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Fred Joseph Agnich (1913-2004) —
also known as Fred Agnich —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Eveleth, St. Louis
County, Minn., July 19,
1913.
Son of John Agnich and Angeleine (Germaine) Agnich.
Republican. Geophysicist;
executive vice-president, Geophysical Services; vice-president, Texas
Instruments
Inc.; director, Texas Mid-Continet Oil and Gas Association; chair of
Dallas County Republican Party, 1967-79, 1971-75; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 1968,
1972;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1971-82; member of Republican
National Committee from Texas, 1972-76.
Presbyterian.
Died October
28, 2004 (age 91 years, 101
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Harry Barton (1881-1960) —
also known as Thomas H. Barton; T. H.
Barton —
of El Dorado, Union
County, Ark.
Born in Marlin, Falls
County, Tex., September
20, 1881.
Son of Thomas Killebrew Barton and Mary Estelle (Johnson) Barton.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; one of the
founders of the Natural Gas and Fuel Corporation; president
and director of Lion Oil Company; owner of radio and
television stations; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arkansas, 1940;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Arkansas, 1940; candidate in primary for
U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1944.
Member, Newcomen
Society; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Died December
24, 1960 (age 79 years, 95
days).
Interment at Arlington
Memorial Park, El Dorado, Ark.
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Robert Lynn Batts (1864-1935) —
of Bastrop, Bastrop
County, Tex.; Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Bastrop, Bastrop
County, Tex., November
1, 1864.
Son of Andrew Jackson Batts and Julia (Rice) Batts.
Lawyer;
law
professor; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1917-19; resigned
1919; general counsel, Gulf Oil Corp., Gulf Refining Co.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died May 19,
1935 (age 70 years, 199
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Martin Beaty (1784-1856) —
of Kentucky.
Born October
8, 1784.
Whig. Member of Kentucky
state senate, 1824-28; Presidential Elector for Kentucky, 1832,
1836;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1833-35; defeated,
1828, 1830, 1834; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1848.
In Kentucky in 1818, he drilled the world's first
oil well.
Died in Belmont, Gonzales
County, Tex., June 17,
1856 (age 71 years, 253
days).
Interment at Belmont
Cemetery, Belmont, Tex.
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John Burroughs (1907-1978) —
of Portales, Roosevelt
County, N.M.
Born in Robert Lee, Coke
County, Tex., April 7,
1907.
Son of James Burroughs and Amertius (Ashley) Burroughs.
Democrat. School
teacher; petroleum salesman; proprietor, cotton oil mill
and peanut mill; president, Portales Valley Mills (peanuts);
president, Cisco Peanut Co.;
president, Plains Broadcasting
Co.; member of New Mexico
state house of representatives, 1957; Governor of
New Mexico, 1959-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New Mexico, 1960.
Died May 21,
1978 (age 71 years, 44
days).
Interment at Portales
Cemetery, Portales, N.M.
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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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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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Oscar Branch Colquitt (1861-1940) —
also known as Oscar B. Colquitt —
of Pittsburg, Camp
County, Tex.; Terrell, Kaufman
County, Tex.
Born in Camilla, Mitchell
County, Ga., December
16, 1861.
Son of Thomas Jefferson Colquitt and Ann Elizabeth (Burkhalter)
Colquitt.
Lawyer;
newspaper
publisher; oil business; member of Texas
state senate 9th District, 1895-98; Governor of
Texas, 1911-15; defeated, 1906; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1916; member, U.S. Board of Railway Labor
Mediation.
Methodist.
Died March 8,
1940 (age 78 years, 83
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Fred Lewis Crawford (1888-1957) —
also known as Fred L. Crawford —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born near Dublin, Erath
County, Tex., May 5,
1888.
Son of William Carroll Crawford and Mary Jane (Rape) Crawford.
Republican. Accountant;
builder, financier, and operator of beet sugar
mills; director, Michigan National Bank;
director, Petroleum Transit Corporation; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1935-53; defeated in
primary, 1952.
