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Index to Locations
Houston Unknown location
Houston Brookside Memorial Park
Houston City Cemetery
Houston Episcopal and Masonic
Cemetery
Houston Episcopal Cemetery
Houston Forest Park Cemetery
Houston Founders Memorial Park
Houston Glendale Cemetery
Houston Glenwood Cemetery
Houston Golden Gate Cemetery
Houston Herman Park
Houston Hollywood Cemetery
Houston Houston National Cemetery
Houston Memorial Oaks Cemetery
Houston Sam Houston Park
La Porte de Zavala Family Cemetery
La Porte San Jacinto Park Cemetery
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Locations
Houston, Harris County, Texas
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Frank Frankel (1886-1975) —
of Long Beach, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.; Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born October
2, 1886.
Mayor
of Long Beach, N.Y., 1924, 1930-33; defeated, 1925 (Democratic
primary), 1925 (Republican), 1929 (Democratic primary); founder of
Long Beach Memorial Hospital
indicted
in September 1927 on charges
of maintaining a gambling
place; the charges were later dropped; in December 1929, his right to
take office as mayor was unsuccessfully challenged
by the Long Beach police chief, based on vote
fraud (for which many had been arrested and prosecuted) and the
expectation that Frankel would tolerate
gambling in the city; indicted
in January 1933 for fraud
over his transfer of $90,000 in city funds to the Long Beach Trust
Company, which subsequently closed; the indictment was dismissed in
February; indicted
again in May 1933, along with two city council members, over the
diversion of $750,000 of state and county tax revenue to city
projects; pleaded not guilty; no trial was held; the indictment was
dismissed in 1937; oil
producer.
Died, in a hospital
at Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 12,
1975 (age 88 years, 253
days).
Interment somewhere.
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Charles M. Ferguson (c.1860-1906) —
of Paris, Lamar
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., about 1860.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1888,
1892,
1896,
1900,
1904.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Involved in the Jaybird-Woodpecker War during the 1880s in Fort Bend
County, Texas; forced to leave the county by the Jaybirds in 1888,
but later won an out-of-court settlement against Jaybird leaders.
Died, of complications of Bright's
disease, in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., July 21,
1906 (age about 46
years).
Interment somewhere.
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Moseley Baker (1802-1848) —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; San Felipe, Austin
County, Tex.; Galveston
County, Tex.; Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., September
20, 1802.
Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1829; served in the Texas Army
during the Texas War of Independence; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1836, 1838-39; defeated, 1841;
candidate for Texas
Republic Senate, 1842.
Died, of yellow
fever, in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., November
4, 1848 (age 46 years, 45
days).
Original interment somewhere; reinterment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Brookside
Memorial Park
Houston, Harris County, Texas
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Williamson Simpson Oldham (1813-1868) —
Born in Franklin
County, Tenn., July 19,
1813.
Member of Arkansas state legislature, 1838; justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1842; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas, 1846; candidate for Texas
state house of representatives, 1853; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1859; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Senator
from Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died of typhoid
fever in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., May 8,
1868 (age 54 years, 294
days).
Original interment at Episcopal Cemetery;
reinterment in 1938 at Brookside Memorial Park.
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City
Cemetery
Houston, Harris County, Texas
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Robert Barr (1802-1839) —
of Texas.
Born in Ohio, 1802.
Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; Texas
Republic Postmaster General, 1836-39; died in office 1839.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., October
11, 1839 (age about 37
years).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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John W. Moore (c.1797-1846) —
of Texas.
Born in Pennsylvania, about 1797.
Delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Harrisburg, 1835;
delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Harrisburg, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1836.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., 1846
(age about
49 years).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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Richard Allen (1830-1909) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in slavery
in Richmond,
Va., June 10,
1830.
Republican. Member of Texas
state house of representatives 14th District, 1870; candidate
for Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1878; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Texas, 1884,
1896.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., May 16,
1909 (age 78 years, 340
days).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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Solon Borland (1808-1864) —
of Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark.
Born in Nansemond County, Va. (now part of Suffolk,
Va.), September
21, 1808.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1848-53; U.S. Minister to Nicaragua, 1853-54; Salvador, 1853; Costa Rica, 1853-54; Honduras, 1853; general in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Died near Houston, Harris
County, Tex., January
1, 1864 (age 55 years, 102
days).
Original interment at City Cemetery; reinterment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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Episcopal and
Masonic Cemetery
Houston, Harris County, Texas
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Oliver Jones (1794-1866) —
of Texas.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1794.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1837-38; member of Texas
Republic Senate, 1838-40, 1842-43 (District of Austin and
Colorado 1838-40, District of Austin, Colorado and Fort Bend 1842-43).
