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Frank Baldwin (born c.1892) —
of Waco, McLennan
County, Tex.
Born in Iowa, about 1892.
Newspaper editor; member of Texas
state house of representatives 97th District, 1929.
Burial location unknown.
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Christopher Bell (b. 1959) —
also known as Chris Bell —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Texas, November
23, 1959.
Democrat. Journalist; lawyer;
member Houston City Council, 1997-2001; U.S.
Representative from Texas 25th District, 2003-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 2004;
candidate for Governor of
Texas, 2006.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Henry Bonilla (b. 1954) —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., January
2, 1954.
Republican. Journalist; television
reporter; U.S.
Representative from Texas 23rd District, 1993-.
Baptist.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Gail Borden Jr. (1801-1874) —
Born in Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y., November
9, 1801.
School
teacher; surveyor;
delegate
to Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Austin, 1833;
newspaper publisher; Collector of Customs at Galveston for the
Texas Republic, 1837-38 and 1841-43; in 1849, he invented
a dehydrated beef product called a "meat biscuit", but it failed
commercially; in 1853, he invented
a process to make sweetened condensed
milk, which could be transported without refrigeration, and
developed sanitation practices to to prevent contamination.
Died in Borden, Colorado
County, Tex., January
11, 1874 (age 72 years, 63
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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John Petit Brooks (1826-1915) —
also known as John P. Brooks —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.; Lewistown, Fulton
County, Ill.; Rock Island, Rock
Island County, Ill.; Sangamon
County, Ill.; Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.; Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.; College Mound, Macon
County, Mo.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, July 24,
1826.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
newspaper editor and publisher; preacher;
Illinois
superintendent of public instruction, 1863-65.
Methodist;
later Pentecostal.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., June 16,
1915 (age 88 years, 327
days).
Interment at College
Mound Cemetery, College Mound, Mo.
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Edward Austin Burke (1839-1928) —
also known as Edward A. Burke; Edward A.
Burk —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., September
13, 1839.
Democrat. Telegraph
operator; railroad
superintendent; major in the Confederate Army during the Civil
War; importer
and exporter; railway
freight agent; newspaper editor; Louisiana
state treasurer, 1878-88; engaged in a pistol duel
with Henry J. Hearsey on January 25, 1880; neither man was injured;
in 1882, he was wounded in a duel with C. Harrison Parker; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1880
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1884;
in 1889, his successor as state treasurer, William
Henry Pipes, discovered discrepancies in state funds, and accused
Burke of embezzlement;
he was subsequently indicted
by a grand jury; Burke, then in London, chose not to return to
Louisiana, and instead fled
to Honduras, and remained in Central America for the rest of his life.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, in the Hotel
Ritz, Tegucigalpa, Honduras,
September
24, 1928 (age 89 years, 11
days).
Interment somewhere in Yuscarán, Honduras.
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John Cardwell (1837-1890) —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Lexington, Oglethorpe
County, Ga., January
28, 1837.
Newspaper editor; U.S. Consul General in Cairo, 1885-89.
Died, of heart
disease, in Richmond, Fort Bend
County, Tex., April
17, 1890 (age 53 years, 79
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Gordon Chalmers (1803-1847) —
also known as John G. Chalmers —
of La Grange, Fayette
County, Tex.
Born in Halifax
County, Va., August
25, 1803.
Newspaper editor; member of Virginia state legislature, 1830;
Texas
Republic Secretary of the Treasury, 1841.
During a fight with Joshua Holden, he was Stabbed
and mortally
wounded; he died soon after, January
1, 1847 (age 43 years, 129
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Horace George Chilton (1853-1932) —
also known as Horace Chilton —
of Tyler, Smith
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born near Tyler, Smith
County, Tex., December
29, 1853.
Democrat. Printer;
newspaper publisher; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1896;
U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1891-92, 1895-1901.
Accidentally fell over
a chair, broke his upper leg, never recovered from the injury, and
died three months later, from heart and
kidney
disease and senility,
in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., June 12,
1932 (age 78 years, 166
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Tyler, Tex.
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Oscar Branch Colquitt (1861-1940) —
also known as Oscar B. Colquitt —
of Pittsburg, Camp
County, Tex.; Terrell, Kaufman
County, Tex.
