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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.
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Relatives: Son
of James Alexander Allen and Mary Jane (Ott) Allen; married to Mary
Belle Atkinson. |
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Ebb Aaron Berry (b. 1879) —
also known as E. A. Berry —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Madison
County, Tex., September
22, 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Texas; district judge in Texas
12th District, 1917-19; Texas
Democratic state chair, 1924-25.
Methodist.
Member, Woodmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Watson A. Berry and Mary (McGee) Berry; married to Jessie
Lindley. |
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Thomas Lindsay Blanton (1872-1957) —
also known as Thomas L. Blanton —
of Abilene, Taylor
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., October
25, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Texas 42nd District, 1908-16; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1917-29, 1930-37 (16th District
1917-19, 17th District 1919-29, 1930-37).
Presbyterian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Censured
in 1921 for inserting a letter into the Congressional Record
which contained words said to be "unspeakable, vile, foul, filthy,
profane, blasphemous and obscene."
A motion to expel
him from the House of Representatives failed by eight votes. Indicted
in 1923 for criminal
libel over his claim that former U.S. Rep. Oscar
Callaway had urged his frends not to buy Liberty bonds during
World War I.
Died in Albany, Shackelford
County, Tex., August
11, 1957 (age 84 years, 290
days).
Interment at Albany
Cemetery, Albany, Tex.
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Thomas Terry Connally (1877-1963) —
also known as Tom T. Connally —
of Marlin, Falls
County, Tex.
Born near Hewitt, McLennan
County, Tex., August
19, 1877.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1901-04; Falls
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1906-10; U.S.
Representative from Texas 11th District, 1917-29; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1920,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944
(chair, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee; speaker),
1948,
1956;
U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1929-53.
Methodist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen of the World; Modern Woodmen.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
28, 1963 (age 86 years, 70
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Marlin, Tex.
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Robert Green Crow (1883-1942) —
also known as Robert G. Crow; Bob Crow —
of Caruthersville, Pemiscot
County, Mo.
Born in Scott
County, Mo., December
24, 1883.
Republican. Insurance
agent; postmaster at Caruthersville,
Mo., 1909-14; indicted
in October 1915 on federal charges of revealing
information from the federal civil service examination, to help his
half-brother, James L. Crow; pleaded
guilty in April 1916, and was fined
$500.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
Modern Woodmen.
On December 21, 1914, he mysteriously disappeared from the Pontiac
Hotel, St. Louis, Mo., leaving behind all of his clothes, and the
room disordered as if a scuffle had taken place; he was thought to
have been kidnapped and murdered by a gang, but a few months later,
he was found to be serving in the U.S. Army.
Died in Harlingen, Cameron
County, Tex., September
16, 1942 (age 58 years, 266
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Clyde Otis Eastus (b. 1886) —
also known as Clyde O. Eastus —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Cleburne, Johnson
County, Tex., November
19, 1886.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, 1933-45.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks;
Woodmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jefferson Franklin Eastus and Junnie Marie (Wilkinson) Eastus;
married, January
5, 1909, to Lily Dwyer. |
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Joseph Pellegrin Garcia (b. 1892) —
also known as Joe P. Garcia —
of Calvert, Robertson
County, Tex.
Born in Laredo, Webb
County, Tex., November
18, 1892.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, Eagles;
Woodmen of the World.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Richard Fielding Harless (1905-1970) —
also known as Richard F. Harless —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Kelsey, Upshur
County, Tex., August
6, 1905.
Democrat. Lawyer; Maricopa
County Attorney, 1939-42; U.S.
Representative from Arizona at-large, 1943-49; defeated, 1954,
1958, 1960; candidate for Governor of
Arizona, 1948, 1950; candidate for mayor
of Phoenix, Ariz., 1963.
Member, Sigma
Nu; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Elks;
Woodmen; Optimist
Club.
Died in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., November
24, 1970 (age 65 years, 110
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz.
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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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John T. Johnson (b. 1856) —
of Texas; Lawton, Comanche
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Livingston, Overton
County, Tenn., January
9, 1856.
Democrat. County judge in Texas, 1890; district judge in Oklahoma,
1907-15; justice of
Oklahoma state supreme court, 1919-25; chief
justice of Oklahoma state supreme court, 1923-25.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Burial location unknown.
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John Marvin Jones (1882-1976) —
also known as Marvin Jones —
of Amarillo, Potter
County, Tex.
Born near Valley View, Cooke
County, Tex., February
26, 1882.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1917-41 (13th District 1917-19, 18th
District 1919-41); Judge
of U.S. Court of Claims, 1940-43, 1945-64.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Woodmen; Elks.
Died March 4,
1976 (age 94 years, 7
days).
Interment at Llano
Cemetery, Amarillo, Tex.
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Thomas Bell Love (1870-1948) —
also known as Thomas B. Love —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Webster
County, Mo., June 23,
1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; secretary of
Missouri Democratic Party, 1896-98; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1902-07; Speaker of
the Texas State House of Representatives, 1906-07; Texas
Commissioner of Insurance and Banking, 1907-10; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); member of Democratic
National Committee from Texas, 1920-24; member of Texas
state senate, 1927-30; candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1930.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen of the World; Modern Woodmen.
Died September
17, 1948 (age 78 years, 86
days).
Interment at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Calvin Love and Sarah Jane (Rodgers) Love; married, June 11,
1892, to Mattie Roberta Goode. |
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George Clarence Moffett (1895-1972) —
also known as George Moffett —
of Quanah, Hardeman
County, Tex.; Chillicothe, Hardeman
County, Tex.
Born in Chillicothe, Hardeman
County, Tex., November
20, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War I; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1928
(alternate), 1932
(alternate), 1940,
1964;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1931-38; member of Texas
state senate, 1939-50.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions;
Elks;
Woodmen of the World.
Died in 1972
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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William Edmund Orgain (b. 1882) —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born in Bastrop, Bastrop
County, Tex., December
26, 1882.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1907; director, American National
Bank,
Gulf States Utilities
Co., and Sabine Towing
Co.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Woodmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Darby Orgain and Drusilla (Johnson) Orgain; married, December
2, 1908, to May Bolinger. |
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James Ivey Phelps (b. 1875) —
also known as James I. Phelps —
of El Reno, Canadian
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Newton, Newton
County, Tex., June 20,
1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; Canadian
County Judge, 1901-07; district judge in Oklahoma 13th District,
1919-25; justice of
Oklahoma state supreme court, 1925-29, 1935.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Elza V. M. Phelps and Mary A. (Simmons) Phelps; married, February
1, 1903, to Lydia B. Malcom. |
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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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John Morris Sheppard (1875-1941) —
also known as Morris Sheppard —
of Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex.
Born in Wheatville, Morris
County, Tex., May 28,
1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1902-13 (4th District 1902-03, 1st
District 1903-13); U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1913-41; died in office 1941.
Methodist.
Member, Woodmen of the World; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from a brain
hemorrhage, in Walter
Reed Hospital, Washington,
D.C., April 9,
1941 (age 65 years, 316
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Texarkana, Tex.
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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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Coke Robert Stevenson (1888-1975) —
also known as Coke R. Stevenson —
of Junction, Kimble
County, Tex.
Born in Mason
County, Tex., March
20, 1888.
Democrat. County judge in Texas, 1919-21; member of Texas
state house of representatives 86th District, 1929-39; Speaker of
the Texas State House of Representatives, 1933-37; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1939-41; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1940;
Governor
of Texas, 1941-47; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1948.
Member, Freemasons;
Woodmen of the World; Rotary.
Died June 28,
1975 (age 87 years, 100
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Kimble County, Tex.
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