Methodist.
Member, Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 13,
1957 (age 68 years, 343
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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Kenneth W. Cunningham (1896-1981) —
of Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.; Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Texas, September
23, 1896.
Sales manager, Sun Oil Company; mayor
of Grosse Pointe Park, Mich., 1957-64; resigned 1964.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, in Harper Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., July 27,
1981 (age 84 years, 307
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Don Evans (b. 1946) —
of Midland, Midland
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., 1946.
CEO of Tom Brown Inc. oil company, 1985-2001; chairman of the
2000 campaign for George
W. Bush and Dick
Cheney; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 2001-.
Member, Omicron
Delta Kappa; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Still living as of 2003.
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Frank Frankel (1886-1975) —
of Long Beach, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.; Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born October
2, 1886.
Mayor
of Long Beach, N.Y., 1924, 1930-33; defeated, 1925 (Democratic
primary), 1925 (Republican), 1929 (Democratic primary); founder of
Long Beach Memorial Hospital
indicted
in September 1927 on charges
of maintaining a gambling
place; the charges were later dropped; in December 1929, his right to
take office as mayor was unsuccessfully challenged
by the Long Beach police chief, based on vote
fraud (for which many had been arrested and prosecuted) and the
expectation that Frankel would tolerate
gambling in the city; indicted
in January 1933 for fraud
over his transfer of $90,000 in city funds to the Long Beach Trust
Company, which subsequently closed; the indictment was dismissed in
February; indicted
again in May 1933, along with two city council members, over the
diversion of $750,000 of state and county tax revenue to city
projects; pleaded not guilty; no trial was held; the indictment was
dismissed in 1937; oil producer.
Died, in a hospital
at Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 12,
1975 (age 88 years, 253
days).
Interment somewhere
in Houston, Tex.
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Eugene Benjamin Germany (1892-1971) —
also known as E. B. 'Gene' Germany —
of Highland Park, Dallas
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Sweetwater, Nolan
County, Tex., September
18, 1892.
Son of Arona
Lea Germany.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; geologist;
oil producer; industrialist;
founder of Preston State Bank,
Dallas, Tex.; founder of Cozby-Germany Hospital, Grand Saline, Tex.;
founder and president of Lone Star Steel Company; mayor
of Highland Park, Tex., 1934-40; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1940,
1944
(alternate); Texas
Democratic state chair, 1944; Presidential Elector for Texas, 1944.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., July 12,
1971 (age 78 years, 297
days).
Interment at Woodside
Cemetery, Grand Saline, Tex.
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John Edgar Green, Jr. (b. 1880) —
also known as John E. Green, Jr. —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Selma, Dallas
County, Ala., April 19,
1880.
Son of John Edgar Green and Susan Morgan (Bridges) Green.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, 1914-19; attorney
for oil companies.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi.
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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Edward Strait Maney (b. 1899) —
also known as Edward S. Maney —
of Pearsall, Frio
County, Tex.
Born in Pearsall, Frio
County, Tex., September
27, 1899.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; field cashier for oil
company, 1920-21; U.S. Vice Consul in Torreon, 1924; Tampico, 1924-29; Agua Prieta, 1929-30; Southampton, 1932-34; Taihoku, 1935.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Crews McGhee (1912-2005) —
also known as George C. McGhee —
of Texas.
Born in Waco, McLennan
County, Tex., March 10,
1912.
Rhodes
scholar; geologist;
oil producer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1952-53; Germany, 1963-68; , 1968-69.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Loudoun Hospital
Center, Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., July 4,
2005 (age 93 years, 116
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Clint Moore (born c.1957) —
of Spring, Harris
County, Tex.
Born about 1957.
Republican. Petroleum geologist;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 2004,
2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Robert Mosbacher, Jr. (b. 1951) —
also known as Rob Mosbacher —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born May 29,
1951.
Son of Robert
Adam Mosbacher, Sr..
Republican. President and CEO of Mosbacher Energy Company;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1984; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Texas, 1988;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1990; candidate for mayor of
Houston, Tex., 1997; president, Overseas Private Investment
Corporation, 2005.
