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Rusk County
Texas

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Rusk County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards Henderson City Cemetery Henderson Memorial Gardens Henderson New Cemetery Henderson Rusk County Courthouse Grounds Private or family graveyard Rusk County, Texas Politicians buried here:   James Winright Flanagan (1805-1887) — also known as James W. Flanagan — of Henderson, Rusk County, Tex. Born in Albemarle County, Va., September 7, 1805. Merchant; lawyer; farmer; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1851-52; member of Texas state senate, 1856-58; candidate for Presidential Elector for Texas; delegate to Texas state constitutional convention, 1866, 1868-69; Lieutenant Governor of Texas, 1869-70; resigned 1870; U.S. Senator from Texas, 1869-75. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Slaveowner. Died near Longview, Gregg County, Tex., September 19, 1887 (age 82 years, 12 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.   Relatives: Son of Charles Flanagan and Elizabeth (Saunders) Flanagan; married 1826 to Polly (Miller) Moorman; married to Elizabeth Ware and Elizabeth Lane; father of David Webster Flanagan.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article City Cemetery Henderson, Rusk County, Texas Politicians buried here:   Timothy Pilsbury (1789-1858) — Born in Newburyport, Essex County, Mass., April 12, 1789. Member of Maine state house of representatives, 1825-26; member of Maine Governor's Council, 1827-36; candidate for U.S. Representative from Maine, 1836; member of Texas Republic House of Representatives, 1840-41; member of Texas Republic Senate, 1841-42, 1844-45; U.S. Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1846-49. Slaveowner. Died in Henderson, Rusk County, Tex., November 23, 1858 (age 69 years, 225 days). Interment at City Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Franklin Welsh Bowdon (1817-1857) — also known as Franklin W. Bowdon — of Talladega, Talladega County, Ala. Born in Chester District (now Chester County), S.C., February 17, 1817. Democrat. Member of Alabama state legislature, 1840; U.S. Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1846-51. Died in Henderson, Rusk County, Tex., June 8, 1857 (age 40 years, 111 days). Interment at City Cemetery.   Relatives: Uncle of Sydney Johnston Bowie.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Memorial Gardens Henderson, Rusk County, Texas Politicians buried here:   James Marvin Leath (1931-2000) — also known as Marvin Leath — of Marlin, Falls County, Tex. Born in Henderson, Rusk County, Tex., May 6, 1931. Democrat. Country musician; banker; U.S. Representative from Texas 11th District, 1979-91. Presbyterian. Died, of heart failure, in a hospital in Arlington, Tarrant County, Tex., December 8, 2000 (age 69 years, 216 days). Interment at Memorial Gardens.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page New Cemetery Henderson, Rusk County, Texas Politicians buried here:   James Henry Jones (1830-1904) — also known as James H. Jones — of Texas. Born in Shelby County, Ala., September 13, 1830. Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1880; U.S. Representative from Texas 3rd District, 1883-87. Slaveowner. Died in Henderson, Rusk County, Tex., March 22, 1904 (age 73 years, 191 days). Interment at New Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Rusk County Courthouse Grounds Henderson, Rusk County, Texas Politicians who have (or had) monuments here:   Thomas Jefferson Rusk (1803-1857) — also known as Thomas J. Rusk — of Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Tex. Born in South Carolina, December 5, 1803. Democrat. Delegate to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Nacogdoches, 1835; delegate to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from District of Nacogdoches, 1836; signer, Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; general in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; Texas Republic Secretary of War, 1836, 1836-37; member of Texas Republic House of Representatives, 1837-38; justice of Texas Republic supreme court, 1838-40; delegate to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; U.S. Senator from Texas, 1846-57; died in office 1857. Slaveowner. Killed himself, in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Tex., July 29, 1857 (age 53 years, 236 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Nacogdoches, Tex.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; statue at Rusk County Courthouse Grounds.   Presumably named for: Thomas Jefferson   Rusk County, Tex. is named for him.   The city of Rusk, Texas, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier

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