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John Quincy Adams (b. 1900) —
also known as John Q. Adams —
of Harlingen, Cameron
County, Tex.
Born in Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla., June 7,
1900.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1944
(alternate), 1948
(alternate), 1952,
1956.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Lions;
Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Bruce Reynolds Alger (b. 1918) —
also known as Bruce Alger —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.; Carrollton, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., June 12,
1918.
Son of David Bruce Alger and Clare (Fleeman) Alger.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; realtor;
real
estate developer; builder;
U.S.
Representative from Texas 5th District, 1955-65; defeated, 1964;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1956,
1960.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons.
Still living as of 2010.
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Frank Carruthers Allen (b. 1869) —
also known as F. C. Allen —
of Bonham, Fannin
County, Tex.
Born in Rockville, Parke
County, Ind., July 30,
1869.
Son of James Alexander Allen and Mary Jane (Ott) Allen.
Republican. Dentist; postmaster;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1912.
Presbyterian.
Member, Woodmen;
Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard Allen (1830-1909) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in slavery
in Richmond,
Va., June 10,
1830.
Republican. Member of Texas
state house of representatives 14th District, 1870; candidate
for Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1878; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Texas, 1884.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., May 16,
1909 (age 78 years, 340
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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James V. Allred (1899-1959) —
of Wichita Falls, Wichita
County, Tex.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Bowie, Montague
County, Tex., March 29,
1899.
Son of Renne Allred and Mary (Hinson) Allred.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; Texas
state attorney general, 1931-35; Governor of
Texas, 1935-39; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, 1939-42,
1949-59; died in office 1959; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1942.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Optimist
Club.
Died in Corpus Christi, Nueces
County, Tex., September
24, 1959 (age 60 years, 179
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Wichita Falls, Tex.
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Robert Bernerd Anderson (1910-1989) —
also known as Robert B. Anderson —
of Texas.
Born in Burleson, Johnson
County, Tex., June 4,
1910.
Son of Robert Lee Anderson and Elizabeth Haskew "Lizzie"
Anderson.
School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1932; Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1955; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1957-61.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Shriners;
Phi
Delta Phi; Order of the
Coif.
Pleaded
guilty in 1987 to charges
of evading
taxes by illegally operating an offshore
bank; sentenced
to jail, house
arrest, and probation;
disbarred
in 1988.
Died, of complications from surgery on cancer
of the esophagus, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
14, 1989 (age 79 years, 71
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Branch Tanner Archer (1790-1856) —
Born in Fauquier
County, Va., December
13, 1790.
Physician;
member of Virginia
House of Burgesses, 1819-20; delegate
to Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Columbia, 1833; delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Columbia, 1835;
served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1836; Texas
Republic Secretary of War, 1840-41.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Brazoria, Brazoria
County, Tex., September
22, 1856 (age 65 years, 284
days).
Interment at Restwood
Memorial Park, Clute, Tex.
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Connie Charles Armstong (1925-2007) —
also known as Connie Armstong —
of Plano, Collin
County, Tex.
Born in Longview, Gregg
County, Tex., June 26,
1925.
Son of Connie Clifton Armstong (1900-1982) and Nora (Cornelius)
Armstong (1905-1993).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1972;
candidate for Texas
state house of representatives, 1976; chair of
Collin County Republican Party, 1979-83.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died August
11, 2007 (age 82 years, 46
days).
Interment at Ridgeview
Memorial Park, Allen, Tex.
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George Sublett Atkinson (1892-1967) —
also known as George S. Atkinson —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Salyersville, Magoffin
County, Ky., November
17, 1892.
Son of Harry W. Atkinson and Lizzie (Sublett) Atkinson.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 5th District, 1924; chair of
Dallas County Republican Party, 1925-29; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Texas, 1928,
1932.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
American Bar
Association.
Died in 1967
(age about
74 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Hawley Atwell (1869-1961) —
also known as William H. Atwell —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Sparta, Monroe
County, Wis., June 9,
1869.
Son of Capt. Benjamin D. Atwell and De Emma (Greene) Atwell.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, 1898-1913; candidate
for Governor of
Texas, 1920; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, 1923-54; took
senior status 1954.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Redmen.
Died December
22, 1961 (age 92 years, 196
days).
Interment at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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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, Austin, Tex.
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Sherwood Hamilton Avery (1892-1970) —
also known as Sherwood H. Avery —
of Teague, Freestone
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Jonesboro, Jackson
Parish, La., June 15,
1892.
Son of J. M. Avery and Francis (Davis) Avery.
U.S. Vice Consul in Montevideo, 1918-21, 1922; Rosario, 1921-22.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in November, 1970
(age 78
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Byron L. Ballard (b. 1890) —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., February
21, 1890.
Son of Walter Elgin Ballard and Jennie (Peden) Ballard.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of Charles
H. Hayden, 1917-30, and of Edmund
C. Shields, 1931; chair of
Ingham County Democratic Party, 1920-24; candidate for Michigan
state senate 14th District, 1926; treasurer of
Michigan Democratic Party, 1937; charged
on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting
bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire case
collapsed when the star prosecution witness, Charles
F. Hemans, refused to testify.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Elks; Sigma
Phi Epsilon.
Burial
location unknown.
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David Monroe Barnwell (1875-1935) —
of Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif.
Born in Comanche
County, Tex., October
20, 1875.
Democrat. Fresno
County Clerk, 1910-33; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1932.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
U.S. Comptroller of Customs, San Francisco, 1933.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif., 1935
(age about
59 years).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Fresno, Calif.
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Robert Barr (1802-1839) —
of Texas.
Born in Ohio, 1802.
Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; Texas
Republic Postmaster General, 1836-39; died in office 1839.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., October
11, 1839 (age about 37
years).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor (1793-1874) —
also known as Robert E. B. Baylor —
Born in Lincoln
County, Ky., May 10,
1793.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of
Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1819-20; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1824; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1829-31; judge of Texas
Republic, 1841-45; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; district judge in
Texas, 1845-60.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
One of the founders,
in 1845, of Baylor University, and of Baylor Female College (now the
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor).
Died in Gay Hill, Washington
County, Tex., January
6, 1874 (age 80 years, 241
days).
Original interment at Old
Baylor University Campus, Independence, Tex.; reinterment in 1886
at University
of Mary Hardin-Baylor Campus, Belton, Tex.
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Lindley Garrison Beckworth, Sr. (1913-1984) —
also known as Lindley Beckworth; Gary
Beckworth —
of Gilmer, Upshur
County, Tex.; Gladewater, Gregg
County, Tex.
Born in South Bouie, Kaufman
County, Tex., June 30,
1913.
Son of Otis Jefferson Beckworth and Josie (Slaughter) Beckworth.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1937-38; U.S.
Representative from Texas 3rd District, 1939-53, 1957-67;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1952; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1964;
Judge
of U.S. Customs Court, 1967-68; member of Texas
state senate, 1971-72.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Tyler, Smith
County, Tex., March 9,
1984 (age 70 years, 253
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Tyler, Tex.
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Leonard Julius Benckenstein (1894-1966) —
also known as L. J. Benckenstein —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born in Wyoming, Hamilton
County, Ohio, July 5,
1894.
Son of Leonard Frederick Benckenstein and Genevieve (Peterson)
Benckenstein.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Texas
Republican State Executive Committee, 1928; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948;
candidate for chief
justice of Texas state supreme court, 1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Alpha
Chi Rho; Freemasons; American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died in October, 1966
(age 72
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lloyd Millard Bentsen, Jr. (1921-2006) —
also known as Lloyd M. Bentsen —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.; Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Mission, Hidalgo
County, Tex., February
11, 1921.
Son of Lloyd M. Bentsen, Sr. and Edna Ruth (Colbath) Bentsen.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
county judge in Texas, 1946-48; U.S.
Representative from Texas 15th District, 1948-55; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956,
1980;
member, Arrangements Committee, 1984;
speaker, 1988;
president, Lincoln Liberty Life
Insurance Company; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1971-93; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1976;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1988; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1993-94.
Baptist
or Presbyterian.
Danish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma
Nu; Elks.
Died, of complications from a 1998 stroke, in
Houston, Harris
County, Tex., May 23,
2006 (age 85 years, 101
days).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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James Ramsey Beverley (1894-1967) —
also known as James R. Beverley —
of San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico.
Born in Amarillo, Potter
County, Tex., June 15,
1894.
