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	Presumably namedfor:DeWittClinton
		Relatives: Son of James Giddings andLucy (Demming) Giddings; married1860 toMalinda C. Lusk.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial

Charles Edward Travis (1829-1860) — also known asCharles E. Travis — Born in Alabama,August8, 1829.Member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1853-54.Court-martialedanddischargedfrom the U.S. Cavalry, on charges ofconductunbecoming an officer and a gentleman, based on incidents ofallegedslander,unauthorizedabsence, andcheatingat cards.Died, ofconsumption(tuberculosis)inWashingtonCounty, Tex.,1860(ageabout30 years).Interment at Masonic Cemetery.

Other politicians whohave (or had) monuments here: Isaac Montgomery (1776-1861) — ofGibsonCounty, Ind.Born inMontgomeryCounty, Va.,October25, 1776.Common pleas court judge in Indiana, 1813; member ofIndianaterritorial House of Representatives, 1813; member ofIndianastate senate, 1817-20, 1823-29; candidate for PresidentialElector for Indiana,1828;probate judge in Indiana, 1830-32; member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1840.Presbyterian.Died in Sempronius,AustinCounty, Tex.,July 15,1861 (age84 years, 263days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Austin County, Tex.; cenotaph atMasonic Cemetery.

	Relatives: UncleofWilliamMontgomery andJacobWarwick Montgomery.
		Political family:Montgomeryfamily of Gibson County, Indiana.

Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor (1793-1874) — also known asRobert E. B. Baylor — Born inLincolnCounty, Ky.,May 10,1793.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1819-20; member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1824;U.S.Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1829-31; judge of TexasRepublic, 1841-45;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; district judge inTexas, 1845-60.Baptist.Member,Freemasons.One of thefounders,in 1845, of Baylor University, and of Baylor Female College (now theUniversity of Mary Hardin-Baylor).Slaveowner. Died in Gay Hill,WashingtonCounty, Tex.,January6, 1874 (age80 years, 241days).Original interment at Old Baylor University Campus; reinterment in1886 atUniversityof Mary Hardin-Baylor Campus, Belton, Tex.

	Relatives:Nephew ofJesseBledsoe.
		Political family:Brown-Breckinridgefamily of Lexington, Kentucky (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		BaylorUniversity,Waco,Texas, isnamed forhim.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

James Willie (1823-1865) — of Texas. Born inWilkesCounty, Ga.,January5, 1823.Member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1846;Texasstate attorney general, 1856-58; general in the Confederate Armyduring the Civil War.Died in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,1865(ageabout42 years).Interment at Old Independence Cemetery.

John William Smith (1792-1845) — also known asJohn W. Smith;William John Smith;"El Colorado" —ofRallsCounty, Mo.; San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.Born in Virginia,March 4,1792.RallsCounty Sheriff and Tax Collector, 1823-26;merchant;surveyor;served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;mayorof San Antonio, Tex., 1837-38, 1840-41, 1842-44; member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Bexar, 1842-45; died in office1845.Catholic.In 1836, he was the last messenger from the Alamo, San Antonio Tex.,before it fell to the Mexican Army in the battle there.Died, probably ofpneumonia,in Washington,WashingtonCounty, Tex.,January12, 1845 (age52 years, 314days).Original interment atWashington-on-the-BrazosState Park; reinterment at Washington Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof John Smith and Isabel Smith; married1821 toHarriet Stone; married1830 to Mariade Jesús Delgado Curbelo.
		See alsoWikipediaarticle

Asa Brigham (1790-1844) — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born in Massachusetts,1790.Delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Brazoria, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836;treasurerof Texas Republic, 1836;mayor ofAustin, Tex., 1842-43.Died in Washington,WashingtonCounty, Tex.,July 3,1844 (ageabout 54years).Original interment atWashington-on-the-BrazosState Park; reinterment at Washington Cemetery.

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Washington-on-the-Brazos State Park
Washington, Washington County, Texas
John William Smith (1792-1845) — also known asJohn W. Smith;William John Smith;"El Colorado" —ofRallsCounty, Mo.; San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.Born in Virginia,March 4,1792.RallsCounty Sheriff and Tax Collector, 1823-26;merchant;surveyor;served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence;mayorof San Antonio, Tex., 1837-38, 1840-41, 1842-44; member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Bexar, 1842-45; died in office1845.Catholic.In 1836, he was the last messenger from the Alamo, San Antonio Tex.,before it fell to the Mexican Army in the battle there.Died, probably ofpneumonia,in Washington,WashingtonCounty, Tex.,January12, 1845 (age52 years, 314days).Original interment at Washington-on-the-Brazos State Park;reinterment atWashington Cemetery.

Politicians formerlyburied here:

	Relatives: Sonof John Smith and Isabel Smith; married1821 toHarriet Stone; married1830 to Mariade Jesús Delgado Curbelo.
		See alsoWikipediaarticle

 Asa Brigham (1790-1844) — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born in Massachusetts,1790.Delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Brazoria, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836;treasurerof Texas Republic, 1836;mayor ofAustin, Tex., 1842-43.Died in Washington,WashingtonCounty, Tex.,July 3,1844 (ageabout 54years).Original interment at Washington-on-the-Brazos State Park;reinterment atWashington Cemetery.

Other politicians whohave (or had) monuments here: George Campbell Childress (1804-1841) — also known asGeorge C. Childress — of Texas. Born in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,January8, 1804.Lawyer;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Milam, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836.Killedhimself with aBowieknife, in Galveston,GalvestonCounty, Tex.,October6, 1841 (age37 years, 271days).Interment atTrinityEpiscopal Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.; statue atWashington-on-the-Brazos State Park.

	ChildressCounty, Tex. is named for him.
		The World War IILibertyshipSS George C. Childress (built 1943 atHouston,Texas; sold and renamedSS K. Hadjipateras; sunk during astorm in theBay ofBengal, 1967) was originallynamed forhim.
		See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial

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