Index to Locations Private or family graveyardsJeffersonOakwood Cemetery Private or familygraveyard Marion County, Texas
| Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | Robert Potter (c.1800-1842) — of Oxford,GranvilleCounty, N.C.Born near Williamsboro,VanceCounty, N.C., about 1800.Member ofNorthCarolina house of commons from Granville County, 1828, 1834;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1829-31;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Nacogdoches, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836;TexasRepublic Secretary of the Navy, 1836; member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Red River and Fannin, 1840-42;died in office 1842.Resignedfrom the U.S. Congress in 1831 aftermaimingtwo men in a jealous rage;convicted,andsentencedto six months inprison.Expelledin 1834 from the North Carolina House forcheatingat cards.Shotandkilled bymembers of an opposing faction who surrounded his home, in HarrisonCounty (part now inMarionCounty), Tex.,March 2,1842 (ageabout 42years).Original interment at in a private or family graveyard; reintermentin 1928 atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
OakwoodCemetery Jefferson, Marion County, Texas
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | David Browning Culberson (1830-1900) — also known asDavid B. Culberson — of Jefferson,MarionCounty, Tex.Born inTroupCounty, Ga.,September29, 1830.Democrat. Member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1859; colonel in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War; member ofTexasstate senate, 1873;U.S.Representative from Texas, 1875-97 (2nd District 1875-83, 4thDistrict 1883-97).Died in Jefferson,MarionCounty, Tex.,May 7,1900 (age69 years, 220days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | | William Beck Ochiltree (1811-1867) — of Marshall,HarrisonCounty, Tex.Born in Fayetteville,CumberlandCounty, N.C.,October18, 1811.Judge of Texas Republic, 1842;TexasRepublic Secretary of the Treasury, 1844-45;AttorneyGeneral of the Texas Republic, 1845-46;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1855; candidate forU.S.Representative from Texas, 1859, 1866;delegateto Texas secession convention, 1861;Delegatefrom Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62.Scottishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died in Jefferson,MarionCounty, Tex.,December27, 1867 (age56 years, 70days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.  | Walter Scott McNutt (1887-1969) — also known asWalter S. McNutt — of Batesville,IndependenceCounty, Ark.; Jefferson,MarionCounty, Tex.Born in Searcy,WhiteCounty, Ark.,September2, 1887.Minister;candidate forGovernor ofArkansas, 1938 (Republican), 1940 (Independent), 1942; candidatein Democratic primary forGovernor ofTexas, 1946; Democratic candidate forU.S.Senator from Texas, 1957;president,Four States Co-Operative University.Presbyterian.Died in the Marion CountyHospital,Jefferson,MarionCounty, Tex.,November26, 1969 (age82 years, 85days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. |
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