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Index to Locations
San Antonio Unknown location
San Antonio Alamo Masonic Cemetery
San Antonio City Cemetery No. 1
San Antonio Confederate Cemetery
San Antonio Dignowitty Cemetery
San Antonio Fort Sam Houston National
Cemetery
San Antonio Military Cemetery
San Antonio Mission Burial Park
North
San Antonio Mission Burial Park
South
San Antonio St. Mary's Cemetery
San Antonio San Fernando Cathedral
San Antonio San Fernando Cemetery
#1
San Antonio San Fernando Cemetery
#2
San Antonio San Jose Burial Park
San Antonio San Jose Burial Park
San Antonio United States National
Cemetery
Unknown
Location
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
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Vincent Tuero (1881-1953) —
also known as Vicente Sifuentes Tuero —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; North Tonawanda, Niagara
County, N.Y.; Southfield, Oakland
County, Mich.; San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Durango,
January
26, 1881.
Socialist. Naturalized U.S. citizen; streetcar
conductor; financial
secretary and Treasurer,
Street Carmen's Union; candidate for New York
state assembly from Erie County 2nd District, 1918; during a
railway strike in 1922, the Niagara Falls High Speed Line train line
was dynamited,
wrecking a train and injuring its passengers; in 1923, Tuero and
others were indicted
in federal court for conspiring to steal, transport, and place the
dynamite; a trial
was held in January 1926, but the charges against Tuero were
dismissed by the judge at the end of the prosecution's case.
Mexican
ancestry.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Laurelwood Rest
Home, San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., July 9,
1953 (age 72 years, 164
days).
Interment somewhere.
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Relatives: Son
of Mariano Tuero and Dolores (Sifuentes) Tuero. |
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Alamo Masonic
Cemetery
East Commerce Street at North Pine Street
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
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James Pearson Newcomb (1837-1907) —
also known as James P. Newcomb —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Amherst, Nova
Scotia, August
31, 1837.
Republican. Secretary
of state of Texas, 1870-74; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1876; postmaster at San
Antonio, Tex., 1883-85.
Died October
16, 1907 (age 70 years, 46
days).
Interment at Alamo Masonic Cemetery.
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City Cemetery No.
1
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
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Samuel Augustus Maverick (1803-1870) —
also known as Samuel A. Maverick —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Pendleton District (now Anderson
County), S.C., July 23,
1803.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Bexar, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; mayor
of San Antonio, Tex., 1839-40, 1862-63; member of Texas
state house of representatives 44th District, 1851-53.
His name is the origin of the term "maverick" for an unbranded cow,
which later came to mean a political party dissident.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., September
2, 1870 (age 67 years, 41
days).
Interment at City Cemetery No. 1.
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Edwin Holland Terrell (1848-1910) —
Born November
21, 1848.
U.S. Minister to Belgium, 1889-93.
Died July 1,
1910 (age 61 years, 222
days).
Interment at City Cemetery No. 1.
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Christopher Columbus Upson (1829-1902) —
also known as Columbus Upson —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born near Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., October
17, 1829.
Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Texas; U.S.
Representative from Texas 6th District, 1879-83.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., February
8, 1902 (age 72 years, 114
days).
Interment at City Cemetery No. 1.
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Edward Degener (1809-1890) —
of Texas.
Born in Brunswick (Braunschweig), Germany,
October
20, 1809.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Texas 4th District, 1869-71.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., September
11, 1890 (age 80 years, 326
days).
Interment at City Cemetery No. 1.
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Ludovic Colquhoun (1804-1882) —
also known as Ludwig Colquhoun —
of Texas.
Born in 1804.
Member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Bexar, 1842.
Died December
4, 1882 (age about 78
years).
Interment at City Cemetery No. 1.
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Confederate
Cemetery
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
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Hamilton Prioleau Bee (1822-1897) —
of Texas.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., July 22,
1822.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1849-59; Speaker of
the Texas State House of Representatives, 1855-57; general in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., October
3, 1897 (age 75 years, 73
days).