Son of William Beverley and Clara (Hendricks) Beverley.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Governor of
Puerto Rico, 1929, 1932-33.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Died in June, 1967
(age about
73 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Eugene Black (1879-1975) —
of Clarksville, Red River
County, Tex.
Born near Blossom, Lamar
County, Tex., July 2,
1879.
Son of Alexander Wesley Black and Talula Ann 'Lulu' (Shackelford)
Black.
Democrat. Lawyer; wholesale
grocer; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1915-29.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 22,
1975 (age 95 years, 324
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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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, Marshall, Tex.
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Thomas Lindsay Blanton (1872-1957) —
also known as Thomas L. Blanton —
of Abilene, Taylor
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., October
25, 1872.
Son of Thomas Lindsay Blanton .
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Texas 42nd District, 1908-16; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1917-29, 1930-37 (16th District
1917-19, 17th District 1919-29, 1930-37).
Presbyterian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Died in Albany, Shackelford
County, Tex., August
11, 1957 (age 84 years, 290
days).
Interment at Albany
Cemetery, Albany, Tex.
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Louis Blaylock (1849-1932) —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Sevier
County, Ark., October
21, 1849.
Democrat. Mayor of
Dallas, Tex., 1923-27.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died December
4, 1932 (age 83 years, 44
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Dallas, Tex.
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William Preston Blocker (1892-1947) —
also known as William P. Blocker —
of Hondo, Medina
County, Tex.
Born in Hondo, Medina
County, Tex., September
30, 1892.
Son of Vincular Harwood Blocker and Daisy D. Blocker.
Democrat. School
teacher; salesman;
U.S. Vice Consul in Ciudad Porfirio Diaz, 1913-14; Piedras Negras, 1916-19; U.S. Consul in Piedras Negras, 1919-23; Guaymas, 1923-24; Mazatlan, 1925-29; Ciudad Juarez, 1929-32; Monterrey, 1938; U.S. Consul General in Ciudad Juarez, 1938-43.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Rotary.
Died, following a heart
attack, on board
the U.S. Transport St. Mihiel, on which he had been scheduled
to sail to Panama, at New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
28, 1947 (age 54 years, 151
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, El Paso, Tex.
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John Calvin Box (1871-1941) —
also known as John C. Box —
of Jacksonville, Cherokee
County, Tex.
Born near Crockett, Houston
County, Tex., March 28,
1871.
Son of John J. W. Box and Susan A. (Morris) Box.
Democrat. Lawyer;
county judge in Texas, 1898-1901; U.S.
Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1919-31.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Jacksonville, Cherokee
County, Tex., May 17,
1941 (age 70 years, 50
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Tex.
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Charles A. Boyer (1911-1991) —
of Manistee, Manistee
County, Mich.
Born in Texas, August
19, 1911.
Republican. Insurance
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wexford District, 1955-62.
Methodist.
Member, Jaycees;
Rotary;
Freemasons; Elks.
Died April 17,
1991 (age 79 years, 241
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Searcy Bracewell (1918-2003) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., January
19, 1918.
Son of J. Searcy Bracewell (1891-1965) and Lola (Blount) Bracewell
(1896-1985).
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1947; member of Texas
state senate, 1950.
Protestant.
Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons.
Died May 13,
2003 (age 85 years, 114
days).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Thomas Bradley (1917-1998) —
also known as Tom Bradley —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Calvert, Robertson
County, Tex., December
29, 1917.
Son of Lee Thomas and Crenner (Hawkins) Thomas.
Democrat. Police
officer; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1972;
mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1973-93; defeated, 1969; candidate for Governor of
California, 1982, 1986.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Kappa
Alpha Psi; Urban
League; NAACP.
Received the Spingarn
Medal in 1984.
Died, of a heart
attack, at Kaiser Permanente Medical
Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
29, 1998 (age 80 years, 274
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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William Oscar Braecklein (1920-2001) —
also known as William O. Braecklein; Bill
Braecklein —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
20, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1966-72; member of Texas
state senate 16th District, 1972-78.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons; American Bar
Association; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died, of Alzheimer's
disease, at Presbyterian Village North nursing
home, Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., November
14, 2001 (age 80 years, 329
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Sam Gilbert Bratton (1888-1963) —
also known as Sam G. Bratton —
of Clovis, Curry
County, N.M.; Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in Kosse, Limestone
County, Tex., August
19, 1888.
Son of C. G. Bratton and Emma Lee (Morris) Bratton.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Mexico, 1916,
1932;
district judge in New Mexico 5th District, 1919-22; justice of
New Mexico state supreme court, 1923-24; resigned 1924; U.S.
Senator from New Mexico, 1925-33; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, 1933-61; took senior
status 1961.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., September
22, 1963 (age 75 years, 34
days).
Interment at Fairview
Memorial Park, Albuquerque, N.M.
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Willie Lewis Brown, Jr. (b. 1934) —
also known as Willie L. Brown, Jr. —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Mineola, Wood
County, Tex., March 20,
1934.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1964-96; Speaker of
the California State Assembly, 1981-95; candidate for
Presidential Elector for California, 1968;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1972,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004;
mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1996-2004; member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 2004.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Still living as of 2009.
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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, Austin, Tex.
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Omar Truman Burleson (1906-1991) —
also known as Omar Burleson —
of Anson, Jones
County, Tex.; Abilene, Taylor
County, Tex.
Born in Anson, Jones
County, Tex., March 19,
1906.
Son of Joseph Burleson and Bettie (Couch) Burleson.
Democrat. Jones
County Attorney, 1931-35; Jones
County Judge, 1935-41; FBI
special agent; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Texas 17th District, 1947-79; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956
(alternate), 1964.
Church
of Christ. Member, Lions;
Freemasons.
Died in Abilene, Taylor
County, Tex., May 14,
1991 (age 85 years, 56
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Anson, Tex.
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David Gouverneur Burnet (1788-1870) —
also known as David G. Burnet —
of Texas.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., April 14,
1788.
U.S. Consul in Galveston, 1832-35; delegate
to Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Liberty, 1833; delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Liberty, 1835; President
of the Texas Republic, 1836; Vice
President of the Texas Republic, 1838-41; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1839, 1839-40.
Member, Freemasons.
Died December
5, 1870 (age 82 years, 235
days).
Original interment and cenotaph at Lakeview
Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.; reinterment to unknown location.
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William Evans Burney (1893-1969) —
also known as William E. Burney —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Hubbard, Hill
County, Tex., September
11, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 3rd District, 1940-41; colonel in
the U.S. Army during World War II; insurance
executive.
Protestant.
Member, Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Forty and
Eight.
Died in Denver,
Colo., January
29, 1969 (age 75 years, 140
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Charles Pope Caldwell (1875-1940) —
also known as C. Pope Caldwell —
of Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born near Bastrop, Bastrop
County, Tex., June 18,
1875.
Son of Charles G. Caldwell and Mary (Hill) Caldwell.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912;
U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1915-21; candidate in
primary for borough
president of Queens, New York, 1925.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Sunnyside, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., July 31,
1940 (age 65 years, 43
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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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, Austin, Tex.
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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, Austin, Tex.
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Barzillai J. Chambers (1817-1895) —
of Cleburne, Johnson
County, Tex.
Born in Montgomery
County, Ky., December
5, 1817.
Son of Walker Chambers and Talitha Cumi (Mothershead) Chambers.
Surveyor;
lawyer;
Greenback candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1880.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died September
16, 1895 (age 77 years, 285
days).
Interment at Cleburne
Memorial Cemetery, Cleburne, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Walker Chambers and Talitha Cumi (Mothershead) Chambers; married
1852 to
Susan Wood; married 1854 to Emma
Montgomery; married 1861 to Harriet
A. Killough. |
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Francis Adams Cherry (1908-1965) —
of Jonesboro, Craighead
County, Ark.
Born in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., September
5, 1908.
Son of Haskille Scott Cherry and Clara Bell (Taylor) Cherry.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Arkansas, 1942; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arkansas, 1944;
Governor
of Arkansas, 1953-55.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Kappa
Alpha Order; Freemasons; Shriners;
Lions.
Died July 15,
1965 (age 56 years, 313
days).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Jonesboro, Ark.
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Thomas Campbell Clark (1899-1977) —
also known as Tom C. Clark —
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., September
23, 1899.
