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Frederick Sherwood Abney (1871-1951) —
also known as F. S. Abney —
of Brownwood, Brown
County, Tex.
Born in Angelina
County, Tex., August
31, 1871.
Democrat. Banker; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Texas, 1944.
Died, from coronary heart
disease, in Memorial Hospital,
Brownwood, Brown
County, Tex., December
19, 1951 (age 80 years, 110
days).
Interment at Greenleaf Cemetery, Brownwood, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of James Addison Abney and Susan Elizabeth (Davis) Abney; married to
Clara Brian. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Jean Baptiste Adoue (1846-1924) —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Aurignac, France,
October
24, 1846.
Merchant;
banker; Consular
Agent for France in Dallas,
Tex., 1897-1907.
French
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Suffered an apoplectic
stroke, and fearing that he would become an invalid, he killed
himself, by self-inflicted gunshot,
in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., June 20,
1924 (age 77 years, 240
days).
Interment at Grove
Hill Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Jean Baptiste Adoue Jr. (1884-1956) —
also known as J. B. Adoue, Jr. —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., November
4, 1884.
President, Dallas National Bank of Commerce, 1924-56;
chairman, Gulf Insurance
Company; chairman, Universal Life and Accident Insurance
Company; director, Graham-Brown Shoe
Company; director, First Texas Chemical
Company; director, Cosmopolitan Hotel
Company; mayor of
Dallas, Tex., 1951-53; defeated, 1949.
Episcopalian.
French
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Arbitration Association; Rotary;
Phi
Delta Theta; Newcomen
Society.
Died, from a heart
attack, while working at his
bank, in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., November
17, 1956 (age 72 years, 13
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Crown
Hill Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Eduardo Aguirre Jr. (b. 1946) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Cuba,
July
30, 1946.
Banker; U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 2005-09; Andorra, 2005-09.
Cuban
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Morris Atlas (b. 1926) —
of McAllen, Hidalgo
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., December
25, 1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
director, McAllen General Hospital,
Texas Commerce Bank; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1968,
1972;
chair
of Hidalgo County Democratic Party, 1968-80.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Alpha
Epsilon Pi; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1983.
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Relatives: Son
of Sam Atlas and Bertha (Cohen) Atlas; married 1947 to Rita
Wilner. |
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Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. (b. 1959) —
also known as Ken Bentsen —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., June 3,
1959.
Democrat. Investment banker; U.S.
Representative from Texas 25th District, 1995-2003; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1996,
2000;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 2002.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Arvis Blakley (1898-1976) —
also known as William A. Blakley —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Miami Station, Carroll
County, Mo., November
17, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; real estate
developer; insurance
business; banker; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1957, 1961; defeated, 1958, 1961.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., January
5, 1976 (age 77 years, 49
days).
Interment at Restland
Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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George W. Carroll (1855-1935) —
also known as "The Moneyless Millionaire of
Texas" —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born in Mansfield, DeSoto
Parish, La., April
11, 1855.
Lumber
business; banker; oil
millionaire; philanthropist; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1902; Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1904.
Baptist.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex., December
14, 1935 (age 80 years, 247
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Beaumont, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank L. Carroll and Sarah (Long) Carroll; married 1877 to
Underhill Mixson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: American Prohibition Year
Book 1912 |
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George D. Cates (b. 1876) —
of South West City, McDonald
County, Mo.
Born in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., February
9, 1876.
Republican. School
teacher; banker; member of Missouri
state senate 18th District, 1911-14.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Clark (b. 1906) —
also known as Ed Clark —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in San Augustine, San
Augustine County, Tex., July 5,
1906.
Democrat. Lawyer;
banker; secretary
of state of Texas, 1937-39; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1940,
1944
(alternate), 1948,
1960;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to Australia, 1965-67.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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K. Michael Conaway (b. 1948) —
also known as Mike Conaway —
of Midland, Midland
County, Tex.
Born near Borger, Carson
County, Tex., June 11,
1948.
