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Bowie County
Texas

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Bowie County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards Texarkana Hillcrest Cemetery Texarkana Rose Hill Cemetery Private or family graveyard Bowie County, Texas Politicians formerly buried here:   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 in a private or family graveyard; reinterment in 1929 at Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.   Relatives: Nephew of Hiram George Runnels; uncle of Cornelia Runnels (who married David Smith Terry).   Political family: Runnels-Terry family of Houston, Texas.   See also National Governors Association biography Hillcrest Cemetery Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas Politicians buried here:   John Morris Sheppard (1875-1941) — also known as Morris Sheppard — of Texarkana, Bowie County, Tex. Born in Wheatville, Morris County, Tex., May 28, 1875. 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 of the World; Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Redmen; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Kappa Alpha Order; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, from a brain hemorrhage, in Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D.C., April 9, 1941 (age 65 years, 316 days). Interment at Hillcrest Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John Levi Sheppard and Margaret Alice (Eddins) Sheppard; married, December 1, 1909, to Lucile Ferguson Sanderson (who later married Thomas Terry Connally); grandfather of Richard Sheppard Arnold, Connie Mack III and Morris Sheppard Arnold; great-grandfather of Connie Mack IV.   Political family: Sheppard-Arnold family of Texarkana, Texas.   Sheppard Air Force Base (opened 1941 as Sheppard Field; runways are shared with the Wichita Falls Regional Airport), in Wichita County, Texas, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   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. 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, 1960, 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.   Relatives: Son of John Patman and Emma (Spurlin) Patman; married, February 14, 1919, to Merle Connor; father of William Neff Patman.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier   Books about Wright Patman: Nancy Beck Young, Wright Patman : Populism, Liberalism, & the American Dream Rose Hill Cemetery Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas Politicians buried here:   Poindexter Dunn (1834-1914) — of Forrest City, St. Francis County, Ark.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif.; Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, La.; Texarkana, Bowie County, Tex. Born near Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., November 3, 1834. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas state house of representatives, 1858; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Arkansas 1st District, 1879-89. Slaveowner. Died in Texarkana, Bowie County, Tex., October 12, 1914 (age 79 years, 343 days). Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Robert Lee Henry (1864-1931) — also known as Robert L. Henry — of Texarkana, Bowie County, Tex.; Waco, McLennan County, Tex. Born in Linden, Cass County, Tex., May 12, 1864. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Texarkana, Tex., 1890-91; U.S. Representative from Texas, 1897-1917 (7th District 1897-1903, 1st District 1903-05, 11th District 1905-17); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1912 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business; speaker). Died from the accidental discharge of a pistol, in Houston, Harris County, Tex., July 9, 1931 (age 67 years, 58 days). Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Third great-grandson of Patrick Henry.   Political family: Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Image source: Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)   John Levi Sheppard (1852-1902) — also known as John L. Sheppard — of Texarkana, Bowie County, Tex. Born in Bluffton, Cherokee County, Ala., April 13, 1852. Democrat. Lawyer; district judge in Texas, 1888-96; U.S. Representative from Texas 4th District, 1899-1902; died in office 1902. Died in Eureka Springs, Carroll County, Ark., October 11, 1902 (age 50 years, 181 days). Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John Turner Sheppard and Amanda Melvina (Morris) Sheppard; married to Margaret Alice Eddins; father of John Morris Sheppard; great-grandfather of Richard Sheppard Arnold, Connie Mack III and Morris Sheppard Arnold; second great-grandfather of Connie Mack IV.   Political family: Sheppard-Arnold family of Texarkana, Texas.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Carroll L. Shiffer (c.1921-1973) — of Texarkana, Bowie County, Tex. Born about 1921. Mayor of Texarkana, Tex., 1953-54; FBI agent. Died in Ardmore, Carter County, Okla., 1973 (age about 52 years). Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery.

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