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Felix Alvarado (b. 1942) —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born October
20, 1942.
Democrat. School teacher; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 2002 (6th District), 2004 (12th
District).
Still living as of 2004.
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Robert Bernerd Anderson (1910-1989) —
also known as Robert B. Anderson —
of Texas.
Born in Burleson, Johnson
County, Tex., June 4,
1910.
School teacher; lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1932; Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1955; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1957-61.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Phi
Delta Phi; Order of
the Coif.
Pleaded
guilty in 1987 to charges
of evading
taxes by illegally operating an offshore
bank; sentenced
to jail, house
arrest, and probation;
disbarred
in 1988.
Died, of complications from surgery on cancer
of the esophagus, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
14, 1989 (age 79 years, 71
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery, Cleburne, Tex.
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Walter Ashley —
of Corinth, Denton
County, Tex.
Born in Sanger, Denton
County, Tex.
School teacher; mayor
of Corinth, Tex., 1965-67.
Baptist.
Still living as of 1967.
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Relatives: Son
of Arthur Ashley and Bessie Ashley. |
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Francisco Antonio Balmaseda (b. 1935) —
also known as Francisco A. Balmaseda —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Camagüey, Cuba,
August
8, 1935.
Democrat. School teacher; college
instructor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1972.
Lutheran.
Hispanic
ancestry. Member, American
Historical Association.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives: Son
of Francisco Fidencio Balmaseda and Zoila Fé (Nápoles)
Balmaseda; married 1955 to Eileen
Bahnsen. |
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Sterling D. Bennett (b. 1888) —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born in Pocahontas, Randolph
County, Ark., February
24, 1888.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, 1931-36; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1936.
Christian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Swan Bennett and Sarah J. (Pratt) Bennett; married, March 6,
1911, to Avie Shaver. |
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William Preston Blocker (1892-1947) —
also known as William P. Blocker —
of Hondo, Medina
County, Tex.
Born in Hondo, Medina
County, Tex., September
30, 1892.
Democrat. School teacher; salesman;
U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Ciudad Porfirio Diaz, 1913-14; U.S. Vice Consul in Piedras Negras, 1916-19; U.S. Consul in Piedras Negras, 1919-23; Guaymas, 1923-24; Mazatlan, 1925-29; Ciudad Juarez, 1929-32; Monterrey, as of 1938; U.S. Consul General in Ciudad Juarez, 1938-43.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died, following a heart
attack, on
board the U.S. Transport St. Mihiel, on which he had been
scheduled to sail to Panama, at New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
28, 1947 (age 54 years, 151
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Alameda Cemetery, El Paso, Tex.
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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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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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John Burroughs (1907-1978) —
of Portales, Roosevelt
County, N.M.
Born in Robert Lee, Coke
County, Tex., April 7,
1907.
Democrat. School teacher; petroleum
salesman; proprietor, cotton oil mill and peanut mill; president,
Portales Valley Mills (peanuts);
president, Cisco Peanut Co.;
president, Plains Broadcasting
Co.; member of New
Mexico state house of representatives, 1957; Governor of
New Mexico, 1959-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New Mexico, 1960.
Died May 21,
1978 (age 71 years, 44
days).
Interment at Portales
Cemetery, Portales, N.M.
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George Prescott Bush (b. 1976) —
also known as George P. Bush —
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., April
24, 1976.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; Texas land
commissioner, 2015-.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2022.
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Laura Bush (b. 1946) —
also known as Laura Lane Welch —
Born, in Midland Memorial Hospital,
Midland, Midland
County, Tex., November
4, 1946.
Republican. School teacher; librarian;
First Lady of Texas, 1995-2000; First Lady
of the United States, 2001-09.
Female.
Still living as of 2022.
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Albert Garza Bustamante (b. 1935) —
also known as Albert G. Bustamante —
of Laredo, Webb
County, Tex.
Born in Asherton, Dimmit
County, Tex., April 8,
1935.
Democrat. School teacher; Bexar
County Commissioner, 1973-78; Bexar
County Judge, 1979-84; U.S.
Representative from Texas 23rd District, 1985-93; defeated, 1992.
Catholic.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Convicted
in 1993 on racketeering and bribery
charges,
and sentenced
to prison.
Still living as of 2014.
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George D. Cates (b. 1876) —
of South West City, McDonald
County, Mo.
Born in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., February
9, 1876.
Republican. School teacher; banker;
member of Missouri
state senate 18th District, 1911-14.
Burial location unknown.
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Walter Marion Chandler (1867-1935) —
also known as Walter M. Chandler —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Yazoo
County, Miss., December
8, 1867.
Cowboy;
school teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1913-19, 1921-23;
defeated (Republican), 1918, 1922, 1923, 1924.
Died, from a heart
attack and intestinal
malady, in Post-Graduate Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
16, 1935 (age 67 years, 98
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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Marguerite Eaglin (1920-2004) —
also known as Marguerite Davis —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Waxahachie, Ellis
County, Tex., June 8,
1920.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1973.