Born in Camilla, Mitchell
County, Ga., December
16, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; oil
business; member of Texas
state senate 9th District, 1895-98; Governor of
Texas, 1911-15; defeated, 1906; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1916; member, U.S. Board of Railway Labor
Mediation.
Methodist.
Died March 8,
1940 (age 78 years, 83
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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James Britton Cranfill (1858-1942) —
also known as James B. Cranfill —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Parker
County, Tex., September
12, 1858.
Physician;
newspaper editor; Baptist
minister; Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1892.
Baptist.
Died December
28, 1942 (age 84 years, 107
days).
Interment at Grove
Hill Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Eaton Cranfill and Martha Jane (Galloway) Cranfill; married 1878 to Ollie
Allen. |
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Book 1912 |
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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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Marshall Clinton Formby Jr. (1911-1984) —
also known as Marshall Formby —
of McAdoo, Dickens
County, Tex.; Plainview, Hale
County, Tex.
Born near Como, Hopkins
County, Tex., April
12, 1911.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; Dickens
County Judge, 1937-40; member of Texas
state senate 30th District, 1941-45; lawyer;
candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1962.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died in Plainview, Hale
County, Tex., December
27, 1984 (age 73 years, 259
days).
Interment at McAdoo Cemetery, McAdoo, Tex.
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Marcellus Elliott Foster (1870-1942) —
also known as Marcellus E. Foster —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Pembroke, Christian
County, Ky., November
29, 1870.
Democrat. President of the Houston Chronicle newspaper;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1912.
Member, Rotary.
Died, from a coronary
occlusion and arteriosclerosis,
in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., April 1,
1942 (age 71 years, 123
days).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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John Edgar Green Jr. (b. 1880) —
also known as John E. Green, Jr. —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Selma, Dallas
County, Ala., April
19, 1880.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, 1914-19; attorney
for oil
companies.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Edgar Green and Susan Morgan (Bridges) Green; married, April
29, 1914, to Anne Gentry Skinner. |
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James Bradshaw Griffith Jr. (1927-2001) —
Born in Laredo, Webb
County, Tex., 1927.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Wyoming, 1968;
Wyoming
state treasurer, 1971-75; Wyoming
state auditor, 1975-87.
Died in 2001
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Lusk
Cemetery, Lusk, Wyo.
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James L. Harle —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; mayor
of Corsicana, Tex., 1875-77.
Burial location unknown.
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Greenbury Horras Harrison (1811-1856) —
also known as Greenbury H. Harrison; G. H.
Harrison —
of Houston
County, Tex.; Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Warren
County, Tenn., 1811.
Member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1840-41; newspaper editor
and publisher; shipmaster.
Died in 1856
(age about
45 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Carroll Harrison (1822-1855) —
also known as J. C. Harrison —
of Cherokee
County, Tex.
Born in Alabama, October
3, 1822.
Newspaper publisher; insurance
agent; hotel
operator; livery
business; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1855; died in office 1855.
Methodist.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., November
9, 1855 (age 33 years, 37
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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John Hemphill (1803-1862) —
of Texas.
Born in Chester District (now Chester
County), S.C., December
18, 1803.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; judge of Texas Republic, 1840; chief
justice of Texas state supreme court, 1846-58; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1859-61; when the Civil War began, he left
Washington but did not resign his seat in the Senate; one of ten Southern
senators expelled
in absentia on July 11, 1861; Delegate
from Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; died
in office 1862; candidate for Senator
from Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1861.
Slaveowner.
Died in Richmond,
Va., January
7, 1862 (age 58 years, 20
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Oveta Culp Hobby (1905-1995) —
also known as Oveta Culp; Mrs. William P.
Hobby —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Killeen, Bell
County, Tex., January
19, 1905.
Democrat. Parliamentarian, Texas House of Representatives, 1926-31,
1939-41; served in Women's Army Corps during World War II; president,
editor and publisher of Houston Post newspaper;
director, radio
station KPRC; U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1953-55; member,
Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Junior
League.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 1996.
