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Phil E. Baer (b. 1866) —
of Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex.; Paris, Lamar
County, Tex.
Born in Peru, Miami
County, Ind., April 24,
1866.
Son of Severin Baer and Catherine (Weidner) Baer.
Republican. Employed by Texas & Pacific Railway,
1882-1912, 1916-21; chair of
Bowie County Republican Party, 1898-1904; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Texas, 1912,
1916;
U.S.
Marshal.
Catholic.
Member, Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Mitchell Campbell (1856-1923) —
also known as Thomas M. Campbell —
of Palestine, Anderson
County, Tex.
Born in Rusk, Cherokee
County, Tex., April 22,
1856.
Son of Thomas D. Campbell and Racheal (Moore) Campbell.
Democrat. Lawyer;
receiver, and later general manager, International and Great Northern
Railroad; Governor of
Texas, 1907-11; defeated in primary, 1902; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Texas, 1912
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Died, in John Sealy Hospital,
Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., April 1,
1923 (age 66 years, 344
days).
Interment at Old
City Cemetery, Palestine, Tex.
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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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Robert Abercrombie Lovett (1895-1986) —
also known as Robert A. Lovett —
of Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Huntsville, Walker
County, Tex., September
14, 1895.
Son of Robert Scott Lovett (1860-1932; railroad president) and
Lavinia Chilton (Abercrombie) Lovett.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; partner, Brown Brothers
Harriman; director of several railroad companies; director,
Presbyterian Hospital
of New York; U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1951-53.
Member, Skull and
Bones.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1963.
Died in Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., May 7,
1986 (age 90 years, 235
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Claude Pollard (1874-1942) —
of Carthage, Panola
County, Tex.; Kingsville, Kleberg
County, Tex.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Carthage, Panola
County, Tex., February
14, 1874.
Son of Hamilton Pollard (1822-1897) and Sarah Jane (Davis) Pollard
(1838-1894).
Lawyer;
Panola
County Attorney, 1895-98; Texas
state attorney general, 1927-29; attorney for railroads;
general counsel for the Railway General Managers Association
of Texas.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., November
25, 1942 (age 68 years, 284
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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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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J. Waddy Tate (c.1872-1938) —
also known as "The Hot Dog Candidate" —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Texas, about 1872.
Railroad general agent; mayor of
Dallas, Tex., 1929-31; defeated, 1927.
Died January
11, 1938 (age about 66
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin Franklin Terry (1821-1861) —
also known as Frank Terry —
Born in Russellville, Logan
County, Ky., February
18, 1821.
Son of Joseph Royal Terry (1792-1877) and Sarah David (Smith) Terry
(1793-1837).
Planter;
in 1844, he was attacked
by two rebellious slaves with knives and axes; railroad
builder; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861; colonel in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Shot
and killed in
action while leading Terry's Texas Rangers at the battle of
Woodsonville (also called Rowlett's Station), in Hart
County, Ky., December
17, 1861 (age 40 years, 302
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Fort Bend County, Tex.; reinterment
in 1880 at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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