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., September
17, 1866 (age about 72
years).
Original interment at Episcopal and Masonic Cemetery; reinterment in
1930 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Episcopal
Cemetery
Houston, Harris County, Texas
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Williamson Simpson Oldham (1813-1868) —
Born in Franklin
County, Tenn., July 19,
1813.
Member of Arkansas state legislature, 1838; justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1842; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas, 1846; candidate for Texas
state house of representatives, 1853; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1859; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Senator
from Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died of typhoid
fever in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., May 8,
1868 (age 54 years, 294
days).
Original interment at Episcopal Cemetery; reinterment in 1938 at Brookside Memorial Park.
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Forest Park
Cemetery
6900 Lawndale
Houston, Harris County, Texas
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Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. (1921-2006) —
also known as Lloyd M. Bentsen —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.; Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Mission, Hidalgo
County, Tex., February
11, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
county judge in Texas, 1946-48; U.S.
Representative from Texas 15th District, 1948-55; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956,
1980;
member, Arrangements Committee, 1984;
speaker, 1988;
president, Lincoln Liberty Life
Insurance Company; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1971-93; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1976;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1988; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1993-94.
Baptist
or Presbyterian.
Danish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma
Nu; Elks.
Died, of complications from a 1998 stroke,
in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., May 23,
2006 (age 85 years, 101
days).
Interment at Forest Park Cemetery.
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Jesse Holman Jones (1874-1956) —
also known as Jesse H. Jones —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Robertson
County, Tenn., April 5,
1874.
Democrat. Lumber
business; builder;
banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1924
(alternate), 1928,
1940;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1940-45.
Methodist.
Died June 1,
1956 (age 82 years, 57
days).
Interment at Forest Park Cemetery.
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Daniel Edward Garrett (1869-1932) —
also known as Daniel E. Garrett —
of Springfield, Robertson
County, Tenn.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Robertson
County, Tenn., April
28, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1893-97; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1903-05; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1913-15, 1917-19, 1921-32 (at-large
1913-15, 1917-19, 8th District 1921-32); died in office 1932.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
13, 1932 (age 63 years, 229
days).
Interment at Forest Park Cemetery.
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Joe Henry Eagle (1870-1963) —
also known as Joe H. Eagle —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Tompkinsville, Monroe
County, Ky., January
23, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas 8th District, 1913-21, 1933-37.
Died January
10, 1963 (age 92 years, 352
days).
Interment at Forest Park Cemetery.
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Thomas Henry Ball Jr. (1859-1944) —
also known as Thomas H. Ball; Tom Ball —
of Huntsville, Walker
County, Tex.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Huntsville, Walker
County, Tex., January
14, 1859.
Democrat. Farmer; merchant;
lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1892,
1896,
1900,
1904,
1912
(speaker),
1924
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1928;
U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1897-1903 (1st District 1897-1903, 8th
District 1903); candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1914.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., May 7,
1944 (age 85 years, 114
days).
Interment at Forest Park Cemetery.
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Harvey H. Haines (1871-1941) —
also known as H. H. Haines —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.; Dickinson, Galveston
County, Tex.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.; Port Arthur, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born in Hamilton, Ontario,
1871.
Republican. Honorary
Consul for Honduras in Galveston,
Tex., 1914-26; candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1926.
Died in Rapides
Parish, La., January
30, 1941 (age about 69
years).
Interment at Forest Park Cemetery.
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Searcy Bracewell (1918-2003) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., January
19, 1918.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1947; member of Texas
state senate, 1950; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1957.
Protestant.
Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons.
Died May 13,
2003 (age 85 years, 114
days).
Interment at Forest Park Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of J. Searcy Bracewell and Lola (Blount) Bracewell; married to
Elizabeth Weaver. |
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memorial |
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Billie McClain Carr (1928-2002) —
also known as Billie Carr; Billie Jean McClain;
"The Godmother" —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., June 1,
1928.
Democrat. Member of Texas
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1964-66; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1972,
1996,
2000;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Texas, 1972-2000.
Female.
Died, of complications from a stroke,
in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., September
9, 2002 (age 74 years, 100
days).
Interment at Forest Park Cemetery.
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Marcellus Elliott Foster (1870-1942) —
also known as Marcellus E. Foster —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Pembroke, Christian
County, Ky., November
29, 1870.