Republican. Accountant;
banker; U.S.
Representative from Texas 11th District, 2005-; defeated, 2003.
Still living as of 2014.
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Fred Lewis Crawford (1888-1957) —
also known as Fred L. Crawford —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born near Dublin, Erath
County, Tex., May 5,
1888.
Republican. Accountant;
builder, financier, and operator of beet sugar
mills; director, Michigan National Bank; director, Petroleum
Transit Corporation; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1935-53; defeated in
primary, 1952.
Methodist.
Member, Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
13, 1957 (age 68 years, 343
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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Richard Moberley Dudley (1860-1925) —
also known as Richard M. Dudley —
of El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex.
Born in Waco, Madison
County, Ky., 1860.
Engineer;
banker; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1910; mayor of
El Paso, Tex., 1923-25; died in office 1925.
Died, following ulcer
surgery, in Hotel Dieu Hospital,
El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., May 1,
1925 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Evergreen
Alameda Cemetery, El Paso, Tex.
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Phil Dyer (b. 1951) —
of Plano, Collin
County, Tex.
Born July 6,
1951.
Banker; mayor of
Plano, Tex., 2009-.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2012.
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Christopher Stephen Flanagan (1876-1943) —
also known as Christopher S. Flanagan —
of Port Arthur, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born in Quebec,
December
26, 1876.
Stevedoring
business; bank director; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Argentina in Port
Arthur, Tex., 1911-42; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Brazil in Port
Arthur, Tex., 1935.
Catholic.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Port Arthur, Jefferson
County, Tex., February
16, 1943 (age 66 years, 52
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Beaumont, Tex.
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Thomas Gallagher (1850-1930) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., July 6,
1850.
Democrat. Hat
business; bank director; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1909-21.
Catholic.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., February
4, 1930 (age 79 years, 213
days).
Interment at St.
Boniface Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Hampson Gary (1873-1952) —
of Tyler, Smith
County, Tex.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Tyler, Smith
County, Tex., April
23, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer;
vice-president, Royall National Bank; director, Guaranty State
Bank; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1901-02; member of Texas
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1902-04; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1908;
U.S. Diplomatic Agent to Egypt, 1917-18; U.S. Consul General in Cairo, 1917-20; U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1920-21.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Tau Omega; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died April
18, 1952 (age 78 years, 361
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Arthur H. Geissler (1877-1945) —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Germany,
October
30, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer;
banker; insurance
business; chair of
Oklahoma County Republican Party, 1910-14; member of Oklahoma
Republican State Committee, 1912-18; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Oklahoma, 1916,
1940,
1944;
U.S. Minister to Guatemala, 1922-30.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., February
17, 1945 (age 67 years, 110
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Eugene Benjamin Germany (1892-1971) —
also known as E. B. 'Gene' Germany —
of Highland Park, Dallas
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Sweetwater, Nolan
County, Tex., September
18, 1892.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; geologist;
oil
producer; industrialist;
founder of Preston State Bank, Dallas, Tex.; founder of
Cozby-Germany Hospital, Grand Saline, Tex.; founder and president of
Lone Star Steel Company; mayor
of Highland Park, Tex., 1934-40; Texas
Democratic state chair, 1939-44; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1940,
1944
(alternate); candidate for Presidential Elector for Texas.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., July 12,
1971 (age 78 years, 297
days).
Interment at Woodside
Cemetery, Grand Saline, Tex.
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Jack Harvard (b. 1946) —
of Plano, Collin
County, Tex.
Born October
23, 1946.
Republican. Banker; mayor of
Plano, Tex., 1982-90; candidate for Texas
state senate 2nd District, 1992.
Indicted
in August 1995, along with David
B. McCall, Jr. and others, on federal bank
fraud charges relating to $25 million in loans; pleaded
guilty in September 1996 to one count of providing
false information on one loan; sentenced to three years in prison.
Still living as of 1996.
