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Gillespie County
Texas

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Gillespie County

Index to Locations Fredericksburg St. Mary Cemetery Stonewall LBJ Ranch St. Mary Cemetery Fredericksburg, Gillespie County, Texas See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Max Jacob Bierschwale (1887-1967) — also known as Max J. Bierschwale — of Fredericksburg, Gillespie County, Tex. Born in Fredericksburg, Gillespie County, Tex., January 4, 1887. Republican. Insurance business; candidate for U.S. Representative from Texas 21st District, 1936, 1938; chair of Gillespie County Republican Party, 1950. Catholic. German ancestry. Died, following a series of strokes, due to arteriosclerotic heart disease, in the Kopp Nursing Home, near Fredericksburg, Gillespie County, Tex., May 27, 1967 (age 80 years, 143 days). Interment at St. Mary Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William Bierschwale and Lina (Jung) Bierschwale; married, June 12, 1912, to Lydia Kusenberger; father of Calvin Joseph Bierschwale.   See also OurCampaigns candidate detail   Calvin Joseph Bierschwale (1923-1990) — also known as Calvin J. Bierschwale — of Fredericksburg, Gillespie County, Tex. Born in Fredericksburg, Gillespie County, Tex., July 24, 1923. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1948. Catholic. German ancestry. Died in Fredericksburg, Gillespie County, Tex., March 30, 1990 (age 66 years, 249 days). Interment at St. Mary Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Max Jacob Bierschwale and Lydia (Kusenberger) Bierschwale; married, January 20, 1951, to Dorothy Agnes Stein.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial LBJ Ranch Stonewall, Gillespie County, Texas Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1969 Politicians buried here: Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908-1973) — also known as Lyndon B. Johnson; "L.B.J."; "Landslide Lyndon"; "Preacher Lyndon"; "The Accidental President"; "Volunteer"; "Light Bulb Johnson" — of Johnson City, Blanco County, Tex. Born near Stonewall, Gillespie County, Tex., August 27, 1908. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Texas 10th District, 1937-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1940, 1956; U.S. Senator from Texas, 1949-61; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1956, 1960, 1968; Vice President of the United States, 1961-63; President of the United States, 1963-69. Disciples of Christ. Member, American Legion; Council on Foreign Relations. Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1980. Died from a heart attack, in Gillespie County, Tex., January 22, 1973 (age 64 years, 148 days). Interment at LBJ Ranch.   Relatives: Son of Sam Ealy Johnson and Rebekah (Baines) Johnson; married, November 17, 1934, to Claudia Alta 'Lady Bird' Taylor and Claudia Alta Taylor; father of Lynda Bird Johnson (who married Charles Spittal Robb).   Political family: Johnson family of Stonewall, Texas.   Cross-reference: Roger Kent — Irvine H. Sprague — A. W. Moursund — Eliot Janeway — Barefoot Sanders   Lake LBJ (created as Lake Granite Shoals; renamed in 1965), in Burnet and Llano counties, Texas, is named for him.  — The village of Kampung LB Johnson, Malaysia, is named for him.   Campaign slogan (1964): "All The Way With L.B.J."   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Books about Lyndon B. Johnson: Doris Kearns Goodwin, Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream — Robert Dallek, Flawed Giant : Lyndon Johnson and His Times, 1961-1973 — Sean J. Savage, JFK, LBJ, and the Democratic Party — Robert A. Caro, The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson — Mark Updegrove, Indomitable Will: LBJ in the Presidency — Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, Some of It Was Fun: Working with RFK and LBJ — Robert A. Caro, The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol. IV — Michael A. Schuman, Lyndon B. Johnson (for young readers)   Critical books about Lyndon B. Johnson: Robert A. Caro, Years of Lyndon Johnson : The Path to Power — Robert A. Caro, Years of Lyndon Johnson : Means of Ascent — Robert A. Caro, Years of Lyndon Johnson : Master of the Senate — Lance Morrow, The Best Year of Their Lives: Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon in 1948: Learning the Secrets of Power   Image source: U.S. postage stamp (1973)   Lady Bird Johnson (1912-2007) — also known as Claudia Alta Taylor — Born in Karnack, Harrison County, Tex., December 22, 1912. Second Lady of the United States, 1961-63; First Lady of the United States, 1963-69. Female. Died in Austin, Travis County, Tex., July 11, 2007 (age 94 years, 201 days). Interment at LBJ Ranch.   Relatives: Daughter of Thomas Jefferson Taylor and Minnie Lee (Pattillo) Taylor; married, November 17, 1934, to Lyndon Baines Johnson; mother of Lynda Bird Johnson (who married Charles Spittal Robb).   Political family: Johnson family of Stonewall, Texas.   Epitaph: "A gentle heroine for nature and mankind."   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail

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