Son of William H. Clark and Jennie (Falls) Clark.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney General, 1945-49; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1949-67.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Eagles; Delta
Tau Delta.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 13,
1977 (age 77 years, 263
days).
Interment at Restland
Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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James Collinsworth (1806-1838) —
Born in Tennessee, 1806.
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, 1829-35; served
in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Brazoria, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1836; Attorney
General of the Texas Republic, 1836; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Brazoria, 1836; justice of
Texas Republic supreme court, 1837.
Member, Freemasons.
While a candidate
for the presidency of the Texas Republic, jumped
off a boat and drowned
in Galveston
Bay, 1838
(age about
32 years).
Interment at Founders
Memorial Park, Houston, Tex.
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Thomas Terry Connally (1877-1963) —
also known as Tom T. Connally —
of Marlin, Falls
County, Tex.
Born near Hewitt, McLennan
County, Tex., August
19, 1877.
Son of Jones Connally and Mary E. (Terry) Connally.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1901-04; Falls
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1906-10; U.S.
Representative from Texas 11th District, 1917-29; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1920,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1956;
U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1929-53.
Methodist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen of
the World; Modern
Woodmen.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
28, 1963 (age 86 years, 70
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Marlin, Tex.
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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, Austin, Tex.
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Rentfro Banton Creager (1877-1950) —
also known as R. B. Creager —
of Brownsville, Cameron
County, Tex.
Born in Waco, McLennan
County, Tex., March 11,
1877.
Son of Frank A. W. Creager (1835-1912) and Katharyn (Rentfro) Creager
(1850-1928).
Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1909; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1916,
1924,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948;
member of Republican
National Committee from Texas, 1924-40.
Member, Freemasons.
Died October
28, 1950 (age 73 years, 231
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Brownsville, Tex.
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David Crockett (1786-1836) —
also known as Davey Crockett —
of Tennessee.
Born in Greene
County, Tenn., August
17, 1786.
Democrat. Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1821; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1827-31, 1833-35 (9th District
1827-31, 12th District 1833-35); served in the Texas Army during the
Texas War of Independence.
Member, Freemasons.
Killed
while defending the Alamo, in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., March 6,
1836 (age 49 years, 202
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at San
Fernando Cathedral, San Antonio, Tex.
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Norris Wright Cuney (1846-1898) —
also known as N. W. Cuney —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born near Hempstead, Waller
County, Tex., May 12,
1846.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1872,
1876,
1880,
1884,
1888,
1892;
secretary
of Texas Republican Party, 1873; candidate for mayor
of Galveston, Tex., 1875; candidate for Texas
state house of representatives, 1876; candidate for Texas
state senate, 1882; member of Republican
National Committee from Texas, 1886; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1889.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., March 3,
1898 (age 51 years, 295
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.
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Edwin Dabney (1876-1938) —
of Altus, Jackson
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Comanche
County, Tex., February
3, 1876.
Son of Edwin Thomas Dabney and Ninnie (Dickenson) Dabney.
Democrat. Lawyer;
county judge in Texas, 1906-08; member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1919-23; Oklahoma
state attorney general, 1927-30.
Member, Freemasons.
Died May 16,
1938 (age 62 years, 102
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edwin Thomas Dabney and Ninnie (Dickenson) Dabney; married 1904 to Emma
Adams; married 1929 to Jewel
Cooper. |
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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 a
private or family graveyard, Liberty County, Tex.
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Nicholas Henry Darnell (1807-1885) —
of Texas.
Born April 20,
1807.
Speaker
of the Texas Republic House of Representatives; member of Texas
Republic Senate, 1845.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., June 7,
1885 (age 78 years, 48
days).
Interment at Pioneer
Park Cemetery, Dallas, Tex.
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James Keenan Davis (1790-1859) —
Born in Richmond,
Va., July 17,
1790.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; county
judge in Alabama, 1823; general in the Texas Army during the Texas
War of Independence; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1843-44; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1848;
member of Texas
state senate, 1851-53.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died February
10, 1859 (age 68 years, 208
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (White), Coldspring, Tex.
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Clayton A. Dills (b. 1908) —
of Gardena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Rosston, Cooke
County, Tex., April 2,
1908.
Democrat. Musician;
member of California
state assembly, 1942-62; Presidential Elector for California, 1948;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1952.
Member, Freemasons; Lions; Elks.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Allen Dixon, Jr. (b. 1920) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Orange, Orange
County, Tex., April 8,
1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
district judge in Louisiana, 1957-68; Judge, Louisiana Circuit Court
of Appeals, 1968-71; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1971-80.
Member, Freemasons.
Still living as of 1993.
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Kelsey Harris Douglass (d. 1840) —
of Texas.
Member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1837-38.
Member, Freemasons.
Douglass, Texas is named for
him.
Died in 1840.
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Nacogdoches, Tex.
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George Clifton Edwards, Jr. (1914-1995) —
also known as George Edwards —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., August 6,
1914.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
candidate for mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1949; probate judge in Michigan, 1951-54; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1954-56; appointed 1954; resigned
1956; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1956-62; appointed 1956; resigned
1962; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1963-.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa
Sigma; Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons; American
Judicature Society.
Died in 1995
(age about
80 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lewis Fisher (b. 1872) —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., October
28, 1872.
Son of Rhoads Fisher and Sophie (Rollins) Fisher.
Democrat. Lawyer; Galveston
County Attorney, 1900-02; Galveston
County Judge, 1902-05; district judge in Texas 10th District,
1905-09; mayor
of Galveston, Tex., 1909-17.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ovie Clark Fisher (1903-1994) —
also known as O. Clark Fisher —
of San Angelo, Tom Green
County, Tex.
Born in Junction, Kimble
County, Tex., November
22, 1903.
Son of Jobe B. Fisher and Rhoda (Clark) Fisher.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1935-37; U.S.
Representative from Texas 21st District, 1943-75.
Member, Freemasons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Knights
of Pythias; Rotary; Acacia.
Died December
9, 1994 (age 91 years, 17
days).
Interment at Junction
Cemetery, Junction, Tex.
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James Winright Flanagan (1805-1887) —
of Texas.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., September
7, 1805.
Son of Charles Flanagan and Elizabeth (Saunders) Flanagan.
Lawyer;
farmer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1851-52; member of Texas
state senate, 1856-58; Presidential Elector for Texas, 1856;
delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1866, 1868-69; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1869-70; resigned 1870; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1869-75.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Died near Longview, Gregg
County, Tex., September
19, 1887 (age 82 years, 12
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Rusk County, Tex.
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Edgar Franklin Foreman (b. 1933) —
also known as Ed Foreman —
of Las Cruces, Dona Ana
County, N.M.
Born in Portales, Roosevelt
County, N.M., December
22, 1933.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Texas 16th District, 1963-65; defeated, 1964;
U.S.
Representative from New Mexico 2nd District, 1969-71; defeated,
1970.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons; Shriners;
American
Society of Civil Engineers.
Still living as of 1998.
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Joseph Vinc Frnka (1880-1958) —
also known as Joseph V. Frnka; Joe V.
Frnka —
of Columbus, Colorado
County, Tex.
Born in Industry, Austin
County, Tex., March 7,
1880.
Son of Josef Frnka and Anna (Kynsak) Frnka.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1923-27; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Texas, 1944.
Member, Freemasons; Lions.
Died, in Columbus Hospital,
Columbus, Colorado
County, Tex., January
29, 1958 (age 77 years, 328
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Rest Cemetery, Columbus, Tex.
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James Taliaferro Garrett (1865-1962) —
also known as J. T. Garrett —
of Hurricane, Putnam
County, W.Va.
Born in Putnam
County, W.Va., October
9, 1865.
Son of John H. Garrett and Martha (Hill) Garrett.
School
teacher; insurance
business; member of West
Virginia state senate 5th District, 1933-36.
Baptist.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., May 24,
1962 (age 96 years, 227
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Hurricane Cemetery, Hurricane, W.Va.
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Arthur H. Geissler (1877-1945) —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Germany,
October
30, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer; banker; insurance
business; chair of
Oklahoma County Republican Party, 1910-14; member of Oklahoma
Republican State Committee, 1912-18; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Oklahoma, 1916,
1940,
1944;
U.S. Minister to Guatamala, 1922-30.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., February
17, 1945 (age 67 years, 110
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Julia (Henderson) Adams (died 1924). |
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Eugene Benjamin Germany (1892-1971) —
also known as E. B. 'Gene' Germany —
of Highland Park, Dallas
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Sweetwater, Nolan
County, Tex., September
18, 1892.