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Thomas William House (1814-1880) —
also known as Thomas W. House —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Stoke St. Gregory, Somersetshire, England,
March
4, 1814.
Bakery
owner; merchant;
banker; mayor
of Houston, Tex., 1862.
English
ancestry.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., January
17, 1880 (age 65 years, 319
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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William J. Hutchins (1813-1884) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Fishkill, Dutchess
County, N.Y., March 3,
1813.
Merchant;
cotton mill
business; hotel
owner; banker; co-founded Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and
Colorado Railway;
owner and president of the Houston and Texas Central Railway;
mayor
of Houston, Tex., 1861.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry.
Died in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., June 4,
1884 (age 71 years, 93
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Kathryn Ann Bailey Hutchison (b. 1943) —
also known as Kay Bailey Hutchison; Kathryn Ann Bailey;
Kay Parks —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.; Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., July 22,
1943.
Republican. Banker; television
journalist; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Texas, 1988
(alternate), 2008;
Texas
state treasurer, 1991; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1993-.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Jesse Holman Jones (1874-1956) —
also known as Jesse H. Jones —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Robertson
County, Tenn., April 5,
1874.
Democrat. Lumber
business; builder;
banker; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas,
1924
(alternate), 1928,
1940;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1940-45.
Methodist.
Died June 1,
1956 (age 82 years, 57
days).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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John Erik Jonsson (1901-1995) —
also known as J. Erik Jonsson —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
6, 1901.
Among the founders of Geophysical Service, which became Texas
Instruments; president (1951-58), and chairman of the board
(1958-66) of Texas Instruments; director for Republic Bank,
Dallas, 1954-80; Equitable Life
Assurance Society, 1958-73; Dallas Power and
Light, 1955-64; Neiman Marcus, 1956-65; mayor of
Dallas, Tex., 1964-71.
Member, Newcomen
Society.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., August
31, 1995 (age 93 years, 359
days).
Interment at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Joseph Hubert Kurth (1857-1930) —
also known as Joseph H. Kurth; Simon Joseph
Kurth —
of Keltys (now part of Lufkin), Angelina
County, Tex.
Born in Endenich, Germany,
July
3, 1857.
Republican. Lumberman;
railroad
builder; bank director; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Texas, 1904;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1924.
Catholic;
later Methodist.
Died June 16,
1930 (age 72 years, 348
days).
Interment somewhere
in Lufkin, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Johann Adam Kurth and Martha (Brenig) Kurth; married 1882 to Hattie
Martin Glenn. |
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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, Henderson, Tex.
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James Cullen Looney (1903-1977) —
also known as J. C. Looney —
of Edinburg, Hidalgo
County, Tex.
Born in Kossuth, Alcorn
County, Miss., May 18,
1903.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director of many firms involved in activities such as banking,
bus transit, concrete,
lumber,
radio
broadcasting, automobile
service, and operating a hotel;
chair
of Hidalgo County Democratic Party, 1932-40, 1954-68; Hidalgo
County Judge, 1941-46; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Texas, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968.
Protestant.
Member, Pi
Kappa Alpha; American Bar
Association; Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Royal
and Select Masters; Shriners.
Died in March, 1977
(age 73
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Owen Looney and Virginia (Dean) Looney; married, June 15,
1933, to Margaret Estelle Montgomery. |
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Martin Horace Milliken (1883-1952) —
also known as Horace Milliken —
of Lewisville, Denton
County, Tex.
Born October
18, 1883.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; banker; mayor
of Lewisville, Tex., 1941-49.
Died January
12, 1952 (age 68 years, 86
days).
Interment at Old Hall Cemetery, Lewisville, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of William Dickerson Milliken and Margaret Crockett (Young)
Milliken. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John William Minton (1875-1959) —
also known as J. W. Minton —
of Hemphill, Sabine
County, Tex.
Born in Geneva, Sabine
County, Tex., December
31, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer;
president, Hemphill State Bank; one of the organizers of the
Sabine Citizens Telephone
Co.; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1910-11; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Texas, 1940
(alternate), 1952.