Democrat. President of the Houston Chronicle newspaper;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1912.
Member, Rotary.
Died, from a coronary
occlusion and arteriosclerosis,
in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., April 1,
1942 (age 71 years, 123
days).
Interment at Forest Park Cemetery.
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Samuel Ross Hay (1865-1944) —
also known as Sam R. Hay —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Decaturville, Decatur
County, Tenn., October
15, 1865.
Democrat. Pastor; bishop; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1928.
Methodist.
Died, from a coronary
occlusion, in Lamar Hotel,
Houston, Harris
County, Tex., February
4, 1944 (age 78 years, 112
days).
Interment at Forest Park Cemetery.
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Founders Memorial
Park
(formerly City Cemetery)
Houston, Harris County, Texas
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James Collinsworth (1806-1838) —
Born in Tennessee, 1806.
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, 1829-35; served
in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Brazoria, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1836; Attorney
General of the Texas Republic, 1836; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Brazoria, 1836; justice of
Texas Republic supreme court, 1837.
Member, Freemasons.
While a candidate
for the presidency of the Texas Republic, jumped
off a boat and drowned
in Galveston
Bay, 1838
(age about
32 years).
Interment at Founders Memorial Park.
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John Austin Wharton (1806-1838) —
of Texas.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., 1806.
Delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Columbia, 1835;
served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; Texas
Republic Secretary of War, 1836; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1836-37, 1838; died in office
1838.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., December
17, 1838 (age about 32
years).
Interment at Founders Memorial Park.
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John Kirby Allen (1810-1838) —
of Texas.
Born in Canaseraga, Allegany
County, N.Y., 1810.
Major in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1836.
One of the founders of the city of Houston.
Died of malaria,
August
15, 1838 (age about 28
years).
Interment at Founders Memorial Park.
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Glendale
Cemetery
8315 Magnolia
Houston, Harris County, Texas
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John Charles Birdsall (1802-1839) —
also known as John Birdsall —
of Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Greene, Chenango
County, N.Y., 1802.
Lawyer;
circuit judge in New York, 1826-29; member of New York
state assembly from Chautauqua County, 1831; member of New York
state senate 8th District, 1832-34; resigned 1834; Attorney
General of the Texas Republic, 1837-38.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., July 22,
1839 (age about 37
years).
Interment at Glendale Cemetery.
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Glenwood
Cemetery
2525 Washington Boulevard
Houston, Harris County, Texas
Founded 1871
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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William Robinson Baker (1820-1890) —
also known as William R. Baker —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Baldwinsville, Onondaga
County, N.Y., May 21,
1820.
Harris
County Clerk, 1841-57; railroad
executive; member of Texas
state senate 16th District, 1874-75; mayor
of Houston, Tex., 1880-86.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., April
30, 1890 (age 69 years, 344
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Alexander D. McGowan (1817-1893) —
also known as Alexander McGowan; Alexander
McGowen —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Duplin
County, N.C., July 5,
1817.
Tinner;
hardware
merchant; foundry
owner; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; mayor
of Houston, Tex., 1858, 1867-68.
Methodist.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., December
26, 1893 (age 76 years, 174
days).
Original interment somewhere in San Felipe, Tex.; reinterment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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John Thomas Browne (1845-1941) —
also known as John T. Browne; "The Fighting
Irishman"; "Honest John" —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Ballylanders, County Limerick, Ireland,
March
23, 1845.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; grocer; mayor
of Houston, Tex., 1892-96; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1897-99, 1907.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., August
19, 1941 (age 96 years, 149
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Horace Baldwin (1798-1850) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Baldwinsville, Onondaga
County, N.Y., 1798.
Mayor
of Houston, Tex., 1844.
Died in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., November
8, 1850 (age about 52
years).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Thomas William House (1814-1880) —
also known as Thomas W. House —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Stoke St. Gregory, Somersetshire, England,
March
4, 1814.
Bakery
owner; merchant;
banker;
mayor
of Houston, Tex., 1862.
English
ancestry.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., January
17, 1880 (age 65 years, 319
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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William J. Hutchins (1813-1884) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Fishkill, Dutchess
County, N.Y., March 3,
1813.
Merchant;
cotton mill
business; hotel
owner; banker;
co-founded Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway;
owner and president of the Houston and Texas Central Railway;
mayor
of Houston, Tex., 1861.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry.
Died in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., June 4,
1884 (age 71 years, 93
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Roy Mark Hofheinz (1912-1982) —
also known as Roy Hofheinz; "Father of the
Astrodome" —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex., April
10, 1912.
