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Elmer Adams —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Democrat. Insurance business; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1957.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Herbert Vinton Beardsley (1859-1937) —
also known as Herbert V. Beardsley —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Findlay, Hancock
County, Ohio, August
30, 1859.
Republican. Physician;
insurance executive; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Texas, 1924.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., August
30, 1937 (age 78 years, 0
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Findlay, Ohio.
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Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. (1921-2006) —
also known as Lloyd M. Bentsen —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.; Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Mission, Hidalgo
County, Tex., February
11, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
county judge in Texas, 1946-48; U.S.
Representative from Texas 15th District, 1948-55; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956,
1980;
member, Arrangements Committee, 1984;
speaker, 1988;
president, Lincoln Liberty Life Insurance Company; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1971-93; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1976;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1988; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1993-94.
Baptist
or Presbyterian.
Danish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma
Nu; Elks.
Died, of complications from a 1998 stroke,
in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., May 23,
2006 (age 85 years, 101
days).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Houston, 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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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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Gabriel Augustus Bodenheim (1873-1957) —
also known as G. A. Bodenheim;
"Bodie" —
of Longview, Gregg
County, Tex.
Born in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., August
13, 1873.
Democrat. Cotton
buyer; insurance business; mayor
of Longview, Tex., 1904-16, 1918-20; defeated, 1920; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Texas.
Died in Longview, Gregg
County, Tex., August
12, 1957 (age 83 years, 364
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Longview, Tex.
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Charles A. Boyer (1911-1991) —
of Manistee, Manistee
County, Mich.
Born in Texas, August
19, 1911.
Republican. Insurance business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wexford District, 1955-62.
Methodist.
Member, Jaycees;
Rotary;
Freemasons;
Elks.
Died April
17, 1991 (age 79 years, 241
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Michigan Manual 1957-58 |
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Raymond Elliot Buck (1894-1971) —
also known as Raymond E. Buck —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., July 13,
1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
insurance executive; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1944
(alternate), 1956,
1960,
1964.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died March
27, 1971 (age 76 years, 257
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Greenwood
Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tex.
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William Evans Burney (1893-1969) —
also known as William E. Burney —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Hubbard, Hill
County, Tex., September
11, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 3rd District, 1940-41; colonel in
the U.S. Army during World War II; insurance executive.
Protestant.
Member, Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Forty and
Eight.
Died in Denver,
Colo., January
29, 1969 (age 75 years, 140
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Henry Edward Catto Jr. (b. 1930) —
also known as Henry E. Catto, Jr. —
of Texas.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., December
6, 1930.
Insurance broker; candidate for Texas
state house of representatives, 1960; U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, 1971-73; Great Britain, 1989-91; director, U.S. Information Agency, 1991.
Still living as of 2014.
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Robert Green Crow (1883-1942) —
also known as Robert G. Crow; Bob Crow —
of Caruthersville, Pemiscot
County, Mo.
Born in Scott
County, Mo., December
24, 1883.
Republican. Insurance agent; postmaster at Caruthersville,
Mo., 1909-14; indicted
in October 1915 on federal charges of revealing
information from the federal civil service examination, to help his
half-brother, James L. Crow; pleaded
guilty in April 1916, and was fined
$500.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
Modern
Woodmen.
On December 21, 1914, he mysteriously disappeared from the Pontiac
Hotel, St. Louis, Mo., leaving behind all of his clothes, and the
room disordered as if a scuffle had taken place; he was thought to
have been kidnapped and murdered by a gang, but a few months later,
he was found to be serving in the U.S. Army.
Died in Harlingen, Cameron
County, Tex., September
16, 1942 (age 58 years, 266
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles England —
also known as Charlie England —
of Grand Prairie, Dallas
County, Tex.
Insurance agent; mayor
of Grand Prairie, Tex., 1992-.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Relatives:
Father of Kirk
England. |
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Prairie |
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James Taliaferro Garrett (1865-1962) —
also known as J. T. Garrett —
of Hurricane, Putnam
County, W.Va.
Born in Putnam
County, W.Va., October
9, 1865.
School
teacher; insurance business; member of West
Virginia state senate 5th District, 1933-36.
Baptist.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., May 24,
1962 (age 96 years, 227
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Hurricane Cemetery, Hurricane, W.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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Kay Granger (b. 1943) —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Greenville, Hunt
County, Tex., January
18, 1943.
Republican. School
teacher; insurance business; mayor
of Fort Worth, Tex., 1991-95; U.S.
Representative from Texas 12th District, 1997-.
Female.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Joseph Weldon Hale (b. 1891) —
also known as Joseph W. Hale —
of Waco, McLennan
County, Tex.
Born in Jones
County, Tex., May 29,
1891.
