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Lyman Warren Bliss (1836-1907) —
also known as Lyman W. Bliss; "Doctor
Joy" —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Peterboro, Madison
County, N.Y., July 12,
1836.
Son of Lyman Bliss and Anna M. (Chaffee) Bliss.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; physician;
lumber business; mayor of
Saginaw, Mich., 1879-81, 1888-89; defeated, 1890.
Died in a hospital
at San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., February
19, 1907 (age 70 years, 222
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
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George W. Carroll (1855-1935) —
also known as "The Moneyless Millionaire of
Texas" —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born in Mansfield, DeSoto
Parish, La., April 11,
1855.
Son of Frank L. Carroll and Sarah (Long) Carroll.
Lumber business; banker; oil
millionaire; philanthropist; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1902; Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1904.
Baptist.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex., December
14, 1935 (age 80 years, 247
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Beaumont, Tex.
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Horace D. Grogan —
of Conroe, Montgomery
County, Tex.
Democrat. Lumber business; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1964.
Still living as of 1964.
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Joseph Hubert Kurth (1857-1930) —
also known as Joseph H. Kurth; Simon Joseph
Kurth —
of Keltys (now part of Lufkin), Angelina
County, Tex.
Born in Endenich, Germany,
July
3, 1857.
Son of Johann Adam Kurth and Martha (Brenig) Kurth.
Republican. Lumberman; railroad
builder; bank
director; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas,
1904;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1924.
Catholic;
later Methodist.
Died June 16,
1930 (age 72 years, 348
days).
Interment somewhere
in Lufkin, Tex.
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Relatives:
Married 1882
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Fontaine Maury Maverick (1895-1954) —
also known as Maury Maverick —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., October
23, 1895.
Son of Albert Maverick (1854-1947) and Jane Lewis (Maury) Maverick
(1858-1954).
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lumber business;
U.S.
Representative from Texas 20th District, 1935-39; mayor
of San Antonio, Tex., 1939-41; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Coined the word "gobbledygook," during World War II, for pompously
worded directives.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., June 7,
1954 (age 58 years, 227
days).
Interment at San
Jose Burial Park, San Antonio, Tex.
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Charles Nesbitt Wilson (1933-2010) —
also known as Charles Wilson; Charlie Wilson;
"Good Time Charlie" —
of Lufkin, Angelina
County, Tex.
Born in Trinity, Trinity
County, Tex., June 1,
1933.
Democrat. Lumber business; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1961-66; member of Texas
state senate, 1966-72; U.S.
Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1973-96; resigned 1996;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1996.
Methodist.
Died, from cardio-pulmonary
arrest, in Lufkin Memorial Hospital,
Lufkin, Angelina
County, Tex., February
10, 2010 (age 76 years, 254
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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