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Ebenezer Allen (1804-1863) —
of Orono, Penobscot
County, Maine; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in Newport, Sullivan
County, N.H., April 8,
1804.
Lawyer;
Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1844-45, 1845-46; Attorney
General of the Texas Republic, 1844-45; Texas
state attorney general, 1850-52; railroad promoter; served
in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died in the Civil
War in Richmond,
Va., 1863
(age about
59 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Phil E. Baer (b. 1866) —
of Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex.; Paris, Lamar
County, Tex.
Born in Peru, Miami
County, Ind., April
24, 1866.
Republican. Employed by Texas & Pacific Railway,
1882-1912, 1916-21; chair of
Bowie County Republican Party, 1898-1904; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Texas, 1912,
1916,
1920;
U.S.
Marshal.
Catholic.
Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Severin Baer and Catherine (Weidner) Baer. |
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William Robinson Baker (1820-1890) —
also known as William R. Baker —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Baldwinsville, Onondaga
County, N.Y., May 21,
1820.
Harris
County Clerk, 1841-57; railroad executive; member of Texas
state senate 16th District, 1874-75; mayor
of Houston, Tex., 1880-86.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., April
30, 1890 (age 69 years, 344
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Orville Canada Bullington (1882-1956) —
also known as Orville Bullington —
of Wichita Falls, Wichita
County, Tex.
Born in Indian Springs, Vernon
County, Mo., February
10, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer;
president and chairman, Wichita Falls & Southern Railroad;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1924
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1928
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1932,
1936
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker),
1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1944,
1948;
candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1932; member of Texas
Republican State Committee, 1947-51; Texas
Republican state chair, 1951.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, from mesenteric
thrombosis while also suffering from emphysema,
in Wichita Falls, Wichita
County, Tex., November
24, 1956 (age 74 years, 288
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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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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Thomas Mitchell Campbell (1856-1923) —
also known as Thomas M. Campbell —
of Palestine, Anderson
County, Tex.
Born in Rusk, Cherokee
County, Tex., April
22, 1856.
Democrat. Lawyer;
receiver, and later general manager, International and Great Northern
Railroad; Governor of
Texas, 1907-11; defeated in primary, 1902; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Texas, 1912
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Died, in John Sealy Hospital,
Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., April 1,
1923 (age 66 years, 344
days).
Interment at Old
City Cemetery, Palestine, Tex.
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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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David Webster Flanagan (1832-1924) —
of Henderson, Rusk
County, Tex.
Born in Cloverport, Breckinridge
County, Ky., January
9, 1832.
Lawyer;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Texas
state senate, 1860; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1875; president,
Henderson and Overton Branch Railroad.
Died in Henderson, Rusk
County, Tex., May 5,
1924 (age 92 years, 117
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James
Winright Flanagan and Polly (Miller) Flanagan; married to
Elizabeth Graham and Sallie Ware. |
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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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William Smith Herndon (1835-1903) —
also known as William S. Herndon —
of Tyler, Smith
County, Tex.
Born in Rome, Floyd
County, Ga., November
27, 1835.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; attorney,
advisor, and solicitor for several railroad companies; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1871-75; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1876,
1880.
Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., October
11, 1903 (age 67 years, 318
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Tyler, 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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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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Robert Abercrombie Lovett (1895-1986) —
also known as Robert A. Lovett —
of Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Huntsville, Walker
County, Tex., September
14, 1895.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; partner, Brown Brothers
Harriman; director of several railroad companies; director,
Presbyterian Hospital
of New York; U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1951-53.
Member, Skull
and Bones.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1963.
Died in Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., May 7,
1986 (age 90 years, 235
days).
Interment at Locust
Valley Cemetery, Locust Valley, Long Island, N.Y.
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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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Claude Pollard (1874-1942) —
of Carthage, Panola
County, Tex.; Kingsville, Kleberg
County, Tex.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Carthage, Panola
County, Tex., February
14, 1874.
Lawyer;
Panola
County Attorney, 1895-98; Texas
state attorney general, 1927-29; attorney for railroads;
general counsel for the Railway General Managers Association
of Texas.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., November
25, 1942 (age 68 years, 284
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Kenneth Mills Regan (1893-1959) —
also known as Kenneth M. Regan; Ken Regan —
of Pecos, Reeves
County, Tex.; Midland, Midland
County, Tex.
Born in Mt. Morris, Ogle
County, Ill., March 6,
1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real estate
business; oil
producer; mayor of
Pecos, Tex., 1929-32; member of Texas
state senate, 1933-37; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; U.S.
Representative from Texas 16th District, 1947-55; lobbyist
for Texas railroads.
Died in Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M., August
15, 1959 (age 66 years, 162
days).
Interment at Resthaven
Memorial Park, Midland, Tex.
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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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Charles C. Sapp (1887-1963) —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in Lufkin, Angelina
County, Tex., November
17, 1887.
Railroad foreman; mayor
of Corsicana, Tex., 1953-55.
Died in Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex., December
7, 1963 (age 76 years, 20
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Corsicana, Tex.
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J. Waddy Tate (c.1872-1938) —
also known as "The Hot Dog Candidate" —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Texas, about 1872.
Railroad general agent; mayor of
Dallas, Tex., 1929-31; defeated, 1927.
Died January
11, 1938 (age about 66
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Franklin Terry (1821-1861) —
also known as Frank Terry —
Born in Russellville, Logan
County, Ky., February
18, 1821.
Planter;
in 1844, he was attacked
by two rebellious slaves with knives and axes; railroad
builder; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861; colonel in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Shot
and killed in
action while leading Terry's Texas Rangers at the battle of
Woodsonville (also called Rowlett's Station), in Hart
County, Ky., December
17, 1861 (age 40 years, 302
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Fort Bend County, Tex.; reinterment
in 1880 at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Robert Ralph Young (1897-1958) —
also known as Robert R. Young; "Railroad
Young"; "Populist of Wall Street";
"The Daring Young Man of Wall Street";
"Maverick of Wall Street" —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Canadian, Hemphill
County, Tex., February
14, 1897.
Republican. Stockbroker;
financier;
assistant treasurer of General
Motors; predicted the 1929 stock market crash, and profited by
selling stocks short; chairman of the Chesapeake & Ohio
Railway, and later the New York Central Railroads;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1944.
Presbyterian.
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., January
25, 1958 (age 60 years, 345
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Episcopal Cemetery, Portsmouth, R.I.
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