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Bell County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Bell County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards BeltonCourthouse Grounds BeltonUniversity of MaryHardin-Baylor Campus KilleenKilleen City Cemetery TempleHillcrest Cemetery Private or familygraveyard Bell County, Texas Elijah Sterling Clack Robertson (1820-1879) — of Salado,BellCounty, Tex.Born inGilesCounty, Tenn.,August23, 1820.Democrat.TexasRepublic Postmaster General, 1839;lawyer;delegateto Texas secession convention, 1861;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1875.Methodist.Died in Salado,BellCounty, Tex.,October8, 1879 (age59 years, 46days).Interment in a private or family graveyard. Politicians buriedhere:     Relatives: SonofSterlingClack Robertson and Frances (King) Robertson; married,July 29,1846, to Eliza Hamer; married,November8, 1852, to Mary Elizabeth Dickey.

Peter Hansborough Bell (1812-1898) — also known asPeter H. Bell — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born inSpotsylvaniaCounty, Va.,May 12,1812.Democrat. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War ofIndependence; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;Governor ofTexas, 1849-53;U.S.Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1853-57; colonel in theConfederate Army during the Civil War.Slaveowner. Died in Littleton,HalifaxCounty, N.C.,March 8,1898 (age85 years, 300days).Original interment atCityCemetery, Littleton, N.C.; reinterment in 1930 atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex.; memorial monument at CourthouseGrounds.

	Bell County,Tex. is named for him.
		ThecityofBelton,Texas, isnamed forhim.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography

Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor (1793-1874) — also known asRobert E. B. Baylor — Born inLincolnCounty, Ky.,May 10,1793.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1819-20; member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1824;U.S.Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1829-31; judge of TexasRepublic, 1841-45;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; district judge inTexas, 1845-60.Baptist.Member,Freemasons.One of thefounders,in 1845, of Baylor University, and of Baylor Female College (now theUniversity of Mary Hardin-Baylor).Slaveowner. Died in Gay Hill,WashingtonCounty, Tex.,January6, 1874 (age80 years, 241days).Original interment atOldBaylor University Campus, Independence, Tex.; reinterment in 1886at University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Campus.

	Relatives:Nephew ofJesseBledsoe.
		Political family:Brown-Breckinridgefamily of Lexington, Kentucky (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		BaylorUniversity,Waco,Texas, isnamed forhim.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

Richard Tyler Polk (1869-1962) — also known asR. T. 'Top' Polk — of Killeen,BellCounty, Tex.Born inBellCounty, Tex.,October16, 1869.Republican. Postmaster atKilleen,Tex., 1898-1914, 1922-34 (acting, 1922).Died inBellCounty, Tex.,June 7,1962 (age92 years, 234days).Interment at Killeen City Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Alfred Polk and Elizabeth J. (Blackburn) Polk; married to TillieWalling; second cousin once removed ofJamesKnox Polk andWilliamHawkins Polk; third cousin ofMarshallTate Polk,TaskerPolk andEdwinFitzhugh Polk; third cousin once removed ofRufusKing Polk andFrankLyon Polk; third cousin twice removed ofCharlesPolk andElizabethPolk Guest; third cousin thrice removed ofRaymondR. Guest; fourth cousin ofAugustusCaesar Dodge; fourth cousin once removed ofTrustenPolk.
		Political families:Polk#2 family of Tennessee;Polk#1 family of New York City, New York;Polk#3 family of Delaware (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

George Cassety Pendleton (1845-1913) — also known asGeorge C. Pendleton — of Belton,BellCounty, Tex.Born near Viola,WarrenCounty, Tenn.,April23, 1845.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; memberofTexasstate house of representatives 56th District, 1883-88;Speaker ofthe Texas State House of Representatives, 1887-88; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Texas,1888,1904;LieutenantGovernor of Texas, 1890-92;U.S.Representative from Texas 7th District, 1893-97.Member,Grange.Died in Temple,BellCounty, Tex.,January19, 1913 (age67 years, 271days).Interment at Hillcrest Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Edmund Gaines Pendleton and Sarah (Smartt) Pendleton; married1870 to HelenFrances Embree; first cousin four times removed ofEdmundPendleton; second cousin thrice removed ofJohnPenn,JohnPendleton Jr.,JamesMadison,NathanielPendleton,WilliamTaylor Madison andZacharyTaylor; third cousin ofCharlesM. Pendleton andDanielMicajah Pendleton; third cousin once removed ofCharlesSumner Pendleton; third cousin twice removed ofPhilipClayton Pendleton,EdmundHenry Pendleton,NathanaelGreene Pendleton andColebyChew; fourth cousin ofJamesBenjamin Garnett andHubbardT. Smith; fourth cousin once removed ofHenryGaines Johnson,JohnStrother Pendleton,AlbertGallatin Pendleton,PhilipColeman Pendleton,GeorgeHunt Pendleton andJosephHenry Pendleton.
		Political families:Pendleton#1 family of Maryland;Pendleton#3 family of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial

Thomas Erford Losee (1867-1910) — also known asThomas E. Losee — of Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.; Temple,BellCounty, Tex.Born in Lamar,BentonCounty, Miss.,June 19,1867.Candidate formayor ofDallas, Tex., 1898.Died in Temple,BellCounty, Tex.,April15, 1910 (age42 years, 300days).Interment at Hillcrest Cemetery.

See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

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