; associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1820-35; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1840; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1846-56.
Died December
8, 1856 (age 67 years, 302
days).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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William Womack Heath (1903-1971) —
also known as William W. Heath —
of Texas.
Born in Normangee, Lee
County, Tex., December
7, 1903.
Democrat. County judge in Texas, 1931-33; secretary of
state of Texas, 1933-35; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1964;
U.S. Ambassador to Sweden, 1967-69.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., June 27,
1971 (age 67 years, 202
days).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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Ann Richards (1933-2006) —
also known as Dorothy Ann Willis —
of Texas.
Born in Lakeview, McLennan
County, Tex., September
1, 1933.
Daughter of Cecil Willis and Iona (Warren) Willis.
Democrat. Travis
County Commissioner, 1976-82; Texas state
treasurer, 1983-91; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Texas, 1988
(speaker);
Governor
of Texas, 1991-95.
Female.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, of esophageal
cancer, in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., September
13, 2006 (age 73 years, 12
days).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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Royal Tyler Wheeler (1810-1864) —
of Texas.
Born in Vermont, 1810.
District judge in Texas, 1844; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1845-64; died in office 1864.
Committed suicide,
in Washington
County, Tex., April 9,
1864 (age about 53
years).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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Stephen Fuller Austin (1793-1836) —
also known as Stephen F. Austin; "Father of
Texas" —
Born in Wythe
County, Va., November
3, 1793.
Son of Moses Austin and Maria (Brown) Austin.
Member of Missouri
territorial legislature, 1814-19; delegate
to Texas Convention of 1832 from District of San Felipe de
Austin, 1832; took petition to Mexico City for the establishment of
Texas as a separate Mexican state, 1832; charged
with attempting
revolution, and imprisoned
until 1835; delegate
to Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Austin, 1833; delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of San Felipe de
Austin, 1835; candidate for President
of the Texas Republic, 1836; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1836; died in office 1836.
Member, Freemasons.
The city of Austin, Texas, is named for
him.
Died of pneumonia,
in Brazoria
County, Tex., December
27, 1836 (age 43 years, 54
days).
Original interment at Peach
Point Cemetery, Gulf Prairie, Tex.; reinterment in 1910 at Texas
State Cemetery.
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Joe Madison Kilgore (1918-1999) —
also known as Joe M. Kilgore —
of McAllen, Hidalgo
County, Tex.; Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born near Brownwood, Brown
County, Tex., December
10, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member
of Texas
state house of representatives, 1947-54; U.S.
Representative from Texas 15th District, 1955-65; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956.
Died February
10, 1999 (age 80 years, 62
days).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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David Spangler Kaufman (1813-1851) —
also known as David S. Kaufman —
of Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches
County, Tex.
Born in Boiling Springs, Cumberland
County, Pa., December
18, 1813.
Democrat. Member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1839-41; member of Texas
Republic Senate, 1843-45; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1846-51; died in office
1851.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
31, 1851 (age 37 years, 44
days).
Original interment and cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1932 at Texas State
Cemetery.
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Thomas William Ward (1807-1872) —
also known as "Peg Leg" —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Ireland,
1807.
Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; mayor of
Austin, Tex., 1840-41, 1853, 1865; Texas
Republic Land Office Commissioner, 1840-46.
Lost a
leg in the storming of Bexar, 1835; lost his
right arm while firing a cannon to celebrate Texas independence,
1841.
Died of typhoid
fever, in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., November
25, 1872 (age about 65
years).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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Barbara Charline Jordan (1936-1996) —
also known as Barbara Jordan —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., February
21, 1936.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state senate, 1967; U.S.
Representative from Texas 18th District, 1973-79; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1988.
Female.
African
ancestry. Lesbian.
Received the Spingarn
Medal in 1992, and the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1994.
Died of leukemia
and multiple
sclerosis, January
17, 1996 (age 59 years, 330
days).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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Vincent Waggoner Carr (1918-2004) —
also known as Waggoner Carr —
of Lubbock
County, Tex.
Born in Fairlie, Hunt
County, Tex., October
1, 1918.
Son of Vincent Carr and Ruth (Warlick) Carr.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; Lubbock
County Attorney, 1948-50; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1951-61; Speaker of
the Texas State House of Representatives, 1957-61; Texas
state attorney general, 1963-67; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1964;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1966; candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1968.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Lions.