Lawyer;
real
estate developer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1934-36; county judge in Texas,
1936-44; mayor
of Houston, Tex., 1953-55; prime mover in building the Houston
Astrodome sports
arena (1965), which became the home of the Houston Colt 45s (Astros)
baseball
team and the Houston Oilers football
team.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., November
22, 1982 (age 70 years, 226
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr. (1879-1973) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., October
19, 1879.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Houston, Tex., 1917-18; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, 1918-31; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1931-64.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., January
18, 1973 (age 93 years, 91
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Oveta Culp Hobby (1905-1995) —
also known as Oveta Culp; Mrs. William P.
Hobby —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Killeen, Bell
County, Tex., January
19, 1905.
Democrat. Parliamentarian, Texas House of Representatives, 1926-31,
1939-41; served in Women's Army Corps during World War II; president,
editor and publisher of Houston Post newspaper;
director, radio
station KPRC; U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1953-55; member,
Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Junior
League.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 1996.
Died, from a stroke,
in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., August
16, 1995 (age 90 years, 209
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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William Pettus Hobby (1878-1964) —
also known as William P. Hobby —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Moscow, Polk
County, Tex., March
26, 1878.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor and publisher; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1914-17; Governor of
Texas, 1917-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1940.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., June 7,
1964 (age 86 years, 73
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Hiram George Runnels (1796-1857) —
also known as Hiram G. Runnels —
Born in Hancock
County, Ga., December
17, 1796.
Mississippi
state auditor, 1822-30; member of Mississippi state legislature,
1830, 1841; Governor of
Mississippi, 1833-35; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845.
Fought a duel
with Volney
E. Howard.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., December
17, 1857 (age 61 years, 0
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Ross Shaw Sterling (1875-1949) —
also known as Ross S. Sterling —
of Texas.
Born in Anahuac, Chambers
County, Tex., February
11, 1875.
Democrat. Governor of
Texas, 1931-33.
Founder of the Humble Oil and
Refining Company.
Died in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., March
25, 1949 (age 74 years, 42
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Anson Jones (1798-1858) —
of Texas.
Born in Great Barrington, Berkshire
County, Mass., January
20, 1798.
Physician;
served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Brazoria, 1839-41; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1841-44; President
of the Texas Republic, 1844-45.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died from self-inflicted
gunshot,
in the Rice Hotel,
Houston, Harris
County, Tex., January
9, 1858 (age 59 years, 354
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery; cenotaph at Church
on the Hill Cemetery, Lenox, Mass.
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James Wilson Henderson (1817-1880) —
of Texas.
Born in Sumner
County, Tenn., August
15, 1817.
Democrat. Governor of
Texas, 1853; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1872.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., August
30, 1880 (age 63 years, 15
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Roy Michael Huffington (1917-2008) —
also known as Roy M. Huffington —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Tomball, Harris
County, Tex., October
4, 1917.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; geologist;
oil and gas
producer; U.S. Ambassador to Austria, 1990-93.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega.
Died in Venice, Italy,
July
11, 2008 (age 90 years, 281
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Rienzi Melville Johnston (1849-1926) —
of Texas.
Born in Sandersville, Washington
County, Ga., September
9, 1849.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1913; member of Texas
state senate, 1916.
Died February
28, 1926 (age 76 years, 172
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Robert Wilson (1793-1856) —
also known as "Honest Bob" —
of Texas.
Born in Easton, Talbot
County, Md., December
7, 1793.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; delegate
to Texas Convention of 1832 from District of San Jacinto, 1832;
served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Harrisburg and Liberty, 1836-38,
1839; candidate for President
of the Texas Republic, 1838, 1843; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845.
Member, Freemasons.
Expelled
from Texas Republic Senate, December 26, 1838, for using
profanity and disclosing
secrecy; subsequently returned to office.
Died May 25,
1856 (age 62 years, 170
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at
Glenwood Cemetery.
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Peter W. Gray (1819-1874) —
of Texas.
Born in Fredericksburg,
Va., December
12, 1819.
Member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1850; member of Texas
state senate, 1851-53; state court judge in Texas, 1854-61; Representative
from Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1874.
Died of tuberculosis,
in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., October
3, 1874 (age 54 years, 295
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Charles Stewart (1836-1895) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., May 30,
1836.
Democrat. Delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861; served in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; member of Texas
state senate, 1878-82; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1883-93.
Slaveowner.
