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Colorado County
Texas

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Colorado County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards BordenWeimer Odd Fellows Cemetery ColumbusOdd Fellows Rest Cemetery Eagle LakeMasonic Cemetery WeimarOdd Fellows Cemetery Private or familygraveyard Colorado County, Texas Caleb Claiborne Herbert (c.1814-1867) — of Texas. Born inGoochlandCounty, Va., about 1814.Member ofTexasstate senate, 1857-59;Representativefrom Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.Shotandkilledoutside asaloonin Columbus,ColoradoCounty, Tex.,July 5,1867 (ageabout 53years).Interment in a private or family graveyard. Politicians buriedhere:   Weimer OddFellows Cemetery Borden, Colorado County, Texas John Pettit Borden (1812-1890) — of Texas. Born in Norwich,ChenangoCounty, N.Y.,December30, 1812.Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;TexasRepublic Land Office Commissioner, 1837-40; county judge inTexas, 1846.Died, oferysipelas,at Borden,ColoradoCounty, Tex.,November12, 1890 (age77 years, 317days).Interment at Weimer Odd Fellows Cemetery. Politicians buriedhere:   Odd Fellows RestCemetery Columbus, Colorado County, Texas Joseph Vinc Frnka (1880-1958) — also known asJoseph V. Frnka;Joe V.Frnka —of Columbus,ColoradoCounty, Tex.Born in Industry,AustinCounty, Tex.,March 7,1880.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1923-27; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Texas,1944.Member,Freemasons;Lions.Died, in ColumbusHospital,Columbus,ColoradoCounty, Tex.,January29, 1958 (age77 years, 328days).Interment at Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery. Politicians buriedhere:     Relatives: Sonof Josef Frnka and Anna (Kynsak) Frnka.

Joseph Jefferson Mansfield (1861-1947) — also known asJoseph J. Mansfield — of Eagle Lake,ColoradoCounty, Tex.; Columbus,ColoradoCounty, Tex.Born in Wayne,WayneCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),February9, 1861.Democrat.Lawyer;ColoradoCounty Attorney, 1892-96;ColoradoCounty Judge, 1896-1916;U.S.Representative from Texas 9th District, 1917-47; died in office1947.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,July 12,1947 (age86 years, 153days).Interment at Masonic Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Joseph Jefferson Mansfield (Confederate officer, killed in battle1861); married1888 to AnnieScott Bruce.
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George McCormick —Texasstate attorney general, 1878-80.Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery.

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