Female.
Catholic.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Alpha
Kappa Alpha.
Died, in Glacier Hills Nursing
Center, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., December
20, 2004 (age 84 years, 195
days).
Interment at St.
John Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
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Patricia A. Evans (b. 1943) —
also known as Pat Evans —
of Plano, Collin
County, Tex.
Born in 1943.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; mayor of
Plano, Tex., 2002-09.
Female.
Still living as of 2009.
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R. J. Evans (1853-1921) —
of Navasota, Grimes
County, Tex.
Born in slavery
in Louisiana, 1853.
School teacher; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1879-82; defeated (Republican),
1882; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1884.
African
ancestry.
Died in Harris
County, Tex., September
27, 1921 (age about 68
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Scott Field (1847-1931) —
of Calvert, Robertson
County, Tex.
Born in Canton, Madison
County, Miss., January
26, 1847.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
school teacher; lawyer; Robertson
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1878-82; member of Texas
state senate, 1887-91; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Texas, 1892;
U.S.
Representative from Texas 6th District, 1903-07.
Died in Calvert, Robertson
County, Tex., December
20, 1931 (age 84 years, 328
days).
Interment at Calvert
Cemetery, Calvert, Tex.
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Walter Ambrose Foote (b. 1887) —
also known as Walter A. Foote —
of Hamlin, Jones
County, Tex.
Born in Greenville, Hunt
County, Tex., June 25,
1887.
School teacher; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;
U.S. Vice Consul in Port Said, 1920-21; U.S. Consul in Port Said, 1921-22; Prague, 1922-24; Hamburg, 1924-27; Medan, 1927-29, 1930-31; Batavia, as of 1938; Melbourne, as of 1940; U.S. Consul General in Batavia, as of 1947.
Burial location unknown.
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James Taliaferro Garrett (1865-1962) —
also known as J. T. Garrett —
of Hurricane, Putnam
County, W.Va.
Born in Putnam
County, W.Va., October
9, 1865.
School teacher; insurance
business; member of West
Virginia state senate 5th District, 1933-36.
Baptist.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., May 24,
1962 (age 96 years, 227
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Hurricane Cemetery, Hurricane, W.Va.
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George G. Garver (b. 1932) —
of Georgetown, Williamson
County, Tex.
Born June 1,
1932.
Superintendent of schools; academic
dean, Arizona State University West; mayor
of Georgetown, Tex., 2008-.
Baptist.
German
and English
ancestry.
Still living as of 2010.
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Eugene Benjamin Germany (1892-1971) —
also known as E. B. 'Gene' Germany —
of Highland Park, Dallas
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Sweetwater, Nolan
County, Tex., September
18, 1892.
Democrat. School teacher and principal; geologist;
oil
producer; industrialist;
founder of Preston State Bank,
Dallas, Tex.; founder of Cozby-Germany Hospital, Grand Saline, Tex.;
founder and president of Lone Star Steel Company; mayor
of Highland Park, Tex., 1934-40; Texas
Democratic state chair, 1939-44; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1940,
1944
(alternate); candidate for Presidential Elector for Texas.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., July 12,
1971 (age 78 years, 297
days).
Interment at Woodside
Cemetery, Grand Saline, Tex.
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Kay Granger (b. 1943) —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Greenville, Hunt
County, Tex., January
18, 1943.
Republican. School teacher; insurance
business; mayor
of Fort Worth, Tex., 1991-95; U.S.
Representative from Texas 12th District, 1997-.
Female.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Lyda Green (b. 1938) —
of Anchorage,
Alaska; Matanuska-Susitna
Borough, Alaska.
Born in Livingston, Polk
County, Tex., October
16, 1938.
Republican. School teacher; business
owner; member of Alaska
state senate District N, 1995-.
Female.
Baptist.
Member, National Rifle
Association; Soroptimists.
Still living as of 2001.
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Irene Humphrey (1912-2002) —
of Vienna, Maries
County, Mo.
Born in Maries
County, Mo., May 12,
1912.
Democrat. School teacher; chair of
Maries County Democratic Party, 1943; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Missouri, 1944.
Female.
Died in Mission, Hidalgo
County, Tex., April
20, 2002 (age 89 years, 343
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of William Walter Humphrey and Stella (Crismon)
Humphrey. |
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Velma Marjorie Dreyfus Jeter (1903-1998) —
also known as Velma Jeter; Velma Marjorie
Dreyfus —
of Port Arthur, Jefferson
County, Tex.; Orange, Orange
County, Tex.
Born in New Iberia, Iberia
Parish, La., July 15,
1903.
Democrat. School teacher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1980,
1996.
Female.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Died January
23, 1998 (age 94 years, 192
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Jules Dreyfus and Victoria (Smith) Dreyfus; married 1926 to Clell
Edward Jeter. |
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Nicholas V. Lampson (b. 1945) —
also known as Nick Lampson —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born in Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex., February
14, 1945.
