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McLennan County
Texas

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in McLennan County

Index to Locations China Spring Unknown location Waco Oakwood Cemetery Waco Rosemound Cemetery Unknown Location China Spring, McLennan County, Texas Politicians buried here:   Kirby Vidrine (d. 1973) — of Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona, 1940. Died in 1973. Interment somewhere. Oakwood Cemetery Waco, McLennan County, Texas Politicians buried here: Richard Coke (1829-1897) — of Waco, McLennan County, Tex. Born in Williamsburg, Va., March 13, 1829. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; state court judge in Texas, 1865; justice of Texas state supreme court, 1866; Governor of Texas, 1874-76; U.S. Senator from Texas, 1877-95. Slaveowner. Died in Waco, McLennan County, Tex., May 14, 1897 (age 68 years, 62 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.   Relatives: Nephew of Richard Coke Jr..   Coke County, Tex. is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography   Image source: Library of Congress   Patrick Morris Neff (1871-1952) — also known as Pat Morris Neff — of Waco, McLennan County, Tex. Born in McGregor, McLennan County, Tex., November 26, 1871. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1901-05; Speaker of the Texas State House of Representatives, 1903-05; McLennan County Prosecuting Attorney, 1906-12; Governor of Texas, 1921-25; president of Baylor University, from 1932; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1940. Baptist. Member, Knights of Pythias; Freemasons; Shriners; Rotary; Anti-Saloon League; Lions. Died January 20, 1952 (age 80 years, 55 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Noah Neff and Isabella (Shepherd) Neff; married, May 31, 1899, to Myrtle Mainer.   See also National Governors Association biography   Lawrence Sullivan Ross (1838-1898) — also known as Sul Ross — of Texas. Born in Benton, Ringgold County, Iowa, September 27, 1838. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Texas state constitutional convention, 1875; member of Texas state senate, 1880; Governor of Texas, 1887-91; president, Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (now Texas A&M University), 1891-98. Died in College Station, Brazos County, Tex., January 3, 1898 (age 59 years, 98 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery; statue at Academic Plaza, College Station, Tex.   Relatives: Son of Shapley Prince Ross and Catherine Hanby (Fulkerson) Ross; married to Elizabeth Dorothy Tinsley.   Sul Ross University (founded 1917 as Sul Ross Normal College; became a university 1969), in Alpine, Texas, is named for him.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books about Lawrence Sullivan Ross: Dede W. Casad, The Governor's Stake: The Parallel Lives of Two Texas Governors: Richard Coke and Lawrence Sullivan Ross   William Robert Poage (1899-1987) — also known as William R. Poage; Bob Poage — of Waco, McLennan County, Tex. Born in Waco, McLennan County, Tex., December 28, 1899. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1925-29; member of Texas state senate, 1931-37; U.S. Representative from Texas 11th District, 1937-78; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956, 1960. Member, American Legion. Died in Temple, Bell County, Tex., January 3, 1987 (age 87 years, 6 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   George W. Clark — of Waco, McLennan County, Tex. Democrat. Texas state attorney general, 1874-76; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1876, 1888 (member, Resolutions Committee); delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention from Texas, 1896. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.   George Bernard Erath (1813-1891) — also known as George B. Erath — of Milam County, Tex. Born in Vienna, Austria, January 1, 1813. Member of Texas Republic Congress, 1843; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1846; member of Texas state senate, 1857. Died May 13, 1891 (age 78 years, 132 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.   Erath County, Tex. is named for him.   Jane Madden Spell (1866-1953) — also known as Jane Madden; Jane Madden Cotten; Mrs. Leonidas Cotten; Mrs. William E. Spell — of Waco, McLennan County, Tex. Born in Galveston, Galveston County, Tex., August 26, 1866. Democrat. Vice-president of first Texas women's suffrage organization; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1928. Female. Died in Waco, McLennan County, Tex., June 11, 1953 (age 86 years, 289 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.   Relatives: Married, April 5, 1911, to William E. Spell (second cousin of Hernando De Soto Money, John Fox Vardaman and James Kimble Vardaman); married 1885 to Leonidas Cotten.   Political family: Cockrell-South family of Kentucky.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   John Henry Kultgen (1897-1986) — also known as Jack Kultgen — of Waco, McLennan County, Tex. Born in Cook County, Ill., February 23, 1897. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956, 1960. Died in Waco, McLennan County, Tex., March 9, 1986 (age 89 years, 14 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John Dominic Kultgen and Emma Kultgen; married, June 15, 1921, to Reba Belle Mickelborough.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Rosemound Cemetery Waco, McLennan County, Texas Politicians buried here:   Carlton Jackson Smith (1902-1981) — also known as Carlton J. Smith — of Waco, McLennan County, Tex. Born in Crawford, McLennan County, Tex., January 14, 1902. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956, 1960, 1964. Died, in a hospital at Waco, McLennan County, Tex., February 8, 1981 (age 79 years, 25 days). Interment at Rosemound Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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