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Austin, Travis County, Texas
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  Thomas Watt Gregory (1861-1933) — also known asThomas W. Gregory — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born in Crawfordsville (unknowncounty), Miss.,November6, 1861.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas,1904(member,CredentialsCommittee),1912(HonoraryVice-President);U.S.Attorney General, 1914-19.Presbyterian.Member,AlphaTau Omega.Died, ofpneumonia,in his room at theHotelPennsylvania, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February26, 1933 (age71 years, 112days).Interment somewhere.
Austin MemorialPark
2800 Hancock Drive
Austin, Travis County, Texas
Founded 1927
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | James Rumsey Beverley (1894-1967) — also known asJames R. Beverley — of San Juan,San JuanMunicipio, Puerto Rico.Born in Dalhart,DallamCounty, Tex.,June 15,1894.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;Governor ofPuerto Rico, 1929, 1932-33.Presbyterian.Member,American BarAssociation;PhiBeta Kappa;PhiDelta Phi;Freemasons.Died, frommyocardialfailure, in SetonHospital,Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,June 17,1967 (age73 years, 2days).Interment at Austin Memorial Park. | | Robert Christian Eckhardt (1913-2001) — also known asBob Eckhardt — of Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.Born in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,July 16,1913.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1959-66;U.S.Representative from Texas 8th District, 1967-81; defeated, 1980.Author of the War Powers Act and the Toxic Substances Act. Died, of ahemorrhagicstroke, in SetonHospital,Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,November13, 2001 (age88 years, 120days).Interment at Austin Memorial Park. | | James Albert Michener (1907-1997) — also known asJames A. Michener — Born in Doylestown,BucksCounty, Pa.,February3, 1907.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;author;received thePulitzerPrize in Literature, 1948; candidate forU.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1962; received theMedalof Freedom, 1977.Died in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,October16, 1997 (age90 years, 255days).Interment at Austin Memorial Park; cenotaph atTexas State Cemetery. | | Walter Angus Keeling (1873-1945) — also known asW. A. Keeling — of Groesbeck,LimestoneCounty, Tex.; Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born in Kosse,LimestoneCounty, Tex.,November22, 1873.Democrat.Lawyer;LimestoneCounty Attorney, 1898-1902;LimestoneCounty Judge, 1908-12; member ofTexasDemocratic State Executive Committee, 1908-10;Texasstate attorney general, 1921-25; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Texas,1928;president, AcmeLifeInsurance Co.Methodist.Member,Freemasons.DiedJanuary22, 1945 (age71 years, 61days).Interment at Austin Memorial Park. | | Frank Alderson Blankenbeckler (1892-1964) — also known asFrank A. Blankenbeckler — of Cisco,EastlandCounty, Tex.; Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.BornSeptember10, 1892.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas,1924(alternate),1928(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization),1932,1936(alternate),1940,1948(alternate); candidate forU.S.Representative from Texas at-large, 1932.DiedMay 20,1964 (age71 years, 253days).Interment at Austin Memorial Park.| |  Relatives: Sonof John Lewis Blankenbeckler and Anna Elizabeth 'Annie' (McMurry)Blankenbeckler; married to Grace Louise Fitzpatrick. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
OakwoodCemetery
Austin, Travis County, Texas
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Albert Sidney Burleson (1863-1937) — also known asAlbert S. Burleson — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born in San Marcos,HaysCounty, Tex.,June 7,1863.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Texas, 1899-1913 (9th District 1899-1903,10th District 1903-13); alternate delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Texas,1912(speaker);U.S.Postmaster General, 1913-21.Died, from aheartattack, in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,November24, 1937 (age74 years, 170days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | | Anne Legendre Armstrong (1927-2008) — also known asAnne Armstrong;Anne Legendre;Mrs.Tobin Armstrong —of Armstrong,KenedyCounty, Tex.Born in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,December27, 1927.Republican. Member ofTexasRepublican State Central Committee, 1961-66; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Texas,1964,1968,1972(speaker);vice-chairof Texas Republican Party, 1966-; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Texas, 1968-73; U.S. Ambassador toGreat Britain, 1976-77; Republican Presidential Elector forTexas,1992.Female.Episcopalian.Member,Council onForeign Relations;PhiBeta Kappa.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1987.Died, ofcancer,in ahospiceat Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,July 30,2008 (age80 years, 216days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | | Richard Bache Jr. (1784-1848) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.; Galveston,GalvestonCounty, Tex.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March11, 1784.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; postmaster atPhiladelphia,Pa., 1815-28; served in the Texas Navy during the Texas War ofIndependence; member ofTexasstate senate 11th District, 1846-48.Member,Freemasons.Died in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,March14, 1848 (age64 years, 3days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | | Robert Thomas Miller (1893-1962) — also known asTom Miller — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,September21, 1893.Democrat.Mayor ofAustin, Tex., 1933-49, 1955-61; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Texas,1940,1944,1956,1960.DiedApril30, 1962 (age68 years, 221days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | | Elisha Marshall Pease (1812-1883) — also known asElisha M. Pease — of Galveston,GalvestonCounty, Tex.Born in Enfield,HartfordCounty, Conn.,January3, 1812.Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; memberofTexasstate house of representatives, 1846-48; member ofTexasstate senate, 1849-50;Governor ofTexas, 1853-57, 1867-69; defeated, 1866;U.S.Collector of Customs at Galveston, Tex., Texas, 1879.Died in Lampasas,LampasasCounty, Tex.,August26, 1883 (age71 years, 235days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | | Oscar Branch Colquitt (1861-1940) — also known asOscar B. Colquitt — of Pittsburg,CampCounty, Tex.; Terrell,KaufmanCounty, Tex.Born in Camilla,MitchellCounty, Ga.,December16, 1861.Democrat.Lawyer;newspaperpublisher;oilbusiness; member ofTexasstate senate 9th District, 1895-98;Governor ofTexas, 1911-15; defeated, 1906; candidate forU.S.Senator from Texas, 1916; member, U.S. Board of Railway LaborMediation.Methodist.DiedMarch 8,1940 (age78 years, 83days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | | Morgan Calvin Hamilton (1809-1893) — also known asMorgan C. Hamilton — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born near Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.,February25, 1809.Republican.TexasRepublic Secretary of War and Marine, 1842-43, 1844-45;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1868-69;U.S.Senator from Texas, 1870-77.Died in San Diego,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,November21, 1893 (age84 years, 269days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | | Oran Milo Roberts (1815-1898) — of Alabama; Texas. Born inLaurensCounty, S.C.,July 9,1815.Member of Alabama state legislature, 1839; district judge in Texas,1846-51;justice ofTexas state supreme court, 1857-65, 1874-78;delegateto Texas secession convention, 1861; colonel in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1866;Governor ofTexas, 1879-83.Died in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,May 19,1898 (age82 years, 314days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | | Alexander Penn Wooldridge (1847-1930) — also known asA. P. Wooldridge — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,April13, 1847.Lawyer;bankpresident;mayor ofAustin, Tex., 1909-19.Died in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,September8, 1930 (age83 years, 148days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | | Jacob Carl Maria DeGress (1842-1894) — also known asJacob Carl DeGress — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born in Cologne (Köln),Germany,April23, 1842.Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;Texassuperintendent of public instruction, 1871-74;mayor ofAustin, Tex., 1877-80; postmaster atAustin,Tex., 1881-85, 1889-93.Catholic.Died, of complications of hisCivil Warwounds, in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,March21, 1894 (age51 years, 332days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | | James Stephen Hogg (1851-1906) — also known asJim Hogg — ofWoodCounty, Tex.Born in alogcabin, near Rusk,CherokeeCounty, Tex.,March24, 1851.Democrat.WoodCounty Attorney, 1878-80; District Attorney, 7th District,1880-84;Texasstate attorney general, 1886-90;Governor ofTexas, 1891-95.DiedMarch 3,1906 (age54 years, 344days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | | Andrew Jackson Hamilton (1815-1875) — of Texas. Born in Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.,January28, 1815.Republican.Texasstate attorney general, 1850; member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1851;U.S.Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1859-61;Governor ofTexas, 1865-66;justice ofTexas state supreme court, 1866; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Texas,1868;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Texas, 1868-70.Slaveowner. Died in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,April11, 1875 (age60 years, 73days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | | William Penn DeNormandie (1824-1881) — also known asWilliam P. DeNormandie — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born in Yardley,BucksCounty, Pa.,September28, 1824.Republican.Mayor ofAustin, Tex., 1853; postmaster atAustin,Tex., 1865-69.Died in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,November28, 1881 (age57 years, 61days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | | John Hancock (1824-1893) — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born near Bellefonte,JacksonCounty, Ala.,October24, 1824.Democrat. State court judge in Texas, 1851; member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1860;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1866;U.S.Representative from Texas, 1871-77, 1883-85 (4th District1871-75, 5th District 1875-77, 10th District 1883-85); delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Texas,1880.Slaveowner. DiedJuly 19,1893 (age68 years, 268days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.  | Rudolph Kleberg (1847-1924) — of Cuero,DeWittCounty, Tex.Born in Cat Spring,AustinCounty, Tex.,June 26,1847.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lawyer;member ofTexasstate senate, 1883-84;U.S.Attorney for the Western District of Texas, 1885-89;U.S.Representative from Texas 11th District, 1896-1903.DiedDecember28, 1924 (age77 years, 185days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | | George Whitfield Terrell (1803-1846) — also known asGeorge W. Terrell — of Tennessee; Texas. Born inNelsonCounty, Ky.,1803.Lawyer;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1829-36;AttorneyGeneral of the Texas Republic, 1841-44.DiedMay 13,1846 (ageabout 42years).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | | Atkins Jefferson McLemore (1857-1929) — also known asA. Jeff McLemore — of Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.Born in Tennessee,1857.Democrat. Member of Texas state legislature, 1890;U.S.Representative from Texas, 1915-19 (at-large 1915-17, 2ndDistrict 1917-19).Died in1929(ageabout72 years).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | | William Alexander —Texasstate attorney general, 1865-66, 1867, 1870-74.Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | | John Gordon Chalmers (1803-1847) — also known asJohn G. Chalmers — of La Grange,FayetteCounty, Tex.Born inHalifaxCounty, Va.,August25, 1803.Newspapereditor; member of Virginia state legislature, 1830;TexasRepublic Secretary of the Treasury, 1841.During a fight with Joshua Holden, he wasStabbedandmortallywounded; he died soon after,January1, 1847 (age43 years, 129days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | | Nimrod Lindsay Norton (1830-1903) — of Missouri. Born inNicholasCounty, Ky.,April18, 1830.Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;Representativefrom Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.Died in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,September28, 1903 (age73 years, 163days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | | Ezekiel B. Turner —Texasstate attorney general, 1867-70.Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | | Nathan George Shelley —Texasstate attorney general, 1862-64.Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | | Annie Webb Blanton (1870-1945) — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,August19, 1870.Democrat.Collegeprofessor;Texassuperintendent of public instruction, 1919-23.Female.Methodist.Member,AmericanAssociation of University Women;Daughters of theAmerican Revolution;UnitedDaughters of the Confederacy;PhiBeta Kappa;KappaDelta Pi;PiLambda Theta;Pi GammaMu;DeltaKappa Gamma;Order of theEastern Star;Maccabees.Firstwoman to be elected to statewide office in Texas.DiedOctober2, 1945 (age75 years, 44days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | | William Martin Walton —Texasstate attorney general, 1866-67.Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | | Swante Palm (1815-1899) — also known asSwen Jaensson — of La Grange,FayetteCounty, Tex.; Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born inSweden,January31, 1815.Republican.Bookkeeper;Vice-Consulfor Sweden & Norway inAustin,Tex., 1866-99; postmaster atAustin,Tex., 1869-72.Lutheran.Swedishancestry.Died in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,June 22,1899 (age84 years, 142days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | | Jane Y. McCallum (1878-1957) — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.BornDecember30, 1878.Democrat.Secretaryof state of Texas, 1927-33; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Texas,1928(alternate),1944.Female.Found and rescued the original Texas Declaration of Independence. DiedAugust14, 1957 (age78 years, 227days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | | James Gibson Swisher (1794-1864) — also known asJames G. Swisher — of Texas. Born in Tennessee,1794.Delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Washington, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; served in the Texas Armyduring the Texas War of Independence.Died in1864(ageabout70 years).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | | Henry Walton Raglin (1817-1882) — also known asH. W. Raglin — of Texas. Born in Mississippi,1817.TexasRepublic Land Office Commissioner, 1840.Died in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,December7, 1882 (ageabout 65years).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | | Julius Runge (1851-1906) — of Galveston,GalvestonCounty, Tex.Born in New Braunfels,ComalCounty, Tex.,February1, 1851.Wholesalegrocer;coffeeimporter;Consulfor Germany inGalveston,Tex., 1875-1906;banker;president, GalvestonCottonExchange.Germanancestry.Died in Galveston,GalvestonCounty, Tex.,February6, 1906 (age55 years, 5days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | | Joseph Carroll Harrison (1822-1855) — also known asJ. C. Harrison — ofCherokeeCounty, Tex.Born in Alabama,October3, 1822.Newspaperpublisher;insuranceagent;hoteloperator;liverybusiness; member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1855; died in office 1855.Methodist.Died in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,November9, 1855 (age33 years, 37days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. | | Joseph Baker (1804-1846) — of Texas. Born in Maine,1804.Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; memberofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1837-38.Died in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,July 11,1846 (ageabout 42years).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
