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• Austin, Stephen Fuller    b. November 3, 1793  d. December 27, 1836
  Father of Texas. When he was seven years old the family moved from his father's lead mines in Virginia to southeastern Missouri. He was educated in Connecticut and at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. After returning to Missouri he gradually assumed management of his father's lead business while holding military and public positions in Missouri and Arkansas. He subsequently studied law in New Orleans. He reached San Antonio, Texas late in 1821 after his father's death. His father...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd)
  Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
  GPS coordinates: 30.2653198, -97.7271423 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Bell, Peter Hansbrough    b. May 12, 1812  d. March 8, 1898
  US Governor. US Congressman. Born in Virginia, Bell moved to Texas in 1836 where he had a distinguished military career. He was a Captain of the Texas Volunteer Rangers during the Mexican War (1845-1846). By 1849, he had achieved the rank of Colonel of a Texan volunteer regiment. From 1849 to 1853, Bell was the governor of Texas. He served as a U.S. Representative from Texas from 1853 to 1857. After leaving office, he moved to Littleton, North Carolina where he died and was buried in Halifax...[Read More] (Bio by: Evening Blues)
  Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Section: Section C2, Row: M Number:8
   
• Bryan, Guy    b. January 12, 1821  d. June 4, 1901
  US Congressman.
  Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Republic Hill Section 1 Row J Plot 19
  GPS coordinates: 30.1591492, -97.4362335 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Buchel, August    b. October 8, 1813  d. April 11, 1864
  Civil War Confederate Army Officer. This native of Guntersblum, Hesse, Germany fought under six flags during his military career. At the age of eighteen he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in Germany, before joining the French Foreign Legion where he fought in the Carlist War in Spain. In 1838 Spain's Queen Maria Christina decorated and knighted the young soldier for his bravery during the war. From there, he moved east to become an instructor for the Turkish army. While there he...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
  Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Republic Hill Section 1, Row M, Plot 19
  GPS coordinates: 30.2652893, -97.7272415 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Burleson, Edward    b. December 15, 1798  d. December 26, 1851
  Texas Republic Vice-President.
  Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Republic Hill, Section 1, Row Q, Number 13
   
• Carr, Waggoner   b. October 1, 1918  d. February 25, 2004
  Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, Attorney General of Texas. JFK Assassination Figure. Born Vincent Waggoner Carr in Fairlie in Hunt County east of Dallas, his family moved to Lubbock in 1932 when the family bank in Fairlie closed. Consequently, he graduated from Lubbock High School in 1936. As a young man, he worked as a farm hand, magazine salesman and theater usher. In 1940, he completed his bachelor of business administration degree at Texas Tech University (then Texas...[Read More] (Bio by: Hallie Garrison)
  Cause of death: Cancer
  Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
   
• Clinton, Sam Houston    b. September 23, 1923  d. October 5, 2004
  Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Justice. He was a criminal defense attorney and he represented atheist leader Madeline Murray O'Hair and Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who allegedly shot and killed President John F. Kennedy. Mr. Clinton was able to get the guilty verdict against Jack Ruby, the Dallas nightclub owner who killed Oswald on national television, reversed on appeal based on procedural errors. Ruby meanwhile died of cancer while in prison. He served three consecutive six-year terms on the...[Read More] (Bio by: Julie Karen Hancock (Cooper) Jackson)
  Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
   
• Connally, Idanell 'Nellie'    b. February 24, 1919  d. September 1, 2006
  Historical Figure, Author. Former Texas First Lady from 1963-1969. Wife of Governor John Connally. Last survivor of the car that carried President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. On November 22, 1963, it was Mrs. Connally that uttered the last words the president heard, "Mr. President, you can't say Dallas doesn't love you," moments later those fateful...[Read More] (Bio by: David)
  Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
   
• Connally, John Bowden    b. February 27, 1917  d. June 15, 1993
  Texas Governor, Secretary of the Navy, Secretary of the Treasury. He is mostly remembered for being in the car when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963, and for being wounded in the attack. Born on a farm near Floresville, Texas, one of eight children, he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws Degree from the University of Texas (at Austin) Law School, and during World War II, served as a fighter aircraft director on Navy aircraft carriers, earning the...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
  Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Republic Hill, Section 2, Row P, Number 9
  GPS coordinates: 30.2655792, -97.7272110 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Connally, Wayne Wright [cenotaph]   b. March 19, 1923  d. December 20, 2000
  Texas State Representative, State Senator. The brother of former Governor and United States Treasury Secretary John Bowden Connally, Jr., and Merrill Lee Connally, Sr., a noted actor and former county judge. Born in Wilson County, Texas, to a tenant farmer and his wife, he attended schools in Floresville and San Antonio, and attended the...[Read More] (Bio by: Hallie Garrison)
  Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
   
