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Ellis County
Texas

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Ellis County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards EnnisMyrtle Cemetery WaxahachieWaxahachie CityCemetery Private or familygraveyard Ellis County, Texas Edward H. Tarrant (1799-1858) — of Texas. Born in South Carolina,1799.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; served in the TexasArmy during the Texas War of Independence; member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1837;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; general in theU.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Texas, 1847; member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1849-53.Member,Freemasons.Died near Weatherford,ParkerCounty, Tex.,August2, 1858 (ageabout 59years).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Parker County, Tex.; subsequentinterment in 1859 at in a private or family graveyard; reinterment in1928 atPioneerRest Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tex. Politicians formerlyburied here:     Tarrant County,Tex. is named for him.

Charles Henderson Yoakum (1849-1909) — also known asC. H. Yoakum — of Emory,RainsCounty, Tex.; Greenville,HuntCounty, Tex.; Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Tehuacana, Lincoln County (nowLimestoneCounty), Tex.,July 10,1849.Lawyer;RainsCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1876; District Attorney 8thDistrict, 1886-90; member ofTexasstate senate 5th District, 1893-94;U.S.Representative from Texas 3rd District, 1895-97.Died, from astroke ofapoplexy, in Fort Worth,TarrantCounty, Tex.,January1, 1909 (age59 years, 175days).Interment at Myrtle Cemetery.

Anson Rainey (1848-1922) — of Waxahachie,EllisCounty, Tex.; Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.Born in El Dorado,UnionCounty, Ark.,March 1,1848.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lawyer;member ofTexasstate senate, 1881-82; district judge in Texas, 1885-93; Judge,Texas Court of Appeals, 1893.Disciplesof Christ. Member,Freemasons.Died in Hinsdale,DuPageCounty, Ill.,August6, 1922 (age74 years, 158days).Interment at Waxahachie City Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Christopher Columbus Rainey and Nancy Blake (Baker) Rainey;married,February17, 1874, to Frances Irene 'Fannie' Meriwether (first cousintwice removed ofDavidMeriwether (1755-1822) andJamesMeriwether (1755-1817); second cousin once removed ofJamesMeriwether (1788-1852),DavidMeriwether (1800-1893) andJamesArchibald Meriwether; third cousin ofReubenHandy Meriwether).
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