Died, from a stroke,
in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., August
16, 1995 (age 90 years, 209
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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William Pettus Hobby (1878-1964) —
also known as William P. Hobby —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Moscow, Polk
County, Tex., March
26, 1878.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1914-17; Governor of
Texas, 1917-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1940.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., June 7,
1964 (age 86 years, 73
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Emil Hurja (1892-1953) —
of Breckenridge, Stephens
County, Tex.; Crystal Falls, Iron
County, Mich.
Born in Crystal Falls, Iron
County, Mich., January
22, 1892.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1936;
candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1946, 1948.
Finnish
ancestry. Member, American
Political Science Association; American
Economic Association; Sigma
Delta Chi.
Suffered a heart
attack, collapsed and died at the National Press Club, Washington,
D.C., May 30,
1953 (age 61 years, 128
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Ernest James Istook Jr. (b. 1950) —
also known as Ernest J. Istook, Jr. —
of Warr Acres, Oklahoma
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., February
11, 1950.
Republican. Lawyer;
journalist; member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1987-93; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 5th District, 1993-.
Mormon.
Still living as of 2014.
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Jed Joseph Johnson (1888-1963) —
also known as Jed Johnson —
of Anadarko, Caddo
County, Okla.
Born near Waxahachie, Ellis
County, Tex., July 31,
1888.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mail
carrier; lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Oklahoma
state senate, 1920-27, 1925-26 (17th District 1920-27, 15th
District 1925-26); U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 6th District, 1927-47; federal
judge, 1947.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Modern
Woodmen of America; Lions.
Died May 8,
1963 (age 74 years, 281
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Chickasha, Okla.
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Robert C. Lanier (1925-2014) —
also known as Bob Lanier —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Baytown, Harris
County, Tex., March
10, 1925.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; newspaper
reporter; lawyer; mayor
of Houston, Tex., 1992-98.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., December
20, 2014 (age 89 years, 285
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jack Lewis (1881-1945) —
of Lewisville, Denton
County, Tex.
Born in England,
April
13, 1881.
Newspaper editor and publisher; mayor
of Lewisville, Tex., 1929-31.
Died March 3,
1945 (age 63 years, 324
days).
Interment at Old Hall Cemetery, Lewisville, Tex.
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Frank P. Lockhart (b. 1881) —
of Pittsburg, Camp
County, Tex.
Born in Pittsburg, Camp
County, Tex., April 8,
1881.
Newspaper publisher; U.S. Consul General in Hankow, 1925-31; Tientsin, 1931-35; Shanghai, 1940-42.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Francis Asbury Lockhart and Lida (Pruitt) Lockhart; married, November
8, 1904, to Ruby Hess. |
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John Looney (1865-1942) —
also known as Patrick John Looney —
of Rock Island, Rock
Island County, Ill.
Born in Ottawa, La Salle
County, Ill., October
5, 1865.
Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; indicted
with others in 1897 over a scheme to defraud
the city of Rock Island in connection with a storm drain construction
project; convicted,
but the verdict was overturned on appeal; candidate for Illinois
state house of representatives, 1900; created and led a crime
syndicate in northwest Illinois, with interests in gambling,
prostitution,
extortion,
and eventually bootlegging
and automobile
theft; indicted
in 1907 on 37 counts of bribery,
extortion,
and libel,
but acquitted; shot
and wounded by hidden snipers on two occasions in 1908; on February
22, 1909, he was shot
and wounded in a gunfight with business rival W. W. Wilmerton; on
March 22, 1912, after publishing
personal attacks on Rock Island Mayor Henry
M. Schriver, he was arrested,
brought to the police station, and severely
beaten by the mayor himself; subsequent rioting killed two men
and injured nine others; resumed control of the Rock Island rackets
in 1921; in 1922, he was indicted
for the murder
of saloon keeper William Gabel, who had provided evidence against
Looney to federal agents; arrested
in Belen, N.M., in 1924, and later convicted
of conspiracy and murder;
sentenced
to 5 years in prison
for conspiracy and 14 years for murder;
served 8 1/2 years.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of tuberculosis,
in a sanitarium
at El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., 1942
(age about
76 years).
Burial location unknown.
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James Lowe (born c.1954) —
of Lampasas, Lampasas
County, Tex.
Born about 1954.
Republican. Newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Texas, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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William Mahoney (1869-1952) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
13, 1869.