Texas StateCemetery
901 Navasota Street
Austin, Travis County, Texas
Founded 1851
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1986
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | John Bowden Connally Jr. (1917-1993) — also known asJohn B. Connally — of Fort Worth,TarrantCounty, Tex.Born near Floresville,WilsonCounty, Tex.,February27, 1917.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Texas,1956,1960,1964;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1961;Governor ofTexas, 1963-69;shotand wounded in Dallas, Tex., November 22, 1963, in the same volley ofgunfire that killed PresidentJohnF. Kennedy;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1971-72;indictedin July 1974 foracceptingthousands of dollars from a dairy industry lobbyist;tried inApril 1975 and acquitted; candidate for Republican nomination forPresident,1980.Methodist.Died ofpulmonaryfibrosis, in MethodistHospital,Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,June 15,1993 (age76 years, 108days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery; statue atSamHouston Park, Houston, Tex.| | Relatives: Sonof John Bowden Connally, Sr. and Lela (Wright) Connally; married,December21, 1940, toIdanellBrill. | | | | Cross-reference:NellieConnally | | | | John B. ConnallyHighSchool (opened 1996),Austin,Texas, isnamed forhim. — John B. ConnallyMiddleSchool,SanAntonio, Texas, isnamed forhim. — The ConnallyLoop,a portion of Interstate 410, inSanAntonio, Texas, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | James Edward Ferguson (1871-1944) — also known asJames E. Ferguson;"PaFerguson" —of Temple,BellCounty, Tex.Born near Salado,BellCounty, Tex.,August31, 1871.Governorof Texas, 1915-17; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Texas,1916(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee); American candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1920.Indictedonembezzlementand otherchargesin 1917; soon after, wasimpeachedby the Texas House, andremoved fromoffice by the Texas Senate.Died in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,September21, 1944 (age73 years, 21days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | John Hemphill (1803-1862) — of Texas. Born in Chester District (nowChesterCounty), S.C.,December18, 1803.Lawyer;newspapereditor; judge of Texas Republic, 1840;chiefjustice of Texas state supreme court, 1846-58;U.S.Senator from Texas, 1859-61; when the Civil War began, he leftWashington but did not resign his seat in the Senate; one of tenSouthernsenatorsexpelledin absentia on July 11, 1861;Delegatefrom Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; diedin office 1862; candidate forSenatorfrom Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1861.Slaveowner. Died inRichmond,Va.,January7, 1862 (age58 years, 20days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | James Pinckney Henderson (1808-1858) — also known asJ. Pinckney Henderson — of Marshville (unknowncounty), Tex.Born in Lincolnton,LincolnCounty, N.C.,March31, 1808.Lawyer;general in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;AttorneyGeneral of the Texas Republic, 1836-37;TexasRepublic Secretary of State, 1837;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845;Governor ofTexas, 1846-47; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;U.S.Senator from Texas, 1857-58; died in office 1858.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,June 4,1858 (age50 years, 65days).Original interment and cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1930 at Texas StateCemetery. | | Thomas William Ward (1807-1872) — also known as"Peg Leg" — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born inIreland,1807.Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;mayor ofAustin, Tex., 1840-41, 1853, 1865;TexasRepublic Land Office Commissioner, 1840-46.Lost aleg in the storming of Bexar, 1835;lost hisright arm while firing a cannon to celebrate Texas independence,1841.Died oftyphoidfever, in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,November25, 1872 (ageabout 65years).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | Miriam Amanda Wallace Ferguson (1875-1961) — also known asMa Ferguson;Miriam AmandaWallace —of Texas. Born inBellCounty, Tex.,June 13,1875.Democrat.Governor ofTexas, 1925-27, 1933-35; defeated in primary, 1926.Female.Episcopalian.Died ofheartfailure.June 25,1961 (age86 years, 12days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | Daniel James Moody Jr. (1893-1966) — also known asDan Moody — of Taylor,WilliamsonCounty, Tex.Born in Taylor,WilliamsonCounty, Tex.,June 1,1893.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;WilliamsonCounty Attorney, 1920-22; District Attorney, 1922-25;Texasstate attorney general, 1925-27;Governor ofTexas, 1927-31; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromTexas,1928,1944(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1948,1952;candidate forU.S.Senator from Texas, 1942.Member,OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners.Died in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,May 22,1966 (age72 years, 355days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | Ralph Webster Yarborough (1903-1996) — also known asRalph W. Yarborough — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born in Chandler,HendersonCounty, Tex.,June 8,1903.Democrat.Lawyer;district judge in Texas, 1936-41; candidate for nomination forTexasstate attorney general, 1938; colonel in the U.S. Army duringWorld War II; candidate forGovernor ofTexas, 1952, 1954, 1956;U.S.Senator from Texas, 1957-71; defeated in primary, 1970, 1972;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas,1964,1980.Baptist.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;PhiDelta Phi;Order ofthe Coif;Moose;Freemasons;Shriners;Acacia.DiedJanuary27, 1996 (age92 years, 233days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | Edmund Jackson Davis (1827-1883) — also known asEdmund J. Davis — of Texas. Born in St. Augustine,St. JohnsCounty, Fla.,October2, 1827.Republican. District judge in Texas, 1856-61; general in the UnionArmy during the Civil War;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1866;Governor ofTexas, 1870-74; defeated, 1873, 1880; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Texas, 1872-74; candidate forU.S.Representative from Texas 10th District, 1882.After his defeat as Governor, he refused to give up the office, andbarricadedhimself in the state capitol.Died in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,February7, 1883 (age55 years, 128days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | Thomas Gibbs Gee (c.1925-1994) — of Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.Born in Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla., about 1925.Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1973-91.Died, fromamyotrophiclateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig'sdisease), at MethodistHospital,Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,October25, 1994 (ageabout 69years).