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
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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.
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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.
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LBJ
Ranch
Stonewall, Gillespie County, Texas
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1969
Politicians buried
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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,
1960;
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.
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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 #5
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 — Mike Resnick, ed., Alternate
Presidents [anthology] — 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) |
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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.
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