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The Political Graveyard: Galveston County, Tex.
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Galveston 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 in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/10-03.html">October 3, 1901</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawenforcement.html">customs inspector</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/laundry.html">laundry and dry cleaning business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/jeweler.html">jeweler</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 9th District, 1947; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/TX.html">1948</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Died in Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-died.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/06-02.html">June 2, 1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 242 days</a>). Interment at Beth Jacob 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> Son of Sarah (Karten) Schreiber and Max Schreiber; married to Sonia Shulman.</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/58277999">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=180202">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms00031">Calvary Catholic Cemetery</a></b></span><br> 2506 65th Street <br> Galveston, Galveston County, Texas <br> See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2702&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <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>Miles Crowley (1859-1921)</b> — of Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-lived.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex. Born in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/02-22.html">February 22, 1859</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/stsen.html">Texas state senate</a> 17th District, 1893-95; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 10th District, 1895-97; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-officials.html">Galveston County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1904-12. Died in Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-died.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/09-22.html">September 22, 1921</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 212 days</a>). Interment at Calvary Catholic 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>Epitaph:</i> "At Rest."</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=C000944">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403056">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7753029">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>Clemente Nicolini (1853-1938)</b> — of Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-lived.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex. Born in Sestri Levante, Liguria, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-born.html">Italy</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/01-13.html">January 13, 1853</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">Steamship agent</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/import-export.html">importer and exporter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-consuls.html">Consular Agent for Italy</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-consuls.html">Galveston, Tex.</a>, 1887-1903; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/MX-consuls.html">Consul for Mexico</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-consuls.html">Galveston, Tex.</a>, 1895-96. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/italian.html">Italian</a> ancestry. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/prostate-cancer.html">prostate cancer</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/dementia.html">senility</a>, in St. Mary's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Infirmary</a>, Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-died.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/07-09.html">July 9, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 177 days</a>). Interment at Calvary Catholic 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> Son of Frank Nicolini and Rosa (Rossi) Nicolini; married to Carmelita Linaro.</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/43508717">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Evergreen Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Galveston, Galveston 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>Ulrich Müller (1854-1921)</b> — of Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-lived.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex. Born in Winterthur, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SZ-born.html">Switzerland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/05-26.html">May 26, 1854</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/cotton.html">Cotton</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/import-export.html">exporter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SZ-consuls.html">Consul for Switzerland</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-consuls.html">Galveston, Tex.</a>, 1893-1914. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/swiss.html">Swiss</a> ancestry. Died in Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-died.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/05-17.html">May 17, 1921</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 356 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen 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>Epitaph:</i> "In God's Care."</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/34768230">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>Edmund Reed Cheesborough (1867-1961)</b> — also known as <b>Edmund R. Cheesborough</b> — of Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-lived.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex. Born in Houston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-born.html">Harris County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/07-17.html">July 17, 1867</a>. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/galveston.html#2">Galveston, Tex.</a>, 1914-23; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/TX.html">1928</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">cerebral vascular accident</a>, in Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-died.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/06-04.html">June 4, 1961</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/93.html">93 years, 322 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen 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> Son of Edmund Reed Cheesborough (1826-1876) and Maria Theresa (Jackson) Cheesborough; married to Clara Floride Noble.</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/178528404">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>Jens Möller (1846-1930)</b> — of Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-lived.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex. Born in Skagen, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DE-born.html">Denmark</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/04-01.html">April 1, 1846</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">Ship's officer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">shipbroker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/RU-consuls.html">Vice-Consul for Russia</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-consuls.html">Galveston, Tex.</a>, 1879-1903; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DE-consuls.html">Vice-Consul for Denmark</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-consuls.html">Galveston, Tex.