Still living as of 2005.
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Robert Adam Mosbacher, Sr. (1927-2010) —
also known as Robert Mosbacher —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y., March 11,
1927.
Son of Emil Mosbacher and Gertrude (Schwartz) Mosbacher.
Republican. Founder, Mosbacher Energy Company; member, board
of directors and Executive Committee, American Petroleum
Institute; director, Texas Commerce Bank;
director, New York Life
Insurance Company; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Texas, 1988;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1989-92.
Jewish;
later Presbyterian.
German
ancestry.
Died, of pancreatic
cancer, in the M.D. Anderson Cancer
Center, Houston, Harris
County, Tex., January
24, 2010 (age 82 years, 319
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James C. Oberwetter (b. 1944) —
also known as Jim Oberwetter —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Cuero, DeWitt
County, Tex., November
3, 1944.
Republican. Press secretary for then-U.S. Rep. George
H. W. Bush; chair, Communications Committee, American
Petroleum Institute; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Texas, 1988;
U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 2003-.
Still living as of 2009.
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Willard Lloyd Rambo (1917-1984) —
also known as W. L. Rambo —
of Georgetown, Grant
Parish, La.
Born in Georgetown, Grant
Parish, La., March 22,
1917.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; oilfield
drilling contractor; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1952-60; defeated, 1968, 1976;
member of Louisiana
state senate, 1964-68.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Died, of heart
failure, in a hospital
at Houston, Harris
County, Tex., November
28, 1984 (age 67 years, 251
days).
Interment at Georgetown
Cemetery, Georgetown, La.
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Kenneth Mills Regan (1893-1959) —
also known as Kenneth M. Regan; Ken Regan —
of Pecos, Reeves
County, Tex.; Midland, Midland
County, Tex.
Born in Mt. Morris, Ogle
County, Ill., March 6,
1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real estate
business; oil producer; mayor of
Pecos, Tex., 1929-32; member of Texas
state senate, 1933-37; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; U.S.
Representative from Texas 16th District, 1947-55; lobbyist
for Texas railroads.
Died in Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M., August
15, 1959 (age 66 years, 162
days).
Interment at Resthaven
Memorial Park, Midland, Tex.
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John Ben Shepperd (1915-1990) —
of Odessa, Ector
County, Tex.
Born in Gladewater, Gregg
County, Tex., October
19, 1915.
Son of Alfred Fulton Shepperd and Berthal (Phillips) Shepperd.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Gregg
County Commissioner, 1946; secretary of
state of Texas, 1950-52; appointed 1950; Texas
state attorney general, 1953-57; general counsel, Odessa
Natural Gas Company; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1964.
Christian.
Member, Jaycees.
Died in Gladewater, Gregg
County, Tex., March 8,
1990 (age 74 years, 140
days).
Interment somewhere
in Gregg County, Tex.
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Relatives:
Married 1938
to Mamie Strieber. |
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Ross Shaw Sterling (1875-1949) —
also known as Ross S. Sterling —
of Texas.
Born in Anahuac, Chambers
County, Tex., February
11, 1875.
Governor
of Texas, 1931-33.
Founder of the Humble Oil and Refining Company.
Died in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., March 25,
1949 (age 74 years, 42
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Paul Williams (b. 1963) —
of Kemah, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born April 14,
1963.
Republican. Oil and gas executive; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 9th District, 2000, 2002.
Still living as of 2002.
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Halbert Owen Woodward (1918-2000) —
also known as Halbert O. Woodward; Hal
Woodward —
of Coleman, Coleman
County, Tex.
Born in Coleman, Coleman
County, Tex., April 8,
1918.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; land
title supervisor, Humble Oil and Refining Company,
1945-49; member, Texas State Highway Commission, 1959-68; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1964;
U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, 1968-86; took
senior status 1986.
Methodist.
Died in Brownwood, Brown
County, Tex., October
3, 2000 (age 82 years, 178
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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