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Shirley Levoy Abbott (1924-2013) —
also known as S. L. Abbott —
of El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex.
Born in Fairview, Major
County, Okla., July 23,
1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; optometrist;
rancher; candidate for Texas
state senate, 1962, 1964, 1966; chair of
El Paso County Republican Party, 1965-66; candidate for Texas
state comptroller, 1970; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Texas, 1972;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1977-78; U.S. Ambassador to Lesotho, 1984-86.
Catholic.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif., April
23, 2013 (age 88 years, 274
days).
Burial location unknown.
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David Abner (1826-1902) —
of Texas.
Born in slavery
in Selma, Dallas
County, Ala., 1826.
Farmer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1874; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1875.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Died in 1902
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Old
Powder Mill Cemetery, Marshall, Tex.
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Lem B. Allen (b. 1941) —
of Kingsbury, Guadalupe
County, Tex.
Born in Luling, Caldwell
County, Tex., March 4,
1941.
Democrat. Farmer; chair of
Guadalupe County Democratic Party, 1966-80; member of Democratic
National Committee from Texas, 1975-78.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 1983.
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Alef O. Arneson (1856-1938) —
also known as A. O. Arneson —
of Hazel, Hamlin
County, S.Dak.; Hayti, Hamlin
County, S.Dak.
Born in Lom, Norway,
December
26, 1856.
Farmer; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 30th District, 1891-92;
member of South
Dakota state senate 27th District, 1899-1900, 1909-12.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died in Hidalgo
County, Tex., June 27,
1938 (age 81 years, 183
days).
Interment at New Hope Cemetery, Hayti, S.Dak.
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J. D. Avis (born c.1862) —
of Wichita Falls, Wichita
County, Tex.
Born in Texas, about 1862.
Rancher; farmer; member of Texas
state house of representatives 111th District, 1923-29.
Burial location unknown.
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Josiah H. Baker (1875-1945) —
also known as Joe H. Baker —
of Quitman, Wood
County, Tex.
Born in Georgia, April
24, 1875.
Minister;
farmer; member of Texas
state house of representatives 34th District, 1929.
Died in Wood
County, Tex., February
28, 1945 (age 69 years, 310
days).
Interment at Ingram Cemetery, Wood County, Tex.
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Thomas Henry Ball Jr. (1859-1944) —
also known as Thomas H. Ball; Tom Ball —
of Huntsville, Walker
County, Tex.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Huntsville, Walker
County, Tex., January
14, 1859.
Democrat. Farmer; merchant;
lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1892,
1896,
1900,
1904,
1912
(speaker),
1924
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1928;
U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1897-1903 (1st District 1897-1903, 8th
District 1903); candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1914.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., May 7,
1944 (age 85 years, 114
days).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Ben F. Barnes (b. 1938) —
of Brownwood, Brown
County, Tex.
Born in Gorman, Eastland
County, Tex., April
17, 1938.
Democrat. Rancher; construction
business; motel
owner; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1960-68; Speaker of
the Texas State House of Representatives, 1965-68; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1968;
Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1969-73.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Jaycees.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives: Son
of B. F. Barnes and Ina B. (Carrigan) Barnes; married, July 26,
1971, to Nancy Sayres. |
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Sam E. Bateman (born c.1880) —
of Celina, Collin
County, Tex.
Born in Texas, about 1880.
Farmer; member of Texas
state house of representatives 43rd District, 1925-29.
Burial location unknown.
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J. W. E. H. Beck (born c.1878) —
of De Kalb, Bowie
County, Tex.
Born in Georgia, about 1878.
Democrat. Physician;
farmer; member of Texas
state senate 1st District, 1929-33.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Beck (born c.1819) —
of Navasota, Grimes
County, Tex.
Born in Kentucky, about 1819.
Farmer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1875, 1879-81.
African
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Miles Teel Bivins (1947-2009) —
also known as Teel Bivins —
of Amarillo, Potter
County, Tex.
Born in Amarillo, Potter
County, Tex., November
22, 1947.
