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Frank Frankel (1886-1975) —
of Long Beach, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.; Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born October
2, 1886.
Mayor
of Long Beach, N.Y., 1924, 1930-33; defeated, 1925 (Democratic
primary), 1925 (Republican), 1929 (Democratic primary); founder of
Long Beach Memorial Hospital
indicted
in September 1927 on charges
of maintaining a gambling
place; the charges were later dropped; in December 1929, his right to
take office as mayor was unsuccessfully challenged
by the Long Beach police chief, based on vote
fraud (for which many had been arrested and prosecuted) and the
expectation that Frankel would tolerate
gambling in the city; indicted
in January 1933 for fraud
over his transfer of $90,000 in city funds to the Long Beach Trust
Company, which subsequently closed; the indictment was dismissed in
February; indicted
again in May 1933, along with two city council members, over the
diversion of $750,000 of state and county tax revenue to city
projects; pleaded not guilty; no trial was held; the indictment was
dismissed in 1937; oil producer.
Died, in a hospital
at Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 12,
1975 (age 88 years, 253
days).
Interment somewhere.
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Charles M. Ferguson (c.1860-1906) —
of Texas.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., about 1860.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1888,
1892,
1896,
1900,
1904.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Involved in the Jaybird-Woodpecker War during the 1880s in Fort Bend
County, Texas; forced to leave the county by the Jaybirds in 1888,
but later won an out-of-court settlement against Jaybird leaders.
Died, of complications of Bright's
disease, in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., July 21,
1906 (age about 46
years).
Interment somewhere.
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Moseley Baker (1802-1848) —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; San Felipe, Austin
County, Tex.; Galveston
County, Tex.; Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., September
20, 1802.
Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1829; served in the Texas Army
during the Texas War of Independence; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1836, 1838-39; defeated, 1841;
candidate for Texas
Republic Senate, 1842.
Died, of yellow
fever, in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., November
4, 1848 (age 46 years, 45
days).
Original interment somewhere; reinterment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Lloyd Millard Bentsen, Jr. (1921-2006) —
also known as Lloyd M. Bentsen —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.; Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Mission, Hidalgo
County, Tex., February
11, 1921.
Son of Lloyd M. Bentsen, Sr. and Edna Ruth (Colbath) Bentsen.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
county judge in Texas, 1946-48; U.S.
Representative from Texas 15th District, 1948-55; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956,
1980;
member, Arrangements Committee, 1984;
speaker, 1988;
president, Lincoln Liberty Life
Insurance Company; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1971-93; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1976;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1988; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1993-94.
Baptist
or Presbyterian.
Danish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma
Nu; Elks.
Died, of complications from a 1998 stroke, in
Houston, Harris
County, Tex., May 23,
2006 (age 85 years, 101
days).
Interment at Forest Park Cemetery.
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Jesse Holman Jones (1874-1956) —
also known as Jesse H. Jones —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born April 5,
1874.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1924
(alternate), 1928,
1940;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1940-45.
Died June 1,
1956 (age 82 years, 57
days).
Interment at Forest Park Cemetery.
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Daniel Edward Garrett (1869-1932) —
also known as Daniel E. Garrett —
of Springfield, Robertson
County, Tenn.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Robertson
County, Tenn., April 28,
1869.
Son of Edward C. Garrett and Susan Olive (Haddox) Garrett.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1893-97; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1903-05; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1913-15, 1917-19, 1921-32 (at-large
1913-15, 1917-19, 8th District 1921-32); died in office 1932.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
13, 1932 (age 63 years, 229
days).
Interment at Forest Park Cemetery.
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Joe Henry Eagle (1870-1963) —
also known as Joe H. Eagle —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Tompkinsville, Monroe
County, Ky., January
23, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas 8th District, 1913-21, 1933-37.
Died January
10, 1963 (age 92 years, 352
days).
Interment at Forest Park Cemetery.
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Thomas Henry Ball, Jr. (1859-1944) —
also known as Thomas H. Ball —
of Huntsville, Walker
County, Tex.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Huntsville, Walker
County, Tex., January
14, 1859.
Son of Thomas Henry Ball (1819-1858) and Mariah O. Spivey (Cleveland)
Ball.