Pressman;
labor
leader; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1904; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Minnesota; founder and editor, Minnesota
Union Advocate newspaper, 1920-32; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1932-34; Farmer-Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1943.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
17, 1952 (age 83 years, 217
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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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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Clinton Dotson McKinnon (1906-2001) —
also known as Clinton D. McKinnon —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., February
5, 1906.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from California 23rd District, 1949-53; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from California, 1952
(alternate), 1956;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1952.
Member, Rotary.
Died in La Jolla, San Diego
County, Calif., December
29, 2001 (age 95 years, 327
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Meharry Medill (1823-1899) —
also known as Joseph Medill —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born near Saint John, New
Brunswick, April 6,
1823.
Editor-in-chief of the Chicago Tribune newspaper; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 59th District,
1869-70; mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1871-73.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., March
16, 1899 (age 75 years, 344
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.; cenotaph at West
Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio.
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Dan Michalski (b. 1972) —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born October
16, 1972.
Libertarian. Journalist; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 5th District, 2002.
Still living as of 2002.
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Laura Miller —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Newspaper reporter and columnist;
mayor
of Dallas, Tex., 2002-.
Female.
Still living as of 2004.
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Manley Leonidas Misenheimer (1883-1962) —
also known as M. L. Misenheimer —
of Madison, Rockingham
County, N.C.; Commerce, Hunt
County, Tex.; Pittsburg, Pittsburg
County, Okla.
Born in Concord, Cabarrus
County, N.C., May 24,
1883.
Newspaper editor; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma, 1922 (Socialist, 3rd District),
1924 (Farmer-Labor, 4th District).
Died in October, 1962
(age 79
years, 0 days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, McAlester, Okla.
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Relatives: Son
of William Andrew Misenheimer and Emma Caroline (Mitchell)
Misenheimer; married 1907 to
Florence Payne. |
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Francis W. Moore Jr. (1808-1864) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., April
20, 1808.
Newspaper editor and publisher; mayor
of Houston, Tex., 1838-39, 1843, 1849-52; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Harris, Liberty and Galveston,
1839-42.
Died, probably of appendicitis,
in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., September
1, 1864 (age 56 years, 134
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Eunice B. O'Baugh (1894-1964) —
also known as Eunice Lenore Blankenship;
"E.B.O'B." —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.; Pocahontas, Randolph
County, Ark.
Born in Arkansas, October
11, 1894.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1944
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee); candidate for Presidential
Elector for Arkansas.
Female.
Died April
22, 1964 (age 69 years, 194
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Pocahontas, Ark.
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John Patterson Osterhout (1826-1903) —
of Bellville, Austin
County, Tex.
Born in Lagrange, Wyoming
County, Pa., May 8,
1826.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
newspaper editor; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; district judge in Texas 34th District, 1870-76; postmaster;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1884.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Belton, Bell
County, Tex., 1903
(age about
77 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Junia Roberts. |
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George Washington Paschal (1812-1878) —
also known as George W. Paschal; Lorenzo Columbus George
Washington Paschal —
of Van Buren, Crawford
County, Ark.; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.; Austin, Travis
County, Tex.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Greene
County, Ga., November
23, 1812.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1840; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas at-large, 1846; candidate for Texas
state attorney general, 1850; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Texas, 1868.
French
Huguenot ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
16, 1878 (age 65 years, 85
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Emmet Montgomery Reily (1866-1954) —
also known as E. Mont Reily; "Moncho
Reyes" —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo., October
21, 1866.
Republican. Newspaper editor; Governor of
Puerto Rico, 1921-23.
Presbyterian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Jackson
County, Mo., October
31, 1954 (age 88 years, 10
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Theron Eads Roberts (1907-1968) —
also known as Theron E. Roberts; Tex
Roberts —
of Diamond, Newton
County, Mo.
Born in Wheeler, Wheeler
County, Tex., March
22, 1907.
Democrat. Telegrapher;
railway
station agent; newspaper publisher; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Newton County, 1935-38;
member of Missouri
state senate 18th District, 1939-42; colonel in the U.S. Army
during World War II.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Order
of Railroad Telegraphers.
Died November
12, 1968 (age 61 years, 235
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Willis Roberts (1779-1853) —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in South Carolina, February
8, 1779.
