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Lyman Warren Bliss (1836-1907) —
also known as Lyman W. Bliss; "Doctor
Joy" —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Peterboro, Madison
County, N.Y., July 12,
1836.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; physician;
lumber business; mayor
of Saginaw, Mich., 1879-81, 1888-89; defeated, 1890.
Died in a hospital
at San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., February
19, 1907 (age 70 years, 222
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Saginaw Township, Saginaw County, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Lyman Bliss and Anna M. (Chaffee) Bliss; brother of Aaron
Thomas Bliss; married, July 27,
1858, to Mary Jerome; married, September
18, 1877, to Harriett (Granger) Miller; married, November
2, 1892, to May Cummiskey; granduncle of Aaron
Tyler Bliss; third cousin of Frank
Dickinson Blodgett. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Blodgett-Whedon
family of Killingworth, Connecticut; Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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George W. Carroll (1855-1935) —
also known as "The Moneyless Millionaire of
Texas" —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born in Mansfield, DeSoto
Parish, La., April
11, 1855.
Lumber business; banker; oil
millionaire; philanthropist; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1902; Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1904.
Baptist.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex., December
14, 1935 (age 80 years, 247
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Beaumont, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank L. Carroll and Sarah (Long) Carroll; married 1877 to
Underhill Mixson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: American Prohibition Year
Book 1912 |
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Frederick Charles Digby-Roberts (1868-1955) —
also known as F. C. Digby-Roberts —
of Abilene, Taylor
County, Tex.
Born January
3, 1868.
Lumber business; mayor
of Abilene, Tex., 1901-04.
Died in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., January
9, 1955 (age 87 years, 6
days).
Interment at Abilene Municipal Cemetery, Abilene, Tex.
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Horace D. Grogan —
of Conroe, Montgomery
County, Tex.
Democrat. Lumber business; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1964.
Still living as of 1964.
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Jesse Holman Jones (1874-1956) —
also known as Jesse H. Jones —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Robertson
County, Tenn., April 5,
1874.
Democrat. Lumber business; builder;
banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1924
(alternate), 1928,
1940;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1940-45.
Methodist.
Died June 1,
1956 (age 82 years, 57
days).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Joseph Hubert Kurth (1857-1930) —
also known as Joseph H. Kurth; Simon Joseph
Kurth —
of Keltys (now part of Lufkin), Angelina
County, Tex.
Born in Endenich, Germany,
July
3, 1857.
Republican. Lumberman; railroad
builder; bank
director; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas,
1904;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1924.
Catholic;
later Methodist.
Died June 16,
1930 (age 72 years, 348
days).
Interment somewhere
in Lufkin, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Johann Adam Kurth and Martha (Brenig) Kurth; married 1882 to Hattie
Martin Glenn. |
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James Cullen Looney (1903-1977) —
also known as J. C. Looney —
of Edinburg, Hidalgo
County, Tex.
Born in Kossuth, Alcorn
County, Miss., May 18,
1903.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director of many firms involved in activities such as banking,
bus transit, concrete,
lumber, radio
broadcasting, automobile
service, and operating a hotel;
chair
of Hidalgo County Democratic Party, 1932-40, 1954-68; Hidalgo
County Judge, 1941-46; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Texas, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968.
Protestant.
Member, Pi
Kappa Alpha; American Bar
Association; Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Royal
and Select Masters; Shriners.
Died in March, 1977
(age 73
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Owen Looney and Virginia (Dean) Looney; married, June 15,
1933, to Margaret Estelle Montgomery. |
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Fontaine Maury Maverick (1895-1954) —
also known as Maury Maverick —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., October
23, 1895.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lumber business;
U.S.
Representative from Texas 20th District, 1935-39; mayor
of San Antonio, Tex., 1939-41; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Coined the word "gobbledygook," during World War II, for pompously
worded directives.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., June 7,
1954 (age 58 years, 227
days).
Interment at San
Jose Burial Park, San Antonio, Tex.
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Clark A. McColl (b. 1879) —
of Westboro, Atchison
County, Mo.
Born near Honey Grove, Fannin
County, Tex., December
7, 1879.
Republican. Lumber dealer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Atchison County, 1915-16;
member of Missouri
state senate 1st District, 1942-48.
Burial location unknown.
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Lee Van Winkle (1862-1928) —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Benton
County, Ark., July 17,
1862.
Democrat. President and general managaer, Oklahoma Sash and
Door Company; mayor
of Oklahoma City, Okla., 1899-1901, 1903-05.
Died in Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex., January
4, 1928 (age 65 years, 171
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter Van Winkle; married to Marcella Faulkner. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: City of Oklahoma
City |
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Charles Nesbitt Wilson (1933-2010) —
also known as Charles Wilson; Charlie Wilson;
"Good Time Charlie" —
of Lufkin, Angelina
County, Tex.
Born in Trinity, Trinity
County, Tex., June 1,
1933.
Democrat. Lumber business; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1961-66; member of Texas
state senate, 1966-72; U.S.
Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1973-96; resigned 1996;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1996.
Methodist.
Died, from cardio-pulmonary
arrest, in Lufkin Memorial Hospital,
Lufkin, Angelina
County, Tex., February
10, 2010 (age 76 years, 254
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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