Democrat. Farmer; merchant;
lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1892,
1896,
1900,
1912
(speaker),
1924,
1928;
U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1897-1903 (1st District 1897-1903, 8th
District 1903); candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1914.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., May 7,
1944 (age 85 years, 114
days).
Interment at Forest Park Cemetery.
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Searcy Bracewell (1918-2003) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., January
19, 1918.
Son of J. Searcy Bracewell (1891-1965) and Lola (Blount) Bracewell
(1896-1985).
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1947; member of Texas
state senate, 1950.
Protestant.
Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons.
Died May 13,
2003 (age 85 years, 114
days).
Interment at Forest Park Cemetery.
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Billie McClain Carr (1928-2002) —
also known as Billie Carr; Billie Jean McClain;
"The Godmother" —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., June 1,
1928.
Democrat. Member of Texas
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1964-66; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1972,
1996,
2000;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Texas, 1972-2000.
Female.
Died, of complications from a stroke, in
Houston, Harris
County, Tex., September
9, 2002 (age 74 years, 100
days).
Interment at Forest Park Cemetery.
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Oveta Culp Hobby (1905-1995) —
also known as Oveta Culp —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Killeen, Bell
County, Tex., January
19, 1905.
Daughter of I. W. Culp and Emma (Hoover) Culp.
Democrat. Served in Women's Army Corps in World War II; president,
editor and publisher of Houston Post newspaper;
director, radio
station KPRC; U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1953-55; member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Junior
League.
Died, from a stroke, in
Houston, Harris
County, Tex., August
16, 1995 (age 90 years, 209
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Hiram George Runnels (1796-1857) —
also known as Hiram G. Runnels —
Born in Hancock
County, Ga., December
17, 1796.
Mississippi
state auditor, 1822-30; member of Mississippi state legislature,
1830, 1841; Governor of
Mississippi, 1833-35; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845.
Fought a duel
with Volney
E. Howard.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., December
17, 1857 (age 61 years, 0
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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John Thomas Browne (1845-1941) —
also known as John T. Browne; "The Fighting
Irishman"; "Honest John" —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Ballylanders, County Limerick, Ireland,
March
23, 1845.
Mayor
of Houston, Tex., 1892-96; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1897-99, 1907.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., August
19, 1941 (age 96 years, 149
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Anson Jones (1798-1858) —
of Texas.
Born in Great Barrington, Berkshire
County, Mass., January
20, 1798.
Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Brazoria, 1839-41; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1841-44; President
of the Texas Republic, 1844-45.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Committed suicide
by gunshot,
in the Rice Hotel,
Houston, Harris
County, Tex., January
9, 1858 (age 59 years, 354
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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William Pettus Hobby (1878-1964) —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Moscow, Polk
County, Tex., March 26,
1878.
Son of Edwin
Hobby and Dora (Pettus) Hobby.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor and publisher; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1914-17; Governor of
Texas, 1917-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1940.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., June 7,
1964 (age 86 years, 73
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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James Wilson Henderson (1817-1880) —
of Texas.
Born in Sumner
County, Tenn., August
15, 1817.
Governor
of Texas, 1853.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., August
30, 1880 (age 63 years, 15
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Thomas W. House (1814-1880) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Stoke St. Gregory, Somersetshire, England,
March
4, 1814.
Mayor
of Houston, Tex., 1862.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., January
17, 1880 (age 65 years, 319
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Ross Shaw Sterling (1875-1949) —
also known as Ross S. Sterling —
of Texas.
Born in Anahuac, Chambers
County, Tex., February
11, 1875.
Governor
of Texas, 1931-33.
Founder of the Humble Oil and
Refining Company.
Died in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., March 25,
1949 (age 74 years, 42
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Rienzi Melville Johnston (1849-1926) —
of Texas.
Born in Sandersville, Washington
County, Ga., September
9, 1849.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1913; member of Texas
state senate, 1916.
Died February
28, 1926 (age 76 years, 172
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Roy Mark Hofheinz (1912-1982) —
also known as Roy Hofheinz; "Father of the
Astrodome" —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex., April 10,
1912.
