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Gonzales County
Texas

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Gonzales County

Index to Locations Coe Valley Cemetery BelmontBelmont Cemetery GonzalesAskey Cemetery GonzalesMasonic Cemetery GonzalesOld Cemetery Coe ValleyCemetery Gonzales County, Texas Philip Hattox Coe (1800-1852) — also known asPhilip Coe;Philip AlexanderHattox —Born in Georgia,January10, 1800.Delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Washington, 1835;served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence.Died in Texas,December14, 1852 (age52 years, 339days).Interment at Coe Valley Cemetery. Politicians buriedhere:     Relatives: Sonof Moses Hattox and Rachel (Coe) Hattox.   Epitaph: "Gone but notforgotten."

Martin Beaty (1784-1856) — of Kentucky. BornOctober8, 1784.Whig. Member ofKentuckystate senate, 1824-28; Whig Presidential Elector for Kentucky,1832;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1833-35; defeated,1828, 1830, 1834; Whig Presidential Elector for Kentucky,1836;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1848.In Kentucky in 1818, he drilled the world'sfirstoil well.Slaveowner. Died in Belmont,GonzalesCounty, Tex.,June 17,1856 (age71 years, 253days).Interment at Belmont Cemetery.

James Charles Wilson (1818-1860) — of Texas. Born in Yorkshire,England,August21, 1818.Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; memberofTexasstate house of representatives, 1849-50; member ofTexasstate senate, 1851-53.Methodist.Volunteer on the Somervell Expedition in 1842; captured at Mier,Mexico, and held at Perote Prison until his escape in 1843; famedorator in support of Texas annexation to the U.S. and, later,secession to join the Confederacy.Died oftuberculosis,at Gonzales,GonzalesCounty, Tex.,February7, 1860 (age41 years, 170days).Original interment at Askey Cemetery; reinterment in 1936 atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex.

George Farmer Burgess (1861-1919) — also known asGeorge F. Burgess — of Gonzales,GonzalesCounty, Tex.Born inWhartonCounty, Tex.,September21, 1861.Democrat.Lawyer;GonzalesCounty Attorney, 1886-89; Presidential Elector for Texas,1893;U.S.Representative from Texas, 1901-17 (10th District 1901-03, 9thDistrict 1903-17); candidate forU.S.Senator from Texas, 1916.Died in Gonzales,GonzalesCounty, Tex.,December31, 1919 (age58 years, 101days).Interment at Masonic Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Dr. C. H. A. Burgess; married,December28, 1888, to Marie Louise Sims.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

James Francis Miller (1830-1902) — of Texas. Born in South Carolina,1830.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Texas 8th District, 1883-87.Died in1902(ageabout72 years).Interment at Masonic Cemetery.

See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

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OldCemetery
Gonzales, Gonzales County, Texas
George Washington Barnett (1793-1848) — also known asG. W. Barnett — of Texas. Born in South Carolina,December12, 1793.Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Washington, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Washington, 1837-43.Presbyterian.Killed byLipan-Apache Indians whilehuntingdeer near Gonzales,GonzalesCounty, Tex.,October8, 1848 (age54 years, 301days).Interment at Old Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

Presumably namedfor:GeorgeWashington

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