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Edwin Dabney (1876-1938) —
of Altus, Jackson
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Comanche
County, Tex., February
3, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; county judge in Texas, 1906-08; member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1919-23; Oklahoma
state attorney general, 1927-30.
Member, Freemasons.
Died May 16,
1938 (age 62 years, 102
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edwin Thomas Dabney and Ninnie (Dickenson) Dabney; married 1904 to Emma
Adams; married 1929 to Jewel
Cooper. |
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Marion Price Daniel (1910-1988) —
also known as Price Daniel —
of Liberty, Liberty
County, Tex.
Born in Dayton, Liberty
County, Tex., October
10, 1910.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1939-45; Speaker of
the Texas State House of Representatives, 1943-45; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1940,
1948,
1964;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Texas
state attorney general, 1947-53; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1953-57; Governor of
Texas, 1957-63; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1971-; appointed 1971.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary;
Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Woodmen;
Sigma
Delta Chi; Pi
Kappa Delta.
Died, from a stroke,
in Liberty, Liberty
County, Tex., August
25, 1988 (age 77 years, 320
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Liberty County, Tex.
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Marion Price Daniel Jr. (1941-1981) —
of Texas.
Born June 8,
1941.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1969-78; Speaker of
the Texas State House of Representatives, 1973; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1974; candidate for Texas
state attorney general, 1978.
Shot
and killed by
his estranged wife, Vickie, near Liberty, Liberty
County, Tex., January
19, 1981 (age 39 years, 225
days). She was arrested and indicted for his murder, but found
not guilty at trial.
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Liberty County, Tex.
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William Partlow Daniel (1915-2006) —
also known as Bill Daniel; "Governor
Bill" —
Born in Dayton, Liberty
County, Tex., November
20, 1915.
Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives 14th District, 1949-53; played the
role of Colonel Neill in the 1960 film
The Alamo; Governor of
Guam, 1961-63.
Died in Liberty, Liberty
County, Tex., June 20,
2006 (age 90 years, 212
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Liberty, Tex.
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Thomas Whitfield Davidson (1876-1974) —
also known as T. W. Davidson —
of Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Harrison
County, Tex., September
23, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Texas, 1912;
member of Texas
state senate, 1920-22; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1922-24; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, 1936-65; took
senior status 1965.
Died January
26, 1974 (age 97 years, 125
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James H. DeAtley (c.1952-2001) —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Washington,
D.C., about 1952.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Texas, 1993-96; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, 1997-98.
Died, of cancer,
in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., July 21,
2001 (age about 49
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Martin Dies (1870-1922) —
of Woodville, Tyler
County, Tex.; Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born in Jackson
Parish, La., March
13, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; Tyler
County Judge, 1894; district attorney 1st District, 1898; U.S.
Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1909-19.
Methodist.
Died in Kerrville, Kerr
County, Tex., July 13,
1922 (age 52 years, 122
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Martin Dies (1900-1972) —
of Orange, Orange
County, Tex.; Lufkin, Angelina
County, Tex.
Born in Colorado City, Mitchell
County, Tex., November
5, 1900.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1931-45, 1953-59 (2nd District
1931-45, at-large 1953-59); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1957.
Disciples
of Christ.
Died in Lufkin, Angelina
County, Tex., November
14, 1972 (age 72 years, 9
days).
Interment at Garden
of Memories Mausoleum, Lufkin, Tex.
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John Allen Dixon Jr. (b. 1920) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Orange, Orange
County, Tex., April 8,
1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; district
judge in Louisiana, 1957-68; Judge, Louisiana Circuit Court of
Appeals, 1968-71; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1971-80.
Member, Freemasons.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Lloyd Alton Doggett II (b. 1946) —
also known as Lloyd Doggett —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., October
6, 1946.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas
state senate, 1973-85; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1984; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1989-94; U.S.
Representative from Texas 10th District, 1995-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2014.
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John Vernard Dowdy (1912-1995) —
also known as John V. Dowdy —
of Athens, Henderson
County, Tex.
Born in Waco, McLennan
County, Tex., February
11, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1952-73 (7th District 1952-67, 2nd
District 1967-73).
Died in Athens, Henderson
County, Tex., April
12, 1995 (age 83 years, 60
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James G. Dudley (b. 1848) —
of Paris, Lamar
County, Tex.
Born in Marion
County, Mo., April 8,
1848.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; Texas
Democratic state chair, 1894-96; member of Democratic
National Committee from Texas, 1896-1900.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1875 to Jennie
E. Blair. |
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Cynthia Noland Dunbar (b. 1964) —
also known as Cynthia Dunbar —
of Richmond, Fort Bend
County, Tex.; Forest, Bedford
County, Va.
Born in Osage Beach, Camden
County, Mo., June 27,
1964.
Republican. Lawyer; author;
member of Texas state
board of education 10th District, 2007-10; member of Republican
National Committee from Virginia, 2016-; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 2018.
Female.
Still living as of 2018.
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Robert L. Duncan (b. 1953) —
also known as Robert Duncan —
of Lubbock, Lubbock
County, Tex.
Born in Vernon, Wilbarger
County, Tex., August
5, 1953.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives 84th District, 1993-96; nominated,
but withdrew 1996; member of Texas
state senate 28th District, 1996-.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2014.
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Poindexter Dunn (1834-1914) —
of Forrest City, St.
Francis County, Ark.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.; Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex.
Born near Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., November
3, 1834.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1858; served in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 1st District, 1879-89.
Slaveowner.
Died in Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex., October
12, 1914 (age 79 years, 343
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Texarkana, Tex.
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James Robert Dunnam (b. 1963) —
also known as Jim Dunnam —
of McGregor, McLennan
County, Tex.; Waco, McLennan
County, Tex.; Chilton, Falls
County, Tex.
Born in McLennan
County, Tex., December
12, 1963.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives 57th District, 1997-2010;
defeated, 2010; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 2004.
United
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Still living as of 2010.
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