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Robert Granville Caldwell (b. 1882) —
of Texas; Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Bogotá, Colombia
of American parents, August
31, 1882.
Democrat. College
professor; historian; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1933-37; Bolivia, 1937-39.
Member, American
Historical Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Cynthia Noland Dunbar (b. 1964) —
also known as Cynthia Dunbar —
of Richmond, Fort Bend
County, Tex.; Forest, Bedford
County, Va.
Born in Osage Beach, Camden
County, Mo., June 27,
1964.
Republican. Lawyer;
author; member of Texas state
board of education 10th District, 2007-10; member of Republican
National Committee from Virginia, 2016-; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 2018.
Female.
Still living as of 2018.
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James Albert Michener (1907-1997) —
also known as James A. Michener —
Born in Doylestown, Bucks
County, Pa., February
3, 1907.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; author;
received the Pulitzer
Prize in Literature, 1948; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1962; received the
Medal
of Freedom, 1977.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., October
16, 1997 (age 90 years, 255
days).
Interment at Austin
Memorial Park, Austin, Tex.; cenotaph at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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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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Leland Burnette Morris (1886-1950) —
also known as Leland B. Morris —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Fort Clark, Kinney
County, Tex., February
7, 1886.
Foreign Service officer; interpreter; U.S. Vice Consul in Smyrna, as of 1914-17; U.S. Consul in Salonika, as of 1919-22; Cologne, as of 1926; Athens, as of 1927-29; U.S. Consul General in Athens, as of 1932; Alexandria, as of 1938; U.S. Minister to Iceland, 1942-44; U.S. Ambassador to Iran, 1944-45.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta.
Died in 1950
(age about
64 years).
Burial location unknown.
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John B. Nicholson (b. 1896) —
of Texas.
Born in Attalla, Etowah
County, Ala., November
4, 1896.
Interpreter; U.S. Vice Consul in Changsha, 1917-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Luis J. Rodriguez (b. 1954) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., 1954.
Poet; novelist; Justice candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2012.
Mexican
ancestry.
Still living as of 2012.
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James Denson Sayers (1888-1957) —
also known as James D. Sayers —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.; Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Summerfield, Claiborne
Parish, La., March
17, 1888.
Socialist. Telegraph
operator; editor; delegate to Socialist National
Convention from Texas, 1920; candidate for New York
state assembly from Queens County 1st District, 1932.
Died December
26, 1957 (age 69 years, 284
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David Joel Sayers and Emma Missouri (Sayers) Sayers; married to
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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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Marianne Deborah Williamson (b. 1952) —
also known as Marianne Williamson —
of Santa Monica, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., July 8,
1952.
Author; lecturer;
Independent candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 33rd District, 2014; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 2020.
Female.
Russian
and Jewish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2021.
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