Republican. Lawyer;
rancher; member of Texas
state senate 31st District, 1989-2004; U.S. Ambassador to Sweden, 2004-06.
Episcopalian.
Died, from progressive
supranuclear palsy, in Amarillo, Potter
County, Tex., October
26, 2009 (age 61 years, 338
days).
Interment at Llano
Cemetery, Amarillo, Tex.
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Thomas R. Bond (born c.1872) —
of Terrell, Kaufman
County, Tex.
Born in Texas, about 1872.
Lawyer;
farmer; member of Texas
state house of representatives 52nd District, 1929.
Burial location unknown.
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Van Brookshire (b. 1967) —
of Coldspring, San
Jacinto County, Tex.
Born May 9,
1967.
Republican. Builder;
rancher; candidate for Texas
state senate 3rd District, 2000; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 2nd District, 2002; candidate for Texas
state house of representatives 12th District, 2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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John Morehead Brower (1845-1913) —
also known as John M. Brower —
of Mt. Airy, Surry
County, N.C.; Boswell, Choctaw
County, Okla.
Born in Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C., July 19,
1845.
Republican. Merchant;
tobacco
grower; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1876-78; postmaster at Mt.
Airy, N.C., 1882-85; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1887-91; member
of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1896-98.
Died in Paris, Lamar
County, Tex., August
5, 1913 (age 68 years, 17
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Mt. Airy, N.C.
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John Lafayette Camp (1828-1891) —
of Gilmer, Upshur
County, Tex.
Born in Jefferson
County, Ala., February
20, 1828.
Democrat. Planter; lawyer;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1872;
member of Texas
state senate, 1875-78; district judge in Texas, 1878-84.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., July 16,
1891 (age 63 years, 146
days).
Interment at Dignowitty
Cemetery, San Antonio, Tex.
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Walter Marion Chandler (1867-1935) —
also known as Walter M. Chandler —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Yazoo
County, Miss., December
8, 1867.
Cowboy; school
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1913-19, 1921-23;
defeated (Republican), 1918, 1922, 1923, 1924.
Died, from a heart
attack and intestinal
malady, in Post-Graduate Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
16, 1935 (age 67 years, 98
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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Larry Ed Combest (b. 1945) —
also known as Larry Combest —
of Lubbock, Lubbock
County, Tex.
Born in Memphis, Hall
County, Tex., March
20, 1945.
Republican. Farmer; legislative assistant to U.S. Sen. John
Tower, 1971-78; U.S.
Representative from Texas 19th District, 1985-2003; resigned
2003; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1988.
Methodist.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order.
Still living as of 2014.
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R. W. Currin —
of Hopkins
County, Tex.
Democrat. Farmer; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1957.
Still living as of 1957.
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James Wesley Duncan (1868-1933) —
also known as J. W. Duncan —
of Kaufman, Kaufman
County, Tex.
Born in Claiborne
County, Tenn., December
18, 1868.
Republican. Farmer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Texas, 1924,
1932.
Died in Kaufman
County, Tex., December
31, 1933 (age 65 years, 13
days).
Interment at Kaufman
Cemetery, Kaufman, Tex.
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Albert Bacon Fall (1861-1944) —
also known as Albert B. Fall —
of Three Rivers, Otero
County, N.M.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., November
26, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer;
farmer; member of New Mexico
territorial House of Representatives, 1891-92; justice of
New Mexico territorial supreme court, 1893; New
Mexico territory attorney general, 1897; served in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War; U.S.
Senator from New Mexico, 1912-21; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Mexico, 1916;
U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1921-23.
Convicted
of bribery
in 1929 for his role in the Teapot Dome oil lease scandal;
served one year in prison.
Died in El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., November
30, 1944 (age 83 years, 4
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Alameda Cemetery, El Paso, Tex.
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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 a
private or family graveyard, Rusk County, Tex.
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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, Corsicana, Tex.
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Claude Benton Hudspeth (1877-1941) —
also known as Claude B. Hudspeth; C. B.