Interment at Confederate Cemetery.
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Carlos Bee (1867-1932) —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Saltillo, Coahuila
of American parents, July 8,
1867.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1908;
member of Texas
state senate, 1915-19; U.S.
Representative from Texas 14th District, 1919-21; defeated, 1920.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., April
20, 1932 (age 64 years, 287
days).
Interment at Confederate Cemetery.
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Dignowitty
Cemetery
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
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William Bacon Wright (1830-1895) —
of Texas.
Born in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., July 4,
1830.
Representative
from Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; major in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1875.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., August
10, 1895 (age 65 years, 37
days).
Interment at Dignowitty Cemetery.
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John Lafayette Camp (1828-1891) —
of Gilmer, Upshur
County, Tex.
Born in Jefferson
County, Ala., February
20, 1828.
Democrat. Planter; lawyer;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1872;
member of Texas
state senate, 1875-78; district judge in Texas, 1878-84.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., July 16,
1891 (age 63 years, 146
days).
Interment at Dignowitty Cemetery.
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Fort Sam Houston
National Cemetery
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
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Frank Mariano Tejeda (1945-1997) —
also known as Frank Tejeda —
of Texas.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., October
2, 1945.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War; lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1977-86; member of Texas
state senate, 1987-92; U.S.
Representative from Texas 28th District, 1993-97; died in office
1997; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1996.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Died of brain
cancer and pneumonia,
in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., January
30, 1997 (age 51 years, 120
days).
Interment at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.
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Kearie Lee Berry (1893-1965) —
also known as K. L. Berry —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Denton
County, Tex., July 6,
1893.
Democrat. Adjutant
General of Texas, 1947-50; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1948.
Christian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Shriners;
American
Legion; National Rifle
Association.
Died in April, 1965
(age 71
years, 0 days).
Interment at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.
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Joseph Solomon Ergas (1896-1965) —
also known as Joseph S. Ergas —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Monastir, Ottoman Empire (now Bitola, North
Macedonia), December
24, 1896.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; physician;
Honorary
Consul for Panama in St.
Louis, Mo., 1928-35.
Died in Fredericksburg, Gillespie
County, Tex., January
1, 1965 (age 68 years, 8
days).
Interment at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.
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Claude Vivian Birkhead (1880-1950) —
also known as Claude Birkhead —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Phoenix, Jackson
County, Ore., May 27,
1880.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Texas, 1910-12; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1940.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., November
19, 1950 (age 70 years, 176
days).
Interment at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.
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Marshall Conant Graff (1892-1966) —
also known as Marshall C. Graff —
of Appleton, Outagamie
County, Wis.
Born in Elkhorn, Walworth
County, Wis., June 6,
1892.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1948.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion.
Died July 22,
1966 (age 74 years, 46
days).
Interment at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.
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Military
Cemetery
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
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Harry McLeary Wurzbach (1874-1931) —
also known as Harry M. Wurzbach —
of Seguin, Guadalupe
County, Tex.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., May 19,
1874.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Guadalupe
County Attorney, 1901-02; Guadalupe
County Judge, 1905-12; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Texas, 1912
(alternate), 1924
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); U.S.
Representative from Texas 14th District, 1921-29, 1930-31;
defeated, 1928; died in office 1931.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., November
6, 1931 (age 57 years, 171
days).
Interment at Military Cemetery.
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Mission Burial
Park North
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
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Hallet Thomas Ellsworth (1885-1974) —
of Laredo, Webb
County, Tex.
Born in Corpus Christi, Nueces
County, Tex., November
7, 1885.
Office
clerk; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Ciudad Porfirio Diaz, 1912.
Died, from arteriosclerotic
heart disease, in Northeast Baptist Hospital,
San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., December
26, 1974 (age 89 years, 49
days).
Interment at Mission Burial Park North.
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Mission Burial
Park South
1700 S.E. Military Drive
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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Frank Melvin Karsten (1913-1992) —
also known as Frank M. Karsten —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., January
7, 1913.
