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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. |
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1951 |
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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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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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Ralph Webster Yarborough (1903-1996) —
also known as Ralph W. Yarborough —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Chandler, Henderson
County, Tex., June 8,
1903.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Texas, 1936-41; candidate for nomination for Texas
state attorney general, 1938; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II; candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1952, 1954, 1956; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1957-71; defeated in primary, 1970, 1972;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1964,
1980.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Delta Phi; Order of
the Coif; Moose; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Acacia.
Died January
27, 1996 (age 92 years, 233
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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