Baptist.
Died, as a result of a heart
attack, in City Hospital,
Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches
County, Tex., April
19, 1959 (age 83 years, 109
days).
Interment at Hemphill
City Cemetery, Hemphill, Tex.
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Allen Francis Moore (1869-1945) —
also known as Allen F. Moore —
of Monticello, Piatt
County, Ill.
Born in St. Charles, Kane
County, Ill., September
30, 1869.
Republican. President, Pepsin Syrup Company (patent
medicine); vice-president, Moore State Bank; mayor of
Monticello, Ill., 1901-03; University
of Illinois trustee; elected 1908; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 19th District, 1921-25; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1924,
1932;
member of Republican
National Committee from Illinois, 1925.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., August
15, 1945 (age 75 years, 319
days).
Interment at Monticello
Cemetery, Monticello, Ill.
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Charles Robert Morehead Jr. (1836-1921) —
of El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex.
Born in Richmond, Ray
County, Mo., February
28, 1836.
Banker; mayor of
El Paso, Tex., 1903-05.
Died in El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., December
15, 1921 (age 85 years, 290
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Alameda Cemetery, El Paso, Tex.
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Robert Adam Mosbacher, Sr. (1927-2010) —
also known as Robert Mosbacher —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y., March
11, 1927.
Republican. Founder, Mosbacher Energy
Company; member, board of directors and Executive Committee, American
Petroleum
Institute; director, Texas Commerce Bank; director, New York
Life
Insurance Company; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Texas, 1988;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1989-92.
Jewish;
later Presbyterian.
German
ancestry.
Died, of pancreatic
cancer, in the M.D. Anderson Cancer
Center, Houston, Harris
County, Tex., January
24, 2010 (age 82 years, 319
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Wadel Moursund III (1919-2002) —
also known as A. W. Moursund —
of Johnson City, Blanco
County, Tex.; Round Mountain, Blanco
County, Tex.
Born in Johnson City, Blanco
County, Tex., May 23,
1919.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1948-52; Blanco
County Judge, 1953-59; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1956;
banker; insurance
business; abstract and
title business; rancher.
Member, Freemasons.
Close friend and advisor to Lyndon
B. Johnson.
Died in Round Mountain, Blanco
County, Tex., April
22, 2002 (age 82 years, 334
days).
Interment somewhere
in Round Mountain, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert Wadel Moursund, Jr. and Mary Frances (Stribling) Moursund;
married 1941 to Mary
Allen Moore. |
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Lyndon Lowell Olson Jr. (b. 1947) —
of Texas.
Born in 1947.
Cattle
rancher; banker; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1973-78; president and CEO,
Travelers Insurance
Holdings, and National Group Insurance
Company; U.S. Ambassador to Sweden, 1997-2001.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Still living as of 2001.
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William Edmund Orgain (b. 1882) —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born in Bastrop, Bastrop
County, Tex., December
26, 1882.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1907; director, American National
Bank, Gulf States Utilities
Co., and Sabine Towing
Co.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Woodmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Darby Orgain and Drusilla (Johnson) Orgain; married, December
2, 1908, to May Bolinger. |
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William Franklin Ramsey (1855-1922) —
also known as William F. Ramsey —
of Cleburne, Johnson
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Bell
County, Tex., October
25, 1855.
Democrat. Lawyer;
banker; candidate for Presidential Elector for Texas; Judge of
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 1908-11; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1911-12; candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1912; board chairman, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, 1916.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., October
27, 1922 (age 67 years, 2
days).
Interment at Cleburne
Memorial Cemetery, Cleburne, Tex.
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Thomas Jasper Record (1852-1935) —
also known as T. J. Record —
of Paris, Lamar
County, Tex.
Born in Bonham, Fannin
County, Tex., January
26, 1852.
