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Location
Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas
Buena Vista
Burial Park
5 McDavitt Boulevard
Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas
Politicians buried
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Milton Horace West (1888-1948) —
also known as Milton H. West —
of Brownsville, Cameron
County, Tex.
Born near Gonzales, Gonzales
County, Tex., June 30,
1888.
Democrat. Member of Texas state legislature, 1929-33; U.S.
Representative from Texas 15th District, 1933-48; died in office
1948.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
28, 1948 (age 60 years, 120
days).
Interment at Buena Vista Burial Park.
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Blanca Vela (1936-2014) —
also known as Blanca Sanchez —
of Brownsville, Cameron
County, Tex.
Born in Harlingen, Cameron
County, Tex., May 27,
1936.
Democrat. Mayor
of Brownsville, Tex., 1999-2003; bank
director.
Female.
Mexican
ancestry.
Died in Brownsville, Cameron
County, Tex., February
19, 2014 (age 77 years, 268
days).
Interment at Buena Vista Burial Park.
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Robert Runyon (1881-1968) —
of Brownsville, Cameron
County, Tex.
Born in Catlettsburg, Boyd
County, Ky., July 28,
1881.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1944.
Died in Brownsville, Cameron
County, Tex., March 9,
1968 (age 86 years, 225
days).
Interment at Buena Vista Burial Park.
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Henry Gustav Krausse (1896-1972) —
also known as Henry G. Krausse —
of Brownsville, Cameron
County, Tex.
Born in Brownsville, Cameron
County, Tex., October
28, 1896.
U.S. Vice Consul in Matamoros, 1919-22, 1922-24, 1924-26, 1926-27, 1927-38; Nuevo Laredo, 1922, 1924; San Luis Potosi, 1926; Saltillo, 1927.
Died, from arteriosclerosis
and congestive
heart failure, in Mercy Hospital,
Brownsville, Cameron
County, Tex., October
3, 1972 (age 75 years, 341
days).
Interment at Buena Vista Burial Park.
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Old City
Cemetery
Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
Politicians buried
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Rice Garland (1798-1863) —
of Opelousas, St. Landry
Parish, La.; Brownsville, Cameron
County, Tex.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., September
30, 1798.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1834-40; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1840-46; Cameron
County Judge, 1853-54.
Slaveowner.
Died in Brownsville, Cameron
County, Tex., August
12, 1863 (age 64 years, 316
days).
Interment at Old City Cemetery.
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![R. B. Creager](https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/366/17.73.jpg) |
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.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1909; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Texas, 1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1936
(member, Arrangements
Committee), 1940
(member, Arrangements
Committee), 1944,
1948;
candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1916; member of Republican
National Committee from Texas, 1924-40.
Member, Freemasons.
Died October
28, 1950 (age 73 years, 231
days).
Interment at Old City Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank A. W. Creager and Katharyn (Rentfro) Creager; married to
Alice Terrell. |
| ![](hand.gif) | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| ![](hand.gif) | Image source: Official Report of the
21st Republican National Convention (1936) |
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Simon Celaya (1824-1908) —
of Brownsville, Cameron
County, Tex.
Born in Spain,
September
28, 1824.
Merchant;
promoter and builder, Rio Grande Railroad;
Honorary
Vice-Consul for Spain in Brownsville,
Tex., 1900-07.
Catholic.
Spanish
ancestry.
Died in Brownsville, Cameron
County, Tex., November
25, 1908 (age 84 years, 58
days).
Interment at Old City Cemetery.
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John Celestin Jagou (1844-1898) —
also known as Celestin Jagou —
of Brownsville, Cameron
County, Tex.
Born in France,
1844.
Commission
merchant; importer;
Consular
Agent for France in Brownsville,
Tex., 1897-98.
Died, from Bright's
disease, in Brownsville, Cameron
County, Tex., April
14, 1898 (age about 53
years).
Interment at Old City Cemetery.
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