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Rusk County
Texas

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Rusk County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards Chapman Bridges Cemetery Henderson Flanagan Family Cemetery Henderson Memorial Gardens Henderson Old Henderson City Cemetery Henderson Rusk County Courthouse Grounds Private or family graveyard Rusk County, Texas Bridges Cemetery Chapman, Rusk County, Texas Politicians buried here:   John Buckner Snelgrove (1874-1941) — also known as J. B. Snelgrove — of Rusk County, Tex. Born in Rusk County, Tex., December 4, 1874. Farmer; member of Texas state legislature, 1920. Shot and killed, in front of a grocery-service station, near Henderson, Rusk County, Tex., April 8, 1941 (age 66 years, 125 days). Interment at Bridges Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Flanagan Family Cemetery Henderson, 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. Republican. Merchant; lawyer; farmer; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1851-52; member of Texas state senate, 1856-58; Presidential Elector for Texas, 1856; 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 at Flanagan Family Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Charles Flanagan and Elizabeth (Saunders) Flanagan; married 1826 to Mary Miller 'Polly' Moorman; married 1849 to Elizabeth Lane; married 1859 to Elizabeth Hinton 'Betty' (Vinson) Ware; father of David Webster Flanagan.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   David Webster Flanagan (1832-1924) — also known as Webster Flanagan — of Henderson, Rusk County, Tex. Born in Cloverport, Breckinridge County, Ky., January 9, 1832. Republican. Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Texas state senate, 1860; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1872 (delegation chair), 1896 (member, Resolutions Committee; speaker), 1916; delegate to Texas state constitutional convention, 1875; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue at Austin, Texas, 1897-1913; president, Henderson and Overton Branch Railroad; candidate for U.S. Senator from Texas, 1918. Died in Henderson, Rusk County, Tex., May 5, 1924 (age 92 years, 117 days). Interment at Flanagan Family Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of James Winright Flanagan and Mary Miller 'Polly' (Moorman) Flanagan; married 1853 to Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Graham; married 1878 to Sallie Phillip Ware.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial 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 Old Henderson City Cemetery Henderson, Rusk County, Texas Politicians buried here:   Timothy Pilsbury (1789-1858) — of Eastport, Washington County, Maine; Brazoria, Brazoria County, Tex. Born in Newburyport, Essex County, Mass., April 12, 1789. Commanded the privateer Yankee during the War of 1812; 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 Old Henderson City Cemetery.   Relatives: Father of Edward Pilsbury.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Franklin Welsh Bowdon (1817-1857) — also known as Franklin W. Bowdon — of Talladega, Talladega County, Ala.; Henderson, Rusk County, Tex. Born in Chester District (now Chester County), S.C., February 17, 1817. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Alabama state house of representatives, 1844-45; U.S. Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1846-51; Democratic Presidential Elector for Texas, 1856. Died in Henderson, Rusk County, Tex., June 8, 1857 (age 40 years, 111 days). Interment at Old Henderson City Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Bowdon and Sarah (Welsh) Bowdon; married, March 15, 1840, to Sarah Elizabeth Chilton (daughter of Thomas Chilton); uncle of Sydney Johnston Bowie.   Political family: Chilton #1 family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   The city of Bowden, Georgia, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   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 Old Henderson City Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Mary Holmes (Taylor) Jones and Willis Hinton Jones.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial 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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