Merchant;
Lamar
County District Clerk, 1879-84; banker; mayor of
Paris, Tex., 1932-34; defeated, 1930, 1934.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died, in the Sanitarium
of Paris, Paris, Lamar
County, Tex., July 13,
1935 (age 83 years, 168
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edwin Merwyn Rowlands (1901-1961) —
also known as E. Merwyn Rowlands —
of Cambria, Columbia
County, Wis.
Born in Cambria, Columbia
County, Wis., April 1,
1901.
Banker; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Columbia County, 1927-33; member of Wisconsin
state senate 27th District, 1935-38; defeated (Progressive),
1938; Wisconsin Progressive state chair, 1936.
Welsh
ancestry.
Died in Harris
County, Tex., March
28, 1961 (age 59 years, 361
days).
Interment at Cambria Cemetery, Cambria, Wis.
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Julius Runge (1851-1906) —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in New Braunfels, Comal
County, Tex., February
1, 1851.
Wholesale
grocer; coffee
importer;
Consul
for Germany in Galveston,
Tex., 1875-1906; banker; president, Galveston Cotton
Exchange.
German
ancestry.
Died in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., February
6, 1906 (age 55 years, 5
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Alfonso Arnold Rutis (1859-1928) —
also known as Alfonso A. Rutis —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Wilkinsburg, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Edgewood, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in St. Gall, Switzerland,
October
20, 1859.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; banker; Consul-General
for Paraguay in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1900-03; Consul-General
for Persia in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1903.
Died, from apoplexy
and diabetes,
in Wichita Falls, Wichita
County, Tex., July 22,
1928 (age 68 years, 276
days).
Interment at Rosemont Cemetery, Wichita Falls, Tex.
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Henry Schroeder (1867-1950) —
also known as Enrique Schroeder —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., December
4, 1867.
Banker; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Uruguay in Galveston,
Tex., 1902-48.
Member, Elks; Lions.
Struck
by a car while crossing a street, suffered a skull fracture, and
died three days later, in St. Mary's Infirmary,
Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., October
20, 1950 (age 82 years, 320
days).
Interment at Old City Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.
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Henry Hulme Sevier (1878-1940) —
also known as Hal H. Sevier —
of Corpus Christi, Nueces
County, Tex.
Born in Columbia, Maury
County, Tenn., March
16, 1878.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1902-06; vice-president, Corpus
Christi Bank and Trust Co.; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1933-35.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Woodmen.
Died in 1940
(age about
62 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Melvin Alvah Traylor (1878-1934) —
also known as Melvin A. Traylor —
of Malone, Hill
County, Tex.; Ballinger, Runnels
County, Tex.; East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born, in a log
cabin near Breeding, Adair
County, Ky., October
21, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer;
banker; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1928,
1932;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1932.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
14, 1934 (age 55 years, 116
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of James Milton Traylor and Kitty (Harvey) Traylor; married to
Dorothy Arnold Yerby. |
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Blanca Vela (1936-2014) —
also known as Blanca Sanchez —
of Brownsville, Cameron
County, Tex.
Born in Harlingen, Cameron
County, Tex., May 27,
1936.
Democrat. Mayor
of Brownsville, Tex., 1999-2003; bank director.
Female.
Mexican
ancestry.
Died in Brownsville, Cameron
County, Tex., February
19, 2014 (age 77 years, 268
days).
Interment at Buena
Vista Burial Park, Brownsville, Tex.
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Frank Durward White (1933-2003) —
also known as Frank White; Durward Frank
Kyle —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex., June 4,
1933.
Republican. Stockbroker;
banker; Governor of
Arkansas, 1981-83; defeated, 1982, 1986; Arkansas banking
commissioner, 1998-2003.
Member, Rotary.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., May 21,
2003 (age 69 years, 351
days).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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Alexander Penn Wooldridge (1847-1930) —
also known as A. P. Wooldridge —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., April
13, 1847.
Lawyer;
bank president; mayor of
Austin, Tex., 1909-19.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., September
8, 1930 (age 83 years, 148
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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