Lawyer;
real
estate developer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1934-36; county judge in Texas,
1936-44; mayor of
Houston, Tex., 1953-55; prime mover in building the Houston
Astrodome sports
arena (1965), which became the home of the Houston Colt 45s (Astros)
baseball
team and the Houston Oilers football
team.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., November
22, 1982 (age 70 years, 226
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Robert Wilson (1793-1856) —
also known as "Honest Bob" —
of Texas.
Born in Easton, Talbot
County, Md., December
7, 1793.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; delegate
to Texas Convention of 1832 from District of San Jacinto, 1832;
served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Harrisburg and Liberty, 1836-38,
1839; candidate for President
of the Texas Republic, 1838, 1843; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845.
Member, Freemasons.
Expelled
from Texas Republic Senate, December 26, 1838, for using
profanity and disclosing
secrecy; subsequently returned to office.
Died May 25,
1856 (age 62 years, 170
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at
Glenwood Cemetery.
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Peter W. Gray (1819-1874) —
of Texas.
Born in Fredericksburg,
Va., December
12, 1819.
Member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives; member of Texas
state senate, 1851-53; state court judge in Texas, 1854-61; Representative
from Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1874.
Died of tuberculosis,
in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., October
3, 1874 (age 54 years, 295
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Charles Stewart (1836-1895) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., May 30,
1836.
Democrat. Delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861; served in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; member of Texas
state senate, 1878-82; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1883-93.
Died in Santa Rosa Hospital,
San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., September
21, 1895 (age 59 years, 114
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Martin Dies (1870-1922) —
of Woodville, Tyler
County, Tex.; Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born in Jackson
Parish, La., March 13,
1870.
Son of David Warren Dies and Sarah Jane (Pyburn) Dies.
Democrat. Lawyer; Tyler
County Judge, 1894; district attorney 1st District, 1898; U.S.
Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1909-19.
Methodist.
Died in Kerrville, Kerr
County, Tex., July 13,
1922 (age 52 years, 122
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Joseph Chappell Hutcheson (1842-1924) —
also known as Joseph C. Hutcheson —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Mecklenburg
County, Va., May 18,
1842.
Son of Charles Sterling Hutcheson (1804-1881) and Mary Mitchell
(Hutcheson) Hutcheson (1806-1895).
Democrat. Member of Texas state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1893-97.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., May 26,
1924 (age 82 years, 8
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Benajah Harvey Carroll, Jr. (1874-1922) —
also known as B. Harvey Carroll, Jr. —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Waco, McLennan
County, Tex., March 3,
1874.
Son of Benajah Harvey Carroll (1843-1915) and Ellen Virginia (Bell)
Carroll.
Minister;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S. Consul
in Venice, 1914-17; Naples, 1918-19.
Baptist.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi.
Died, in the English Colonial Hospital,
Gibraltar, Gibraltar,
March
31, 1922 (age 48 years, 28
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Isaac Wright Brashear (1811-1859) —
also known as Isaac W. Brashear —
of Texas.
Born in Guilford
County, N.C., 1811.
Delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; member of Texas
state senate, 1852.
Died in Texas, September
13, 1859 (age about 48
years).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Benjamin Franklin Terry (1821-1861) —
also known as Frank Terry —
Born in Russellville, Logan
County, Ky., February
18, 1821.
Son of Joseph Royal Terry (1792-1877) and Sarah David (Smith) Terry
(1793-1837).
Planter;
in 1844, he was attacked
by two rebellious slaves with knives and axes; railroad
builder; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861; colonel in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Shot
and killed in
action while leading Terry's Texas Rangers at the battle of
Woodsonville (also called Rowlett's Station), in Hart
County, Ky., December
17, 1861 (age 40 years, 302
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Fort Bend County, Tex.; reinterment
in 1880 at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Thaddeus Thomson Hutcheson (1915-1986) —
also known as Thad T. Hutcheson —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., October
29, 1915.
Son of William Palmer Hutcheson (1887-1966) and Eleanor Lee (Thomson)
Hutcheson (1890-1961).
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1956,
1960;
Texas
Republican state chair, 1958.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., August 3,
1986 (age 70 years, 278
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Dudley Crawford Sharp (1905-1987) —
also known as Dudley Sharp —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., March 16,
1905.
Son of Walter Benona Sharp and Estelle (Boughton) Sharp.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1952;
secretary, U.S. Air Force, 1959-61.
Died May 17,
1987 (age 82 years, 62
days).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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