Hudspeth —
of El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex.
Born in Medina, Bandera
County, Tex., May 12,
1877.
Democrat. Lawyer;
livestock grower; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1902-06; member of Texas
state senate, 1906-18; U.S.
Representative from Texas 16th District, 1919-31.
Died March
19, 1941 (age 63 years, 311
days).
Interment at Mission
Burial Park South, San Antonio, Tex.
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Charles C. Jackson (1870-1953) —
of Myrtle, Oregon
County, Mo.
Born in Randolph
County, Ark., July 10,
1870.
Democrat. Farmer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Oregon County, 1925-32.
Died, from cerebral
thrombosis, in El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., May 22,
1953 (age 82 years, 316
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Benjamin Kendrick (1857-1933) —
also known as John B. Kendrick —
of Sheridan, Sheridan
County, Wyo.
Born near Jacksonville, Cherokee
County, Tex., September
6, 1857.
Democrat. Rancher; member of Wyoming
state senate, 1910; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Wyoming, 1916,
1924;
Honorary Vice-President, 1912;
member, Platform and Resolutions Committee, 1916,
1924;
Governor
of Wyoming, 1915-17; U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1917-33; died in office 1933.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Sheridan, Sheridan
County, Wyo., November
3, 1933 (age 76 years, 58
days).
Interment at Sheridan
Municipal Cemetery, Sheridan, Wyo.
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Clarence Elliott Kennemer Jr. (1908-1962) —
also known as C. E. Kennemer, Jr. —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., April
22, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer;
rancher; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Texas, 1940.
Died in Terrell, Kaufman
County, Tex., May 25,
1962 (age 54 years, 33
days).
Interment at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Albert Hamilton Latimer (c.1800-1877) —
also known as Albert H. Latimer —
of Texas.
Born in Huntingdon, Carroll
County, Tenn., about 1800.
Republican. Lawyer;
planter; delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Red River, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1840-42; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; member of Texas
state senate, 1849-51; Texas
state comptroller, 1865-66; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1866; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1869; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1869; district judge in Texas 8th District,
1870-72.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Clarksville, Red River
County, Tex., January
27, 1877 (age about 77
years).
Interment at Clarksville
Cemetery, Clarksville, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of James L. Latimer and Jane (Hamilton) Latimer; married 1828 to
Elritta Smith; married 1833 to
Elizabeth Richey; married 1857 to Mary
Gattis. |
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Bob Long (born c.1944) —
of Bastrop, Bastrop
County, Tex.
Born about 1944.
Republican. Minister;
rancher; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Texas, 2004,
2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Willis Randolph Lovelace Jr. (1912-1965) —
also known as Willis Lovelace —
of Corona, Lincoln
County, N.M.
Born in El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., February
29, 1912.
Republican. Rancher; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Mexico, 1960.
Died, from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in near Corona, Lincoln
County, N.M., August
18, 1965 (age 53 years, 0
days).
Interment at Restlawn
Memorial Park, El Paso, Tex.
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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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Frank T. O'Brien (b. 1904) —
of Amarillo, Potter
County, Tex.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
3, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
rancher; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 18th District, 1946; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 1956.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Robert Treat Paine (1812-1872) —
of Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C.; Austin
County, Tex.
Born in Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C., February
18, 1812.
Lawyer;
planter; shipbuilder;
served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of North
Carolina state legislature, 1850; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1855-57.
Slaveowner.
Died in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., February
8, 1872 (age 59 years, 355
days).
Interment at Brenham
Cemetery, Brenham, Tex.
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John William Wright Patman (1893-1976) —
also known as Wright Patman —
of Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex.
Born near Hughes Springs, Cass
County, Tex., August
6, 1893.
Democrat. Cotton
farmer; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1921-24; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1929-76; died in office
1976; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956,
1964.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Eagles;
American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March 7,
1976 (age 82 years, 214
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Texarkana, Tex.
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George Alexander Pattillo (1796-1871) —
also known as G. A. Pattillo —
of Texas.