Breakfasted with Pres. John
F. Kennedy, in Dallas, Texas, on the morning of his
assassination, November 22, 1963.
Died, of cancer, in
Austin, Travis
County, Tex., February
25, 2004 (age 85 years, 147
days).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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Robert McAlpin Williamson (1806-1859) —
also known as "Three Legged Willie" —
of Texas.
Born in Georgia, 1806.
Delegate
to Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Washington, 1833; delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Mina, 1835; served
in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; justice of
Texas Republic supreme court, 1837-40; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1840-43, 1844-45; member of Texas
Republic Senate, 1843-44; member of Texas
state senate, 1846-48; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1849; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1851.
Due to a deformity developed during an illness when he was 15,
causing his right leg to be drawn back at the knee, he wore a partial
wooden leg attached at the knee.
Died in Wharton, Wharton
County, Tex., December
22, 1859 (age about 53
years).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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Robert Potter (c.1800-1842) —
of Oxford, Granville
County, N.C.
Born near Williamsboro, Vance
County, N.C., about 1800.
Member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1826, 1834-35; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1829-31; delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Nacogdoches, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; Texas
Republic Secretary of the Navy, 1836; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Red River and Fannin, 1840-42;
died in office 1842.
Resigned
from the U.S. Congress in 1831 after maiming
two men in a jealous rage; convicted,
and sentenced
to six months in prison.
Expelled
in 1835 from the North Carolina House for cheating
at cards.
Shot
and killed by
members of an opposing faction who surrounded his home, in Harrison
County (part now in Marion
County), Tex., March 2,
1842 (age about 42
years).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Marion County, Tex.; reinterment in
1928 at Texas State Cemetery.
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Richard Ellis (1781-1846) —
Born in Virginia, February
14, 1781.
Delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1819; associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1819; delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Red River, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Red River, 1836-39.
Reportedly "came to his death suddenly by his clothes taking fire", at
his home in Bowie
County, Tex., December
20, 1846 (age 65 years, 309
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in
1929 at Texas State Cemetery.
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William Gordon Cooke (1808-1847) —
of Texas.
Born in Fredericksburg,
Va., March 26,
1808.
Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1844-45; Texas
Republic Secretary of War and Marine, 1845-46; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1846; Adjutant
General of Texas, 1846-47; died in office 1847.
Member, Freemasons.
Cooke Avenue in San Antonio is named for
him.
Died of tuberculosis,
at Seguin, Guadalupe
County, Tex., December
24, 1847 (age 39 years, 273
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Geronimo, Tex.; reinterment in 1937 at Texas State Cemetery.
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Edward Burleson (1798-1851) —
of Texas.
Born in Buncombe
County, N.C., December
15, 1798.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; delegate
to Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Mina, 1833; delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Mina, 1835;
general in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;
member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1837-38; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Bastrop, Gonzales and Fayette,
1838-39; Vice
President of the Texas Republic, 1841-44; candidate for President
of the Texas Republic, 1844; member of Texas
state senate, 1846-51; died in office 1851.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died of pneumonia,
in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., December
26, 1851 (age 53 years, 11
days).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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Albert Sidney Johnston (1803-1862) —
of Texas.
Born in Washington, Mason
County, Ky., February
2, 1803.
Texas
Republic Secretary of War, 1838-40; general in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Killed
while leading his forces at the Battle of Shiloh, Hardin
County, Tenn., April 6,
1862 (age 59 years, 63
days).
Original interment at St.
Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.; reinterment in 1867 at
Texas State Cemetery.
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George Washington Smyth (1803-1866) —
also known as George W. Smyth —
of Texas.
Born in North Carolina, May 16,
1803.
Democrat. Delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Jasper, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1844-45; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1853-55; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1866.
Died in session of state
constitutional convention in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., February
21, 1866 (age 62 years, 281
days).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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John Alexander Greer (1802-1855) —
of Texas.
Born in Shelbyville, Bedford
County, Tenn., July 18,
1802.
Member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of San Augustine, 1838-45; Texas
Republic Secretary of the Treasury, 1845-46; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1847-51.
Member, Freemasons.
Died while campaigning
for the governorship, July 4,
1855 (age 52 years, 351
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in
1929 at Texas State Cemetery.
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Guy Morrison Bryan (1821-1901) —
also known as Guy M. Bryan —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in Herculaneum, Jefferson
County, Mo., January
12, 1821.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of
Texas
state house of representatives, 1847-53, 1873, 1879, 1887; member
of Texas
state senate, 1853-57; U.S.
Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1857-59; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1860;
major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., June 4,
1901 (age 80 years, 143
days).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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Bailey Hardeman (1795-1836) —
of Texas.
Born near Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., February
26, 1795.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Matagorda, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; Texas
Republic Secretary of the Treasury, 1836.
Died in Caney Creek, Matagorda
County, Tex., October
12, 1836 (age 41 years, 229
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Matagorda County, Tex.; reinterment in 1936 at Texas State
Cemetery.
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William Houston Jack (1806-1844) —
Born in Wilkes
County, Ga., April 12,
1806.
Member of Alabama state legislature, 1829; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1836; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1839-40; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Brazoria, 1842-44; died in
office 1844.
Died of yellow
fever in Brazoria
County, Tex., August
20, 1844 (age 38 years, 130
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; subsequent
interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.; reinterment at Texas State Cemetery.
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Edwin Waller (1800-1881) —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Spotsylvania
County, Va., November
4, 1800.
Delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Columbia, 1835; delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Brazoria, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; Texas
Republic Postmaster General, 1839; mayor of
Austin, Tex., 1840; county judge in Texas, 1844; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., January
3, 1881 (age 80 years, 60
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in
1928 at Texas State Cemetery.
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Ashbel Smith (1805-1886) —
also known as "The Father of Texas
Medicine" —
of Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C.; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., August
13, 1805.
Democrat. Texas Republic Charge d'Affaires to England and France,
1842-44; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1845; served in the U.S. Army during
the Mexican War; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1855, 1866, 1879; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Texas, 1876
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Physician. Negotiated the Smith-Cuevas treaty in 1845, in which
Mexico recognized Texas independence.
Died in Harris
County, Tex., January
21, 1886 (age 80 years, 161
days).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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Claude Pollard (1874-1942) —
of Carthage, Panola
County, Tex.; Kingsville, Kleberg
County, Tex.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Carthage, Panola
County, Tex., February
14, 1874.
Son of Hamilton Pollard (1822-1897) and Sarah Jane (Davis) Pollard
(1838-1894).
Lawyer;
Panola
County Attorney, 1895-98; Texas
state attorney general, 1927-29; attorney for railroads;
general counsel for the Railway
General Managers Association of Texas.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., November
25, 1942 (age 68 years, 284
days).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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Stephen Heard Darden (1816-1902) —
of Wharton, Wharton
County, Tex.
Born in Fayette, Jefferson
County, Miss., November
18, 1816.
Son of Washington Darden (1781-1830) and Ann (Sharley) Darden
(1786-1833).
Member of Texas
state senate; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil
War; Representative
from Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.
Died in Wharton, Wharton
County, Tex., May 16,
1902 (age 85 years, 179
days).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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Thomas Hawthorne Phillips (1914-1975) —
of Texas.
Born in Marlin, Falls
County, Tex., December
30, 1914.
District judge in Texas; justice of
Texas state supreme court.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., October
23, 1975 (age 60 years, 297
days).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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Crawford Collins Martin —
also known as Crawford C. Martin —
of Hillsboro, Hill
County, Tex.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state senate, 1950; Texas
state attorney general, 1967-72.
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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Jewel Preston Lightfoot —
Texas
state attorney general, 1910-12.
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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Robert Bullock (1929-1999) —
also known as Bob Bullock —
of Texas.
Born in Hillsboro, Hill
County, Tex., July 10,
1929.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state house of representatives; elected 1956, 1958; secretary of
state of Texas, 1971-72; Texas state
comptroller, 1975-90; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1991-99.
Investigated
by a grand jury in 1978, but no indictment resulted.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., June 18,
1999 (age 69 years, 343
days).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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Byron M. Tunnell (c.1926-2000) —
of Texas.
Born about 1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1956-64; Speaker of
the Texas State House of Representatives, 1963-64; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1964;
Texas
railroad commissioner, 1965-73.
Died, of cancer, in
Tyler, Smith
County, Tex., March 7,
2000 (age about 74
years).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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Jesse James (1904-1977) —
of Texas.
Born October
10, 1904.
Member of Texas
state house of representatives; Texas state
treasurer, 1941-77.
Died September
29, 1977 (age 72 years, 354
days).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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John Coyle White (1924-1995) —
also known as John C. White —
of Texas.