Son of Arona
Lea Germany.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; geologist;
oil
producer; industrialist;
founder of Preston State Bank,
Dallas, Tex.; founder of Cozby-Germany Hospital, Grand Saline, Tex.;
founder and president of Lone Star Steel Company; mayor
of Highland Park, Tex., 1934-40; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1940,
1944
(alternate); Texas
Democratic state chair, 1944; Presidential Elector for Texas, 1944.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., July 12,
1971 (age 78 years, 297
days).
Interment at Woodside
Cemetery, Grand Saline, Tex.
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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, Austin, Tex.
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George W. Guess (c.1829-1868) —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in North Carolina, about 1829.
Lawyer;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayor of
Dallas, Tex., 1866-68.
Member, Freemasons.
Died of sunstroke,
aboard a steamboat
on the Mississippi River, at a wharf in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., July 18,
1868 (age about 39
years).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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James Monroe Hale (1865-1906) —
of Caldwell, Burleson
County, Tex.
Born in Gay Hill, Washington
County, Tex., September
5, 1865.
Son of James Calvin Hale and Eliza Rose Hale.
Lawyer;
member of Texas
state senate 19th District, 1903-05.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., May 23,
1906 (age 40 years, 260
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Caldwell, Tex.
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Joseph Weldon Hale (b. 1891) —
also known as Joseph W. Hale —
of Waco, McLennan
County, Tex.
Born in Jones
County, Tex., May 29,
1891.
Son of John Hale and Drue (Murray) Hale.
Democrat. Lawyer;
attorney for insurance
companies; secretary of
Texas Democratic Party, 1921-25; mayor of
Waco, Tex., 1935-37.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Iva Childers. |
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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, Austin, Tex.
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Thomas J. Haynes (1824-1877) —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in Williamson
County, Tenn., July 22,
1824.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Corsicana, Tex., 1872-75.
Member, Freemasons.
Died September
25, 1877 (age 53 years, 65
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Corsicana, Tex.
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Robert Alexander Hefner (b. 1874) —
also known as Robert A. Hefner —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.; Ardmore, Carter
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born near Lone Oak, Hunt
County, Tex., February
7, 1874.
Son of William Lafayette Hefner and Sallie Jane (Masters) Hefner.
Democrat. Lawyer; justice of
Oklahoma state supreme court, 1927-36.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Meredith Holland (b. 1875) —
also known as W. M. Holland —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., March 29,
1875.
Son of William C. Holland and Sarah (Saffeel) Holland.
Democrat. Lawyer; Dallas
County Judge, 1907-11; mayor of
Dallas, Tex., 1911-15.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Jefferson Horton (1919-2004) —
also known as Frank Horton —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Bentonville, Warren
County, Va.
Born in Cuero, DeWitt
County, Tex., December
12, 1919.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1963-93 (36th District 1963-73,
34th District 1973-83, 29th District 1983-93).
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died, following a stroke, in
a hospital
at Winchester,
Va., August
30, 2004 (age 84 years, 262
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Samuel Houston (1793-1863) —
also known as Sam Houston —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Huntsville, Walker
County, Tex.
Born near Lexington, Rockbridge
County, Va., March 2,
1793.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1823-27 (at-large 1823-25, 7th
District 1825-27); Governor of
Tennessee, 1827-29; delegate
to Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Nacogdoches, 1833;
delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of San Augustine,
1835; delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Refugio, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; President
of the Texas Republic, 1836-38, 1841-44; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1838; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1846-59; Governor of
Texas, 1859-61.
Member, Freemasons.
Died of pneumonia,
in Huntsville, Walker
County, Tex., July 26,
1863 (age 70 years, 146
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Huntsville, Tex.; statue erected 1925 at Herman
Park, Houston, Tex.
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Covey M. Hughes —
of Wharton, Wharton
County, Tex.
Republican. Sheriff;
postmaster;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1912,
1916.
Member, Freemasons.
Interment at Wharton
City Cemetery, Wharton, Tex.
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Relatives:
Married to Fannie Barbee Hughes. |
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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, Austin, Tex.
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Thomas G. Hutt (1817-1892) —
of Troy, Lincoln
County, Mo.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Va., May 21,
1817.
Democrat. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1870-72; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Missouri, 1876;
member of Missouri
state senate, 1880.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Cleburne, Johnson
County, Tex., September
5, 1892 (age 75 years, 107
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Troy, Mo.
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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, Austin, Tex.
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John Ellett Jackson (b. 1892) —
also known as John E. Jackson —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Palestine, Anderson
County, Tex., August 3,
1892.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Louisiana, 1928; Louisiana
Republican state chair, 1929-34; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Louisiana, 1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948;
member of Republican
National Committee from Louisiana, 1934-50.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary Louise Allen. |
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Maynard Holbrook Jackson, Jr. (1938-2003) —
also known as Maynard H. Jackson;
"Buzzy" —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., March 23,
1938.
Son of Maynard Jackson, Sr. and Irene Dobbs Jackson.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1968; mayor of
Atlanta, Ga., 1974-82, 1990-94; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Georgia, 1976,
1980,
1996,
2000;
Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1992;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Georgia, 1993.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Collapsed (heart
attack) after getting off a plane at Reagan National Airport,
and died soon after, at Virginia Medical
Center, Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., June 23,
2003 (age 65 years, 92
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Charles J. Jenkins (b. 1897) —
of Illinois.
Born in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., October
4, 1897.
Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1931.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Beauford Halbert Jester (1893-1949) —
also known as Beauford Jester —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex., January
12, 1893.
Son of George
Taylor Jester.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Governor of
Texas, 1947-49; died in office 1949; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Texas, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Kappa
Sigma; Sigma
Delta Chi; Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Rotary; Lions.
Jester Center at the University of Texas is named for
him.
Died, aboard a Pullman railroad
car, near Houston, Harris
County, Tex., July 11,
1949 (age 56 years, 180
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Corsicana, Tex.
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Cone Johnson (1860-1933) —
of Tyler, Smith
County, Tex.
Born in Dawsonville, Dawson
County, Ga., June 11,
1860.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1886-88; member of Texas
state senate, 1888-92; candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1908; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1912
(speaker),
1920,
1928.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died March 17,
1933 (age 72 years, 279
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jed Joseph Johnson (1888-1963) —
also known as Jed Johnson —
of Anadarko, Caddo
County, Okla.
Born near Waxahachie, Ellis
County, Tex., July 31,
1888.
Son of La Fayette D. Johnson and Evalyn (Carlin) Johnson.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mail
carrier; lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Oklahoma
state senate, 1920-27, 1925-26 (17th District 1920-27, 15th
District 1925-26); U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 6th District, 1927-47; federal
judge, 1947.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Modern
Woodmen of America; Lions.
Died May 8,
1963 (age 74 years, 281
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Chickasha, Okla.
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Jerry K. Johnson (c.1934-2000) —
of Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches
County, Tex.
Born about 1934.
Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1989-96.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons; Shriners.
Died April 19,
2000 (age about 66
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John T. Johnson (b. 1856) —
of Lawton, Comanche
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Livingston, Overton
County, Tenn., January
9, 1856.
Democrat. County judge in Texas; district judge in Oklahoma, 1907-15;
justice
of Oklahoma state supreme court, 1919-25; chief
justice of Oklahoma state supreme court, 1923-25.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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Anson Jones (1798-1858) —
of Texas.
Born in Great Barrington, Berkshire
County, Mass., January
20, 1798.
Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Brazoria, 1839-41; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1841-44; President
of the Texas Republic, 1844-45.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Committed suicide
by gunshot,
in the Rice Hotel,
Houston, Harris
County, Tex., January
9, 1858 (age 59 years, 354
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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John Marvin Jones (1882-1976) —
also known as Marvin Jones —
of Amarillo, Potter
County, Tex.
Born near Valley View, Cooke
County, Tex., February
26, 1882.
Son of Horace K. Jones and Dosia J. Jones.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1917-41 (13th District 1917-19, 18th
District 1919-41); Judge of
U.S. Court of Claims, 1940-43, 1945-64.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons; Woodmen;
Elks.
Died March 4,
1976 (age 94 years, 7
days).
