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Parker County
Texas

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Parker County


Index to Locations

  • Private or family graveyards
  • Weatherford East Greenwood Cemetery
  • Near Weatherford Turner Cemetery


    Private or family graveyard
    Parker County, Texas
    Politicians formerly buried here:
      Edward H. Tarrant (1799-1858) — of Texas. Born in South Carolina, 1799. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member of Texas Republic House of Representatives, 1837; delegate to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Texas, 1847; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1849-53. Member, Freemasons. Died near Weatherford, Parker County, Tex., August 2, 1858 (age about 59 years). Original interment at in a private or family graveyard; subsequent interment in 1859 at a private or family graveyard, Ellis County, Tex.; reinterment in 1928 at Pioneer Rest Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tex.
      Tarrant County, Tex. is named for him.


    East Greenwood Cemetery
    Weatherford, Parker County, Texas
    Politicians buried here:
      Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham (1846-1908) — also known as Samuel W. T. Lanham — of Weatherford, Parker County, Tex. Born near Woodruff, Spartanburg County, S.C., July 4, 1846. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Texas, 1883-93, 1897-1903 (11th District 1883-93, 8th District 1897-1903); Governor of Texas, 1903-07. Died in Weatherford, Parker County, Tex., July 29, 1908 (age 62 years, 25 days). Interment at East Greenwood Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married to Sarah Beona Meng (1845-1908); father of Fritz Garland Lanham.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, December 1902
      Fritz Garland Lanham (1880-1965) — also known as Fritz G. Lanham — of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Tex. Born in Weatherford, Parker County, Tex., January 3, 1880. Son of Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham and Sarah (Meng) Lanham. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Texas 12th District, 1919-47. Methodist. Died July 31, 1965 (age 85 years, 209 days). Interment at East Greenwood Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married, October 27, 1908, to Beulah Rowe.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial


    Turner Cemetery
    Near Weatherford, Parker County, Texas
    Politicians buried here:
      Isaac Parker (1793-1883) — of Texas. Born in Elbert County, Ga., April 7, 1793. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member of Texas Republic House of Representatives, 1838-40, 1842-43; member of Texas Republic Senate, 1843-45; delegate to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; member of Texas state senate, 1846-53; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1855-56. Died near Weatherford, Parker County, Tex., April 14, 1883 (age 90 years, 7 days). Interment at Turner Cemetery.
      Parker County, Tex. is named for him.


     

     


     
       
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