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Eugene Black (1879-1975) —
of Clarksville, Red River
County, Tex.
Born near Blossom, Lamar
County, Tex., July 2,
1879.
Democrat. Lawyer;
wholesale grocer; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1915-29.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 22,
1975 (age 95 years, 324
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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John Thomas Browne (1845-1941) —
also known as John T. Browne; "The Fighting
Irishman"; "Honest John" —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Ballylanders, County Limerick, Ireland,
March
23, 1845.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; grocer;
mayor
of Houston, Tex., 1892-96; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1897-99, 1907.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., August
19, 1941 (age 96 years, 149
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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John Burroughs (1907-1978) —
of Portales, Roosevelt
County, N.M.
Born in Robert Lee, Coke
County, Tex., April 7,
1907.
Democrat. School
teacher; petroleum
salesman; proprietor, cotton oil mill and peanut mill; president,
Portales Valley Mills (peanuts); president, Cisco
Peanut Co.; president, Plains Broadcasting
Co.; member of New
Mexico state house of representatives, 1957; Governor of
New Mexico, 1959-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New Mexico, 1960.
Died May 21,
1978 (age 71 years, 44
days).
Interment at Portales
Cemetery, Portales, N.M.
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George Dudley FitzSimmons (1860-1942) —
also known as George D. FitzSimmons —
of Monterrey, Nuevo
León.
Born in Corpus Christi, Nueces
County, Tex., January
16, 1860.
Grocer; U.S. Consular Agent in Monterrey, 1893-97; U.S. Vice Consul in Monterrey, 1917-26.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Corpus Christi, Nueces
County, Tex., January
28, 1942 (age 82 years, 12
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery, Corpus Christi, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph FitzSimmons and Eleanor (Leonard) FitzSimmons; married, October
19, 1893, to Genevieve Roberts. |
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(1918) |
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Homer H. Fuller (1900-1984) —
of Euless, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Euless, Tarrant
County, Tex., 1900.
Grocer; mayor of
Euless, Tex., 1951-53.
Walked
with difficulty due to childhood polio.
Died in Euless, Tarrant
County, Tex., 1984
(age about
84 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Warren Fuller (1902-1995) —
of Euless, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Euless, Tarrant
County, Tex., March
13, 1902.
Grocer; mayor of
Euless, Tex., 1950-51; real estate
broker.
Died in 1995
(age about
93 years).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Della Tovrea Stuart (1888-1969) —
also known as Della Gillespie; Della Tovrea; Mrs. E.
A. Tovrea; Mrs. William P. Stuart —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.; Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz.
Born in Blanco, Blanco
County, Tex., October
8, 1888.
Democrat. Auditor;
director and vice-president, Tovrea Packing Co., 1919-46;
president, Central Arizona Broadcasting
Co., 1937-44; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Arizona, 1936;
member of Arizona
Democratic State Central Committee, 1940; member of Democratic
National Committee from Arizona, 1940-56.
Female.
Quaker.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Died January
17, 1969 (age 80 years, 101
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of James Steele Gillespie and Irene (Anderson) Gillespie;
married, December
18, 1906, to Edward A. Tovrea; married, November
16, 1936, to William P. Stuart. |
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C. C. Summers —
of Paris, Lamar
County, Tex.
Grocer; candidate for mayor of
Paris, Tex., 1940.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Ralph Wilson —
of Paris, Lamar
County, Tex.
Grocer; candidate for mayor of
Paris, Tex., 1940.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Nelson W. Wolff (b. 1940) —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in 1940.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1971-73; member of Texas
state senate, 1973-75; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 21st District, 1978; mayor
of San Antonio, Tex., 1991-95; owner of grocery stores.
Still living as of 1997.
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