Born near Newport, Clay
County, Tex., November
26, 1924.
Son of Ed White.
Democrat. Texas
commissioner of agriculture, 1951-77; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Texas, 1964;
Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1977-81.
Died, of a heart
ailment, at Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., January
20, 1995 (age 70 years, 55
days).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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Elizabeth Richards Andujar (1912-1997) —
also known as Betty Andujar; Elizabeth
Richards —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., November
6, 1912.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1968,
1976;
member of Texas
state senate, 1973-82; member of Republican
National Committee from Texas, 1976-82.
Female.
Presbyterian.
First
woman member of the Texas Senate; first
Republican member of the Texas Senate since Reconstruction.
Died June 8,
1997 (age 84 years, 214
days).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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Donald Campbell (1830-1871) —
of Texas.
Born in Alabama, March 25,
1830.
State court judge in Texas, 1868; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1868-69; member of Texas
state senate, 1870; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1870-71; died in office 1871.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., November
8, 1871 (age 41 years, 228
days).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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Irma Rangel (1931-2003) —
of Kingsville, Kleberg
County, Tex.
Born in Kingsville, Kleberg
County, Tex., May 15,
1931.
Daughter of P. M. Rangel and Herminia L. Rangel.
School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives 43rd District, 1977-2003; died in
office 2003.
Female.
Mexican
ancestry.
In 1976, was the first
Mexican-American woman elected to the Texas House.
Died, of brain
cancer, in Brackinridge Hospital,
March
18, 2003 (age 71 years, 307
days).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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Sterling Clack Robertson (1785-1842) —
also known as Sterling C. Robertson —
of Texas.
Born in Giles
County, Tenn., October
2, 1785.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Milam, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; served in the Texas Army
during the Texas War of Independence; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Milam, 1836-38.
Died in Nashville, Milam
County, Tex., March 4,
1842 (age 56 years, 153
days).
Original interment at Nashville
Cemetery, Nashville, Tex.; reinterment in 1936 at Texas State
Cemetery.
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Martin Parmer (1778-1850) —
Born in Virginia, June 4,
1778.
Member of Missouri
state senate; delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Tenaha, 1835; delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of San Augustine, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836.
Died in Jasper
County, Tex., March 2,
1850 (age 71 years, 271
days).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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Jesse Grimes (1788-1866) —
of Texas.
Born in Duplin
County, N.C., February
6, 1788.
Delegate
to Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Washington, 1833; delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Washington, 1835;
delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Washington, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; member of Texas
Republic Senate, 1836-37, 1844-45; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1841-43.
Died March 15,
1866 (age 78 years, 37
days).
Original interment at John
McGinty Cemetery, Near Navasota, Grimes County, Tex.; reinterment
in 1929 at Texas State Cemetery.
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Andrew Briscoe (1810-1849) —
of Texas.
Born in Claiborne
County, Miss., November
25, 1810.
Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Harrisburg, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; state court judge in
Texas, 1836-39.
Died October
4, 1849 (age 38 years, 313
days).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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John Ray Harrison, Sr. (1930-2001) —
of Pasadena, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Abilene, Taylor
County, Tex., August 2,
1930.
Lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives; elected 1964; mayor
of Pasadena, Tex., 1973-78, 1985-93; district judge in Texas,
1978-80.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, of complications following laminectomy surgery, December
22, 2001 (age 71 years, 142
days).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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William Christian Menefee —
also known as William Menefee —
Delegate
to Texas Convention of 1832 from District of Lavaca, 1832; delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of San Felipe de
Austin, 1835; delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Colorado, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836.
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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Oliver Jones (1794-1866) —
of Texas.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., 1794.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1837-38; member of Texas
Republic Senate, 1838-40, 1842-43 (District of Austin and
Colorado 1838-40, District of Austin, Colorado and Fort Bend 1842-43).
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., September
17, 1866 (age about 72
years).
Original interment at Episcopal
and Masonic Cemetery, Houston, Tex.; reinterment in 1930 at Texas
State Cemetery.
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George Clarence Moffett (1895-1972) —
also known as George Moffett —
of Quanah, Hardeman
County, Tex.; Chillicothe, Hardeman
County, Tex.
Born in Chillicothe, Hardeman
County, Tex., November
20, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War I; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1928
(alternate), 1932
(alternate), 1940,
1964;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1931-38; member of Texas
state senate, 1939-50.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions;
Elks; Woodmen of
the World.
