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Index to Locations
Corsicana Hebrew Cemetery
Corsicana Navarro County Courthouse
Grounds
Corsicana Oakwood Cemetery
Near Dawson Spring Hill Cemetery
Dresden Dresden Cemetery
Hebrew
Cemetery
Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas
Founded 1881
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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Mose R. Blumrosen (1886-1958) —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in Ennis, Ellis
County, Tex., January
2, 1886.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1932,
1940,
1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 6th District, 1950.
Jewish.
Died, in the Navarro Clinic,
Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex., December
2, 1958 (age 72 years, 334
days).
Interment at Hebrew Cemetery.
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Navarro County
Courthouse Grounds
Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas
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José Antonio Navarro (1795-1871) —
of Texas.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., February
27, 1795.
Delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Bexar, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1838-39; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; member of Texas
Republic Senate, 1845; member of Texas
state senate, 1846-49.
Catholic.
Member, Freemasons.
Died January
13, 1871 (age 75 years, 320
days).
Interment at San
Fernando Cemetery #1, San Antonio, Tex.; statue at Navarro County
Courthouse Grounds.
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Oakwood
Cemetery
Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas
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Roger Quarles Mills (1832-1911) —
also known as Roger Q. Mills —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in Todd
County, Ky., March
30, 1832.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1859-60; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1873-92 (at-large 1873-75, 4th
District 1875-83, 9th District 1883-92); U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1892-99.
Southern
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex., September
2, 1911 (age 79 years, 156
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Beauford Halbert Jester (1893-1949) —
also known as Beauford Jester —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex., January
12, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Governor of
Texas, 1947-49; died in office 1949; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Texas, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Kappa
Sigma; Sigma
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Rotary;
Lions.
Died, aboard a Pullman railroad
car, near Houston, Harris
County, Tex., July 11,
1949 (age 56 years, 180
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Luther Alexander Johnson (1875-1965) —
also known as Luther A. Johnson —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex., October
29, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; Navarro
County Attorney, 1898-1902; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Texas 6th District, 1923-46; resigned 1946;
federal
judge, 1946.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kappa
Sigma; Odd
Fellows; Lions.
Died June 6,
1965 (age 89 years, 220
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Rufus Hardy (1855-1943) —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born near Aberdeen, Monroe
County, Miss., December
16, 1855.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; Navarro
County Attorney, 1880-84; district attorney, 13th District,
1884-88; district judge in Texas 13th District, 1888-96; U.S.
Representative from Texas 6th District, 1907-23.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta.
Died March
13, 1943 (age 87 years, 87
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Francis Marion Martin (1830-1903) —
of Texas.
Born in Livingston
County, Ky., April 1,
1830.
Member of Texas
state senate, 1859, 1879-81; served in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1875; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1883-85; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1888.
Died June 11,
1903 (age 73 years, 71
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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George Taylor Jester (1846-1922) —
also known as George T. Jester —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in Macoupin
County, Ill., August
23, 1846.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1891-92; member of Texas
state senate 9th District, 1893-94; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1895-98.
Died in Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex., July 19,
1922 (age 75 years, 330
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Joshua Lucius Halbert (1869-1929) —
also known as Josh Halbert —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex., 1869.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Corsicana, Tex., 1913-23.
Died in 1929
(age about
60 years).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Thomas J. Haynes (1824-1877) —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in Williamson
County, Tenn., July 22,
1824.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Corsicana, Tex., 1872-75.
Member, Freemasons.
Died September
25, 1877 (age 53 years, 65
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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John L. Miller (1821-1907) —
also known as "Old Flax" —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in Tennessee, 1821.
Postmaster at Corsicana,
Tex., 1859; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
mayor
of Corsicana, Tex., 1877-80.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died in 1907
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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John C. Calhoun (1882-1956) —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in Georgia, December
12, 1882.
Democrat. Mayor
of Corsicana, Tex., 1940-47; Texas
Democratic state chair, 1949.
Died May 9,
1956 (age 73 years, 149
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Ben Franklin Blackmon (1891-1971) —
also known as Ben F. Blackmon —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in Eureka, Navarro
County, Tex., 1891.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor
of Corsicana, Tex., 1951-53.
Died December
13, 1971 (age about 80
years).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Charles Henry Allyn (1842-1918) —
also known as Charles H. Allyn —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in Oswego
County, N.Y., 1842.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Corsicana, Tex., 1888-90.
Died in 1918
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Samuel Wister Johnson (1853-1922) —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in 1853.
Physician;
mayor
of Corsicana, Tex., 1900-02.
Died in 1922
(age about
69 years).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Charles C. Sapp (1887-1963) —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in Lufkin, Angelina
County, Tex., November
17, 1887.
Railroad
foreman; mayor
of Corsicana, Tex., 1953-55.
Died in Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex., December
7, 1963 (age 76 years, 20
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Hermon Lorenzo Roberts (1901-1992) —
also known as Hermon L. Roberts —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in Ladonia, Fannin
County, Tex., November
10, 1901.
Mayor
of Corsicana, Tex., 1967-69.
Died, in a nursing
home in Lyons, Rice
County, Kan., September, 1992
(age 90
years, 0 days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Spring Hill
Cemetery
Near Dawson, Navarro County, Texas
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George Washington Hill (1814-1860) —
of Texas.
Born in Hill Creek, Warren
County, Tenn., April
22, 1814.
Member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1838-41, 1842-43; Texas
Republic Secretary of War and Marine, 1843-44.
Died in Spring Hill, Navarro
County, Tex., May 29,
1860 (age 46 years, 37
days).
Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.
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Dresden
Cemetery
Dresden, Navarro County, Texas
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Edwin O. Call (1859-1918) —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in North Carolina, April 7,
1859.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Corsicana, Tex., 1902-05.
Died, in a sanitarium
in Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex., November
16, 1918 (age 59 years, 223
days).
Interment at Dresden Cemetery.
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