The Political Graveyard: Cooke County, Tex.

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Cooke County
Texas

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Cooke County

Index to Locations

Fairview Cemetery
Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas

Politicians buried here:

Joseph Weldon Bailey (1863-1929) — also known as Joseph W. Bailey — of Gainesville, Cooke County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas County, Tex.; Washington, D.C. Born near Crystal Springs, Copiah County, Miss., October 6, 1863. Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1884; Presidential Elector for Texas, 1888; U.S. Representative from Texas 5th District, 1891-1901; U.S. Senator from Texas, 1901-13; candidate for Governor of Texas, 1920. Died in a courtroom while defending a client, in Sherman, Grayson County, Tex., April 13, 1929 (age 65 years, 189 days). Interment at Fairview Cemetery.

		Relatives: Father of Joseph Weldon Bailey, Jr..
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
		Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, August 1902

W. T. G. Weaver (d. 1876) — of Texas. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Texas state constitutional convention, 1866. Died in 1876. Interment at Fairview Cemetery.

Relatives: Father of Claude Weaver.

George Y. Bird (d. 1906) — of Gainesville, Cooke County, Tex. Mayor of Gainesville, Tex., 1873. Died in 1906. Interment at Fairview Cemetery.

Politicians formerly buried here:

Joseph Weldon Bailey, Jr. (1892-1943) — also known as Joseph W. Bailey, Jr. — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Gainesville, Cooke County, Tex., December 15, 1892. Son of Joseph Weldon Bailey and Ellen (Murray) Bailey. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Texas at-large, 1933-35; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. Presbyterian. Died in military service, of pneumonia following injuries he suffered in a collision, in the military hospital at Camp Howze, near Gainesville, Cooke County, Tex., July 17, 1943 (age 50 years, 214 days). Original interment at Fairview Cemetery; reinterment in 1958 at Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.

		Relatives: Married, November 6, 1924, to Roberta Lewis.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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