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Walker County
Texas

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Walker County

Jesse Parker (c.1776-1849) — Born about 1776. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;delegateto Texas Convention of 1832 from District of Sabine, 1832.DiedMay 27,1849 (ageabout 73years).Original interment ata private or familygraveyard, Walker County, Tex.; reinterment in 1979 at OakwoodCemetery.

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards HuntsvilleOakwood Cemetery Private or familygraveyard Walker County, Jesse Parker (c.1776-1849) — Born about 1776. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;delegateto Texas Convention of 1832 from District of Sabine, 1832.DiedMay 27,1849 (ageabout 73years).Original interment at in a private or family graveyard; reintermentin 1979 atOakwood Cemetery, Huntsville, Tex. Politicians formerlyburied here:   OakwoodCemetery Huntsville, Walker County, Texas Anthony Martin Branch (1823-1867) — of Texas. Born inBuckinghamCounty, Va.,July 16,1823.Member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1859; member ofTexasstate senate, 1861; served in the Confederate Army during theCivil War;Representativefrom Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.Died ofyellowfever, in Huntsville,WalkerCounty, Tex.,October3, 1867 (age44 years, 79days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.Henderson King Yoakum (1810-1856) — of Tennessee. BornSeptember6, 1810.Mayorof Murfreesboro, Tenn., 1837; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1839.DiedNovember30, 1856 (age46 years, 85days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. Politicians buriedhere: Samuel Houston (1793-1863) — also known asSam Houston — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.; Huntsville,WalkerCounty, Tex.Born near Lexington,RockbridgeCounty, Va.,March 2,1793.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Tennessee, 1823-27 (at-large 1823-25, 7thDistrict 1825-27);Governor ofTennessee, 1827-29;delegateto Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Nacogdoches, 1833;delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of San Augustine,1835;delegateto Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention fromDistrict of Refugio, 1836;signer,Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836;Presidentof the Texas Republic, 1836-38, 1841-44; member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1838;U.S.Senator from Texas, 1846-59;Governor ofTexas, 1859-61.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died ofpneumonia,in Huntsville,WalkerCounty, Tex.,July 26,1863 (age70 years, 146days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery; statue erected 1925 atHermanPark, Houston, Tex.   Relatives:Father ofAndrewJackson Houston; second great-grandfather of Jean Houston Baldwin(who marriedMarionPrice Daniel); third great-grandfather ofMarionPrice Daniel Jr.; cousin *** ofDavidHubbard.   Political family:Daniel-Houstonfamily of Texas.   Houston counties inMinn.,Tenn. andTex. arenamed for him.   ThecityofHouston,Texas, isnamed forhim.  — The World War IILibertyshipsSS Sam Houston (built 1941, atHouston,Texas; torpedoed and sunk 1942 in theAtlanticOcean) andSS Sam Houston II (built 1943 at the sameshipyard; scrapped 1959) werenamed forhim.   Other politicians named for him:HoustonJustice—SamH. Jones—SamHouston Clinton, Jr.—SamH. Melton, Jr.   See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial   Books about Sam Houston: James L.Haley,SamHouston — Marquis James,TheRaven : A Biography of Sam Houston — Randolph B.Campbell,SamHouston and the American Southwest — John F. Kennedy,Profilesin Courage — Jean Fritz,MakeWay for Sam Houston (for young readers)   Image source: Library ofCongress       Yoakum County,Tex. is named for him.

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