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Cooke County
Texas

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Cooke County

George Y. Bird (d. 1906) — of Gainesville,CookeCounty, Tex.Mayorof Gainesville, Tex., 1873.Died in1906.Interment at Fairview Cemetery.

W. T. G. Weaver (d. 1876) — of Texas. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1866.Died in1876.Interment at Fairview Cemetery.

Index to Locations

GainesvilleFairview Cemetery

FairviewCemetery
Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas

Joseph Weldon Bailey (1862-1929) — also known asJoseph W. Bailey — of Gainesville,CookeCounty, Tex.; Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.Born near Crystal Springs,CopiahCounty, Miss.,October6, 1862.Democrat.Lawyer;Presidential Elector for Texas,1889;U.S.Representative from Texas 5th District, 1891-1901;U.S.Senator from Texas, 1901-13; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Texas,1904(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee); candidate forGovernor ofTexas, 1920.Died, from acoronaryembolism, in acourtroomwhile defending a client, in the GraysonCountyCourthouse, Sherman,GraysonCounty, Tex.,April13, 1929 (age66 years, 189days).Interment at Fairview Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

	Relatives: Sonof Joseph Weldon Bailey (1835-1906) and Harriett Lucinda (Dees)Bailey; married to Ellen Beaty Murray; father ofJosephWeldon Bailey Jr..
		Political family:FourThousand Related Politicians..
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial
		Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, August 1902

Relatives:Father ofClaudeWeaver.

Politicians formerlyburied here:

Joseph Weldon Bailey Jr. (1892-1943) — also known asJoseph W. Bailey, Jr. — of Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.Born in Gainesville,CookeCounty, Tex.,December15, 1892.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Texas at-large, 1933-35; served in the U.S.Marine Corps during World War II.Presbyterian.Diedin military service, ofpneumoniafollowing injuries he suffered in acollision,in the militaryhospitalat Camp Howze, near Gainesville,CookeCounty, Tex.,July 17,1943 (age50 years, 214days).Original interment at Fairview Cemetery; reinterment in 1958 atSparkmanHillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.

	Relatives: SonofJosephWeldon Bailey and Ellen (Murray) Bailey; married,November6, 1924, to Roberta Lewis; first cousin twice removed ofJamesDouglas Breckinridge andJohnFloyd; second cousin once removed ofJohnBuchanan Floyd andGeorgeRogers Clark Floyd.
		Political family:FourThousand Related Politicians..
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

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