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Stephen Earnest Aguirre (1892-1972) —
also known as Stephen E. Aguirre —
of El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex.
Born in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., November
11, 1892.
U.S. Vice Consul in Ciudad Juarez, 1917-20; Chihuahua, 1920; Manzanillo, 1921-24; Nuevo Laredo, 1925-27, 1927-29; Piedras Negras, 1927; Mexico City, 1929-32; U.S. Consul in Ciudad Juarez, as of 1943.
Mexican,
Scottish,
English,
French,
and German ancestry.
Died, from an aortic
aneurysm, in Southwestern General Hospital,
El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., November
19, 1972 (age 80 years, 8
days).
Interment at Restlawn
Memorial Park, El Paso, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Stephen Monroe Aguirre and Mary Wilhelmina (Sneed) Aguirre;
married to Jeannette Adelina Krause. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1920) |
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Calvin Joseph Bierschwale (1923-1990) —
also known as Calvin J. Bierschwale —
of Fredericksburg, Gillespie
County, Tex.
Born in Fredericksburg, Gillespie
County, Tex., July 24,
1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 1948.
Catholic.
German ancestry.
Died in Fredericksburg, Gillespie
County, Tex., March
30, 1990 (age 66 years, 249
days).
Interment at St.
Mary Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Tex.
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Max Jacob Bierschwale (1887-1967) —
also known as Max J. Bierschwale —
of Fredericksburg, Gillespie
County, Tex.
Born in Fredericksburg, Gillespie
County, Tex., January
4, 1887.
Republican. Insurance
business; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 21st District, 1936, 1938; chair of
Gillespie County Republican Party, 1950.
Catholic.
German ancestry.
Died, following a series of strokes,
due to arteriosclerotic
heart disease, in the Kopp Nursing
Home, near Fredericksburg, Gillespie
County, Tex., May 27,
1967 (age 80 years, 143
days).
Interment at St.
Mary Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Tex.
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Herman Arthur Bornefeld (1883-1948) —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., September
4, 1883.
Honorary
Vice-Consul for Sweden in Galveston,
Tex., 1935.
German and English
ancestry.
Died, from a cerebrovascular
accident (stroke),
in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., June 1,
1948 (age 64 years, 271
days).
Interment at Old City Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.
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Robert Carl Bornefeld (1850-1924) —
also known as Robert Bornefeld —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in Bielefeld, Germany,
January
22, 1850.
Cotton
factor; Honorary
Consul for Japan in Galveston,
Tex., 1898-1903; Honorary
Consul for Venezuela in Galveston,
Tex., 1900-03, 1916-23.
German ancestry.
Died, from chronic
myocarditis, in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., December
24, 1924 (age 74 years, 337
days).
Cremated.
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Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) —
also known as Dwight D. Eisenhower;
"Ike" —
Born in Denison, Grayson
County, Tex., October
14, 1890.
Republican. General in the U.S. Army during World War II; president
of Columbia University, 1948-53; President
of the United States, 1953-61.
Presbyterian.
German and Swiss
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Council on
Foreign Relations; Loyal
Legion.
Died, after a series of heart
attacks, at Walter
Reed Army Hospital, Washington,
D.C., March
28, 1969 (age 78 years, 165
days).
Interment at Eisenhower
Center, Abilene, Kan.
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Relatives: Son
of Ida Elizabeth (Stover) Eisenhower and David Jacob Eisenhower;
brother of Milton
Stover Eisenhower; married, July 1,
1916, to Mamie
Eisenhower; father of John
Sheldon Doud Eisenhower; grandfather of Dwight David Eisenhower
II (son-in-law of Richard
Milhous Nixon). |
| | | Political family: Eisenhower-Nixon
family (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Sherman
Adams — Carter
L. Burgess — Woodrow
Wilson Mann — Jacqueline
C. Odlum — George
E. Allen — Meyer
Kestnbaum — Bernard
M. Shanley |
| | | The Eisenhower Expressway,
from downtown Chicago west to Hillside, in Cook
County, Illinois, is named for
him. — The Eisenhower Tunnel
(opened 1973), which carries westbound I-70 under the Continental
Divide, in the Rocky Mountains, from Clear
Creek County to Summit
County, Colorado, is named for
him. — The Eisenhower Range of mountains,
in Victoria
Land, Antarctica, is named for
him. — Mount
Eisenhower (formerly Mount Pleasant), in the White Mountains, Coos
County, New Hampshire, is named for
him. |
| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $1 coin (1971-78). |
| | | Campaign slogan: "I Like
Ike." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Dwight D. Eisenhower:
Stephen E. Ambrose, Eisenhower
: Soldier and President — Fred I. Greenstein, The
Hidden-Hand Presidency : Eisenhower as Leader — Carlo
d'Este, Eisenhower
: A Soldier's Life — Robert F. Burk, Dwight
D. Eisenhower: Hero and Politician — Wiley T.
Buchanan, Jr., Red
Carpet at the White House : Four years as Chief of Protocol in the
Eisenhower Administration — Jim Newton, Eisenhower:
The White House Years — William Lee Miller, Two
Americans: Truman, Eisenhower, and a Dangerous
World |
| | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp
(1969) |
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George G. Garver (b. 1932) —
of Georgetown, Williamson
County, Tex.
Born June 1,
1932.
Superintendent
of schools; academic
dean, Arizona State University West; mayor
of Georgetown, Tex., 2008-.
Baptist.
German and English
ancestry.
Still living as of 2010.
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Jacob George Kleinsasser (1887-1965) —
also known as Jacob G. Kleinsasser —
of Bowdon, Wells
County, N.Dak.; Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa; Tyndall, Bon Homme
County, S.Dak.
Born in Hutchinson
County, S.Dak., April
14, 1887.
Democrat. Physician;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 4th District, 1933-34.
German ancestry.
Died in 1965
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Restland
Memorial Park, Dallas, 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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Heinrich Mosle (1864-1921) —
also known as Henry Mosle —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in Germany,
January
16, 1864.
Consul
for Costa Rica in Galveston,
Tex., 1897-1907; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Spain in Galveston,
Tex., 1900-07.
German ancestry.
Died in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., January
31, 1921 (age 57 years, 15
days).
Original interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.; reinterment at Galveston
Memorial Park Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of J. L. Mosle and Marianna (Amann) Mosle; married to Margaret A.
Focke. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Charles Nagel (1849-1940) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Bernardo, Colorado
County, Tex., August
9, 1849.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1881-83; member of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1908-12; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor, 1909-13; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Missouri, 1932.
German ancestry.
Died, from a cerebral
embolism while suffering from chronic
myocarditis, in St.
Louis, Mo., January
5, 1940 (age 90 years, 149
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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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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Wilhelm Carl August Thielepape (1814-1904) —
also known as W. C. A Thielepape —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Wabern, Hesse, Germany,
July
10, 1814.
Engineer;
architect;
mayor
of San Antonio, Tex., 1867-72; lawyer.
German ancestry.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
7, 1904 (age 90 years, 28
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Werner Philipp Thielepape and Elisabeth (Thompson) Thielepape;
married 1841 to
Mathilde Gössling. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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