Interment at Llano
Cemetery, Amarillo, Tex.
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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, Austin, Tex.
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Walter Angus Keeling (b. 1873) —
also known as W. A. Keeling —
of Groesbeck, Limestone
County, Tex.; Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Kosse, Limestone
County, Tex., November
22, 1873.
Son of B. D. Keeling and Mary Lou (Mitchell) Keeling.
Democrat. Lawyer; Limestone
County Attorney, 1898-1902; Limestone
County Judge, 1908-12; member of Texas
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1908-10; Texas
state attorney general, 1921-25; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1928;
president, Acme Life
Insurance Co.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Benjamin Kendrick (1857-1933) —
also known as John B. Kendrick —
of Sheridan, Sheridan
County, Wyo.
Born near Jacksonville, Cherokee
County, Tex., September
6, 1857.
Son of John Harvey Kendrick and Anna (Maye) Kendrick.
Democrat. Rancher;
member of Wyoming
state senate, 1910; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Wyoming, 1916,
1924;
Honorary Vice-President, 1912;
member, Platform and Resolutions Committee, 1916;
Governor
of Wyoming, 1915-17; U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1917-33; died in office 1933.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died November
3, 1933 (age 76 years, 58
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Sheridan, Wyo.
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Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar (1798-1859) —
also known as Mirabeau B. Lamar —
of Texas.
Born near Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ga., August
16, 1798.
Member of Georgia
state senate, 1829-30; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1832, 1834; colonel in the Texas
Army during the Texas War of Independence; Texas
Republic Secretary of War, 1836; Vice
President of the Texas Republic, 1836-38; President
of the Texas Republic, 1838-41; colonel in the U.S. Army during
the Mexican War; member of Texas state legislature, 1847; U.S.
Minister to Costa Rica, 1858-59; Nicaragua, 1858-59.
Member, Freemasons.
Died of a heart
attack, near Richmond, Fort Bend
County, Tex., December
19, 1859 (age 61 years, 125
days).
Interment at Morton
Cemetery, Richmond, Tex.
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Albert Hamilton Latimer (c.1800-1877) —
also known as Albert H. Latimer —
of Texas.
Born in Huntingdon, Carroll
County, Tenn., about 1800.
Son of James L. Latimer and Jane (Hamilton) Latimer.
Republican. Lawyer; planter; delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Red River, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1840-42; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; member of Texas
state senate, 1849-51; Texas state
comptroller, 1865-66; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1866; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1869; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1869; district judge in Texas 8th District,
1870-72.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Clarksville, Red River
County, Tex., January
27, 1877 (age about 77
years).
Interment at Clarksville
Cemetery, Clarksville, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of James L. Latimer and Jane (Hamilton) Latimer; married 1828 to Elritta
Smith; married 1833 to
Elizabeth Richey; married 1857 to Mary
Gattis. |
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Walter A. Ledbetter (b. 1863) —
of Ardmore, Carter
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Warrenton, Fayette
County, Tex., March 9,
1863.
Son of Thmas A. Ledbetter and Almieda (Robison) Ledbetter.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to
Oklahoma state constitutional convention, 1906.
Member, Freemasons; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Otis Hoffpower Lee (1910-1990) —
of Texas.
Born in Pecan Island, Vermilion
Parish, La., December
17, 1910.
Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1947-51, 1953-55; candidate for
Texas
state senate, 1951.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Member Lamar University Hall of Honor.
Died of heart
failure, in Groves, Jefferson
County, Tex., March 4,
1990 (age 79 years, 77
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Groves, Tex.
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Thomas Bell Love (1870-1948) —
also known as Thomas B. Love —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Webster
County, Mo., June 23,
1870.
Son of Thomas Calvin Love and Sarah Jane (Rodgers) Love.
Democrat. Lawyer; secretary of
Missouri Democratic Party, 1896-98; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1902-07; Speaker of
the Texas State House of Representatives, 1906-07; Texas
Commissioner of Insurance and Banking, 1907-10; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); member of Democratic
National Committee from Texas, 1920-24; member of Texas
state senate, 1927-30; candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1930.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen of
the World; Modern
Woodmen.
Died September
17, 1948 (age 78 years, 86
days).
Interment at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Relatives:
Married, June 11,
1892, to Mattie Roberta Goode (died 1946). |
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Joseph Jefferson Mansfield (1861-1947) —
also known as Joseph J. Mansfield —
of Eagle Lake, Colorado
County, Tex.; Columbus, Colorado
County, Tex.
Born in Wayne, Wayne
County, Va. (now W.Va.), February
9, 1861.
Son of Joseph Jefferson Mansfield (Confederate officer, killed in
battle 1861).
Democrat. Lawyer; Colorado
County Attorney, 1892-96; Colorado
County Judge, 1896-1916; U.S.
Representative from Texas 9th District, 1917-47; died in office
1947.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., July 12,
1947 (age 86 years, 153
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Eagle Lake, Tex.
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Samuel Bell Maxey (1825-1895) —
of Paris, Lamar
County, Tex.
Born in Tompkinsville, Monroe
County, Ky., March 20,
1825.
Son of Lucy (Bell) Maxey and Rice
Maxey.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of
Texas
state senate; elected 1860; general in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1872; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1875-87.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Eureka Springs, Carroll
County, Ark., August
16, 1895 (age 70 years, 149
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Paris, Tex.
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Earle Bradford Mayfield (1881-1964) —
also known as Earle B. Mayfield —
of Meridian, Bosque
County, Tex.
Born in Overton, Rusk
County, Tex., April 12,
1881.
Son of John Blythe Mayfield and Mary (DeGeurin) Mayfield.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Texas
state senate, 1907-13; Texas
railroad commissioner, 1913-22; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1923-29; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1924.
Methodist.
Member, Ku
Klux Klan; Kappa
Sigma; Freemasons.
Died in Tyler, Smith
County, Tex., June 23,
1964 (age 83 years, 72
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Tyler, Tex.
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Harry Mayhew McAdams (1916-2008) —
also known as Harry M. McAdams —
of Hobbs, Lea
County, N.M.
Born in Lorena, McLennan
County, Tex., August
12, 1916.
Son of William Rufus McAdams and Violet (Hutchinson) McAdams.
Democrat. School
teacher; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
president and general manager, radio
station KWEW, Hobbs, N.M.; president, Triple M Mining
Company; member of New Mexico
state senate, 1971-82 (19th District 1971-72, 41st District
1973-82).
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Died January
5, 2008 (age 91 years, 146
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William McFarland (1774-1840) —
of San Augustine, San
Augustine County, Tex.; Belgrade, Newton
County, Tex.
Born in Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa., May 8,
1774.
Son of Thomas McFarland and Hannah (Stuart) McFarland.
Surveyor;
delegate
to Texas Convention of 1832 from District of Ayish Bayou, 1832;
served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Belgrade, Newton
County, Tex., August
16, 1840 (age 66 years, 100
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas McFarland and Hannah (Stuart) McFarland; married to Ann
Singer (died 1817); father of Thomas
Stuart McFarland. |
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John L. Miller (1821-1907) —
also known as "Old Flax" —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in Tennessee, 1821.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Corsicana, Tex., 1877-80.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died in 1907
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Corsicana, Tex.
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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, Austin, Tex.
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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, Austin, Tex.
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Allen Francis Moore (1869-1945) —
also known as Allen F. Moore —
of Monticello, Piatt
County, Ill.
Born in St. Charles, Kane
County, Ill., September
30, 1869.
Son of Henry Van Rensallaer Moore and Alzina W. (Freeman) Moore.
Republican. President, Pepsin Syrup Company (patent
medicine); vice-president, Moore State Bank; mayor
of Monticello, Ill., 1901-03; University
of Illinois trustee; elected 1908; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 19th District, 1921-25; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1924,
1932;
member of Republican
National Committee from Illinois, 1925.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., August
15, 1945 (age 75 years, 319
days).
Interment at Monticello
Cemetery, Monticello, Ill.
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William Dempsey Moore (1917-2000) —
also known as Bill Moore —
of Arkansas.
Born in Pittsburg, Camp
County, Tex., July 24,
1917.
Member of Arkansas
state senate, 1967-95.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., June 18,
2000 (age 82 years, 330
days).
Cremated.
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Albert Wadel Moursund III (1919-2002) —
also known as A. W. Moursund —
of Johnson City, Blanco
County, Tex.; Round Mountain, Blanco
County, Tex.
