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William Hawley Atwell (1869-1961) —
also known as William H. Atwell —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Sparta, Monroe
County, Wis., June 9,
1869.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, 1898-1913; candidate
for Governor of
Texas, 1922; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, 1923-54; took
senior status 1954.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Redmen.
Died December
22, 1961 (age 92 years, 196
days).
Interment at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Capt. Benjamin D. Atwell and De Emma (Greene) Atwell; married, December
7, 1892, to Susie Snyder. |
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Clinton S. Bailey (b. 1890) —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 14,
1890.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; secretary of
Texas Republican Party, 1923-24; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 5th District, 1926, 1930.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi
Gamma Delta; Theta
Nu Epsilon; American
Legion; Knights of Pythias; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Cornelius Bailey and Erminnie (Campbell) Bailey; married to
Alice Mae Nicholson. |
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Byron L. Ballard (b. 1890) —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., February
21, 1890.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of Charles
H. Hayden, 1917-30, and of Edmund
C. Shields, 1931; chair of
Ingham County Democratic Party, 1920-24; candidate for Michigan
state senate 14th District, 1926; treasurer of
Michigan Democratic Party, 1937; charged
on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting
bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire case
collapsed when the star prosecution witness, Charles
F. Hemans, refused to testify.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary;
Knights of Pythias; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Elks; Sigma
Phi Epsilon.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter Elgin Ballard and Jennie (Peden) Ballard; married, February
16, 1916, to M. Lucille Juzek. |
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Thomas Lindsay Blanton (1872-1957) —
also known as Thomas L. Blanton —
of Abilene, Taylor
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., October
25, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Texas 42nd District, 1908-16; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1917-29, 1930-37 (16th District
1917-19, 17th District 1919-29, 1930-37).
Presbyterian.
Member, Knights of Pythias; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Censured
in 1921 for inserting a letter into the Congressional Record
which contained words said to be "unspeakable, vile, foul, filthy,
profane, blasphemous and obscene."
A motion to expel
him from the House of Representatives failed by eight votes. Indicted
in 1923 for criminal
libel over his claim that former U.S. Rep. Oscar
Callaway had urged his frends not to buy Liberty bonds during
World War I.
Died in Albany, Shackelford
County, Tex., August
11, 1957 (age 84 years, 290
days).
Interment at Albany
Cemetery, Albany, Tex.
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Vincent Waggoner Carr (1918-2004) —
also known as Waggoner Carr —
of Lubbock
County, Tex.
Born in Fairlie, Hunt
County, Tex., October
1, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; Lubbock
County Attorney, 1948-50; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1951-61; Speaker of
the Texas State House of Representatives, 1957-61; Texas
state attorney general, 1963-67; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1964;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1966; candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1968.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights of Pythias; Lions.
Breakfasted with Pres. John
F. Kennedy, in Dallas, Texas, on the morning of his
assassination, November 22, 1963.
Died, of cancer,
in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., February
25, 2004 (age 85 years, 147
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Thomas Terry Connally (1877-1963) —
also known as Tom T. Connally —
of Marlin, Falls
County, Tex.
Born near Hewitt, McLennan
County, Tex., August
19, 1877.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1901-04; Falls
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1906-10; U.S.
Representative from Texas 11th District, 1917-29; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1920,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944
(chair, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee; speaker),
1948,
1956;
U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1929-53.
Methodist.
Member, Knights of Pythias; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen of
the World; Modern
Woodmen.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
28, 1963 (age 86 years, 70
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Marlin, Tex.
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Norris Wright Cuney (1846-1898) —
also known as N. W. Cuney —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born near Hempstead, Waller
County, Tex., May 12,
1846.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1872,
1876,
1880,
1884,
1888,
1892;
secretary
of Texas Republican Party, 1873; candidate for mayor
of Galveston, Tex., 1875; candidate for Texas
state house of representatives, 1876; candidate for Texas
state senate, 1882; member of Republican
National Committee from Texas, 1886; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1889-91.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., March 3,
1898 (age 51 years, 295
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.
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Calvin Maples Cureton (b. 1874) —
of Meridian, Bosque
County, Tex.
Born near Walnut Springs, Bosque
County, Tex., September
1, 1874.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1909-12; Texas
state attorney general, 1919-21; chief
justice of Texas state supreme court, 1921-36.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights of Pythias.
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of William E. Cureton and Mary (Odle) Cureton; married, April
28, 1901, to Nora Morris. |
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Ovie Clark Fisher (1903-1994) —
also known as O. Clark Fisher —
of San Angelo, Tom Green
County, Tex.
Born in Junction, Kimble
County, Tex., November
22, 1903.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1935-37; U.S.
Representative from Texas 21st District, 1943-75.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Knights of Pythias; Rotary;
Acacia.
Died December
9, 1994 (age 91 years, 17
days).
Interment at Junction
Cemetery, Junction, Tex.
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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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Thomas Pryor Gore (1870-1949) —
also known as Thomas P. Gore —
of Texas; Lawton, Comanche
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born near Embry, Webster
County, Miss., December
10, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1898; member
Oklahoma territorial council, 1903-05; U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1907-21, 1931-37; defeated, 1920, 1936;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1912
(speaker),
1928;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Oklahoma, 1912-16.
