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Parker County
Texas

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Parker County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards SpringtownSpringtown Cemetery WeatherfordCity GreenwoodCemetery WeatherfordEast GreenwoodCemetery WeatherfordOakland Cemetery Near WeatherfordTurner Cemetery Private or familygraveyard Parker 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 at in a private or family graveyard; subsequentinterment in 1859 ataprivate or family graveyard, Ellis County, Tex.; reinterment in1928 atPioneerRest Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tex. Politicians formerlyburied here:     Tarrant County,Tex. is named for him.

William Henry Prague (1867-1935) — also known asWilliam H. Prague — of Mineral Wells,Palo PintoCounty, Tex.; Lewisville,DentonCounty, Tex.Born inParkerCounty, Tex.,November18, 1867.Carpenter;hotelmanager;mayorof Lewisville, Tex., 1931-32.Died in Aubrey,DentonCounty, Tex.,February17, 1935 (age67 years, 91days).Interment at Springtown Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof John Grant Prague and Mariah Louisa 'Marie' (Vardy) Prague;married,August12, 1896, to Ethel Gertrude Ballard; second cousin twice removedofJamesMcDowell.
		Political family:FourThousand Related Politicians..
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James Claude Wright Jr. (1922-2015) — also known asJim Wright, Jr. — of Weatherford,ParkerCounty, Tex.; Fort Worth,TarrantCounty, Tex.Born in Fort Worth,TarrantCounty, Tex.,December22, 1922.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; memberofTexasstate house of representatives, 1947-49;mayorof Weatherford, Tex., 1950-54;U.S.Representative from Texas 12th District, 1955-89; resigned 1989;Speakerof the U.S. House, 1987-89; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Texas,1960,1964,1968,1980,1996,2000,2004,2008;Permanent Chair,1988;speaker,1988;candidate forU.S.Senator from Texas, 1961.Presbyterian.He was subject of aninvestigationby the House Ethics Committee in 1989; it appeared from the reportthat he had evaded limits ongifts andspeaking fees;resignedunder fire in June, 1989.Died in Fort Worth,TarrantCounty, Tex.,May 6,2015 (age92 years, 135days).Interment at City Greenwood Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof James Claude Wright and Marie Louella (Lyster) Wright; married1942 to MaryEthelyn Lemons; married1972 to BettyHay.
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Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham (1846-1908) — also known asSamuel W. T. Lanham — of Weatherford,ParkerCounty, Tex.Born near Woodruff, Spartanburg District (nowSpartanburgCounty), S.C.,July 4,1846.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lawyer;Democratic Presidential Elector for Texas,1880;U.S.Representative from Texas, 1883-93, 1897-1903 (11th District1883-93, 8th District 1897-1903);Governor ofTexas, 1903-07.Died in Weatherford,ParkerCounty, Tex.,July 29,1908 (age62 years, 25days).Interment at East Greenwood Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

	Relatives:Married to Sarah Beona Meng; father ofFritzGarland Lanham.
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		Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, December 1902

Fritz Garland Lanham (1880-1965) — also known asFritz G. Lanham — of Fort Worth,TarrantCounty, Tex.Born in Weatherford,ParkerCounty, Tex.,January3, 1880.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Texas 12th District, 1919-47.Methodist.DiedJuly 31,1965 (age85 years, 209days).Interment at East Greenwood Cemetery.

	Relatives: SonofSamuelWillis Tucker Lanham and Sarah (Meng) Lanham; married,October27, 1908, to Beulah Rowe.
		The Fritz G. LanhamFederalBuilding inFortWorth, Texas, isnamed forhim.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial

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OaklandCemetery
Weatherford, Parker County, Texas
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.Carroll Gibson Walter (1885-1965) — also known asCarroll G. Walter — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inWinchester,Va.,April19, 1885.Justiceof New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1940-53.Died in Weatherford,ParkerCounty, Tex.,January4, 1965 (age79 years, 260days).Interment at Oakland Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

	Relatives: Sonof Dorsey Walter and Annie (Rodeffer) Walter; married to Merrie GlassWhitacre and Lena Holland.
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TurnerCemetery
Near Weatherford, Parker County, Texas
Isaac Parker (1793-1883) — of Texas. Born inElbertCounty, Ga.,April 7,1793.Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; memberofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1838-40, 1842-43; member ofTexasRepublic Senate, 1843-45;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; member ofTexasstate senate, 1846-53; member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1855-56.Died near Weatherford,ParkerCounty, Tex.,April14, 1883 (age90 years, 7days).Interment at Turner Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

Parker County,Tex. is named for him.

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