Lamar County
Texas
PoliticalGraveyard.com
Lamar County
Texas
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Lamar County
Index to Locations
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J. Louis Robinson —
of Paris, Lamar
County, Tex.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Texas, 1940.
Interment somewhere.
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George Washington Wright (1809-1877) —
of Texas.
Born in Carthage, Smith
County, Tenn., December
11, 1809.
Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1836-37, 1838-39; member of Texas
Republic Senate, 1843-45; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Paris, Lamar
County, Tex., August 2,
1877 (age 67 years, 234
days).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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Samuel Bell Maxey (1825-1895) —
of Paris, Lamar
County, Tex.
Born in Tompkinsville, Monroe
County, Ky., March 20,
1825.
Son of Lucy (Bell) Maxey and Rice
Maxey.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of
Texas
state senate; elected 1860; general in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1872; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1875-87.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Eureka Springs, Carroll
County, Ark., August
16, 1895 (age 70 years, 149
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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A. M. Aikin, Jr. (1905-1981) —
of Paris, Lamar
County, Tex.
Born in Aiken Grove, Red River
County, Tex., October
9, 1905.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1933-37; member of Texas
state senate, 1937-79.
Died in Paris, Lamar
County, Tex., October
24, 1981 (age 76 years, 15
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Travis Henderson (1836-1919) —
of Paris, Lamar
County, Tex.
Born in Blount Springs, Blount
County, Ala., June 24,
1836.
Son of John Henry Henderson (1798-1857) and Minerva (Bernard)
Henderson (1818-1882).
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1883-86, 1893-96, 1899-1902;
member of Texas
state senate 3rd District, 1903-04.
Died in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., September
10, 1919 (age 83 years, 78
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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