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | William Homer Thornberry (1909-1995) — also known asHomer Thornberry — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,January9, 1909.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1937-40; served in the U.S. Navyduring World War II;U.S.Representative from Texas 10th District, 1949-63; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Texas,1956,1960;U.S.District Judge for the Western District of Texas, 1963-65;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1965-78.Methodist.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;Shriners;Kiwanis.Died in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,December12, 1995 (age86 years, 337days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | John Ireland (1827-1896) — also known as"Oxcart John" — of Texas. Born near Millerstown,GraysonCounty, Ky.,January21, 1827.Democrat.Mayor ofSeguin, Tex., 1858;delegateto Texas secession convention, 1861; colonel in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1866; district judge inTexas, 1866-67; member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1870; member ofTexasstate senate, 1870;justice ofTexas state supreme court, 1875-76; candidate forU.S.Representative from Texas, 1878; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Texas,1880(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1892(ConventionVice-President);Governor ofTexas, 1883-87.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.DiedMarch 5,1896 (age69 years, 44days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | Peter Hansborough Bell (1812-1898) — also known asPeter H. Bell — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born inSpotsylvaniaCounty, Va.,May 12,1812.Democrat. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War ofIndependence; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;Governor ofTexas, 1849-53;U.S.Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1853-57; colonel in theConfederate Army during the Civil War.Slaveowner. Died in Littleton,HalifaxCounty, N.C.,March 8,1898 (age85 years, 300days).Original interment atCityCemetery, Littleton, N.C.; reinterment in 1930 at Texas StateCemetery; memorial monument atCourthouseGrounds, Belton, Tex. | | Calvin Maples Cureton (b. 1874) — of Meridian,BosqueCounty, Tex.Born near Walnut Springs,BosqueCounty, Tex.,September1, 1874.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;lawyer;member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1909-12;Texasstate attorney general, 1919-21;chiefjustice of Texas state supreme court, 1921-36.Member,American BarAssociation;Knightsof Pythias.Interment at Texas State Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof William E. Cureton and Mary (Odle) Cureton; married,April28, 1901, to Nora Morris. |
| | Hardin Richard Runnels (1820-1873) — of Boston,BowieCounty, Tex.Born in Mississippi,August30, 1820.Democrat. Member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1847-54;Speaker ofthe Texas State House of Representatives, 1853-54;LieutenantGovernor of Texas, 1855-57;Governor ofTexas, 1857-59; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromTexas,1860;delegateto Texas secession convention, 1861;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1866.Member,Freemasons.DiedDecember25, 1873 (age53 years, 117days).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Bowie County, Tex.; reinterment in1929 at Texas State Cemetery. | | Alexander Watkins Terrell (1827-1912) — also known asAlexander Terrell;AlexTerrell —of Texas. Born inPatrickCounty, Va.,November23, 1827.District judge in Texas, 1857-62; general in the Confederate Armyduring the Civil War; member ofTexasstate senate, 1875-82; member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1891-93, 1903-07; U.S. MinistertoTurkey, 1893-97.Died in Mineral Wells,Palo PintoCounty, Tex.,September9, 1912 (age84 years, 291days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | Andrew Jackson Houston (1854-1941) — of La Porte,HarrisCounty, Tex.Born in Independence,WashingtonCounty, Tex.,June 21,1854.Lawyer;candidate forGovernor ofTexas, 1892 (Republican), 1910 (Prohibition), 1912 (Prohibition);U.S.Senator from Texas, 1941; died in office 1941.Died in ahospitalatBaltimore,Md.,June 26,1941 (age87 years, 5days).Originally entombed atAbbeyMausoleum (which no longer exists), Arlington, Va.; reintermentat Texas State Cemetery. | | Alexander James Patterson (1883-1948) — of Texas. BornApril21, 1883.Chiefjustice of Texas state supreme court, 1941-48.DiedJanuary1, 1948 (age64 years, 255days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | Francis Richard Lubbock (1815-1905) — of Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.Born in Beaufort,BeaufortCounty, S.C.,October16, 1815.Democrat.LieutenantGovernor of Texas, 1857-59; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Texas,1860;Governorof Texas, 1861-63; general in the Confederate Army during theCivil War;Texasstate treasurer, 1879-91.Died in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,June 22,1905 (age89 years, 249days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | Robert Allan Shivers (1907-1985) — also known asAllan Shivers — of Texas. Born in Lufkin,AngelinaCounty, Tex.,October5, 1907.Democrat. Member ofTexasstate senate, 1935-47; major in the U.S. Army during World WarII;LieutenantGovernor of Texas, 1947-49;Governor ofTexas, 1949-57; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromTexas,1952;member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.Member,DeltaTheta Phi.Died of aheartattack, in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,January14, 1985 (age77 years, 101days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | Edwin Waller (1800-1881) — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born inSpotsylvaniaCounty, Va.,November4, 1800.Delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Columbia, 1835;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Brazoria, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836;TexasRepublic Postmaster General, 1839;mayor ofAustin, Tex., 1840; county judge in Texas, 1844;delegateto Texas secession convention, 1861.Member,Freemasons.Died in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,January3, 1881 (age80 years, 60days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in1928 at Texas State Cemetery. | | James Jarrell Pickle (1913-2005) — also known asJ. J. 'Jake' Pickle — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born in Roscoe,NolanCounty, Tex.,October11, 1913.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; one of thefounders ofradiostation KVET, in Austin, Texas; alternate delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Texas,1960;U.S.Representative from Texas 10th District, 1963-95.Methodist.DiedJune 18,2005 (age91 years, 250days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | Ann Richards (1933-2006) — also known asDorothy Ann Willis — of Texas. Born in Lakeview (now part of Lacy Lakeview),McLennanCounty, Tex.,September1, 1933.Democrat.TravisCounty Commissioner, 1976-82;Texasstate treasurer, 1983-91; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Texas,1988(speaker);Governorof Texas, 1991-95; defeated, 1994.Female.Member,Council onForeign Relations.Died, ofesophagealcancer, in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,September13, 2006 (age73 years, 12days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery.| | Relatives:Daughter of Cecil Willis and Iona (Warren) Willis; married1953 to DavidRichards; mother ofCecileRichards. | | | | The Ann RichardsSchoolfor Young Women Leaders, inAustin,Texas, isnamed forher. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books by Ann Richards:Straightfrom the Heart : My Life in Politics and Other Places(1990) —I'mNot Slowing Down : Winning My Battle With Osteoporosis, withRichard U. Levine | | | | Books about Ann Richards: MikeShropshire and Frank Schaeffer,TheThorny Rose of Texas : An Intimate Portrait of Governor AnnRichards — Celia Morris,Stormingthe Statehouse : Running for Governor with Ann Richards and DianneFeinstein — Sue Tolleson-Rinehart and Jeanie R.Stanley,Claytieand the Lady : Ann Richards, Gender, and Politics inTexas — Jan Reid,Letthe People In: The Life and Times of Ann Richards |