Born in Greene
County, Ga., February
29, 1796.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; farmer; member
of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1841-42; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Jasper and Jefferson, 1842-45.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Bunn's Bluff, Orange
County, Tex., April 2,
1871 (age 75 years, 0
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Orange County, Tex.
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Zane Reese (b. 1961) —
of Lorenzo, Crosby
County, Tex.
Born September
19, 1961.
Democrat. Farmer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 13th District, 2002.
Still living as of 2002.
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Benjamin Glover Shields (b. 1808) —
also known as Benjamin G. Shields —
of Marengo
County, Ala.; Falls
County, Tex.; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C., 1808.
Member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1834; U.S.
Representative from Alabama at-large, 1841-43; U.S. Charge
d'Affaires to Venezuela, 1845; candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1851; planter; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1874-77.
Slaveowner.
Died in Texas.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Walter Stenholm (b. 1938) —
also known as Charles W. Stenholm; Charlie
Stenholm —
of Stamford, Jones
County, Tex.; Avoca, Jones
County, Tex.; Abilene, Taylor
County, Tex.
Born in Stamford, Jones
County, Tex., October
26, 1938.
Democrat. Farmer; general manager, Stamford Electric
Cooperative; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1972
(alternate), 1996
(speaker),
2000,
2004;
U.S.
Representative from Texas 17th District, 1979-; defeated, 2004.
Lutheran.
Member, Exchange
Club; Lions.
Still living as of 2014.
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Frederick Augustine Sterling (1876-1957) —
also known as Frederick A. Sterling —
of New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.; Texas.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., August
13, 1876.
Cattle ranch manager; woollen
manufacturer; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Ireland, 1927-34; Bulgaria, 1933-36; Sweden, 1938-41.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
21, 1957 (age 80 years, 251
days).
Interment at St. James Cemetery, Falls Church, Va.
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Benjamin Franklin Terry (1821-1861) —
also known as Frank Terry —
Born in Russellville, Logan
County, Ky., February
18, 1821.
Planter; in 1844, he was attacked
by two rebellious slaves with knives and axes; railroad
builder; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861; colonel in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Shot
and killed in
action while leading Terry's Texas Rangers at the battle of
Woodsonville (also called Rowlett's Station), in Hart
County, Ky., December
17, 1861 (age 40 years, 302
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Fort Bend County, Tex.; reinterment
in 1880 at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Thaddeus Austin Thomson (1853-1927) —
also known as Thaddeus A. Thomson; Thad A.
Thomson —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Burleson
County, Tex., January
17, 1853.
Democrat. Lawyer;
planter; rancher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1912;
U.S. Minister to Colombia, 1913-16.
Methodist.
Member, Navy
League.
Died January
21, 1927 (age 74 years, 4
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William McClellan Thornberry (b. 1958) —
also known as Mac Thornberry —
of Clarendon, Donley
County, Tex.
Born in Clarendon, Donley
County, Tex., July 15,
1958.
Republican. Rancher; lawyer;
legislative counsel to U.S. Rep. Thomas
G. Loeffler, 1983-85; chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Larry
Combest, 1985-88; U.S.
Representative from Texas 13th District, 1995-.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2014.
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John Haywood Tolbert (1837-1907) —
also known as J. H. Tolbert —
of Howe, Grayson
County, Tex.; Sherman, Grayson
County, Tex.
Born in Jackson
County, Tenn., January
25, 1837.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
farmer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1887-93, 1899-1901 (27th District
1887-93, 8th District 1899-1901).
Christian.
Died February
7, 1907 (age 70 years, 13
days).
Interment at West
Hill Cemetery, Sherman, Tex.
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William Giles Turley (1862-1942) —
also known as William G. Turley —
of near Fremont, Carter
County, Mo.
Born in Carter
County, Mo., December
2, 1862.
Democrat. School
teacher; farmer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Carter County, 1913-14.
Died in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., May 20,
1942 (age 79 years, 169
days).
Interment at Pleasant Site Cemetery, Fremont, Mo.
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