Born in Johnson City, Blanco
County, Tex., May 23,
1919.
Son of Albert Wadel Moursund, Jr. and Mary Frances (Stribling)
Moursund.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1948-52; Blanco
County Judge, 1953-59; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1956;
banker;
insurance
business; abstract and
title business; rancher.
Member, Freemasons.
Close friend and advisor to Lyndon
B. Johnson.
Died in Round Mountain, Blanco
County, Tex., April 22,
2002 (age 82 years, 334
days).
Interment somewhere
in Round Mountain, Tex.
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Relatives:
Married 1941
to Mary Allen Moore. |
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William Polk Murchison (1908-1977) —
also known as W. P. Murchison —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex., June 5,
1908.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of Corsicana, Tex., 1969-71.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons.
Died in Navarro
County, Tex., October
19, 1977 (age 69 years, 136
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Henry David Murray (1869-1956) —
also known as William H. Murray; "Alfalfa
Bill"; "Cocklebur Bill"; "Bolivia
Bill"; "The Sage of Tishomingo" —
of Tishomingo, Johnston
County, Okla.
Born near Collinsville, Grayson
County, Tex., November
21, 1869.
Democrat. Candidate for Texas
state senate, 1890; delegate to
Oklahoma state constitutional convention, 1906; member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1907-09; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Oklahoma, 1912
(speaker),
1916;
U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma, 1913-17 (at-large 1913-15, 4th
District 1915-17); defeated, 1940; Governor of
Oklahoma, 1931-35; defeated in primary, 1918, 1938; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1932;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1942.
Member, Freemasons.
Died October
15, 1956 (age 86 years, 329
days).
Interment at Tishomingo
Cemetery, Tishomingo, Okla.
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José Antonio Navarro (1795-1871) —
of Texas.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., February
27, 1795.
Delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Bexar, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1838-39; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; member of Texas
Republic Senate, 1845; member of Texas
state senate, 1846-49.
Catholic.
Member, Freemasons.
Died January
13, 1871 (age 75 years, 320
days).
Interment at San
Fernando Cemetery #1, San Antonio, Tex.; statue at Navarro
County Courthouse Grounds, Corsicana, Tex.
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Patrick Morris Neff (1871-1952) —
also known as Pat Morris Neff —
of Waco, McLennan
County, Tex.
Born in McGregor, McLennan
County, Tex., November
26, 1871.
Son of Noah Neff and Isabella (Shepherd) Neff.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1901-05; Speaker of
the Texas State House of Representatives, 1903-05; McLennan
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1906-12; Governor of
Texas, 1921-25; president
of Baylor University, from 1932; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1940.
Baptist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons; Shriners;
Rotary;
Anti-Saloon
League; Lions.
Died January
20, 1952 (age 80 years, 55
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Waco, Tex.
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William Beck Ochiltree (1811-1867) —
of Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex.
Born in Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., October
18, 1811.
Judge of Texas Republic, 1842; Texas
Republic Secretary of the Treasury, 1844-45; Attorney
General of the Texas Republic, 1845-46; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1855; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1859, 1866; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Jefferson, Marion
County, Tex., December
27, 1867 (age 56 years, 70
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Jefferson, Tex.
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Wilbert Lee O'Daniel (1890-1969) —
also known as W. Lee O'Daniel; Pappy
O'Daniel —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Malta, Morgan
County, Ohio, March 11,
1890.
Democrat. Governor of
Texas, 1939-41; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1941-49.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., May 11,
1969 (age 79 years, 61
days).
Interment at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Williamson Simpson Oldham (1813-1868) —
Born in Franklin
County, Tenn., July 19,
1813.
Member of Arkansas state legislature, 1838; justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1842; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas, 1846; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1848; candidate for Texas
state house of representatives, 1853; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1859; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Senator
from Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died of typhoid
fever in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., May 8,
1868 (age 54 years, 294
days).
Original interment at Episcopal
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.; reinterment in 1938 at Brookside
Memorial Park, Houston, Tex.
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William Brooks Oliver (b. 1895) —
also known as Brooks Oliver —
of Bastrop, Morehouse
Parish, La.
Born in Douglassville, Cass
County, Tex., August
31, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1940-50.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons; Lions.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Edmund Orgain (b. 1882) —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born in Bastrop, Bastrop
County, Tex., December
26, 1882.
Son of Benjamin Darby Orgain and Drusilla (Johnson) Orgain.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1907; director, American National
Bank,
Gulf States Utilities
Co., and Sabine Towing
Co.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Woodmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Patterson Osterhout (1826-1903) —
of Bellville, Austin
County, Tex.
Born in Lagrange, Wyoming
County, Pa., May 8,
1826.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; newspaper
editor; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
district judge in Texas 34th District, 1870-76; postmaster;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1884.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Belton, Bell
County, Tex., 1903
(age about
77 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Junia Roberts (died 1897). |
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John William Wright Patman (1893-1976) —
also known as Wright Patman —
of Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex.
Born near Hughes Springs, Cass
County, Tex., August 6,
1893.
Son of John Patman and Emma (Spurlin) Patman.
Democrat. Cotton farmer; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1921-24; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1929-76; died in office
1976; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956,
1964.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Eagles; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March 7,
1976 (age 82 years, 214
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Texarkana, Tex.
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George Alexander Pattillo (1796-1871) —
also known as G. A. Pattillo —
of Texas.
Born in Greene
County, Ga., February
29, 1796.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; farmer;
member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1841-42; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Jasper and Jefferson, 1842-45.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Bunn's Bluff, Orange
County, Tex., April 2,
1871 (age 75 years, 0
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Orange County, Tex.
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Herron Carney Pearson (1890-1953) —
also known as Herron C. Pearson —
of Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn.
Born in Taylor, Williamson
County, Tex., July 31,
1890.
Son of John Lafayette Pearson and Annie (Herron) Pearson.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1912;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 7th District, 1935-43.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Kappa
Sigma; Freemasons; Elks; Rotary.
Died in Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn., April 24,
1953 (age 62 years, 267
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Jackson, Tenn.
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James Ivey Phelps (b. 1875) —
also known as James I. Phelps —
of El Reno, Canadian
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Newton, Newton
County, Tex., June 20,
1875.
Son of Elza V. M. Phelps and Mary A. (Simmons) Phelps.
Democrat. Lawyer; Canadian
County Judge, 1901-07; district judge in Oklahoma 13th District,
1919-25; justice of
Oklahoma state supreme court, 1925-29, 1935.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen;
Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Lee Proffer (b. 1909) —
of Justin, Denton
County, Tex.
Born in Ponder, Denton
County, Tex., April 14,
1909.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1943-46; member of Texas
state senate, 1947-50.
Baptist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Phi
Delta Kappa; Freemasons.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Anson Rainey (1848-1922) —
of Waxahachie, Ellis
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in El Dorado, Union
County, Ark., March 1,
1848.
Son of Christopher Columbus Rainey (1824-1854) and Nancy Blake
(Baker) Rainey (1826-1898).
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Texas
state senate, 1881-82; district judge in Texas, 1885-93; Judge, Texas Court of
Appeals, 1893.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Hinsdale, DuPage
County, Ill., August 6,
1922 (age 74 years, 158
days).
Interment at Waxahachie
City Cemetery, Waxahachie, Tex.
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Robert Minter Rainey (1882-1971) —
also known as Robert M. Rainey —
of Atoka, Atoka
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Sherman, Grayson
County, Tex., September
29, 1882.
Son of Jesse G. Rainey and Annie Elizabeth (Moore) Rainey.
Lawyer;
member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1907-08; district judge in
Oklahoma, 1909-15; justice of
Oklahoma state supreme court, 1917-20; chief
justice of Oklahoma state supreme court, 1920-21.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Died April 3,
1971 (age 88 years, 186
days).
Interment at Fairlawn
Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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Willard Lloyd Rambo (1917-1984) —
also known as W. L. Rambo —
of Georgetown, Grant
Parish, La.
Born in Georgetown, Grant
Parish, La., March 22,
1917.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; oilfield
drilling contractor; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1952-60; defeated, 1968, 1976;
member of Louisiana
state senate, 1964-68.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Died, of heart
failure, in a hospital
at Houston, Harris
County, Tex., November
28, 1984 (age 67 years, 251
days).
Interment at Georgetown
Cemetery, Georgetown, La.
