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Jean Baptiste Adoue (1846-1924) —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Aurignac, France,
October
24, 1846.
Merchant; banker; Consular
Agent for France in Dallas,
Tex., 1897-1907.
French
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Suffered an apoplectic
stroke, and fearing that he would become an invalid, he killed
himself, by self-inflicted gunshot,
in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., June 20,
1924 (age 77 years, 240
days).
Interment at Grove
Hill Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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James Harry Ashcraft (1918-2011) —
also known as J. H. Ashcraft —
of Hundred, Wetzel
County, W.Va.; Harlingen, Cameron
County, Tex.
Born in Hundred, Wetzel
County, W.Va., July 26,
1918.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
merchant; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Wetzel County, 1951-52;
defeated, 1952; chair of
Wetzel County Republican Party, 1973.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Moose; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died June 23,
2011 (age 92 years, 332
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Jolly Ashcraft and Elizabeth (Clark) Ashcraft; married, May 1,
1940, to Freda Naomi Sapp. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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Thomas Henry Ball Jr. (1859-1944) —
also known as Thomas H. Ball; Tom Ball —
of Huntsville, Walker
County, Tex.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Huntsville, Walker
County, Tex., January
14, 1859.
Democrat. Farmer;
merchant; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1892,
1896,
1900,
1904,
1912
(speaker),
1924
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1928;
U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1897-1903 (1st District 1897-1903, 8th
District 1903); candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1914.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., May 7,
1944 (age 85 years, 114
days).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Lyle H. Boren (1909-1992) —
of Seminole, Seminole
County, Okla.
Born near Waxahachie, Ellis
County, Tex., May 11,
1909.
Democrat. School
teacher; merchant; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 4th District, 1937-47; served in the
U.S. Navy during World War II.
Church
of Christ. Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Rotary;
American
Legion; Pi
Kappa Delta.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., July 2,
1992 (age 83 years, 52
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ben F. Brooks (born c.1890) —
of Bagwell, Red River
County, Tex.
Born in Texas, about 1890.
Merchant; member of Texas
state house of representatives 36th District, 1929.
Burial location unknown.
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John Morehead Brower (1845-1913) —
also known as John M. Brower —
of Mt. Airy, Surry
County, N.C.; Boswell, Choctaw
County, Okla.
Born in Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C., July 19,
1845.
Republican. Merchant; tobacco grower;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1876-78; postmaster at Mt.
Airy, N.C., 1882-85; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1887-91; member
of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1896-98.
Died in Paris, Lamar
County, Tex., August
5, 1913 (age 68 years, 17
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Mt. Airy, N.C.
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Robert E. Burt (b. 1862) —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Van Buren, Crawford
County, Ark., October
1, 1862.
Merchant; oil
operator; mayor of
Dallas, Tex., 1927-29.
Baptist.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Henry Burt and Kitty (Turrentine) Burt; married to Mamie
Elizabeth Boone. |
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Simon Celaya (1824-1908) —
of Brownsville, Cameron
County, Tex.
Born in Spain,
September
28, 1824.
Merchant; promoter and builder, Rio Grande Railroad;
Honorary
Vice-Consul for Spain in Brownsville,
Tex., 1900-07.
Catholic.
Spanish
ancestry.
Died in Brownsville, Cameron
County, Tex., November
25, 1908 (age 84 years, 58
days).
Interment at Old
City Cemetery, Brownsville, Tex.
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James Winright Flanagan (1805-1887) —
also known as James W. Flanagan —
of Henderson, Rusk
County, Tex.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., September
7, 1805.
Merchant; lawyer; farmer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1851-52; member of Texas
state senate, 1856-58; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Texas; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1866, 1868-69; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1869-70; resigned 1870; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1869-75.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Slaveowner.
Died near Longview, Gregg
County, Tex., September
19, 1887 (age 82 years, 12
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Rusk County, Tex.
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Jeptha Milton Gibbs (1875-1936) —
also known as Jeptha M. Gibbs —
Born in Navasota, Grimes
County, Tex., April
20, 1875.
Railroad
employee; wholesale merchant; U.S. Consular Agent in Cananea, 1918-33.
Died March
10, 1936 (age 60 years, 325
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Joseph Clinton Hailey (1890-1958) —
also known as Joe C. Hailey —
of Hughes Springs, Cass
County, Tex.
Born in Laredo, Webb
County, Tex., March 5,
1890.
Republican. Merchant; postmaster;
chair
of Cass County Republican Party, 1932-36; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1938.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died August
25, 1958 (age 68 years, 173
days).
Interment at Hughes Springs Cemetery, Hughes Springs, Tex.
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Robert Bradley Hawley (1849-1921) —
also known as R. B. Hawley —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., October
25, 1849.
Republican. Merchant; importer;
manufacturer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1896,
1904;
U.S.
Representative from Texas 10th District, 1897-1901.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
28, 1921 (age 72 years, 34
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.
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Fred Hervey (c.1909-1999) —
of El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex.
Born about 1909.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; mayor of
El Paso, Tex., 1951-55, 1973-75; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Texas.
Founder of Circle K convenience store chain.
Died September
1, 1999 (age about 90
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas William House (1814-1880) —
also known as Thomas W. House —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Stoke St. Gregory, Somersetshire, England,
March
4, 1814.
Bakery
owner; merchant; banker; mayor
of Houston, Tex., 1862.
English
ancestry.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., January
17, 1880 (age 65 years, 319
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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William J. Hutchins (1813-1884) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Fishkill, Dutchess
County, N.Y., March 3,
1813.