Democrat. Secretary to U.S. Rep. John
J. Cochran, 1934-46; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1947-69 (13th District 1947-53, 1st
District 1953-69).
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma
Nu Phi.
Died May 14,
1992 (age 79 years, 128
days).
Interment at Mission Burial Park South.
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Claude Benton Hudspeth (1877-1941) —
also known as Claude B. Hudspeth; C. B.
Hudspeth —
of El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex.
Born in Medina, Bandera
County, Tex., May 12,
1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; livestock
grower; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1902-06; member of Texas
state senate, 1906-18; U.S.
Representative from Texas 16th District, 1919-31.
Died March
19, 1941 (age 63 years, 311
days).
Interment at Mission Burial Park South.
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James Luther Slayden (1853-1924) —
also known as James L. Slayden —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Mayfield, Graves
County, Ky., June 1,
1853.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1892; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1897-1919 (12th District 1897-1903,
14th District 1903-19).
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., February
24, 1924 (age 70 years, 268
days).
Interment at Mission Burial Park South.
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Thomas Moore Paschal (1845-1919) —
also known as Thomas M. Paschal —
of Castroville, Medina
County, Tex.
Born in Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La., December
15, 1845.
Democrat. State court judge in Texas, 1870-71, 1876-92; U.S.
Representative from Texas 12th District, 1893-95.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., January
28, 1919 (age 73 years, 44
days).
Interment at Mission Burial Park South.
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Lewis Porter Featherstone (1851-1922) —
also known as Lewis P. Featherstone —
of Arkansas.
Born in Oxford, Lafayette
County, Miss., July 28,
1851.
Member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1887-88; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 1st District, 1890-91; defeated
(Union Labor), 1888, 1890.
Died in Longview, Gregg
County, Tex., March
14, 1922 (age 70 years, 229
days).
Interment at Mission Burial Park South.
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Glenn Allan Abbey (1898-1962) —
also known as Glenn A. Abbey —
of Dodgeville, Iowa
County, Wis.
Born in Dodgeville, Iowa
County, Wis., June 11,
1898.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Johannesburg, 1928-31; U.S. Consul General in Salonika, 1949-51.
Died, from esophageal
cancer, with metastasis
to the liver, in Santa Rosa Medical
Center, San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., January
28, 1962 (age 63 years, 231
days).
Interment at Mission Burial Park South.
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Lloyd E. Wolfe (1852-1925) —
of Randolph
County, Mo.; San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Lewis
County, Va. (now W.Va.), August
30, 1852.
Missouri
superintendent of schools, 1891-94.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., April
20, 1925 (age 72 years, 233
days).
Interment at Mission Burial Park South.
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Relatives: Son
of Lemuel R. Wolfe and Harriet (Arnold) Wolfe; married to Annie
Smith. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Giles Russell Taggart (1870-1931) —
also known as G. Russell Taggart —
of Washington,
D.C.; Woodbury, Gloucester
County, N.J.
Born in Clarksboro, Gloucester
County, N.J., July 20,
1870.
U.S. Consul in Cornwall, 1912-17; Fort William, 1917-20; Port Arthur, 1917-20; London, 1920-27; Belize City, 1927-30.
Seriously injured and suffered exposure during a hurricane,
contracted pneumonia,
and died a few days later, in Belize City, Belize,
September
15, 1931 (age 61 years, 57
days). His heroism in saving others' lives during the storm was
recognized in 1934 by the U.S. House of Representatives.
Interment at Mission Burial Park South.
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Jacob Franklin Spears, Sr. (1899-1946) —
also known as J. Franklin Spears —
of Tarpon Springs, Pinellas
County, Fla.; San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Darlington
County, S.C., October
6, 1899.
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.
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Mary Hudspeth (1881-1957) —
also known as Mary Clibourne; Mrs. Claude B.
Hudspeth —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born May 1,
1881.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1948,
1952.
Female.
Died August
2, 1957 (age 76 years, 93
days).
Interment at Mission Burial Park South.
