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Thomas Henry Ball, Jr. (1859-1944) —
also known as Thomas H. Ball —
of Huntsville, Walker
County, Tex.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Huntsville, Walker
County, Tex., January
14, 1859.
Son of Thomas Henry Ball (1819-1858) and Mariah O. Spivey (Cleveland)
Ball.
Democrat. Farmer;
merchant; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1892,
1896,
1900,
1912
(speaker),
1924,
1928;
U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1897-1903 (1st District 1897-1903, 8th
District 1903); candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1914.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., May 7,
1944 (age 85 years, 114
days).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Lyle H. Boren (1909-1992) —
of Seminole, Seminole
County, Okla.
Born near Waxahachie, Ellis
County, Tex., May 11,
1909.
Son of Mark Lattimar Boren and Nannie Mae (Weatherall) Boren.
Democrat. School
teacher; merchant; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 4th District, 1937-47; served in the
U.S. Navy during World War II.
Church
of Christ. Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Rotary; American
Legion; Pi
Kappa Delta.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., July 2,
1992 (age 83 years, 52
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ben F. Brooks (born c.1890) —
of Bagwell, Red River
County, Tex.
Born in Texas, about 1890.
Merchant; member of Texas
state house of representatives 36th District, 1929.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Morehead Brower (1845-1913) —
also known as John M. Brower —
of Mt. Airy, Surry
County, N.C.; Boswell, Choctaw
County, Okla.
Born in Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C., July 19,
1845.
Republican. Merchant; tobacco grower;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1876-78; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1887-91; member
of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1896-98.
Died in Paris, Lamar
County, Tex., August 5,
1913 (age 68 years, 17
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Mt. Airy, N.C.
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Robert E. Burt (b. 1862) —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Van Buren, Crawford
County, Ark., October
1, 1862.
Son of James Henry Burt and Kitty (Turrentine) Burt.
Merchant; oil
operator; mayor of
Dallas, Tex., 1927-29.
Baptist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Mamie Elizabeth Boone. |
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Fred Hervey (c.1909-1999) —
of El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex.
Born about 1909.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; mayor of
El Paso, Tex., 1951-55, 1973-75; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Texas, 1956.
Founder of Circle K convenience store chain.
Died September
1, 1999 (age about 90
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Oliver Winfield Killam (1874-1959) —
also known as O. W. Killam; "King
Petrol" —
of Joplin, Jasper
County, Mo.; Grove, Delaware
County, Okla.; Laredo, Webb
County, Tex.
Born in Lincoln
County, Mo., April 27,
1874.
Son of Winfield Killam and Katherine (Macgruder) Killam.
Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1896;
merchant; member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1911-14; member of Oklahoma
state senate, 1915-18; oil
producer; Presidential Elector for Texas, 1956.
Died January
1, 1959 (age 84 years, 249
days).
Interment at Laredo
Public Cemetery, Laredo, Tex.
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Relatives:
Married 1902
to Harriet 'Hattie' Smith. |
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Charles Paine (1799-1853) —
of Northfield, Washington
County, Vt.
Born in Williamstown, Orange
County, Vt., April 15,
1799.
Son of Elijah
Paine.
Whig. Woollen
manufacturer; hotelier;
merchant; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1828-29; delegate to Whig
National Convention from Vermont, 1839 (Convention Secretary); Governor of
Vermont, 1841-43; railroad
builder.
Died, from dysentery,
in Waco, McLennan
County, Tex., July 6,
1853 (age 54 years, 82
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Northfield, Vt.
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John S. Roberts (1796-1871) —
of Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches
County, Tex.
Born in Virginia, July 13,
1796.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; merchant; delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Nacogdoches, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; served in the Texas Army
during the Texas War of Independence.
Died August 9,
1871 (age 75 years, 27
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Nacogdoches, Tex.
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John William Smith (1792-1845) —
also known as John W. Smith; William John Smith;
"El Colorado" —
of Ralls
County, Mo.; San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Virginia, March 4,
1792.
Son of John Smith and Isabel Smith.
Ralls
County Sheriff and Tax Collector, 1823-26; merchant; surveyor;
served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; mayor
of San Antonio, Tex., 1837-38, 1840-41, 1842-44; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Bexar, 1842-45; died in office
1845.
Catholic.
In 1836, he was the last messenger from the Alamo, San Antonio Tex.,
before it fell to the Mexican Army in the battle there.
Died, probably of pneumonia,
in Washington, Washington
County, Tex., January
12, 1845 (age 52 years, 314
days).
Original interment at Washington-on-the-Brazos
State Park, Washington, Tex.; reinterment at Washington
Cemetery, Washington, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of John Smith and Isabel Smith; married 1821 to Harriet
Stone; married 1830 to Maria
de Jesús Delgado Curbelo. |
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