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William F. Ramsey (b. 1855) —
of Cleburne, Johnson
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Bell
County, Tex., October
25, 1855.
Son of John J. Ramsey and Nancy (Clark) Ramsey.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
Presidential Elector for Texas, 1884;
Judge
of Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 1908-11; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1911-12; candidate in primary for Governor of
Texas, 1912; board chairman, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, 1916.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Choice Boswell Randell (1857-1945) —
also known as Choice B. Randell —
of Sherman, Grayson
County, Tex.
Born near Spring Place, Murray
County, Ga., January
1, 1857.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1901-13 (5th District 1901-03, 4th
District 1903-13).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Sherman, Grayson
County, Tex., October
19, 1945 (age 88 years, 291
days).
Interment at West
Hill Cemetery, Sherman, Tex.
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James Reily (1811-1863) —
of Texas.
Born in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, July 3,
1811.
Son of John Reily and Nancy (Hunter) Reily.
Lawyer;
major in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1840-41; Texas Republic
Minister to the United States, 1841-42; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1853-54; U.S. Consul in SAINT Petersburg, 1856; colonel in the Confederate Army during
the Civil War.
Presbyterian;
later Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Killed
in the Battle of Camp Bisland, on Bayou Teche, near Franklin, St. Mary
Parish, La., April 14,
1863 (age 51 years, 285
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Clarence Robinson (b. 1875) —
of Tecumseh, Pottawatomie
County, Okla.
Born in De Leon, Comanche
County, Tex., December
11, 1875.
Son of M. V. Robinson and Maria L. (Williams) Robinson.
Democrat. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; lawyer;
Mayor, Tecumseh, Okla., 1917-18; Pottawatomie
County Probate Judge, 1919-22.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Byron Giles Rogers (1900-1983) —
also known as Byron G. Rogers —
of Bent
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Greenville, Hunt
County, Tex., August 1,
1900.
Son of Peter Rogers and Minnie M. (Gentry) Rogers.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1931-35; Speaker of
the Colorado State House of Representatives, 1933; Colorado
state attorney general, 1936-40; Colorado
Democratic state chair, 1941-42; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1951-71; defeated,
1940.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Lions; Elks; Odd
Fellows; American Bar
Association; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons; Shriners.
Died in a hospital
in Denver,
Colo., December
31, 1983 (age 83 years, 152
days).
Interment at Mt.
Lindo Cemetery, Near Tiny Town, Jefferson County, Colo.
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Daniel Rowlett (c.1786-1847) —
of Texas.
Born in Prince
Edward County, Va., about 1786.
Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1837-38, 1839-40, 1843-44.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died December
2, 1847 (age about 61
years).
Interment at Inglish
Cemetery, Bonham, Tex.
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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, Austin, Tex.
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Morgan Gurley Sanders (1878-1956) —
also known as Morgan G. Sanders —
of Canton, Van Zandt
County, Tex.
Born near Ben Wheeler, Van Zandt
County, Tex., July 14,
1878.
Son of Levi Lindsey Sanders and Sarah Francis (Smith) Sanders.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1903-06; Van
Zandt County Attorney, 1910-14; District Attorney 7th District,
1914-16; U.S.
Representative from Texas 3rd District, 1921-39.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Died January
7, 1956 (age 77 years, 177
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Canton, Tex.
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Robert Edward Lee Saner (b. 1871) —
also known as Robert E. Lee Saner —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born near Washington, Hempstead
County, Ark., August 9,
1871.
Son of John Franklin Saner and Susan Crawford (Webb) Saner.
Democrat. Lawyer; secretary of
Texas Democratic Party, 1899-1901.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Emil Sauer (b. 1881) —
of Lange, Gillespie
County, Tex.; Doss, Gillespie
County, Tex.
Born in Stonewall, Gillespie
County, Tex., June 10,
1881.
Son of J. F. Sauer and Christine Sauer.
U.S. Consul in Baghdad, 1911-13; Gothenberg, 1913-15; Cologne, 1915-17, 1919-25; Maracaibo, 1917-19; Copenhagen, 1919; Sherbrooke, 1925; Toronto, 1925-32; U.S. Consul General in Rio de Janeiro, 1935; Frankfort, 1938.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1919
to Victoria Vale. |
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Joseph Draper Sayers (1841-1929) —
also known as Joseph D. Sayers —
of Bastrop, Bastrop
County, Tex.
Born in Grenada, Grenada
County, Miss., September
23, 1841.
Son of David Sayers and Mary Thomas (Peete) Sayers.
Democrat. Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Texas
state senate, 1873; Texas
Democratic state chair, 1875-78; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1878-80; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1885-99 (10th District 1885-93, 9th
District 1893-99); Governor of
Texas, 1899-1903.
Member, Freemasons.
Died May 15,
1929 (age 87 years, 234
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Bastrop, Tex.
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John Phillips Saylor (1908-1973) —
also known as John P. Saylor —
of Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born in Conemaugh Township, Somerset
County, Pa., July 23,
1908.
Son of Tillman
K. Saylor and Minerva (Phillips) Saylor.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1949-73 (26th District 1949-53,
22nd District 1953-73, 12th District 1973); died in office 1973;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1972.
Evangelical
and Reformed Church; later United
Church of Christ. Member, Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Freemasons; Shriners;
American Bar
Association; Eagles.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., October
28, 1973 (age 65 years, 97
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Johnstown, Pa.
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Henry Hulme Sevier (1878-1940) —
also known as Hal H. Sevier —
of Corpus Christi, Nueces
County, Tex.
Born in Columbia, Maury
County, Tenn., March 16,
1878.
Son of Theodore Francis Sevier and Mary (Douglas) Sevier.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1902-06; vice-president, Corpus
Christi Bank
and Trust Co.; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1933-35.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Woodmen.
Died in 1940
(age about
62 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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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
in Marshall, Tex.
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Morris Sheppard (1875-1941) —
of Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex.
Born in Wheatville, Morris
County, Tex., May 28,
1875.
Son of John
Levi Sheppard.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1902-13 (4th District 1902-03, 1st
District 1903-13); U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1913-41; died in office 1941.
Methodist.
Member, Woodmen;
Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Redmen; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died April 9,
1941 (age 65 years, 316
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Texarkana, Tex.
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E. Carlyle Smith, Jr. (c.1939-2003) —
of Grand Prairie, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Corpus Christi, Nueces
County, Tex., about 1939.
Son of E.
Carlyle Smith.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1972;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1975.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Rotary; Jaycees;
Freemasons; Shriners.
Died, of complications from a brain
tumor, in Grand Prairie, Dallas
County, Tex., June 29,
2003 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Old
Southland Cemetery, Grand Prairie, Tex.
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L. B. Snyder (1893-1964) —
of New Martinsville, Wetzel
County, W.Va.
Born in Glovers Gap, Marion
County, W.Va., October
24, 1893.
Son of H. C. Snyder and Mary A. (Murray) Snyder.
Democrat. Wetzel
County Sheriff, 1929-32; business
executive; member of West
Virginia state senate 2nd District, 1937-40; defeated, 1940.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Moose.
Died in Corpus Christi, Nueces
County, Tex., January
16, 1964 (age 70 years, 84
days).
Interment at Memory
Gardens Cemetery, Corpus Christi, Tex.
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Jacob Franklin Spears, Sr. (1899-1946) —
also known as J. Franklin Spears —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.; Tarpon Springs, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Darlington
County, S.C., October
6, 1899.
Son of James
Monroe Spears.
Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor
of Tarpon Springs, Fla., 1921; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1934-36; member of Texas
state senate, 1937-46.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Eagles; Redmen; Odd
Fellows.
Died, from a heart
attack, in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., May 29,
1946 (age 46 years, 235
days).
Interment at Mission
Burial Park South, San Antonio, Tex.
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John Hall Stephens (1847-1924) —
also known as John H. Stephens —
of Vernon, Wilbarger
County, Tex.
Born in Shelby
County, Tex., November
22, 1847.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state senate, 1886-88; U.S.
Representative from Texas 13th District, 1897-1917.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Monrovia, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
18, 1924 (age 76 years, 362
days).
Interment at East
View Cemetery, Vernon, Tex.
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Coke Robert Stevenson (1888-1975) —
also known as Coke R. Stevenson —
of Junction, Kimble
County, Tex.
Born in Mason
County, Tex., March 20,
1888.