</a>, 1882-96, 1900-07; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/sthse.html">Texas state house of representatives</a>, 1911-12. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scandinavian.html">Danish</a> ancestry. Died in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Wichita Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/WC-died.html">Wichita County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/02-20.html">February 20, 1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 325 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at Evergreen 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 Josephine Hamilton Wilson.</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/123983250">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>Bertrand Adoue (1841-1911)</b> — of Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-lived.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex. Born in Deyme, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-born.html">France</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/09-09.html">September 9, 1841</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SW-consuls.html">Vice-Consul for Sweden & Norway</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-consuls.html">Galveston, Tex.</a>, 1878-1903. Died in Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-died.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/11-17.html">November 17, 1911</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 69 days</a>). Interment at Evergreen 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>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/70555407">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms04631">Galveston Memorial Park Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Galveston, Galveston 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>Clark Wallace Thompson (1896-1981)</b> — also known as <b>Clark W. Thompson</b> — of Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-lived.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex. Born in La Crosse, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/LC-born.html">La Crosse County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/08-06.html">August 6, 1896</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a>, 1933-35, 1947-67 (7th District 1933-35, 9th District 1947-67); served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/TX.html">1956</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/TX.html">1964</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-theta.html">Phi Delta Theta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/redmen.html">Redmen</a>. Died in Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-died.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1981/12-16.html">December 16, 1981</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 132 days</a>). Interment at Galveston Memorial Park 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> Son of Clark Wallace Thompson and Jessie Marilla (Hyde) Thompson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/11-16.html">November 16, 1918</a>, to Libbe Moody.</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=T000198">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410777">Govtrack.us page</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>Heinrich Mosle (1864-1921)</b> — also known as <b>Henry Mosle</b> — of Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-lived.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/01-16.html">January 16, 1864</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CR-consuls.html">Consul for Costa Rica</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-consuls.html">Galveston, Tex.</a>, 1897-1907; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SP-consuls.html">Honorary Vice-Consul for Spain</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-consuls.html">Galveston, Tex.</a>, 1900-07. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Died in Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-died.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/01-31.html">January 31, 1921</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 15 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="#cms02169">Lakeview Cemetery</a>; reinterment at Galveston Memorial Park 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> Son of J. L. Mosle and Marianna (Amann) Mosle; married to Margaret A. Focke.</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/121110839">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms02169">Lakeview Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Galveston, Galveston 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"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4WgfAQAAMAAJ&pg=PT63"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/762/91.54.jpg" width=70 height=95 border=0 alt="Robert Bradley Hawley"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Robert Bradley Hawley (1849-1921)</b> — also known as <b>R. B. Hawley</b> — of Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-lived.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex. Born in Memphis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SH-born.html">Shelby County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/10-25.html">October 25, 1849</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/import-export.html">importer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">manufacturer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/TX.html">1896</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/TX.html">1904</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 10th District, 1897-1901. Died in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/11-28.html">November 28, 1921</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 34 days</a>). Interment at Lakeview 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>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000378">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405246">Govtrack.us page</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> Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)</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>Walter Gresham (1841-1920)</b> — of Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-lived.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/KQ-born.html">King and Queen County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/07-22.html">July 22, 1841</a>. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; district attorney, Galveston judicial district, 1872; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/sthse.html">Texas state house of representatives</a> 65th District, 1887-88; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 10th District, 1893-95. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/11-06.html">November 6, 1920</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 107 days</a>). Interment at Lakeview 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>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000452">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404798">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter Gresham (Texas politician)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7775100">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=155587">OurCampaigns candidate detail</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>Robert Vance Davidson</b> — also known as <b>R. V. Davidson</b> — of Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-lived.