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Taylor County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Taylor County

Index to Locations Abilene Abilene Municipal Cemetery Abilene Municipal Cemetery Abilene, Taylor County, Texas Politicians buried here:   Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell (1832-1915) — also known as Jeremiah V. Cockrell — of Sherman, Grayson County, Tex.; Anson, Jones County, Tex.; Abilene, Taylor County, Tex. Born near Warrensburg, Johnson County, Mo., May 7, 1832. Democrat. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; district judge in Texas, 1885-93; U.S. Representative from Texas 13th District, 1893-97. Slaveowner. Died in Abilene, Taylor County, Tex., March 18, 1915 (age 82 years, 315 days). Interment at Abilene Municipal Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Joseph Cockrell and Nancy (Ellis) Cockrell; brother of Francis Marion Cockrell; married 1855 to Maranda Jane Douglass; nephew of Moses Cockrell; uncle of Ewing Cockrell; grandson of Simon Cockrell; first cousin of Elisha Logan Cockrell and Harrison Cockrill; first cousin once removed of John T. Crisp; first cousin twice removed of Jerry Curtis South, Egbert Railey Cockrell and James Harris Baldwin; first cousin thrice removed of Eleanor Hume Offutt.   Political family: Cockrell-South family of Kentucky.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Frederick Charles Digby-Roberts (1868-1955) — also known as F. C. Digby-Roberts — of Abilene, Taylor County, Tex. Born January 3, 1868. Lumber business; mayor of Abilene, Tex., 1901-04. Died in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Tex., January 9, 1955 (age 87 years, 6 days). Interment at Abilene Municipal Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Fanny Torrey.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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