The Political Graveyard: Hays County, Tex.

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Hays County
Texas

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Hays County

Index to Locations

Private or family graveyards

Near Buda Cocke Family Cemetery

Wimberley St. Stephens Churchyard

Private or family graveyard
Hays County, Texas

Politicians buried here:

Edward Burleson, Jr. (1826-1877) — of Texas. Born in Tipton County, Tenn., November 26, 1826. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Texas state constitutional convention, 1875. Died in Austin, Travis County, Tex., May 12, 1877 (age 50 years, 167 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.

Relatives: Father of Albert Sidney Burleson. See Burleson family of Texas.

Cocke Family Cemetery
Near Buda, Hays County, Texas

Politicians buried here:

Frederick Bird Smith Cocke (1813-1903) — of Texas. Born in Rutledge, Grainger County, Tenn., February 13, 1813. Son of John Alexander Cocke. Member of Texas state house of representatives, 1861-63, 1879; delegate to Texas state constitutional convention, 1875. Died in Center Point, Kerr County, Tex., April 28, 1903 (age 90 years, 74 days). Interment at Cocke Family Cemetery.

Relatives: Grandson of William Cocke; son of John Alexander Cocke; grandfather of William Alexander Cocke. See Cocke family of Tennessee.

St. Stephens Churchyard
Wimberley, Hays County, Texas

Politicians buried here:

William Herbert Crook (1925-1997) — also known as William H. Crook — of San Marcos, Hays County, Tex. Born in Momence, Kankakee County, Ill., 1925. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; candidate for U.S. Representative from Texas, 1960; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1964; U.S. Ambassador to Australia, 1968-69. Baptist. Died in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Tex., October 29, 1997 (age about 72 years). Interment at St. Stephens Churchyard.

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