Merchant; cotton mill
business; hotel
owner; banker;
co-founded Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway;
owner and president of the Houston and Texas Central Railway;
mayor
of Houston, Tex., 1861.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry.
Died in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., June 4,
1884 (age 71 years, 93
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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John Celestin Jagou (1844-1898) —
also known as Celestin Jagou —
of Brownsville, Cameron
County, Tex.
Born in France,
1844.
Commission merchant; importer;
Consular
Agent for France in Brownsville,
Tex., 1897-98.
Died, from Bright's
disease, in Brownsville, Cameron
County, Tex., April
14, 1898 (age about 53
years).
Interment at Old
City Cemetery, Brownsville, Tex.
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Albert Gallatin Kellogg (1809-1839) —
of San Augustine, San
Augustine County, Tex.
Born in New Salem, Franklin
County, Mass., July 12,
1809.
Merchant; delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of San Augustine,
1835; postmaster.
Died in San Augustine, San
Augustine County, Tex., 1839
(age about
29 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Albert
Gallatin |
| | | Relatives: Son of Nathaniel Kellogg and
Sarah (Stowell) Kellogg; nephew of Daniel
Fiske Kellogg; first cousin of Charles
Kellogg (1839-1903); second cousin twice removed of Aaron
Kellogg; third cousin of Daniel
Kellogg (1791-1875); third cousin once removed of Jason
Kellogg, Charles
Kellogg (1773-1842), Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill, George
Bradley Kellogg and Daniel
Kellogg (1835-1918); third cousin twice removed of Edward
Stanley Kellogg and Franklin
Warren Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed of Dwight
Palmer Griswold; fourth cousin of Luther
Walter Badger, Silas
Dewey Kellogg, Greene
Carrier Bronson, Chester
Ashley, Alvan
Kellogg, Alvah
Nash, John
Russell Kellogg, Day
Otis Kellogg, Dwight
Kellogg, George
Smith Catlin, Francis
William Kellogg, Ensign
Hosmer Kellogg and Farrand
Fassett Merrill; fourth cousin once removed of John
Calhoun Lewis, Orlando
Kellogg, William
Dean Kellogg, Henry
Gould Lewis, Stephen
Wright Kellogg, William
Pitt Kellogg, Arthur
Tappan Kellogg and Selah
Merrill. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Oliver Winfield Killam (1874-1959) —
also known as O. W. Killam; "King
Petrol" —
of Joplin, Jasper
County, Mo.; Grove, Delaware
County, Okla.; Laredo, Webb
County, Tex.
Born in Lincoln
County, Mo., April
27, 1874.
Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1896;
merchant; member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1911-14; member of Oklahoma
state senate, 1915-18; oil
producer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Texas.
Died January
1, 1959 (age 84 years, 249
days).
Interment at Laredo
Public Cemetery, Laredo, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Winfield Killam and Katherine (Macgruder) Killam; married 1902 to
Harriet 'Hattie' Smith. |
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Elbert Sevier Martin (c.1829-1876) —
of Jonesville, Lee
County, Va.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born near Jonesville, Lee
County, Va., about 1829.
Merchant; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 13th District, 1859-61; served in
the Confederate Army during the Civil War; newspaper
publisher.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., September
3, 1876 (age about 47
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Paine (1799-1853) —
of Northfield, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Williamstown, Orange
County, Vt., April
15, 1799.
Whig. Woollen
manufacturer; hotelier;
merchant; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1828-29; delegate to Whig
National Convention from Vermont, 1839 (Convention Secretary); Governor of
Vermont, 1841-43; railroad
builder.
Died, from dysentery,
in Waco, McLennan
County, Tex., July 6,
1853 (age 54 years, 82
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Northfield, Vt.
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Thomas Jasper Record (1852-1935) —
also known as T. J. Record —
of Paris, Lamar
County, Tex.
Born in Bonham, Fannin
County, Tex., January
26, 1852.
Merchant; Lamar
County District Clerk, 1879-84; banker; mayor of
Paris, Tex., 1932-34; defeated, 1930, 1934.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died, in the Sanitarium
of Paris, Paris, Lamar
County, Tex., July 13,
1935 (age 83 years, 168
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John S. Roberts (1796-1871) —
of Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches
County, Tex.
Born in Virginia, July 13,
1796.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; merchant; delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Nacogdoches, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; served in the Texas Army
during the Texas War of Independence.
Died August
9, 1871 (age 75 years, 27
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Nacogdoches, Tex.
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John William Smith (1792-1845) —
also known as John W. Smith; William John Smith;
"El Colorado" —
of Ralls
County, Mo.; San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Virginia, March 4,
1792.
Ralls
County Sheriff and Tax Collector, 1823-26; merchant; surveyor;
served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; mayor
of San Antonio, Tex., 1837-38, 1840-41, 1842-44; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Bexar, 1842-45; died in office
1845.
Catholic.
In 1836, he was the last messenger from the Alamo, San Antonio Tex.,
before it fell to the Mexican Army in the battle there.
Died, probably of pneumonia,
in Washington, Washington
County, Tex., January
12, 1845 (age 52 years, 314
days).
Original interment at Washington-on-the-Brazos
State Park, Washington, Tex.; reinterment at Washington
Cemetery, Washington, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of John Smith and Isabel Smith; married 1821 to
Harriet Stone; married 1830 to Maria
de Jesús Delgado Curbelo. |
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