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Post Office Politicians in Texas

Frank Carruthers Allen (b. 1869) — also known as F. C. Allen — of Bonham, Fannin County, Tex. Born in Rockville, Parke County, Ind., July 30, 1869. Republican. Dentist; postmaster; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1912. Presbyterian. Member, Woodmen; Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners; Rotary. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of James Alexander Allen and Mary Jane (Ott) Allen; married to Mary Belle Atkinson.   George Tilden Bartlett (1877-1939) — also known as G. T. Bartlett — of Linden, Cass County, Tex. Born in Tippah County, Miss., February 2, 1877. Republican. Lawyer; postmaster; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1916 (alternate), 1920; candidate for U.S. Representative from Texas 1st District, 1920, 1922. Died, from a coronary occlusion, in Texarkana Hospital, Texarkana, Bowie County, Tex., July 12, 1939 (age 62 years, 160 days). Interment at Linden Cemetery, Linden, Tex.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Stephen William Blount (1808-1890) — also known as Stephen W. Blount — of Burke County, Ga.; San Augustine, San Augustine County, Tex. Born in Burke County, Ga., February 13, 1808. Democrat. Burke County Sheriff; delegate to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from District of San Augustine, 1836; signer, Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; postmaster; San Augustine County Clerk. Member, United Confederate Veterans. Died in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Tex., February 7, 1890 (age 81 years, 359 days). Interment at San Augustine City Cemetery, San Augustine, Tex.   Relatives: Son of Stephen Blount and Elizabeth Blount; married 1838 to Mary Lacy.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   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.   Relatives: Son of Daniel Clinton Hailey and Mattie Smith (Mason) Hailey; married, March 13, 1913, to Zuella Rosson.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Covey M. Hughes — of Wharton, Wharton County, Tex. Republican. Sheriff; postmaster; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1912, 1916. Member, Freemasons. Interment at Wharton City Cemetery, Wharton, Tex.   Relatives: Married to Fannie Barbee Hughes.   Burris C. Jackson (1906-1967) — of Hillsboro, Hill County, Tex. Born January 27, 1906. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1932, 1936; chair of Hill County Democratic Party, 1932-38; postmaster; served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Protestant. Member, American Legion; Lions. Died December 25, 1967 (age 61 years, 332 days). Interment at Ridge Park Cemetery, Hillsboro, Tex.   Relatives: Son of William E. Jackson and Willie (Hall) Jackson; married, May 8, 1934, to Frances Robertson.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   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.   Relatives: Son of La Fayette D. Johnson and Evalyn (Carlin) Johnson; married, May 16, 1925, to Beatrice Luginbyhl; father of Jed Joseph Johnson Jr..   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Leonard Marshall Kealy (1870-1946) — also known as L. M. Kealy — of Lewisville, Denton County, Tex. Born in Lewisville, Denton County, Tex., August 18, 1870. Grain miller; cotton gin business; postmaster; mayor of Lewisville, Tex., 1940-41. Died September 23, 1946 (age 76 years, 36 days). Interment at Old Hall Cemetery, Lewisville, Tex.   Relatives: Son of John N. Kealy and Mary Sylvia (Beeman) Kealy; married to Cora Geta Bradley.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   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.   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).   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.   Relatives: Married to Junia Roberts.   Thomas George Washington Tarver (1865-1930) — also known as T. G. W. Tarver — of Crockett, Houston County, Tex. Born in Porter Springs, Houston County, Tex., May 22, 1865. Republican. School teacher; mail carrier; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1912, 1920. African ancestry. Died May 18, 1930 (age 64 years, 361 days). Interment at Glenwood Cemetery, Crockett, Tex.   Presumably named for: George Washington   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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