Member, Knights of Pythias; Moose; Woodmen;
Elks.
Blind
due to an accident suffered when he was a boy; first
blind member of the U.S. Senate.
Died March
16, 1949 (age 78 years, 96
days).
Originally entombed at Rose
Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Okla.; later interred in 1949 at
Fairlawn
Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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Jed Joseph Johnson (1888-1963) —
also known as Jed Johnson —
of Anadarko, Caddo
County, Okla.
Born near Waxahachie, Ellis
County, Tex., July 31,
1888.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mail
carrier; lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Oklahoma
state senate, 1920-27, 1925-26 (17th District 1920-27, 15th
District 1925-26); U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 6th District, 1927-47; federal
judge, 1947.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Knights of Pythias; Modern
Woodmen of America; Lions.
Died May 8,
1963 (age 74 years, 281
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Chickasha, Okla.
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William Mahoney (1869-1952) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
13, 1869.
Pressman;
labor
leader; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1904; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Minnesota; founder and editor, Minnesota
Union Advocate newspaper,
1920-32; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1932-34; Farmer-Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1943.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights of Pythias.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
17, 1952 (age 83 years, 217
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Daniel James Moody Jr. (1893-1966) —
also known as Dan Moody —
of Taylor, Williamson
County, Tex.
Born in Taylor, Williamson
County, Tex., June 1,
1893.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Williamson
County Attorney, 1920-22; District Attorney, 1922-25; Texas
state attorney general, 1925-27; Governor of
Texas, 1927-31; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1928,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1948,
1952;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1942.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., May 22,
1966 (age 72 years, 355
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, 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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Patrick Morris Neff (1871-1952) —
also known as Pat Morris Neff —
of Waco, McLennan
County, Tex.
Born in McGregor, McLennan
County, Tex., November
26, 1871.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1901-05; Speaker of
the Texas State House of Representatives, 1903-05; McLennan
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1906-12; Governor of
Texas, 1921-25; president
of Baylor University, from 1932; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1940.
Baptist.
Member, Knights of Pythias; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary;
Anti-Saloon
League; Lions.
Died January
20, 1952 (age 80 years, 55
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Waco, Tex.
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James Ivey Phelps (b. 1875) —
also known as James I. Phelps —
of El Reno, Canadian
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Newton, Newton
County, Tex., June 20,
1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; Canadian
County Judge, 1901-07; district judge in Oklahoma 13th District,
1919-25; justice of
Oklahoma state supreme court, 1925-29, 1935.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Woodmen;
Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Elza V. M. Phelps and Mary A. (Simmons) Phelps; married, February
1, 1903, to Lydia B. Malcom. |
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Choice Boswell Randell (1857-1945) —
also known as Choice B. Randell —
of Sherman, Grayson
County, Tex.
Born near Spring Place, Murray
County, Ga., January
1, 1857.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1901-13 (5th District 1901-03, 4th
District 1903-13).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights of Pythias.
Died in Sherman, Grayson
County, Tex., October
19, 1945 (age 88 years, 291
days).
Interment at West
Hill Cemetery, Sherman, Tex.
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Emmet Montgomery Reily (1866-1954) —
also known as E. Mont Reily; "Moncho
Reyes" —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo., October
21, 1866.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; Governor of
Puerto Rico, 1921-23.
Presbyterian.
Member, Knights of Pythias.
Died in Jackson
County, Mo., October
31, 1954 (age 88 years, 10
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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John Morris Sheppard (1875-1941) —
also known as Morris Sheppard —
of Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex.
Born in Wheatville, Morris
County, Tex., May 28,
1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1902-13 (4th District 1902-03, 1st
District 1903-13); U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1913-41; died in office 1941.
Methodist.
Member, Woodmen of
the World; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Elks;
Knights of Pythias; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from a brain
hemorrhage, in Walter
Reed Hospital, Washington,
D.C., April 9,
1941 (age 65 years, 316
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Texarkana, Tex.
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L. B. Snyder (1893-1964) —
of New Martinsville, Wetzel
County, W.Va.
Born in Glovers Gap, Marion
County, W.Va., October
24, 1893.
Democrat. Wetzel
County Sheriff, 1929-32; business
executive; member of West
Virginia state senate 2nd District, 1937-40; defeated, 1940.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Moose.
Died in Corpus Christi, Nueces
County, Tex., January
16, 1964 (age 70 years, 84
days).
Interment at Memory
Gardens Cemetery, Corpus Christi, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of H. C. Snyder and Mary A. (Murray) Snyder. |
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Jacob Franklin Spears, Sr. (1899-1946) —
also known as J. Franklin Spears —
of Tarpon Springs, Pinellas
County, Fla.; San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Darlington
County, S.C., October
6, 1899.
Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor
of Tarpon Springs, Fla., 1921; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1934-36; member of Texas
state senate, 1937-46.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights of Pythias; Elks; Eagles;
Redmen;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, from a heart
attack, in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., May 29,
1946 (age 46 years, 235
days).
Interment at Mission
Burial Park South, San Antonio, Tex.
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