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St. Mary's
Cemetery
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
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George Henry Noonan (1828-1907) —
also known as George H. Noonan —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., August
20, 1828.
Republican. State court judge in Texas, 1862-95; U.S.
Representative from Texas 12th District, 1895-97.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., August
17, 1907 (age 78 years, 362
days).
Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.
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San Fernando
Cathedral
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
| Politicians buried
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David Crockett (1786-1836) —
also known as Davy Crockett; "King of the Wild
Frontier" —
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.
Slaveowner.
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.
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Relatives: Son
of John Crockett and Rebecca (Hawkins) Crockett; married, August
16, 1806, to Mary 'Polly' Finley; married 1815 to
Elizabeth Patton; father of John
Wesley Crockett; first cousin twice removed of Charles
Carroll Walcutt. |
| | | Political family: Crockett-Walcutt
family of Tennessee. |
| | | Crockett counties in Tenn. and Tex. are
named for him. |
| | | The Davy Crockett National
Forest (established 1936), in Houston
and Trinity
counties, Texas, is named for
him. |
| | | Personal motto: "Be sure you're right,
then go ahead." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by David Crockett: A
Narrative of the Life of David Crockett of the State of
Tennessee |
| | | Books about David Crockett: William C.
Davis, Three
Roads to the Alamo: The Lives and Fortunes of David Crockett, James
Bowie, and William Barret Travis — Constance Rourke,
Davy
Crockett — Elaine Alphin, Davy
Crockett (for young readers) |
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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.
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San Fernando
Cemetery #1
1100 S. Colorado
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
Founded 1840
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Henry L. Radaz (1825-1877) —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born April
29, 1825.
Democrat. Postmaster at San
Antonio, Tex., 1856-61.
Died in 1877
(age about
52 years).
Interment at San Fernando Cemetery #1.
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James L. Trueheart (1815-1882) —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Virginia, August
12, 1815.
Democrat. Postmaster at San
Antonio, Tex., 1846-47.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., November
30, 1882 (age 67 years, 110
days).
Interment at San Fernando Cemetery #1.
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José Francisco Ruiz (1783-1840) —
also known as Francisco Ruiz —
of Texas.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., January
29, 1783.
Delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Bexar, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Bexar, 1836-37.
Catholic.
First
schoolmaster in San Antonio, Texas.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., January
19, 1840 (age 56 years, 355
days).
Interment at San Fernando Cemetery #1.
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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; statue at Navarro
County Courthouse Grounds, Corsicana, Tex.
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San Fernando
Cemetery #2
746 Castroville Road
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
Founded 1921
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Henry Barbosa Gonzalez (1916-2000) —
also known as Henry B. Gonzalez —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., May 3,
1916.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state senate, 1956-61; candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1958; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1961; U.S.
Representative from Texas 20th District, 1961-99; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1964,
1996.
Catholic.
Hispanic
ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Was in the motorcade in Dallas, Tex., when President John
F. Kennedy was shot. In a San Antonio restaurant in 1986, he
punched a man who called him a communist; he was charged
with assault,
but acquitted.
Died, in Downtown Baptist Hospital,
San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., November
28, 2000 (age 84 years, 209
days).
Interment at San Fernando Cemetery #2.
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Augustus McCloskey (1877-1950) —
of Texas.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., September
23, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; Bexar
County Judge, 1920-28; U.S.
Representative from Texas 14th District, 1929-30.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., July 21,
1950 (age 72 years, 301
days).
Interment at San Fernando Cemetery #2.
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San Jose Burial
Park
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Fontaine Maury Maverick (1895-1954) —
also known as Maury Maverick —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., October
23, 1895.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lumber
business; U.S.
Representative from Texas 20th District, 1935-39; mayor
of San Antonio, Tex., 1939-41; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Coined the word "gobbledygook," during World War II, for pompously
worded directives.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., June 7,
1954 (age 58 years, 227
days).
Interment at San Jose Burial Park.
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San Jose Burial
Park
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
United States
National Cemetery
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
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