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Jo Abbott (1840-1908) —
also known as Joseph Abbott —
of Hillsboro, Hill
County, Tex.
Born near Decatur, Morgan
County, Ala., January
15, 1840.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1869-71; district judge in Texas,
1879-84; U.S.
Representative from Texas 6th District, 1887-97.
Died in Hillsboro, Hill
County, Tex., February
11, 1908 (age 68 years, 27
days).
Interment at Old
Cemetery, Hillsboro, Tex.
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Walter Acker Sr. (born c.1845) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Mississippi, about 1845.
Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1883, 1925-29.
Burial location unknown.
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Jed Cobb Adams (1876-1935) —
also known as Jed Adams —
of Kaufman, Kaufman
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Kaufman, Kaufman
County, Tex., January
14, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; Kaufman
County State's Attorney, 1898-1902; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Texas, 1904;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Texas; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, 1919.
Methodist.
Died January
29, 1935 (age 59 years, 15
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Z. T. Adams and Elizabeth (Ratliff) Adams; married, December
1, 1897, to Allie Nash. |
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John Quincy Adams (b. 1900) —
also known as John Q. Adams —
of Harlingen, Cameron
County, Tex.
Born in Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla., June 7,
1900.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas,
1944
(alternate), 1948
(alternate), 1952,
1956.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Lions; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Thurman W. Adkins (born c.1906) —
of LaFayette, Upshur
County, Tex.
Born in Texas, about 1906.
Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives 4th District, 1929.
Burial location unknown.
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John Hamilton Adkisson (1893-1970) —
also known as John H. Adkisson —
of Centerville, Leon
County, Tex.
Born in Centerville, Leon
County, Tex., August
29, 1893.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1952.
Died in Centerville, Leon
County, Tex., November
23, 1970 (age 77 years, 86
days).
Interment at Centerville Cemetery, Centerville, Tex.
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Baylor Lewis Agerton (1886-1960) —
also known as Baylor L. Agerton —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Jonesboro, Coryell
County, Tex., December
29, 1886.
Lawyer; U.S. Consul in Copenhagen, 1917-19.
Died in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., October
21, 1960 (age 73 years, 297
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of William David Agerton and Melissa Jane (Montgomery)
Agerton. |
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memorial |
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(1917) |
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Anthony Boyce Akers (1914-1976) —
also known as Anthony B. Akers —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born near Charlotte, Atascosa
County, Tex., October
19, 1914.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1954, 1956, 1958;
U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand, 1961-63.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Federal
Bar Association.
Died, probably from a heart
attack, in Wrightsville Beach, New Hanover
County, N.C., April 1,
1976 (age 61 years, 165
days).
Interment at Berkeley Memorial Cemetery, Middletown, R.I.
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Sawnie Robertson Aldredge (1890-1949) —
also known as Sawnie R. Aldredge —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., November
13, 1890.
Lawyer; mayor of
Dallas, Tex., 1921-23.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., May 13,
1949 (age 58 years, 181
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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William Hays Alford (b. 1866) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Bowie
County, Tex., September
14, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of California
state assembly, 1893; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 7th District, 1894; California
Democratic state chair, 1896.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Michael Alford and Josephine M. Alford. |
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Ebenezer Allen (1804-1863) —
of Orono, Penobscot
County, Maine; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in Newport, Sullivan
County, N.H., April 8,
1804.
Lawyer; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1844-45, 1845-46; Attorney
General of the Texas Republic, 1844-45; Texas
state attorney general, 1850-52; railroad
promoter; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died in the Civil
War in Richmond,
Va., 1863
(age about
59 years).
Burial location unknown.
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James V. Allred (1899-1959) —
of Wichita Falls, Wichita
County, Tex.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Bowie, Montague
County, Tex., March
29, 1899.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; Texas
state attorney general, 1931-35; Governor of
Texas, 1935-39; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, 1939-42,
1949-59; died in office 1959; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1942.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Optimist
Club.
Died in Corpus Christi, Nueces
County, Tex., September
24, 1959 (age 60 years, 179
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Wichita Falls, Tex.
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Rafael M. Anchiá —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; member of Texas
state house of representatives 103rd District, 2004-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 2008.
Member, Lions.
Suffered minor injuries in the automobile accident which killed State
Rep. Joe
Moreno, May 6, 2005.
Still living as of 2012.
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Raymond Douglas Anderson (b. 1927) —
also known as Raymond Anderson —
of Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex.
Born in Lincoln
County, Ky., November
3, 1927.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Bowie County Republican Party, 1967-70, 1972-73; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1972.
Baptist.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Kiwanis.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Whitley Anderson and Caroline (Otto) Anderson; married, September
5, 1953, to Lois Powell. |
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Robert Bernerd Anderson (1910-1989) —
also known as Robert B. Anderson —
of Texas.
Born in Burleson, Johnson
County, Tex., June 4,
1910.
School
teacher; lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1932; Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1955; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1957-61.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Phi
Delta Phi; Order of
the Coif.
Pleaded
guilty in 1987 to charges
of evading
taxes by illegally operating an offshore
bank; sentenced
to jail, house
arrest, and probation;
disbarred
in 1988.
Died, of complications from surgery on cancer
of the esophagus, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
14, 1989 (age 79 years, 71
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery, Cleburne, Tex.
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Michael Allen Andrews (b. 1944) —
also known as Michael A. Andrews; Mike
Andrews —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., February
7, 1944.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas 25th District, 1983-95; defeated, 1980;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1994.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Reynolds Archer Jr. (b. 1928) —
also known as Bill Archer —
of Hunters Creek Village, Harris
County, Tex.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., March
22, 1928.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1967-70; U.S.
Representative from Texas 7th District, 1971-2001; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 1972,
1988.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2014.
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Morris Sheppard Arnold (b. 1941) —
also known as Morris S. Arnold —
of Arkansas.
Born in Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex., October
8, 1941.
Lawyer; law
professor; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, 1985-92; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1992-.
Still living as of 2013.
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Richard Sheppard Arnold (1936-2004) —
also known as Richard S. Arnold —
of Texarkana, Miller
County, Ark.; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex., March
26, 1936.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1966, 1972; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1968;
delegate
to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1969-70; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, 1978-80; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 1978-80; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1980-2001; took
senior status 2001.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from complications of lymphoma,
in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., September
23, 2004 (age 68 years, 181
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at St.
Margaret's Episcopal Church Columbarium, Little Rock, Ark.
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John Baptista Ashe (1810-1857) —
of Brownsville, Haywood
County, Tenn.; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in Rocky Point, Pender
County, N.C., 1810.
Whig. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1843-45.
Slaveowner.
Died in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., December
29, 1857 (age about 47
years).
Burial location unknown.
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George Sublett Atkinson (1892-1967) —
also known as George S. Atkinson —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Salyersville, Magoffin
County, Ky., November
17, 1892.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 5th District, 1924; chair of
Dallas County Republican Party, 1925-29; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Texas, 1928,
1932.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
American Bar
Association.
Died in February, 1967
(age 74
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Harry W. Atkinson and Lizzie (Sublett) Atkinson. |
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Morris Atlas (b. 1926) —
of McAllen, Hidalgo
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., December
25, 1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
director, McAllen General Hospital,
Texas Commerce Bank;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1968,
1972;
chair
of Hidalgo County Democratic Party, 1968-80.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Alpha
Epsilon Pi; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1983.
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Relatives: Son
of Sam Atlas and Bertha (Cohen) Atlas; married 1947 to Rita
Wilner. |
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Nancy Friedman Atlas (b. 1949) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 20,
1949.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, 1995-.
Female.
Still living as of 2000.
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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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