| | Abner Smith Lipscomb (1789-1856) — Born in South Carolina,February10, 1789.Member ofAlabamaterritorial legislature, 1818;associatejustice of Alabama state supreme court, 1820-35;TexasRepublic Secretary of State, 1840;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845;justice ofTexas state supreme court, 1846-56.DiedDecember8, 1856 (age67 years, 302days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | William Womack Heath (1903-1971) — also known asWilliam W. Heath — of Texas. Born in Normangee,LeeCounty, Tex.,December7, 1903.Democrat. County judge in Texas, 1931-33;secretaryof state of Texas, 1933-35; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Texas,1960,1964;U.S. Ambassador toSweden, 1967-69.Died in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,June 27,1971 (age67 years, 202days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | Royal Tyler Wheeler (1810-1864) — of Texas. Born in Vermont,1810.District judge in Texas, 1844;justice ofTexas state supreme court, 1845-64; died in office 1864.Died bysuicide,inWashingtonCounty, Tex.,April 9,1864 (ageabout 53years).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | Jack English Hightower (1926-2013) — also known asJack Hightower — of Texas. Born in Memphis,HallCounty, Tex.,September6, 1926.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1953-54; member ofTexasstate senate, 1965-74; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Texas,1968;U.S.Representative from Texas 13th District, 1975-85; defeated, 1961,1984;justice ofTexas state supreme court, 1988, 1992-95.Died in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,August3, 2013 (age86 years, 331days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | Stephen Fuller Austin (1793-1836) — also known asStephen F. Austin;"Father ofTexas" —Born inWytheCounty, Va.,November3, 1793.Member ofMissouriterritorial legislature, 1814-19;delegateto Texas Convention of 1832 from District of San Felipe deAustin, 1832; took petition to Mexico City for the establishment ofTexas as a separate Mexican state, 1832;chargedwithattemptingrevolution, andimprisoneduntil 1835;delegateto Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Austin, 1833;delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of San Felipe deAustin, 1835; candidate forPresidentof the Texas Republic, 1836;TexasRepublic Secretary of State, 1836; died in office 1836.Member,Freemasons.Died ofpneumonia,inBrazoriaCounty, Tex.,December27, 1836 (age43 years, 54days).Original interment atPeachPoint Cemetery, Gulf Prairie, Tex.; reinterment in 1910 at TexasState Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Moses Austin and Maria (Brown) Austin. | | | | Austin County,Tex. is named for him. | | | | ThecityofAustin,Texas, isnamed forhim. — Stephen F. AustinStateUniversity,Nacogdoches,Texas, isnamed forhim. — AustinCollege,Sherman,Texas, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Handbookof Texas Online | | | | Books about Stephen F. Austin: GreggCantrell,StephenF. Austin : Empresario of Texas |
| | Joe Madison Kilgore (1918-1999) — also known asJoe M. Kilgore — of McAllen,HidalgoCounty, Tex.; Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born near Brownwood,BrownCounty, Tex.,December10, 1918.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; memberofTexasstate house of representatives, 1947-54;U.S.Representative from Texas 15th District, 1955-65; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Texas,1956,1960.DiedFebruary10, 1999 (age80 years, 62days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | John Ray Harrison Sr. (1930-2001) — of Pasadena,HarrisCounty, Tex.Born in Abilene,TaylorCounty, Tex.,August2, 1930.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofTexasstate house of representatives; elected 1964; defeated, 1998;mayorof Pasadena, Tex., 1973-78, 1985-93; district judge in Texas,1978-80.Methodist.Member,American BarAssociation.Died, of complications following laminectomy surgery,December22, 2001 (age71 years, 142days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | David Spangler Kaufman (1813-1851) — also known asDavid S. Kaufman — of Nacogdoches,NacogdochesCounty, Tex.Born in Boiling Springs,CumberlandCounty, Pa.,December18, 1813.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1839-41; member ofTexasRepublic Senate, 1843-45;U.S.Representative from Texas 1st District, 1846-51; died in office1851.Jewish. Member,Freemasons.Died inWashington,D.C.,January31, 1851 (age37 years, 44days).Original interment and cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1932 at Texas StateCemetery.  | Barbara Charline Jordan (1936-1996) — also known asBarbara Jordan — of Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.Born in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,February21, 1936.Democrat. Member ofTexasstate senate, 1967;U.S.Representative from Texas 18th District, 1973-79;speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1988.Female.Africanancestry.Lesbian.Inducted,NationalWomen's Hall of Fame, 1990; received theSpingarnMedal in 1992, and thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1994.Died ofleukemiaandmultiplesclerosis,January17, 1996 (age59 years, 330days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | Vincent Waggoner Carr (1918-2004) — also known asWaggoner Carr — ofLubbockCounty, Tex.Born in Fairlie,HuntCounty, Tex.,October1, 1918.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;lawyer;LubbockCounty Attorney, 1948-50; member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1951-61;Speaker ofthe Texas State House of Representatives, 1957-61;Texasstate attorney general, 1963-67; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Texas,1964;candidate forU.S.Senator from Texas, 1966; candidate forGovernor ofTexas, 1968.Member,AmericanLegion;Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;Lions.Breakfasted with Pres.JohnF. Kennedy, in Dallas, Texas, on the morning of hisassassination, November 22, 1963.Died, ofcancer,in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,February25, 2004 (age85 years, 147days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | Robert McAlpin Williamson (1806-1859) — also known as"Three Legged Willie" — of Texas. Born in Georgia,1806.Delegateto Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Washington, 1833;delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Mina, 1835; servedin the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;justice ofTexas Republic supreme court, 1837-40; member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1840-43, 1844-45; member ofTexasRepublic Senate, 1843-44; member ofTexasstate senate, 1846-48; candidate forU.S.Representative from Texas, 1849; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Texas, 1851.Due to a deformity developed during an illness when he was 15,causing his right leg to be drawn back at the knee, he wore a partialwooden leg attached at the knee.Died in Wharton,WhartonCounty, Tex.,December22, 1859 (ageabout 53years).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | 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 ataprivate or family graveyard, Marion County, Tex.; reinterment in1928 at Texas State Cemetery. | | Richard Ellis (1781-1846) — Born in Virginia,February14, 1781.Delegateto Alabama state constitutional convention, 1819;associatejustice of Alabama state supreme court, 1819;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Red River, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Red River, 1836-39.Slaveowner. Reportedly "came to his death suddenly by his clothes takingfire", athis home inBowieCounty, Tex.,December20, 1846 (age65 years, 309days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in1929 at Texas State Cemetery. | | Edward Burleson (1798-1851) — of Texas. Born inBuncombeCounty, N.C.,December15, 1798.