• Cooke, William    b. March 28, 1808  d. December 21, 1847
  Republic of Texas Figure. Born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, he was in the medical drug business when he moved to New Orleans and volunteered for the New Orleans Grays in 1835. He arrived with a company of the New Orleans Grays at Velasco, Texas, in October 1835, was elected 1st Lieutenant and after arrival at Bexar on November 8, 1835, was elected Captain of his company and raised volunteers. At the Siege of Bexar, he led a party that captured the post house on the main plaza, forcing the...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Republic Hill Section 1 Row S Plot 7
  GPS coordinates: 30.1592007, -97.4364166 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Darden, Stephen Heard    b. November 19, 1816  d. May 16, 1902
  CSA Congressman. He served during the Civil War as a Representative from Texas in the Confederate Congress from 1864 until 1865.
  Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Republic Hill Section 1 Row V Plot 4
  GPS coordinates: 30.1592007, -97.4364929 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Davis, Edmund Jackson    b. October 1, 1827  d. February 7, 1883
  Civil War Union Brigadier General. Governor of Texas. Edmund Davis was born to a respected family in St Augustine, Florida. He started his education there, moving in January of 1848 with his family to the boom town of Galveston, Texas where he studied law and worked as a clerk. The following year he moved to Corpus Christi and was admitted to the bar, then transferred to Laredo where he worked as a deputy customs collector until he was elected district attorney of the Twelfth Judicial District...[Read More] (Bio by: Screwtape)
  Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Republic Hill, Section 1, Row Q, Number 19
  GPS coordinates: 30.2654495, -97.7273026 (hddd.dddd)
   
• DeBray, Xavier    b. January 25, 1816  d. January 6, 1895
  Civil War Confederate Army Officer.
  Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Sec. 1, Row M, #14
  GPS coordinates: 30.2652302, -97.7272263 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Dobie, James Frank    b. September 26, 1888  d. September 18, 1964
  Writer, Educator. Born in Live Oak County, Texas, his ranching heritage became an early influence on his character and personality. His book "Vaguero of the Brush County" (1929), established him as a spokesman of Texas and southwestern culture. His many other writings included "Colorado's Children" (1931), "Tales of the Mustang" (1936), "The Flavor of Texas" (1936), "Apache Gold and Yaqui Silver" (1939) and "Tongues of the Monte" (1947). Dobie was the Texas state's leading spokesman and...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Republic Hill, Section 1, Row F, Number 23
   
• Ferguson, James 'Pa'    b. August 31, 1871  d. September 21, 1944
  Twenty-sixth Governor of Texas. Considered one of the most colorful and controversial figures in the history of Texas politics. Ferguson was born near Salado in Bell County, the son of a minister who died when James was four years old. He entered Salado College at age 12, was soon expelled for disobedience, and left home at 16 to drift through the western states, working in a vineyard, a mine, a barbed wire factory and a grain ranch. Upon his return to Texas, he studied law and in 1897 was...[Read More] (Bio by: Hallie Garrison)
  Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Republic Hill, Section 2, Row H, Number 1
   
• Ferguson, Miriam Amanda 'Ma'    b. June 13, 1875  d. June 25, 1961
  Texas Governor. Born into a well-to-do family in Bell County, Texas, she attended Salado College and Baylor Female College, and married James Edward (Jim) Ferguson in 1899. Her husband served as State Governor for two terms, but was impeached during his second term and was barred from running for office again. The bank he had started had failed due to mismanagement during his absence, and his wife's inheritance was gone, so they moved to Bosque County, Texas, almost penniless. They sold eggs...[Read More] (Bio by: H M G)
  Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Republic Hill, Section 2, Row H, Number 2
   
• Galer, Robert Edward    b. October 23, 1913  d. June 27, 2005
  World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. A native of Seattle, Washington, he served as a Major in the United States Marine Corps, Marine Fighter Squadron 244. He was awarded his medal for service in the Solomon Islands Area during World War II. Major Galer's citation reads-For conspicuous heroism and courage above and beyond the call of duty as leader of a marine fighter squadron in aerial combat with enemy Japanese forces in the Solomon Islands area. Leading his squadron repeatedly...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
  Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Monument Hill, Section 1, Row B, Number 13
   
• Gammage, Robert Alton   b. March 13, 1938  d. September 10, 2012
  US Congressman. A member of the Democratic Party, he served Texas' 22nd District in the United States House of Representatives from 1977 until 1979. Following high school graduation, he served for two years with the United States Army and was a commander with the United States Naval Reserves (1965 to 1995). He received an Associate of Arts degree from Del Mar College and attained his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Corpus Christi. He earned a Master of Arts degree from Sam...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
  Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
   
• Gipson, Frederick Benjamin   b. February 7, 1908  d. August 14, 1973
  Author. Fred Gipson was born on a farm near Mason, Texas, balancing his early life between school and working on the family farm until 1933 when he enrolled in the University of Texas. He took a keen interest in journalism, writing for both the Daily Texan and the Ranger before quitting school to work as a reporter for the Corpus Christi Caller-Times in 1937. He drifted from one newspaper job to another and began contributing stories to magazines, mostly Western pulps at first, but after awhile...[Read More] (Bio by: Screwtape)
  Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
  Plot: Republic Hill, Section 2 Row D, Number 2
   

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