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/stsen.html">Texas state senate</a> 17th District, 1901-04; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/attygn.html">Texas state attorney general</a>, 1904-09. Interment at Lakeview Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Norris Wright Cuney (1846-1898)</b> — also known as <b>N. W. Cuney</b> — of Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-lived.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex. Born near Hempstead, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/WL-born.html">Waller County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/05-12.html">May 12, 1846</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1872/TX.html">1872</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1876/TX.html">1876</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/TX.html">1880</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/TX.html">1884</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/TX.html">1888</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1892/TX.html">1892</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/TX.html">secretary of Texas Republican Party</a>, 1873; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/galveston.html">mayor of Galveston, Tex.</a>, 1875; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/sthse.html">Texas state house of representatives</a>, 1876; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/stsen.html">Texas state senate</a>, 1882; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/TX.html">Republican National Committee from Texas</a>, 1886; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/TXcc nGL">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1889-91. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died in San Antonio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BX-died.html">Bexar County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/03-03.html">March 3, 1898</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 295 days</a>). Interment at Lakeview Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Francis Lammers (c.1832-1904)</b> — of Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-lived.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, about 1832. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BG-consuls.html">Consul for Belgium</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-consuls.html">Galveston, Tex.</a>, 1873-1903; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NL-consuls.html">Consul for Netherlands</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-consuls.html">Galveston, Tex.</a>, 1876-77. Died in Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-died.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/08-11.html">August 11, 1904</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">about 72 years</a>). Interment at Lakeview 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>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/81216410">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians formerly 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 Gouverneur Burnet (1788-1870)</b> — also known as <b>David G. Burnet</b> — of Texas. Born in Newark, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1788/04-14.html">April 14, 1788</a>. U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-consuls.html ">Galveston</a>, 1832-35; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/cncn2.html">delegate to Texas Convention of 1833</a> from District of Liberty, 1833; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/cncn3.html">delegate to Texas Consultation of 1835</a> from District of Liberty, 1835; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/rpres.html">President of the Texas Republic</a>, 1836; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/rvp.html">Vice President of the Texas Republic</a>, 1838-41; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/rssta.html">Texas Republic Secretary of State</a>, 1839, 1839-40. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/12-05.html">December 5, 1870</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 235 days</a>). Original interment and cenotaph at Lakeview Cemetery; reinterment to unknown location. <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> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burket-burnet.html#172.06.11">William Burnet</a>; half-brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burket-burnet.html#071.77.76">Jacob Burnet</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>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10197.html">Burnet family</a> of Newark, New Jersey.</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/BU.html">Burnet County, Tex.</a> is named for him.</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 Houston Jack (1806-1844)</b> — of Alabama; Texas. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/WK-born.html">Wilkes County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1806/04-12.html">April 12, 1806</a>. Member of Alabama state legislature, 1829; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/rssta.html">Texas Republic Secretary of State</a>, 1836; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/rhse.html">Texas Republic House of Representatives</a>, 1839-40; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/trsn.html">Texas Republic Senate</a> from District of Brazoria, 1842-44; died in office 1844. Died of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/yellow-fever.html">yellow fever</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BZ-died.html">Brazoria County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/08-20.html">August 20, 1844</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/38.html">38 years, 130 days</a>). Original interment in private or family graveyard; subsequent interment at Lakeview Cemetery; reinterment 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;"><i>Relatives:</i> Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jabar-jackman.html#584.19.20">Patrick Churchill Jack</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/JK.html">Jack County, Tex.</a> is named partly for him.</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>Patrick Churchill Jack (1808-1844)</b> — also known as <b>Patrick C. Jack</b> — of Texas. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/WK-born.html">Wilkes County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1808/index.html">1808</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/cncn1.html">Delegate to Texas Convention of 1832</a> from District of Liberty, 1832; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/cncn2.html">delegate to Texas Convention of 1833</a> from District of Liberty, 1833; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/rhse.html">Texas Republic House of Representatives</a>, 1837-38; judge of Texas Republic, 1841-44. Died of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/yellow-fever.html">yellow fever</a> in Houston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-died.html">Harris County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/08-04.html">August 4, 1844</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/36.html">about 36 years</a>). Original interment in private or family graveyard; subsequent interment at Lakeview Cemetery; reinterment 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;"><i>Relatives:</i> Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jabar-jackman.html#863.39.78">William Houston Jack</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/JK.html">Jack County, Tex.</a> is named partly for him.</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>Heinrich Mosle (1864-1921)</b> — also known as <b>Henry Mosle</b> — of Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-lived.