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Robert Bradley Hawley (1849-1921) —
also known as R. B. Hawley —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., October
25, 1849.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Texas 10th District, 1897-1901; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 1904.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
28, 1921 (age 72 years, 34
days).
Interment at Lakeview Cemetery.
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Walter Gresham (1841-1920) —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in Virginia, 1841.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state house of representatives 65th District, 1887-88; U.S.
Representative from Texas 10th District, 1893-95.
Died in 1920
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Lakeview Cemetery.
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Robert Vance Davidson —
also known as R. V. Davidson —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Member of Texas
state senate 17th District, 1901-04; Texas
state attorney general, 1904-09.
Interment at Lakeview Cemetery.
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Norris Wright Cuney (1846-1898) —
also known as N. W. Cuney —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born near Hempstead, Waller
County, Tex., May 12,
1846.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1872,
1876,
1880,
1884,
1888,
1892;
secretary
of Texas Republican Party, 1873; candidate for mayor
of Galveston, Tex., 1875; candidate for Texas
state house of representatives, 1876; candidate for Texas
state senate, 1882; member of Republican
National Committee from Texas, 1886; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1889.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., March 3,
1898 (age 51 years, 295
days).
Interment at Lakeview Cemetery.
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David Gouverneur Burnet (1788-1870) —
also known as David G. Burnet —
of Texas.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., April 14,
1788.
U.S. Consul in Galveston, 1832-35; delegate
to Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Liberty, 1833; delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Liberty, 1835; President
of the Texas Republic, 1836; Vice
President of the Texas Republic, 1838-41; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1839, 1839-40.
Member, Freemasons.
Died December
5, 1870 (age 82 years, 235
days).
Original interment and cenotaph at Lakeview Cemetery; reinterment to
unknown location.
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William Houston Jack (1806-1844) —
Born in Wilkes
County, Ga., April 12,
1806.
Member of Alabama state legislature, 1829; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1836; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1839-40; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Brazoria, 1842-44; died in
office 1844.
Died of yellow
fever in Brazoria
County, Tex., August
20, 1844 (age 38 years, 130
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; subsequent
interment at Lakeview Cemetery; reinterment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Patrick Churchill Jack (1808-1844) —
also known as Patrick C. Jack —
of Texas.
Born in Wilkes
County, Ga., 1808.
Delegate
to Texas Convention of 1832 from District of Liberty, 1832; delegate
to Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Liberty, 1833;
member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1837-38; judge of Texas
Republic, 1841-44.
Died of yellow
fever in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., August 4,
1844 (age about 36
years).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; subsequent
interment at Lakeview Cemetery; reinterment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Louis Trezevant Wigfall (1816-1874) —
also known as Louis T. Wigfall —
of Texas.
Born near Edgefield, Edgefield
County, S.C., April 21,
1816.
Democrat. Killed Thomas Bird in a duel
around 1840; wounded Rep. Preston
S. Brooks in another duel;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1849; member of Texas
state senate, 1857; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1859-61; when the Civil War began, he left
Washington but did not resign his seat in the Senate; one of ten Southern
senators expelled
in absentia on July 11, 1861; general in the Confederate Army during
the Civil War; Delegate
from Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Senator
from Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Died in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., February
18, 1874 (age 57 years, 303
days).
Interment at Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery.
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Asa Hoxie Willie (1829-1899) —
of Texas.
Born in Washington, Wilkes
County, Ga., October
11, 1829.
Democrat. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1866, 1882-88; U.S.
Representative from Texas at-large, 1873-75.
Died in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., March 16,
1899 (age 69 years, 156
days).
Interment at Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery.
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James Love (1795-1874) —
Born in Nelson
County, Ky., May 12,
1795.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1819; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 9th District, 1833-35; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845.
Died June 12,
1874 (age 79 years, 31
days).
Interment at Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery.
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Warren DeWitt Clinton Hall (1788-1867) —
also known as Warren D. C. Hall —
of Texas.
Born in Guilford
County, N.C., 1788.
Delegate
to Texas Convention of 1832 from District of Liberty, 1832; delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Columbia, 1835; Texas
Republic Secretary of War, 1836.
Died April 8,
1867 (age about 78
years).
Interment at Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery.
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George Campbell Childress (1804-1841) —
also known as George C. Childress —
of Texas.
Born January
8, 1804.
Delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Milam, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836.
Committed suicide,
in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., October
6, 1841 (age 37 years, 271
days).
Interment at Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery; statue at Washington-on-the-Brazos
State Park, Washington, Tex.
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William Sumpter Murphy (c.1796-1844) —
also known as William S. Murphy; "Patrick Henry of the
West" —
of Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio.
Born in South Carolina, about 1796.
Whig. Lawyer;
delegate to Whig National Convention from Ohio, 1839; U.S. Charge
d'Affaires to Texas Republic, 1843-44, died in office 1844.
Died, of yellow
fever, in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., July 13,
1844 (age about 48
years).
Original interment and cenotaph at Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery;
reinterment somewhere
in Chillicothe, Ohio.
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Relatives:
Married 1821
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