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Roger Quarles Mills (1832-1911) —
also known as Roger Q. Mills —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in Kentucky, 1832.
Democrat. Member of Texas state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1873-92 (at-large 1873-75, 4th
District 1875-83, 9th District 1883-92); U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1892-99.
Died in 1911
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Beauford Halbert Jester (1893-1949) —
also known as Beauford Jester —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex., January
12, 1893.
Son of George
Taylor Jester.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Governor of
Texas, 1947-49; died in office 1949; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Texas, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Kappa
Sigma; Sigma
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Rotary; Lions.
Jester Center at the University of Texas is named for
him.
Died, aboard a Pullman railroad
car, near Houston, Harris
County, Tex., July 11,
1949 (age 56 years, 180
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Luther Alexander Johnson (1875-1965) —
also known as Luther A. Johnson —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex., October
29, 1875.
Son of Ebenezer Wiley Johnson and Fannie L. (McMillan) Johnson.
Democrat. Lawyer; Navarro
County Attorney, 1898-1902; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Texas 6th District, 1923-46; resigned 1946;
federal
judge, 1946.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kappa
Sigma; Odd
Fellows; Lions.
Died June 6,
1965 (age 89 years, 220
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Rufus Hardy (1855-1943) —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born near Aberdeen, Monroe
County, Miss., December
16, 1855.
Son of George Washington Hardy and Paulina Jane (Whittaker) Hardy.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; Navarro
County Attorney, 1880-84; district attorney, 13th District,
1884-88; district judge in Texas 13th District, 1888-96; U.S.
Representative from Texas 6th District, 1907-23.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta.
Died March 13,
1943 (age 87 years, 87
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Francis Marion Martin (1830-1903) —
of Texas.
Born in Livingston
County, Ky., April 1,
1830.
Member of Texas
state senate, 1859, 1879-81; served in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1875; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1883-85; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1888.
Died June 11,
1903 (age 73 years, 71
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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George Taylor Jester (1846-1922) —
also known as George T. Jester —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in Macoupin
County, Ill., August
23, 1846.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1891-92; member of Texas
state senate 9th District, 1893-94; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1895-98.
Died in Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex., July 19,
1922 (age 75 years, 330
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Joshua Lucius Halbert (1869-1929) —
also known as Josh Halbert —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex., 1869.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Corsicana, Tex., 1913-23.
Died in 1929
(age about
60 years).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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John C. Calhoun (1882-1956) —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in Georgia, December
12, 1882.
Democrat. Mayor
of Corsicana, Tex., 1940-47; Texas
Democratic state chair, 1949.
Died May 9,
1956 (age 73 years, 149
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Thomas J. Haynes (1824-1877) —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in Williamson
County, Tenn., July 22,
1824.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Corsicana, Tex., 1872-75.
Member, Freemasons.
Died September
25, 1877 (age 53 years, 65
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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John L. Miller (1821-1907) —
also known as "Old Flax" —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in Tennessee, 1821.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Corsicana, Tex., 1877-80.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died in 1907
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Charles Henry Allyn (1842-1918) —
also known as Charles H. Allyn —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in Oswego
County, N.Y., 1842.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Corsicana, Tex., 1888-90.
Died in 1918
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Samuel Wister Johnson (1853-1922) —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in 1853.
Physician;
mayor
of Corsicana, Tex., 1900-02.
Died in 1922
(age about
69 years).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Charles C. Sapp (1887-1963) —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born November
17, 1887.
Mayor
of Corsicana, Tex., 1953-55.
Died December
7, 1963 (age 76 years, 20
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Ben Franklin Blackmon (1891-1971) —
also known as Ben F. Blackmon —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in Eureka, Navarro
County, Tex., 1891.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor
of Corsicana, Tex., 1951-53.
Died December
13, 1971 (age about 80
years).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Hermon Lorenzo Roberts (1901-1992) —
also known as Hermon L. Roberts —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in Ladonia, Fannin
County, Tex., November
10, 1901.
Mayor
of Corsicana, Tex., 1967-69.
Died, in a nursing
home in Lyons, Rice
County, Kan., September, 1992
(age 90
years, 0 days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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