Candidate for secretary
of state of Alabama, 1818; personal secretary to Gov. William
W. Blount, 1819-20; newspaper publisher; member of Alabama
state senate, 1833-35; Texas Republic Collector of Customs for
the Port of Galveston, 1838-39.
Presbyterian
or Episcopalian.
Died in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., December
23, 1853 (age 74 years, 318
days).
Interment at Church Street Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
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Leonidas Johnson Rountree (1868-1923) —
also known as Lee J. Rountree —
of Texas.
Born in Dripping Springs, Hays
County, Tex., July 15,
1868.
Newspaper publisher; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1921-23; died in office 1923.
Died of a stroke,
after giving a passionate speech in the House of
Representatives, in the Texas Capitol,
Austin, Travis
County, Tex., May 2,
1923 (age 54 years, 291
days).
Interment at Bryan
City Cemetery, Bryan, Tex.
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Henry Hulme Sevier (1878-1940) —
also known as Hal H. Sevier —
of Corpus Christi, Nueces
County, Tex.
Born in Columbia, Maury
County, Tenn., March
16, 1878.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1902-06; vice-president, Corpus
Christi Bank and
Trust Co.; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1933-35.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Woodmen.
Died in 1940
(age about
62 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Mynatt Smith —
of McAllen, Hidalgo
County, Tex.
Newspaper publisher; candidate for mayor
of McAllen, Tex., 1951.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles M. Thacker (1866-1918) —
of Ennis, Ellis
County, Tex.; Mangum, Greer
County, Okla.
Born in Brunswick
County, Va., January
17, 1866.
Bookkeeper;
lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Oklahoma
territorial legislature, 1899; mayor of
Mangum, Okla., 1909-10; justice of
Oklahoma state supreme court, 1915; appointed 1915.
Died in 1918
(age about
52 years).
Interment at Fairlawn
Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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William Barret Travis (1809-1836) —
also known as William B. Travis —
of Claiborne, Monroe
County, Ala.; Anahuac, Chambers
County, Tex.
Born in Red Bank, Edgefield District (now Saluda
County), S.C., August
9, 1809.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Austin, 1835;
colonel in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence.
Member, Freemasons.
Killed
while defending the Alamo, in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., March 6,
1836 (age 26 years, 210
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at San
Fernando Cathedral, San Antonio, Tex.
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James Kimble Vardaman (1861-1930) —
also known as James K. Vardaman; "The Great White
Chief" —
of Greenwood, Leflore
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born near Edna, Jackson
County, Tex., July 26,
1861.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1890-96; Speaker of
the Mississippi State House of Representatives, 1894; major in
the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Mississippi, 1904,
1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1916;
Governor
of Mississippi, 1904-08; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1913-19.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., June 25,
1930 (age 68 years, 334
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Memorial Park, Jackson, Miss.
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Benjamin Richard Wall (1876-1955) —
also known as B. R. Wall —
of Grapevine, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Grapevine, Tarrant
County, Tex., May 7,
1876.
Lawyer;
newspaper publisher and columnist;
mayor
of Grapevine, Tex., 1912-14, 1916-17, 1919-20, 1933-46.
Died in 1955
(age about
79 years).
Statue erected 2004 at City
Hall Grounds, Grapevine, Tex.
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Harry Leo Walsh (1886-1957) —
also known as Harry L. Walsh —
Born in Baltimore,
Md., May 19,
1886.
Stenographer;
newspaper reporter; U.S. Consul in Manzanillo, 1918-21; Nuevo Laredo, 1921-28; Hamilton, 1928-29; Moncton, as of 1932.
Died in El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., February
19, 1957 (age 70 years, 276
days).
Interment at Restlawn
Memorial Park, El Paso, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of John Walsh and Elizabeth (Daugherty) Walsh; married to Henrietta
Rose Trinite. |
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Carlton Weaver (1881-1947) —
of Wilburton, Latimer
County, Okla.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Franklin
County, Tex., August
25, 1881.
Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate
to Oklahoma state constitutional convention, 1906; Speaker of
the Oklahoma State House of Representatives, 1930-31.
Died in Wilburton, Latimer
County, Okla., August
17, 1947 (age 65 years, 357
days).
Interment at Robbers
Cave State Park, Near Wilburton, Latimer County, Okla.
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