Died in Santa Rosa Hospital,
San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., September
21, 1895 (age 59 years, 114
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Martin Dies (1870-1922) —
of Woodville, Tyler
County, Tex.; Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born in Jackson
Parish, La., March
13, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; Tyler
County Judge, 1894; district attorney 1st District, 1898; U.S.
Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1909-19.
Methodist.
Died in Kerrville, Kerr
County, Tex., July 13,
1922 (age 52 years, 122
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Joseph Chappell Hutcheson (1842-1924) —
also known as Joseph C. Hutcheson —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born near Boydton, Mecklenburg
County, Va., May 18,
1842.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1880; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1893-97.
Died in Signal Mountain, Hamilton
County, Tenn., May 26,
1924 (age 82 years, 8
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Benjamin Franklin Terry (1821-1861) —
also known as Frank Terry —
Born in Russellville, Logan
County, Ky., February
18, 1821.
Planter;
in 1844, he was attacked
by two rebellious slaves with knives and axes; railroad
builder; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861; colonel in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Shot
and killed in
action while leading Terry's Texas Rangers at the battle of
Woodsonville (also called Rowlett's Station), in Hart
County, Ky., December
17, 1861 (age 40 years, 302
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Fort Bend County, Tex.; reinterment
in 1880 at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Thaddeus Thomson Hutcheson (1915-1986) —
also known as Thad T. Hutcheson —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., October
29, 1915.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1956,
1960;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1957; Texas
Republican state chair, 1958.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., August
3, 1986 (age 70 years, 278
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Benajah Harvey Carroll Jr. (1874-1922) —
also known as B. Harvey Carroll, Jr. —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Waco, McLennan
County, Tex., March 3,
1874.
Minister;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S. Consul
in Venice, 1914-17; Naples, 1918-19.
Baptist.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi.
Died, in the English Colonial Hospital,
Gibraltar, Gibraltar,
March
31, 1922 (age 48 years, 28
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Isaac Wright Brashear (1811-1859) —
also known as Isaac W. Brashear —
of Texas.
Born in Guilford
County, N.C., 1811.
Delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; member of Texas
state senate, 1852.
Died in Texas, September
13, 1859 (age about 48
years).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Dudley Crawford Sharp (1905-1987) —
also known as Dudley Sharp —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., March
16, 1905.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1952;
secretary, U.S. Air Force, 1959-61.
Died May 17,
1987 (age 82 years, 62
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Golden Gate
Cemetery
Houston, Harris County, Texas
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here: |
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George Thomas Leland (1944-1989) —
also known as Mickey Leland —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Lubbock, Lubbock
County, Tex., November
27, 1944.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1972-79; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Texas, 1972,
1980,
1988
(speaker);
delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1974; U.S.
Representative from Texas 18th District, 1979-89; died in office
1989.
Catholic.
African
ancestry.
Died in an airplane
crash near Gambela, Ethiopia,
August
7, 1989 (age 44 years, 253
days).
Interment at Golden Gate Cemetery.
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Herman
Park
Houston, Harris County, Texas
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(or had) monuments here: |
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Samuel Houston (1793-1863) —
also known as Sam Houston —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Huntsville, Walker
County, Tex.
Born near Lexington, Rockbridge
County, Va., March 2,
1793.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1823-27 (at-large 1823-25, 7th
District 1825-27); Governor of
Tennessee, 1827-29; delegate
to Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Nacogdoches, 1833;
delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of San Augustine,
1835; delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Refugio, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; President
of the Texas Republic, 1836-38, 1841-44; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1838; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1846-59; Governor of
Texas, 1859-61.
Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died of pneumonia,
in Huntsville, Walker
County, Tex., July 26,
1863 (age 70 years, 146
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Huntsville, Tex.; statue erected 1925 at Herman Park.
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Relatives:
Father of Andrew
Jackson Houston; second great-grandfather of Jean Houston Baldwin
(who married Marion
Price Daniel); third great-grandfather of Marion
Price Daniel Jr.; cousin *** of David
Hubbard. |
| | | Political family: Daniel-Houston
family of Texas. |
| | | Houston counties in Minn., Tenn. and Tex. are
named for him. |
| | | The city
of Houston,
Texas, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ships SS Sam Houston (built 1941, at Houston,
Texas; torpedoed and sunk 1942 in the Atlantic
Ocean) and SS Sam Houston II (built 1943 at the same
shipyard; scrapped 1959) were named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Houston
Justice
— Sam
H. Jones
— Sam
Houston Clinton, Jr.
— Sam
H. Melton, Jr.
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Sam Houston: James L.
