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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Marion County, Tex.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Born near Williamsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/VA-born.html">Vance County</a>, N.C., about 1800. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a> from Granville County, 1828, 1834; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a> 6th District, 1829-31; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/cncn4.html">delegate to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention</a> from District of Nacogdoches, 1836; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/rdofi.html">signer, Texas Declaration of Independence</a>, 1836; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/rsnav.html">Texas Republic Secretary of the Navy</a>, 1836; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/trsn.html">Texas Republic Senate</a> from District of Red River and Fannin, 1840-42; died in office 1842. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Resigned</a> from the U.S. Congress in 1831 after <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/murder-mayhem.html">maiming</a> two men in a jealous rage; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to six months in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Expelled</a> in 1834 from the North Carolina House for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/other-crimes.html">cheating at cards</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">Shot</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">killed</a> by members of an opposing faction who surrounded his home, in Harrison County (part now in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/MP-died.html">Marion County</a>), Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/03-02.html">March 2, 1842</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/42.html">about 42 years</a>). Original interment at in a private or family graveyard; reinterment in 1928 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TV-buried.html#cms01455">Texas State Cemetery</a>, Austin, Tex. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/PT.html">Potter County, Tex.</a> is named for him.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000467">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=412174">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms04290">Oakwood Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Jefferson, Marion County, Texas <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>David Browning Culberson (1830-1900)</b> — also known as <b>David B. Culberson</b> — of Jefferson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/MP-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Tex. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/TR-born.html">Troup County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/09-29.html">September 29, 1830</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/sthse.html">Texas state house of representatives</a>, 1859; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/stsen.html">Texas state senate</a>, 1873; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a>, 1875-97 (2nd District 1875-83, 4th District 1883-97). Died in Jefferson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/MP-died.html">Marion County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/05-07.html">May 7, 1900</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 220 days</a>). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cubberley-culla.html#313.07.93">Charles Allen Culberson</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/KL.html">Culberson County, Tex.</a> is named for him.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000964">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403075">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David B. Culberson">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6786198">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Beck Ochiltree (1811-1867)</b> — of Marshall, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HJ-lived.html">Harrison County</a>, Tex. Born in Fayetteville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/CU-born.html">Cumberland County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1811/10-18.html">October 18, 1811</a>. Judge of Texas Republic, 1842; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/rstre.html">Texas Republic Secretary of the Treasury</a>, 1844-45; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/ratgn.html">Attorney General of the Texas Republic</a>, 1845-46; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/cncn5.html">delegate to Texas state constitutional convention</a>, 1845; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/sthse.html">Texas state house of representatives</a>, 1855; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a>, 1859, 1866; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/seccn.html">delegate to Texas secession convention</a>, 1861; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/cpdel.html">Delegate from Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress</a>, 1861-62. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Jefferson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/MP-died.html">Marion County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/12-27.html">December 27, 1867</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 70 days</a>). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/obrien-oconner.html#991.73.27">Thomas Peck Ochiltree</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/OC.html">Ochiltree County, Tex.</a> is named for him.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/254/72.92.jpg" width=70 height=106 border=0 alt="Walter S. McNutt"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Walter Scott McNutt (1887-1969)</b> — also known as <b>Walter S. McNutt</b> — of Batesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/IN-lived.html">Independence County</a>, Ark.; Jefferson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/MP-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Tex. Born in Searcy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/WH-born.html">White County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/09-02.html">September 2, 1887</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Minister</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Arkansas</a>, 1938 (Republican), 1940 (Independent), 1942; candidate in Democratic primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Texas</a>, 1946; Democratic candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Texas</a>, 1957; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">president</a>, Four States Co-Operative University. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died in the Marion County <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Jefferson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/MP-died.html">Marion County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1969/11-26.html">November 26, 1969</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 85 days</a>). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Mary Elizabeth Wallace.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Epitaph:</i> "Minister - Educator - Friend"</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/24348569">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=19789">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> Wisconsin State Journal, March 11, 1938</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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