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Liberty County
Texas

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Liberty County

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  • Liberty City Cemetery


    Private or family graveyards
    Liberty County, Texas
    Politicians buried here:
      Marion Price Daniel (1910-1988) — also known as Price Daniel — of Liberty, Liberty County, Tex. Born in Dayton, Liberty County, Tex., October 10, 1910. Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper publisher; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1939-45; Speaker of the Texas State House of Representatives, 1943-45; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1940, 1948, 1964; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Texas state attorney general, 1947-53; U.S. Senator from Texas, 1953-57; Governor of Texas, 1957-63; justice of Texas state supreme court, 1971-; appointed 1971. Baptist. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Rotary; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Woodmen; Sigma Delta Chi; Pi Kappa Delta. Died, from a stroke, in Liberty, Liberty County, Tex., August 25, 1988 (age 77 years, 320 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.
      Relatives: Son of Marion Price Daniel and Nannie (Partlow) Daniel; brother of William Partlow Daniel; married, June 28, 1940, to Jean Houston Baldwin (second great-granddaughter of Samuel Houston); father of Marion Price Daniel Jr..
      Political family: Daniel-Houston family of Texas.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier
      Books about Price Daniel: Dan Murph, Texas Giant: The Life of Price Daniel
      Marion Price Daniel Jr. (1941-1981) — of Texas. Born June 8, 1941. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1969-78; Speaker of the Texas State House of Representatives, 1973; delegate to Texas state constitutional convention, 1974; candidate for Texas state attorney general, 1978. Shot and killed by his estranged wife, Vickie, near Liberty, Liberty County, Tex., January 19, 1981 (age 39 years, 225 days). She was arrested and indicted for his murder, but found not guilty at trial. Interment in a private or family graveyard.
      Relatives: Son of Marion Price Daniel; married to Vickie Loretha Carroll; nephew of William Partlow Daniel; third great-grandson of Samuel Houston.
      Political family: Daniel-Houston family of Texas.
      Edward Thomas Branch (1811-1861) — of Liberty, Liberty County, Tex. Born in Richmond, Va., December 11, 1811. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member of Texas Republic House of Representatives, 1836-38; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1846. Died September 4, 1861 (age 49 years, 267 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.


    City Cemetery
    Liberty, Liberty County, Texas
    Politicians buried here:
      William Partlow Daniel (1915-2006) — also known as Bill Daniel; "Governor Bill" — Born in Dayton, Liberty County, Tex., November 20, 1915. Lawyer; member of Texas state house of representatives 14th District, 1949-53; played the role of Colonel Neill in the 1960 film The Alamo; Governor of Guam, 1961-63. Died in Liberty, Liberty County, Tex., June 20, 2006 (age 90 years, 212 days). Interment at City Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Marion Price Daniel and Nannie (Partlow) Daniel; brother of Marion Price Daniel (1910-1988); married 1939 to Vara Faye Martin; uncle of Marion Price Daniel Jr..
      Political family: Daniel-Houston family of Texas.
      See also Wikipedia article — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Edward Bradford Pickett (1823-1882) — of Texas. Born in Wilson County, Tenn., 1823. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Texas state senate; elected 1869; delegate to Texas state constitutional convention, 1875; Lieutenant Governor of Texas, 1876. Died in Liberty, Liberty County, Tex., January 26, 1882 (age about 58 years). Interment at City Cemetery.
      Relatives: Brother of Howell L. Pickett.

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