Died in 1972
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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James Charles Wilson (1818-1860) —
of Texas.
Born in Yorkshire, England,
August
21, 1818.
Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
state house of representatives, 1849-50; member of Texas
state senate, 1851-53.
Methodist.
Volunteer on the Somervell Expedition in 1842; captured at Mier,
Mexico, and held at Perote Prison until his escape in 1843; famed
orator in support of Texas annexation to the U.S. and, later,
secession to join the Confederacy.
Died of tuberculosis,
at Gonzales, Gonzales
County, Tex., February
7, 1860 (age 41 years, 170
days).
Original interment at Askey
Cemetery, Gonzales, Tex.; reinterment in 1936 at Texas State
Cemetery.
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Wayne Warren Wagonseller (1921-1955) —
also known as Wayne W. Wagonseller —
of Texas.
Born in Montague
County, Tex., February
1, 1921.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1947-50; member of Texas
state senate, 1951-55; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 13th District, 1951.
Established a national marathon filibuster record in March, 1955.
Died August
13, 1955 (age 34 years, 193
days).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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Forbes N. Britton (d. 1861) —
of Texas.
Member of Texas
state senate.
Died February
14, 1861.
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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Donley C. Kennard (1929-2011) —
also known as Don Kennard —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., May 6,
1929.
Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1953-63; member of Texas
state senate 10th District, 1963-73.
Died March 17,
2011 (age 81 years, 315
days).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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William Lockhart Hunter (1809-1886) —
of Texas.
Born in Tinkling Spring, Augusta
County, Va., June 5,
1809.
Member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1839; member of Texas
Republic Senate, 1843-44.
Member, Freemasons.
Died October
28, 1886 (age 77 years, 145
days).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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Patrick Churchill Jack (1808-1844) —
also known as Patrick C. Jack —
of Texas.
Born in Wilkes
County, Ga., 1808.
Delegate
to Texas Convention of 1832 from District of Liberty, 1832; delegate
to Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Liberty, 1833;
member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1837-38; judge of Texas
Republic, 1841-44.
Died of yellow
fever in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., August 4,
1844 (age about 36
years).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; subsequent
interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.; reinterment at Texas State Cemetery.
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Thomas Jones Hardeman (1788-1854) —
of Texas.
Born near Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., January
31, 1788.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1837-39; judge of Texas
Republic, 1843; member of Texas state legislature, 1847-51.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died January
15, 1854 (age 65 years, 349
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in
1937 at Texas State Cemetery.
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Moseley Baker (1802-1848) —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; San Felipe, Austin
County, Tex.; Galveston
County, Tex.; Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., September
20, 1802.
Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1829; served in the Texas Army
during the Texas War of Independence; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1836, 1838-39; defeated, 1841;
candidate for Texas
Republic Senate, 1842.
Died, of yellow
fever, in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., November
4, 1848 (age 46 years, 45
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Houston, Tex.; reinterment at Texas State Cemetery.
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Benjamin McCulloch (1811-1862) —
also known as Ben McCulloch —
of Texas.
Born November
11, 1811.
Member of Texas
Republic Congress, 1839; general in the Confederate Army during
the Civil War.
Killed
in the Civil War at Pea Ridge, Benton
County, Ark., March 7,
1862 (age 50 years, 116
days).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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Robert Ellis Johnson (1929-1995) —
also known as Bob Johnson —
of Texas.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., January
15, 1929.
Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1957-63.
Died of a heart
attack, in Temple, Bell
County, Tex., March 26,
1995 (age 66 years, 70
days).
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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Joe Moreno (1964-2005) —
of Denver Harbor, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., August
12, 1964.
Son of Frank Moreno and Alicia Moreno.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives 143rd District, 1998-2005; died in
office 2005.
Killed in a car
accident in Fayette
County, Tex., May 6,
2005 (age 40 years, 267
days); State Rep. Rafael
Anchia was injured.
Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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Middleton Tate Johnson (1810-1866) —
Born in 1810.
Member of Arkansas
territorial House of Representatives, 1832; member of Alabama
state legislature, 1844; member of Texas
Republic Senate, 1845; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican
War; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1849; candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1851, 1853, 1855, 1857; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861; served in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Died May 15,
1866 (age about 55
years).
Original interment at Texas State Cemetery; reinterment at Johnson
Plantation Cemetery, Arlington, Tex.
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