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/01-16.html">January 16, 1864</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CR-consuls.html">Consul for Costa Rica</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-consuls.html">Galveston, Tex.</a>, 1897-1907; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SP-consuls.html">Honorary Vice-Consul for Spain</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-consuls.html">Galveston, Tex.</a>, 1900-07. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Died in Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-died.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/01-31.html">January 31, 1921</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 15 days</a>). Original interment at Lakeview Cemetery; reinterment at <a href="#cms04631">Galveston Memorial Park Cemetery</a>. <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> Son of J. L. Mosle and Marianna (Amann) Mosle; married to Margaret A. Focke.</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/121110839">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms05490">Old Catholic Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Galveston, Galveston 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>Michel Brindamour Menard (1805-1858)</b> — also known as <b>M. B. Menard</b> — of Texas. Born in Laprairie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/QB-born.html">Quebec</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1805/12-05.html">December 5, 1805</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/cncn4.html">Delegate to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention</a> from District of Liberty, 1836; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/rdofi.html">signer, Texas Declaration of Independence</a>, 1836; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/trlg.html">Texas Republic Congress</a>, 1840-42. One of the founders of the city of Galveston. Died in Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-died.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/09-02.html">September 2, 1858</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 271 days</a>). Interment at Old Catholic 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> Nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mena-mercado.html#189.66.55">Pierre Menard</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/ME.html">Menard County, Tex.</a> is named for him.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Old City Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Galveston, Galveston County, Texas <br> See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=161220&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <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>Henry Schroeder (1867-1950)</b> — also known as <b>Enrique Schroeder</b> — of Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-lived.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex. Born in Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-born.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/12-04.html">December 4, 1867</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UR-consuls.html">Honorary Vice-Consul for Uruguay</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-consuls.html">Galveston, Tex.</a>, 1902-48. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/automobile.html">Struck by a car</a> while crossing a street, suffered a skull fracture, and died three days later, in St. Mary's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Infirmary</a>, Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-died.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/10-20.html">October 20, 1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 320 days</a>). Interment at Old City 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> Son of Louis Schroeder and Helene (Dietzel) Schroeder.</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/32854680">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>Herman Arthur Bornefeld (1883-1948)</b> — of Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-lived.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex. Born in Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-born.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/09-04.html">September 4, 1883</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SW-consuls.html">Honorary Vice-Consul for Sweden</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-consuls.html">Galveston, Tex.</a>, 1935. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">cerebrovascular accident</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a>), in Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-died.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/06-01.html">June 1, 1948</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 271 days</a>). Interment at Old City 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> Son of Arthur Bornefeld and Mary (Fowler) Bornefeld; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/03-29.html">March 29, 1914</a>, to Lucie Kenison; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boothby-borunda.html#302.19.46">Robert Carl Bornefeld</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>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/125820260">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms05651">Trinity Episcopal Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Galveston, Galveston 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>Louis Trezevant Wigfall (1816-1874)</b> — also known as <b>Louis T. Wigfall</b> — of Texas. Born near Edgefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ED-born.html">Edgefield County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/04-21.html">April 21, 1816</a>. Democrat. Killed Thomas Bird in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/duel-participants.html">duel</a> around 1840; wounded Rep. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brooks.html#380.36.10">Preston S. Brooks</a> in another <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/duel-participants.html">duel</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/sthse.html">Texas state house of representatives</a>, 1849; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/stsen.html">Texas state senate</a>, 1857; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Texas</a>, 1859-61; when the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign his seat in the Senate; one of ten <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/civil-war-slavery.html">Southern senators</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">expelled</a> in absentia on July 11, 1861; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <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/geo/TX/ofc/ccsen.html">Senator from Texas in the Confederate Congress</a>, 1862-65. Slaveowner. Died in Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-died.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/02-18.html">February 18, 1874</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 303 days</a>). Interment at Trinity Episcopal 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> Son of Levi Durand Wigfall and Eliza (Thomson) Wigfall; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/08-22.html">August 22, 1844</a>, to Charlotte Cross; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#702.33.15">Francis Irenee du Pont</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>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0030.html">DuPont family</a> of Wilmington, Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000447">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411604">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11111">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>Asa Hoxie Willie (1829-1899)</b> — also known as <b>Asa H. Willie</b> — of Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-lived.