Democrat. School teacher; Jefferson
County Tax Assessor-Collector, 1977-95; U.S.
Representative from Texas 9th District, 1997-2005; defeated, 2004
(2nd District), 2008 (22nd District), 2012 (14th District); delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Still living as of 2014.
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Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo (1859-1930) —
also known as Octaviano A. Larrazolo; O. A.
Larrazolo —
of San Elizario, El Paso
County, Tex.; Las Vegas, San Miguel
County, N.M.; Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in Allende, Chihuahua,
December
7, 1859.
Republican. School teacher; Governor of
New Mexico, 1919-21; member of New
Mexico state house of representatives, 1927; U.S.
Senator from New Mexico, 1928-29.
Catholic.
Member, Elks.
Died April 7,
1930 (age 70 years, 121
days).
Interment at Santa
Barbara Cemetery, Albuquerque, N.M.
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Harry Mayhew McAdams (1916-2008) —
also known as Harry M. McAdams —
of Hobbs, Lea
County, N.M.
Born in Lorena, McLennan
County, Tex., August
12, 1916.
Democrat. School teacher; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in
World War II; president and general manager, radio
station KWEW, Hobbs, N.M.; president, Triple M Mining
Company; member of New
Mexico state senate, 1971-82 (19th District 1971-72, 41st
District 1973-82).
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died January
5, 2008 (age 91 years, 146
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Rufus McAdams and Violet (Hutchinson) McAdams; married, April 2,
1942, to Gladys Crume. |
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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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Irma Lerma Rangel (1931-2003) —
also known as Irma Rangel —
of Kingsville, Kleberg
County, Tex.
Born in Kingsville, Kleberg
County, Tex., May 15,
1931.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1977-2003 (49th District 1977-82,
37th District 1983-92, 35th District 1993-2002, 43rd District 2003);
died in office 2003.
Female.
Mexican
ancestry.
In 1976, was the first
Mexican-American woman elected to the Texas House.
Died, of brain
cancer, in Brackinridge Hospital,
March
18, 2003 (age 71 years, 307
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Clarence Robinson (b. 1875) —
of Tecumseh, Pottawatomie
County, Okla.
Born in De Leon, Comanche
County, Tex., December
11, 1875.
Democrat. School teacher; superintendent of schools; lawyer;
Mayor, Tecumseh, Okla., 1917-18; Pottawatomie
County Probate Judge, 1919-22.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of M. V. Robinson and Maria L. (Williams) Robinson; married, November
28, 1916, to Irene Buzzard. |
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Florence Donald Shapiro (b. 1948) —
also known as Florence Shapiro —
of Plano, Collin
County, Tex.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 2,
1948.
Republican. School teacher; public
relations and advertising business; mayor of
Plano, Tex., 1990-92; member of Texas
state senate, 1993-2011 (2nd District 1993-95, 8th District
1995-2011).
Female.
Still living as of 2014.
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Asier Jacob Speer (1874-1940) —
also known as Asier J. Speer —
of Greenbrier, Bollinger
County, Mo.; Deering, Pemiscot
County, Mo.
Born in Martin
County, Ind., December
10, 1874.
Republican. School teacher; physician;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Bollinger County, 1917-20.
Methodist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Modern
Woodmen.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex., November
21, 1940 (age 65 years, 347
days).
Interment at Little Prairie Cemetery, Caruthersville, Mo.
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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.
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William Giles Turley (1862-1942) —
also known as William G. Turley —
of near Fremont, Carter
County, Mo.
Born in Carter
County, Mo., December
2, 1862.
Democrat. School teacher; farmer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Carter County, 1913-14.
Died in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., May 20,
1942 (age 79 years, 169
days).
Interment at Pleasant Site Cemetery, Fremont, Mo.
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Joe Umphress (1905-2002) —
also known as Jesse Joe Umphress —
of Euless, Tarrant
County, Tex.; Bedford, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Van Alstyne, Grayson
County, Tex., December
10, 1905.
School teacher; mayor of
Euless, Tex., 1953-55; superintendent of schools.
Died in Bedford, Tarrant
County, Tex., April
10, 2002 (age 96 years, 121
days).
Interment at Van
Alstyne Cemetery, Van Alstyne, Tex.
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Gilbert Rhoads Willson (1881-1967) —
also known as Gilbert R. Willson —
of Laredo, Webb
County, Tex.; Point Rock, Oneida
County, N.Y.; Pennsauken, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Lee Center, Oneida
County, N.Y., April
23, 1881.
School teacher; U.S. Consul in Matamoros, 1918-24; Yarmouth, 1924-29; Lagos, as of 1932; Piedras Negras, as of 1938.
Died, in Cooper Hospital,
Camden, Camden
County, N.J., March
20, 1967 (age 85 years, 331
days).
Interment at Arlington Cemetery, Pennsauken, N.J.
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J. L. Yarbrough —
of Denton, Denton
County, Tex.
School principal; superintendent of schools; mayor of
Denton, Tex., 1946-50, 1954-56.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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