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counties is subject to error. The intent is to locate places
according to current county names and boundaries. If you don't find
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page, or the Gazetteer.
Any corrections to county locations would be greatly appreciated.
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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.
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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. Original interment at City
Cemetery, Littleton, N.C.; reinterment in 1930 at Texas State
Cemetery. Bell County,
Tex. is named for him.
William Womack Heath (1903-1971) — 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. Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
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 Tennessee, 1876.
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. Interment at Texas State Cemetery.