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex. Born in Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/WK-born.html">Wilkes County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/10-11.html">October 11, 1829</a>. Democrat. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/spju.html">justice of Texas state supreme court</a>, 1866, 1882-88; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> at-large, 1873-75. Slaveowner. Died in Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-died.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/03-16.html">March 16, 1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 156 days</a>). Interment at Trinity Episcopal 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> Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williard-willingham.html#253.66.03">James Willie</a>; married to Elizabeth Johnson.</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=W000555">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411711">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7753048">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>James Love (1795-1874)</b> — of Barbourville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/KX-lived.html">Knox County</a>, Ky.; Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-lived.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/NE-born.html">Nelson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1795/05-12.html">May 12, 1795</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a>, 1819; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 9th District, 1833-35; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/cncn5.html">delegate to Texas state constitutional convention</a>, 1845. Died in Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-died.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/06-12.html">June 12, 1874</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 31 days</a>). Interment at Trinity Episcopal 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>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000455">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406945">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7775115">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>Warren DeWitt Clinton Hall (1788-1867)</b> — also known as <b>Warren D. C. Hall</b> — of Texas. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GU-born.html">Guilford County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1788/index.html">1788</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/cncn1.html">Delegate to Texas Convention of 1832</a> from District of Liberty, 1832; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/cncn3.html">delegate to Texas Consultation of 1835</a> from District of Columbia, 1835; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/rswar.html">Texas Republic Secretary of War</a>, 1836. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/04-08.html">April 8, 1867</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">about 78 years</a>). Interment at Trinity Episcopal 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;"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HL.html">Hall County, Tex.</a> is named for him.</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>George Campbell Childress (1804-1841)</b> — also known as <b>George C. Childress</b> — of Texas. Born in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-born.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1804/01-08.html">January 8, 1804</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/cncn4.html">delegate to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention</a> from District of Milam, 1836; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/rdofi.html">signer, Texas Declaration of Independence</a>, 1836. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">Killed himself</a> with a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stabbing.html">Bowie knife</a>, in Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-died.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/10-06.html">October 6, 1841</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/37.html">37 years, 271 days</a>). Interment at Trinity Episcopal Cemetery; statue at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/WA-buried.html#cms04735">Washington-on-the-Brazos State Park</a>, Washington, 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/CI.html">Childress 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;">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> <i>SS George C. Childress</i> (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-names.html">Houston, Texas</a>; sold and renamed <i>SS K. Hadjipateras</i>; sunk during a storm in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/IN-names.html">Bay of Bengal</a>, 1967) was originally <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George Childress">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7753060">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>Albert Ferrier (1848-1908)</b> — of Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-lived.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex. Born in Carcassonne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-born.html">France</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/06-29.html">June 29, 1848</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/accounting.html">Accountant</a>; Galveston city auditor; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CX-consuls.html">Consul for Central America</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-consuls.html">Galveston, Tex.</a>, 1898; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HO-consuls.html">Consul for Honduras</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-consuls.html">Galveston, Tex.</a>, 1899-1903; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NC-consuls.html">Consul for Nicaragua</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-consuls.html">Galveston, Tex.</a>, 1899-1902. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/french.html">French</a> ancestry. He was found wandering in St. Louis, well-dressed but suffering from amnesia and confusion; police identified him from letters and tickets in his pocket; died about three weeks later, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-died.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/08-31.html">August 31, 1908</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 63 days</a>). Interment at Trinity Episcopal 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>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/126969911">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians formerly 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>William Sumpter Murphy (c.1796-1844)</b> — also known as <b>William S. Murphy</b>; <b>"Patrick Henry of the West"</b> — of Chillicothe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/RO-lived.html">Ross County</a>, Ohio. Born in South Carolina, about 1796. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Whig National Convention from Ohio, 1839; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/diplo.html ">Texas Republic</a>, 1843-44, died in office 1844. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/yellow-fever.html">yellow fever</a>, in Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-died.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/07-13.html">July 13, 1844</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/48.html">about 48 years</a>). 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