Democrat. Lawyer;
attorney for insurance companies; secretary of
Texas Democratic Party, 1921-25; mayor of
Waco, Tex., 1935-37.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Hale and Drue (Murray) Hale; married to Iva
Childers. |
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Ralph W. Hammonds —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Democrat. Insurance business; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1957.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Carroll Harrison (1822-1855) —
also known as J. C. Harrison —
of Cherokee
County, Tex.
Born in Alabama, October
3, 1822.
Newspaper
publisher; insurance agent; hotel
operator; livery
business; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1855; died in office 1855.
Methodist.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., November
9, 1855 (age 33 years, 37
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Austin, 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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Walter Angus Keeling (1873-1945) —
also known as W. A. Keeling —
of Groesbeck, Limestone
County, Tex.; Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Kosse, Limestone
County, Tex., November
22, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer; Limestone
County Attorney, 1898-1902; Limestone
County Judge, 1908-12; member of Texas
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1908-10; Texas
state attorney general, 1921-25; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1928;
president, Acme Life Insurance Co.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died January
22, 1945 (age 71 years, 61
days).
Interment at Austin
Memorial Park, Austin, Tex.
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Woodrow Wilson Mann (1916-2002) —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., November
13, 1916.
Democrat. Insurance broker; mayor
of Little Rock, Ark., 1956-57.
As mayor of Little Rock in 1957, asked President Dwight
D. Eisenhower to send federal troops to protect the integration
of Central High School, in opposition to Arkansas National Guard
troops called in by Gov. Orval
Faubus.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., August
6, 2002 (age 85 years, 266
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Carl Mauthe —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Insurance executive; candidate for mayor
of San Antonio, Tex., 1989.
Still living as of 1989.
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Josiah Merrow (1853-1938) —
also known as J. Merrow —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., April
16, 1853.
Steamship
agent; marine
insurance business; Honorary
Consul for Guatemala in Galveston,
Tex., 1903-21.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, while also suffering from arteriosclerosis,
nephritis,
and uremia,
in Upper Darby, Delaware
County, Pa., May 14,
1938 (age 85 years, 28
days).
Interment at Arlington
Cemetery, Drexel Hill, Pa.
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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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Drew Nixon (b. 1959) —
of Carthage, Panola
County, Tex.
Born November
21, 1959.
Republican. Real estate
sales; accountant;
insurance business; member of Texas
state senate 3rd District, 1995-2000; arrested
in February 1997, after he offered
money to a police officer posing as a prostitute; a loaded
revolver was found under the seat of his car, though he had no
concealed hangun permit; pleaded
guilty and sentenced to six months in jail.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2000.
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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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Solomon Porfirio Ortiz (b. 1938) —
also known as Solomon P. Ortiz —
of Corpus Christi, Nueces
County, Tex.
Born in Robstown, Nueces
County, Tex., June 3,
1938.
Democrat. Insurance agent; sheriff;
U.S.
Representative from Texas 27th District, 1983-; defeated, 2010;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Methodist.
Hispanic
ancestry. Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2010.
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Robert Gerald Storey (1893-1981) —
also known as R. G. Storey —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Greenville, Hunt
County, Tex., December
4, 1893.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1928;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; director, Southwestern
Bell
Telephone Company; director and counsel of life insurance
companies.
Christian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Died, from pneumonia
and heart
disease, while suffering from senile
dementia, in a nursing
home at Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., January
16, 1981 (age 87 years, 43
days).
Interment at Restland
Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Edith (Thomson) Storey and Frank Wilson Storey; married, July 26,
1917, to Frances Hazel Porter; married to Jewel Hope
Watson. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: Eminent Americans
1954 |
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Clark Wallace Thompson (1896-1981) —
also known as Clark W. Thompson —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., August
6, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;
insurance business; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1933-35, 1947-67 (7th District
1933-35, 9th District 1947-67); served in the U.S. Marine Corps
during World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1956
(alternate), 1964.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Eagles;
Redmen.
Died in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., December
16, 1981 (age 85 years, 132
days).
Interment at Galveston
Memorial Park Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.
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Dean Ueckert —
of Lewisville, Denton
County, Tex.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Insurance business; mayor
of Lewisville, Tex., 2009-15.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Still living as of 2015.
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Tommy Joe Vandergriff (1926-2010) —
also known as Tom Joe Vandergriff —
of Arlington, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Carrollton, Dallas
County, Tex., January
29, 1926.
Automobile
dealer; insurance business; mayor
of Arlington, Tex., 1951-77; U.S.
Representative from Texas 26th District, 1983-85; defeated
(Democratic), 1984; Tarrant
County Judge, 1990-2007.
Died in Arlington, Tarrant
County, Tex., December
30, 2010 (age 84 years, 335
days).
Interment at Moore Memorial Gardens, Arlington, Tex.
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