Democrat. County judge in Texas, 1919-21; member of Texas
state house of representatives 86th District, 1929-39; Speaker of
the Texas State House of Representatives, 1933-37; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1939-41; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1940;
Governor
of Texas, 1941-47; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1948.
Member, Freemasons; Woodmen of
the World; Rotary.
Died June 28,
1975 (age 87 years, 100
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Kimble County, Tex.
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Beden Stroud (c.1795-1865) —
of Texas.
Born in Morgan
County, Ga., about 1795.
Member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Milam and Robertson, 1838-41.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1865
(age about
70 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Elbert Stubbs (1881-1937) —
also known as Henry E. Stubbs —
of Santa Maria, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in Coleman
County, Tex., March 4,
1881.
Son of Henry Harrisson Stubbs and Susie (Foreman) Stubbs.
Democrat. Ordained
minister; U.S.
Representative from California 10th District, 1933-37; died in
office 1937.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Eagles; Redmen.
Died February
28, 1937 (age 55 years, 361
days).
Interment at Santa
Maria Cemetery, Santa Maria, Calif.
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Edward H. Tarrant (1799-1858) —
of Texas.
Born in South Carolina, 1799.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; served in the Texas
Army during the Texas War of Independence; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1837; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; general in the
U.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1847; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1849-53.
Member, Freemasons.
Died near Weatherford, Parker
County, Tex., August 2,
1858 (age about 59
years).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Parker County, Tex.; subsequent
interment in 1859 at a
private or family graveyard, Ellis County, Tex.; reinterment in
1928 at Pioneer
Rest Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tex.
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Clark Wallace Thompson (1896-1981) —
also known as Clark W. Thompson —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., August 6,
1896.
Son of Clark Wallace Thompson and Jessie Marilla (Hyde) Thompson.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; insurance
business; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1933-35, 1947-67 (7th District
1933-35, 9th District 1947-67); served in the U.S. Marine Corps
during World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1956
(alternate), 1964.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons; Shriners;
Eagles;
Redmen.
Died in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., December
16, 1981 (age 85 years, 132
days).
Interment at Galveston
Memorial Park Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.
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William Homer Thornberry (1909-1995) —
also known as W. Homer Thornberry —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., January
9, 1909.
Son of William Moore Thornberry and Mary Lillian (Jones) Thornberry.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1937-40; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Texas 10th District, 1949-63; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956,
1960;
U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Texas, 1963-65; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1965-78.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Died December
12, 1995 (age 86 years, 337
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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J. M. Thurmond (1836-1882) —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born February
22, 1836.
Mayor
of Dallas, Tex., 1879-80.
Member, Freemasons.
Died March 14,
1882 (age 46 years, 20
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Dallas, Tex.
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Andrew Jackson Titus (1814-1855) —
of Texas.
Born in Rutherford
County, Tenn., March 12,
1814.
Son of James
Titus.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Texas state
legislature, 1851-52.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Died April 9,
1855 (age 41 years, 28
days).
Interment at Savannah
Cemetery, Red River County, Tex.
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William Barret Travis (1809-1836) —
also known as William B. Travis —
of Claiborne, Monroe
County, Ala.; Anahuac, Chambers
County, Tex.
Born in Red Bank, Edgefield District (now Saluda
County), S.C., August 9,
1809.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Austin, 1835;
colonel in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence.
Member, Freemasons.
Killed
while defending the Alamo, in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., March 6,
1836 (age 26 years, 210
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at San
Fernando Cathedral, San Antonio, Tex.
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Horace Worth Vaughan (1867-1922) —
also known as Horace W. Vaughan —
of Texas.
Born in Marion
County, Tex., December
2, 1867.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state senate, 1911-13; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1913-15; U.S.
Attorney for Hawaii, 1915-16; Judge of
U.S. District Court, 1916-22.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, November
10, 1922 (age 54 years, 343
days).
Interment at Oahu
Cemetery, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii.
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Elmer Gifford Walker (b. 1898) —
also known as E. G. Walker —
of Homewood, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Commerce, Hunt
County, Tex., February
9, 1898.
Son of Pink Walker and Mary C. (Starkey) Walker.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; served in the U.S. Army
Air Force in World War II; mayor
of Homewood, Ala., 1956-67.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Lions;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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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, Austin, Tex.
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Matthias Ward (1805-1861) —
of Texas.
Born in Elbert
County, Ga., October
13, 1805.
Member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1842-44; member of Texas
state senate, 1849-50; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1858-59.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Warm Springs (now Hot Springs), Madison
County, N.C., October
5, 1861 (age 55 years, 357
days).
Interment at Nashville
City Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Avra Milvin Warren (1893-1957) —
also known as Avra M. Warren —
of Ellicott City, Howard
County, Md.; Virginia
Beach, Va.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Ilchester, Howard
County, Md., August
26, 1893.
Son of Frederick Warren and Mary Jane (Myers) Warren.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Consul in Cape Hatien, 1920-22; Karachi, 1922-23; Nairobi, 1924-25; SAINT John's, 1926-30; Buenos Aires, 1931-32; U.S. Consul General in Buenos Aires, 1932-35; U.S. Minister to Dominican Republic, 1942-43; New Zealand, 1945-47; Finland, 1947-50; U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1943-44; Panama, 1944-45; Pakistan, 1950-52; Turkey, 1953-56.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Died in 1957
(age about
63 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Webb (1792-1856) —
of Texas.
Born in Fairfax
County, Va., March 31,
1792.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; justice of
Florida territorial supreme court, 1828-38; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1839, 1839; Attorney
General of the Texas Republic, 1839-41; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Bastrop, Fayette, Gonzales and
Travis, 1841-42, 1842-44; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; secretary of
state of Texas, 1849-51; district judge in Texas, 1854-56; died
in office 1856.
Member, Freemasons.
Died November
1, 1856 (age 64 years, 215
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Goliad, Tex.
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John Austin Wharton (1806-1838) —
of Texas.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., 1806.
Delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Columbia, 1835;
served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; Texas
Republic Secretary of War, 1836; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1836-37, 1838; died in office
1838.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., December
17, 1838 (age about 32
years).
Interment at Founders
Memorial Park, Houston, Tex.
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Guinn Williams (1871-1948) —
of Decatur, Wise
County, Tex.
Born near Beuela, Calhoun
County, Miss., April 22,
1871.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state senate, 1920-22; U.S.
Representative from Texas 13th District, 1922-33.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Sons
of Confederate Veterans.
Died in San Angelo, Tom Green
County, Tex., January
9, 1948 (age 76 years, 262
days).
Interment at Oak
Lawn Cemetery, Decatur, Tex.
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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, Fort Worth, Tex.; reinterment in 1957 at Greenwood
Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tex.
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Robert Wilson (1793-1856) —
also known as "Honest Bob" —
of Texas.
Born in Easton, Talbot
County, Md., December
7, 1793.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; delegate
to Texas Convention of 1832 from District of San Jacinto, 1832;
served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Harrisburg and Liberty, 1836-38,
1839; candidate for President
of the Texas Republic, 1838, 1843; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845.
Member, Freemasons.
Expelled
from Texas Republic Senate, December 26, 1838, for using
profanity and disclosing
secrecy; subsequently returned to office.
Died May 25,
1856 (age 62 years, 170
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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John Monroe Woolsey (1819-1901) —
also known as "Captain" —
of Texas.
Born in Georgia, September
3, 1819.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1887.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Sweet Home, Lavaca
County, Tex., September
30, 1901 (age 82 years, 27
days).
Interment somewhere
in Yoakum, Tex.
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Frank Wilson Wozencraft (1892-1966) —
also known as Frank W. Wozencraft; "The Boy
Mayor" —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., June 7,
1892.
Son of Alfred Prior Wozencraft and Virginia Lee (Wilson) Wozencraft.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Presidential Elector for Texas, 1916;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor of
Dallas, Tex., 1919-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Texas, 1924;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in a hospital
at Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., September
3, 1966 (age 74 years, 88
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Dallas, Tex.
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George Washington Wright (1809-1877) —
of Texas.
Born in Carthage, Smith
County, Tenn., December
11, 1809.
Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1836-37, 1838-39; member of Texas
Republic Senate, 1843-45; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Paris, Lamar
County, Tex., August 2,
1877 (age 67 years, 234
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Paris, Tex.
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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, Austin, Tex.
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