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;delegateto Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Mina, 1833;delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Mina, 1835;general in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1837-38; member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Bastrop, Gonzales and Fayette,1838-39;VicePresident of the Texas Republic, 1841-44; candidate forPresidentof the Texas Republic, 1844; member ofTexasstate senate, 1846-51; died in office 1851.Methodist.Member,Freemasons.Died ofpneumonia,in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,December26, 1851 (age53 years, 11days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | William Gordon Cooke (1808-1847) — of Texas. Born inFredericksburg,Va.,March26, 1808.Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; memberofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1844-45;TexasRepublic Secretary of War and Marine, 1845-46; candidate forU.S.Representative from Texas, 1846;AdjutantGeneral of Texas, 1846-47; died in office 1847.Member,Freemasons.Died oftuberculosis,at Seguin,GuadalupeCounty, Tex.,December24, 1847 (age39 years, 273days).Original intermentsomewherein Geronimo, Tex.; reinterment in 1937 at Texas State Cemetery. | | Albert Sidney Johnston (1803-1862) — of Texas. Born in Washington,MasonCounty, Ky.,February2, 1803.Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; served in theTexas Army during the Texas War of Independence; wounded in aduelwith Texas Gen. Felix Huston, Februay 7, 1837;TexasRepublic Secretary of War, 1838-40; general in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War.Shotandkilledwhile leading his forces at the Battle of Shiloh,HardinCounty, Tenn.,April 6,1862 (age59 years, 63days). He was the highest-ranking officer on either side killedduring the war.Original interment atSt.Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.; reinterment in 1867 atTexas State Cemetery; statue atSouth Mall. | | George Washington Smyth (1803-1866) — also known asGeorge W. Smyth — of Jasper,JasperCounty, Tex.Born in North Carolina,May 16,1803.Democrat.Delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Jasper, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1844-45;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845;U.S.Representative from Texas 1st District, 1853-55; served in theConfederate Army during the Civil War;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1866.Slaveowner. Died in session ofstateconstitutional convention in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,February21, 1866 (age62 years, 281days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | Bailey Hardeman (1795-1836) — of Texas. Born near Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,February26, 1795.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Matagorda, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836;TexasRepublic Secretary of the Treasury, 1836.Died in Caney Creek,MatagordaCounty, Tex.,October12, 1836 (age41 years, 229days).Original intermentsomewherein Matagorda County, Tex.; reinterment in 1936 at Texas StateCemetery. | | John Alexander Greer (1802-1855) — of Texas. Born in Shelbyville,BedfordCounty, Tenn.,July 18,1802.Member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of San Augustine, 1838-45;TexasRepublic Secretary of the Treasury, 1845-46;LieutenantGovernor of Texas, 1847-51.Member,Freemasons.Died whilecampaigningfor the governorship,July 4,1855 (age52 years, 351days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in1929 at Texas State Cemetery. | | Guy Morrison Bryan (1821-1901) — also known asGuy M. Bryan — of Galveston,GalvestonCounty, Tex.Born in Herculaneum,JeffersonCounty, Mo.,January12, 1821.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1847-53, 1873, 1879, 1887; memberofTexasstate senate, 1853-57;U.S.Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1857-59; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Texas,1860;major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.Slaveowner. Died in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,June 4,1901 (age80 years, 143days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | William Houston Jack (1806-1844) — of Alabama; Texas. Born inWilkesCounty, Ga.,April12, 1806.Member of Alabama state legislature, 1829;TexasRepublic Secretary of State, 1836; member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1839-40; member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Brazoria, 1842-44; died inoffice 1844.Died ofyellowfever inBrazoriaCounty, Tex.,August20, 1844 (age38 years, 130days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; subsequentinterment atLakeviewCemetery, Galveston, Tex.; reinterment at Texas State Cemetery. | | Robert Alton Gammage (1938-2012) — also known asBob Gammage — of Llano,LlanoCounty, Tex.Born in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,March13, 1938.Democrat. Member of Texas state legislature, 1970;U.S.Representative from Texas 22nd District, 1977-79; defeated, 1976,1978; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromTexas,2008.Died in Llano,LlanoCounty, Tex.,September10, 2012 (age74 years, 181days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | Ashbel Smith (1805-1886) — also known as"The Father of TexasMedicine" —of Salisbury,RowanCounty, N.C.; Galveston,GalvestonCounty, Tex.; Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.Born in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,August13, 1805.Democrat.Physician;Texas Republic Charge d'Affaires to England and France, 1842-44;TexasRepublic Secretary of State, 1845; negotiated the Smith-Cuevastreaty in 1845, in which Mexico recognized Texas independence; servedin the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1855, 1866, 1879; colonel in theConfederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Texas,1872,1876(member,ResolutionsCommittee).Member,PhiBeta Kappa.Slaveowner. Died in Baytown,HarrisCounty, Tex.,January21, 1886 (age80 years, 161days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | Claude Pollard (1874-1942) — of Carthage,PanolaCounty, Tex.; Kingsville,KlebergCounty, Tex.; Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.Born in Carthage,PanolaCounty, Tex.,February14, 1874.Lawyer;PanolaCounty Attorney, 1895-98;Texasstate attorney general, 1927-29; attorney forrailroads;general counsel for theRailwayGeneral Managers Association of Texas.Died in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,November25, 1942 (age68 years, 284days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | Nellie Connally (1919-2006) — also known asIdanell Brill — Born in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,February24, 1919.First Lady of Texas, 1963-69; on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Tex.,she was riding in the presidential limousine, when avolley ofgunfire killed PresidentJohnF. Kennedy, and injured her husband, GovernorJohnB. Connally.Female.Died, in Westminster Manorassistedliving facility, Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,September1, 2006 (age87 years, 189days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | Stephen Heard Darden (1816-1902) — of Wharton,WhartonCounty, Tex.Born in Fayette,JeffersonCounty, Miss.,November18, 1816.Member ofTexasstate senate, 1850; served in the Confederate Army during theCivil War;Representativefrom Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.Died in Wharton,WhartonCounty, Tex.,May 16,1902 (age85 years, 179days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | Thomas Hawthorne Phillips (1914-1975) — of Texas. Born in Marlin,FallsCounty, Tex.,December30, 1914.District judge in Texas, 1950;justice ofTexas state supreme court, 1960.Died in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,October23, 1975 (age60 years, 297days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | Crawford Collins Martin — also known asCrawford C. Martin — of Hillsboro,HillCounty, Tex.Democrat. Member ofTexasstate senate, 1950;Texasstate attorney general, 1967-72.Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | Jewel Preston Lightfoot —Texasstate attorney general, 1910-12.Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | Robert Bullock (1929-1999) — also known asBob Bullock — of Texas. Born in Hillsboro,HillCounty, Tex.,July 10,1929.Democrat. Member ofTexasstate house of representatives; elected 1956, 1958;secretaryof state of Texas, 1971-72;Texasstate comptroller, 1975-90;LieutenantGovernor of Texas, 1991-99.Investigatedby a grand jury in 1978, but no indictment resulted.Died in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,June 18,1999 (age69 years, 343days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | Byron M. Tunnell (c.1926-2000) — of Texas. Born about 1926. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1956-64;Speaker ofthe Texas State House of Representatives, 1963-64; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Texas,1964;Texasrailroad commissioner, 1965-73.Died, ofcancer,in Tyler,SmithCounty, Tex.,March 7,2000 (ageabout 74years).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | Jesse James (1904-1977) — of Texas. BornOctober10, 1904.Member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1930;Texasstate treasurer, 1941-77.DiedSeptember29, 1977 (age72 years, 354days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | John Coyle White (1924-1995) — also known asJohn C. White — of Wichita Falls,WichitaCounty, Tex.Born near Newport,ClayCounty, Tex.,November26, 1924.Democrat.Texascommissioner of agriculture, 1951-77; candidate forU.S.Senator from Texas, 1957; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Texas,1960,1964;Chairmanof Democratic National Committee, 1977-81.Died, of aheartailment, at Georgetown UniversityHospital,Washington,D.C.,January20, 1995 (age70 years, 55days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Ed White. |
| | Martin Parmer (1778-1850) — of Missouri; Texas. Born in Virginia,June 4,1778.Member ofMissouristate senate, 1824-25;delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Tenaha, 1835;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of San Augustine, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836.Died inJasperCounty, Tex.,March 2,1850 (age71 years, 271days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | Jesse Grimes (1788-1866) — of Texas. Born inDuplinCounty, N.C.,February6, 1788.Delegateto Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Washington, 1833;delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Washington, 1835;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Washington, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; member ofTexasRepublic Senate, 1836-37, 1844-45; member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1841-43.DiedMarch15, 1866 (age78 years, 37days).Original interment atJohnMcGinty Cemetery, Near Navasota, Grimes County, Tex.; reintermentin 1929 at Texas State Cemetery. | | Elizabeth Richards Andujar (1912-1997) — also known asBetty Andujar;ElizabethRichards —of Fort Worth,TarrantCounty, Tex.Born in Harrisburg,DauphinCounty, Pa.,November6, 1912.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas,1968,1976;member ofTexasstate senate, 1973-82; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Texas, 1976-82.Female.Presbyterian.Firstwoman member of the Texas Senate;firstRepublican member of the Texas Senate since Reconstruction.DiedJune 8,1997 (age84 years, 214days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery.  | Irma Lerma Rangel (1931-2003) — also known asIrma Rangel — of Kingsville,KlebergCounty, Tex.Born in Kingsville,KlebergCounty, Tex.,May 15,1931.Democrat.Schoolteacher;lawyer;member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1977-2003 (49th District 1977-82,37th District 1983-92, 35th District 1993-2002, 43rd District 2003);died in office 2003.Female.Mexicanancestry.In 1976, was thefirstMexican-American woman elected to the Texas House.Died, ofbraincancer, in BrackinridgeHospital,March18, 2003 (age71 years, 307days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | | Andrew Briscoe (1810-1849) — of Texas. Born inClaiborneCounty, Miss.,November25, 1810.Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Harrisburg, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836.DiedOctober4, 1849 (age38 years, 313days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | Donald Campbell (1830-1871) — of Texas. Born in Alabama,March25, 1830.State court judge in Texas, 1868;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1868-69; member ofTexasstate senate, 1870;LieutenantGovernor of Texas, 1870-71; died in office 1871.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,November8, 1871 (age41 years, 228days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | Sterling Clack Robertson (1785-1842) — also known asSterling C. Robertson — of Texas. Born inGilesCounty, Tenn.,October2, 1785.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Milam, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; served in the Texas Armyduring the Texas War of Independence; member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Milam, 1836-38.Died in Nashville,MilamCounty, Tex.,March 4,1842 (age56 years, 153days).Original interment atNashvilleCemetery, Nashville, Tex.; reinterment in 1936 at Texas StateCemetery. | | 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 atAskeyCemetery, Gonzales, Tex.; reinterment in 1936 at Texas StateCemetery. | | Patrick Churchill Jack (1808-1844) — also known asPatrick C. Jack — of Texas. Born inWilkesCounty, Ga.,1808.Delegateto Texas Convention of 1832 from District of Liberty, 1832;delegateto Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Liberty, 1833;member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1837-38; judge of TexasRepublic, 1841-44.Died ofyellowfever in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,August4, 1844 (ageabout 36years).Original interment in private or family graveyard; subsequentinterment atLakeviewCemetery, Galveston, Tex.; reinterment at Texas State Cemetery. | | Thomas Jones Hardeman (1788-1854) — of Texas. Born near Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,January31, 1788.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1837-39; judge of TexasRepublic, 1843; member of Texas state legislature, 1847-51.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died inBastropCounty, Tex.,January15, 1854 (age65 years, 349days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in1937 at Texas State Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Hardeman and Mary (Perkins) Hardeman; brother ofBaileyHardeman; married1814 to MaryOphelia Polk (aunt ofJamesKnox Polk andWilliamHawkins Polk); married,October26, 1836, to Eliza DeWitt; fourth cousin ofMarthaJefferson Randolph,JohnWayles Eppes andJohnRandolph of Roanoke; fourth cousin once removed ofThomasMann Randolph Jr.,JohnRobertson,BenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell,FrancisWayles Eppes,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph andGeorgeWythe Randolph. | | | | Political family:Polk#2 family of Tennessee (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Hardeman County,Tenn. is named for him;Hardeman County,Tex. is named partly for him. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Benjamin McCulloch (1811-1862) — also known asBen McCulloch — of Texas. BornNovember11, 1811.Member ofTexasRepublic Congress, 1839; general in the Confederate Army duringthe Civil War.Killedin the Civil War at Pea Ridge,BentonCounty, Ark.,March 7,1862 (age50 years, 116days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | William Christian Menefee — also known asWilliam Menefee —Delegateto Texas Convention of 1832 from District of Lavaca, 1832;delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of San Felipe deAustin, 1835;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Colorado, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836.Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | Oliver Jones (1794-1866) — of Texas. Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,1794.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1837-38; member ofTexasRepublic Senate, 1838-40, 1842-43 (District of Austin andColorado 1838-40, District of Austin, Colorado and Fort Bend 1842-43).Died in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,September17, 1866 (ageabout 72years).Original interment atEpiscopaland Masonic Cemetery, Houston, Tex.; reinterment in 1930 at TexasState Cemetery. | | George Clarence Moffett (1895-1972) — also known asGeorge Moffett — of Quanah,HardemanCounty, Tex.; Chillicothe,HardemanCounty, Tex.Born in Chillicothe,HardemanCounty, Tex.,November20, 1895.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War I; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Texas,1928(alternate),1932(alternate),1940,1964;member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1931-38; member ofTexasstate senate, 1939-50.Member,Freemasons;Lions;Elks;Woodmen ofthe World.Died in1972(ageabout76 years).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | Wayne Warren Wagonseller (1921-1955) — also known asWayne W. Wagonseller — of Texas. Born inMontagueCounty, Tex.,February1, 1921.Democrat. Member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1947-50; member ofTexasstate senate, 1951-55; candidate forU.S.Representative from Texas 13th District, 1951.Established a national marathon filibuster record in March, 1955. DiedAugust13, 1955 (age34 years, 193days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | Forbes N. Britton (d. 1861) — of Texas. Member ofTexasstate senate, 1850.DiedFebruary14, 1861.Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | Donley C. Kennard (1929-2011) — also known asDon Kennard — of Fort Worth,TarrantCounty, Tex.Born in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,May 6,1929.Member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1953-63; member ofTexasstate senate 10th District, 1963-73.DiedMarch17, 2011 (age81 years, 315days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | William Lockhart Hunter (1809-1886) — of Texas. Born in Tinkling Spring,AugustaCounty, Va.,June 5,1809.Member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1839; member ofTexasRepublic Senate, 1843-44.Member,Freemasons.DiedOctober28, 1886 (age77 years, 145days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | Moseley Baker (1802-1848) — of Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.; San Felipe,AustinCounty, Tex.;GalvestonCounty, Tex.;HarrisCounty, Tex.Born inNorfolk,Va.,September20, 1802.Lawyer;member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1829; served in the Texas Armyduring the Texas War of Independence; member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1836, 1838-39; defeated, 1841;candidate forTexasRepublic Senate, 1842.Died, ofyellowfever, in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,November4, 1848 (age46 years, 45days).Original intermentsomewherein Houston, Tex.; reinterment at Texas State Cemetery. | | Joe E. Moreno (1964-2005) — of Denver Harbor,HarrisCounty, Tex.Born in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,August12, 1964.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofTexasstate house of representatives 143rd District, 1999-2005; died inoffice 2005.Killed in acaraccident inFayetteCounty, Tex.,May 6,2005 (age40 years, 267days). State Rep.RafaelAnchia was injured.Interment at Texas State Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Frank Moreno and Alicia Moreno. |
| | Robert Ellis Johnson (1929-1995) — also known asBob Johnson — of Texas. Born in Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.,January15, 1929.Member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1957-63.Died of aheartattack, in Temple,BellCounty, Tex.,March26, 1995 (age66 years, 70days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery. | | William Henry Abington (1921-2014) — also known asWilliam H. Abington;BillAbington —of Fort Worth,TarrantCounty, Tex.Born in Childress,ChildressCounty, Tex.,September6, 1921.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;lawyer;member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1947-52;oilexecutive.Episcopalian.Died in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,January4, 2014 (age92 years, 120days).Interment at Texas State Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Edward Bannerman Abington and Hallie (Crawford) Abington; marriedto Katherine Ruth Salisbury. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | Middleton Tate Johnson (1810-1866) — Born in1810.Member ofArkansasterritorial House of Representatives, 1832; member of Alabamastate legislature, 1844; member ofTexasRepublic Senate, 1845; served in the U.S. Army during the MexicanWar; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Texas, 1849; candidate forGovernor ofTexas, 1851, 1853, 1855, 1857;delegateto Texas secession convention, 1861; served in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War.DiedMay 15,1866 (ageabout 55years).Original interment at Texas State Cemetery; reinterment atJohnsonPlantation Cemetery, Arlington, Tex. | Other politicians whohave (or had) monuments here: | | | James Albert Michener (1907-1997) — also known asJames A. Michener — Born in Doylestown,BucksCounty, Pa.,February3, 1907.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;author;received thePulitzerPrize in Literature, 1948; candidate forU.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1962; received theMedalof Freedom, 1977.Died in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,October16, 1997 (age90 years, 255days).Interment atAustin Memorial Park; cenotaphat Texas State Cemetery. | | Morris Atlas (1926-2015) — of McAllen,HidalgoCounty, Tex.Born in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,December25, 1926.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;director, McAllen GeneralHospital,Texas CommerceBank;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas,1968,1972;chairof Hidalgo County Democratic Party, 1968-80.Jewish. Member,PhiDelta Phi;AlphaEpsilon Pi;American BarAssociation.Died in McAllen,HidalgoCounty, Tex.,October4, 2015 (age88 years, 283days).Interment atTempleEmanuel Memorial Park, McAllen, Tex.; cenotaph at Texas StateCemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Bertha (Cohen) Atlas and Solomon Shlomo 'Sam' Atlas; married1947 to RitaWilner. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
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University of Texas, Austin, Travis County, Texas
| Politicians who have(or had) monuments here: | | | Albert Sidney Johnston (1803-1862) — of Texas. Born in Washington,MasonCounty, Ky.,February2, 1803.Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; served in theTexas Army during the Texas War of Independence; wounded in aduelwith Texas Gen. Felix Huston, Februay 7, 1837;TexasRepublic Secretary of War, 1838-40; general in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War.Shotandkilledwhile leading his forces at the Battle of Shiloh,HardinCounty, Tenn.,April 6,1862 (age59 years, 63days). He was the highest-ranking officer on either side killedduring the war.Original interment atSt.Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.; reinterment in 1867 atTexas State Cemetery; statue at South Mall.
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