Haley, Sam
Houston — Marquis James, The
Raven : A Biography of Sam Houston — Randolph B.
Campbell, Sam
Houston and the American Southwest — John F. Kennedy,
Profiles
in Courage — Jean Fritz, Make
Way for Sam Houston (for young readers) |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Hollywood
Cemetery
Houston, Harris County, Texas
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Thomas Martin Kennerly (1874-1962) —
also known as T. M. Kennerly —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Shady Grove Community, Lee
County, Tex., January
24, 1874.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Texas, 1924;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1924, 1928; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, 1931.
Died July 29,
1962 (age 88 years, 186
days).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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Franklin Oliver Fuller (1873-1934) —
of Texas.
Born in Melrose, Nacogdoches
County, Tex., November
2, 1873.
Lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1907-10, 1913-17 (19th District
1907-10, 11th District 1913-17); Speaker of
the Texas State House of Representatives, 1917.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., August
9, 1934 (age 60 years, 280
days).
Interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
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Houston National
Cemetery
10410 Veterans Memorial Dr. 77038
Houston, Harris County, Texas
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Albert Thomas (1898-1966) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches
County, Tex., April
12, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas 8th District, 1937-66; died in office
1966.
Methodist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
15, 1966 (age 67 years, 309
days).
Interment at Houston National Cemetery.
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Memorial Oaks
Cemetery
Houston, Harris County, Texas
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here: |
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Lewis Wesley Cutrer (1904-1981) —
also known as Lewis W. Cutrer —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Osyka, Pike
County, Miss., November
5, 1904.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Houston, Tex., 1958-63; defeated, 1963.
Died in a hospital
at Houston, Harris
County, Tex., May 7,
1981 (age 76 years, 183
days).
Interment at Memorial Oaks Cemetery.
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Robert Randolph Casey (1915-1986) —
also known as Bob Casey —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Joplin, Jasper
County, Mo., July 27,
1915.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1948-49; county judge in Texas,
1951-58; U.S.
Representative from Texas 22nd District, 1959-76.
Christian.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., April
17, 1986 (age 70 years, 264
days).
Interment at Memorial Oaks Cemetery.
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Charles Julius Hollub (1900-1979) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Moravia (now part of Czechia),
October
20, 1900.
Physician;
Honorary
Consul for Czechoslovakia in Houston,
Tex., 1935.
Died, from heart
disease, in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., February
22, 1979 (age 78 years, 125
days).
Interment at Memorial Oaks Cemetery.
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Sam Houston
Park
Houston, Harris County, Texas
| Politicians who have
(or had) monuments here: |
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John Bowden Connally Jr. (1917-1993) —
also known as John B. Connally —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born near Floresville, Wilson
County, Tex., February
27, 1917.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Texas, 1956,
1964;
Governor
of Texas, 1963-69; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1971-72; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1980.
Methodist.
Shot
and wounded in Dallas, Tex., November 22, 1963, in the same volley of
gunfire that killed President John
F. Kennedy. Prosecuted
for bribery
conspiracy in connection with milk price supports; acquitted.
Died of pulmonary
fibrosis, in Methodist Hospital,
Houston, Harris
County, Tex., June 15,
1993 (age 76 years, 108
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.; statue at Sam Houston Park.
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de Zavala Family
Cemetery
La Porte, Harris County, Texas
| Politicians buried
here: |
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David Thomas (1801-1836) —
of Texas.
Born in 1801.
Delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Refugio, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; Attorney
General of the Texas Republic, 1836.
Died in 1836
(age about
35 years).
Interment at de Zavala Family Cemetery.
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Lorenzo de Zavala (1788-1836) —
also known as Manuel Lorenzo Justiniano de Zavala y
Sáenz —
of Mérida, Yucatan;
La Porte, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Tecoh, Yucatan,
October
3, 1788.
Active in politics in Mexico, 1812-34; imprisoned
in 1814-17 by Mexican authorities over his advocacy
of democratic reforms; delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Harrisburg, 1835;
delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Harrisburg, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; Vice
President of the Texas Republic, 1836.
Died, of pneumonia,
November
15, 1836 (age 48 years, 43
days).
Interment at de Zavala Family Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Anastasio de Zavala=y=Velázquez and Maria Bárbara
Sáenz=y=Castro; married 1807 to Teresa
Correa=y=Correa; married, November
12, 1831, to Emily West. |
| | | Zavala County,
Tex. is named for him. |
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San Jacinto Park
Cemetery
La Porte, Harris County, Texas
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