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Bobo, Orlando b. February 9, 1974 d. May 14, 2007
Professional Football Player. He was an offensive guard for five seasons (1997 to 2001) in the National Football League, with the Minnesota Vikings, Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens. He was a member of the 2001 Super Bowl XXXV Champion Ravens team. In addition to his NFL career, he played in the Canadian Football League with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. During his NFL career, Bobo played in 37 regular season games. He died from heart failure. (Bio by: C.S.)
Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Boll, Jacob b. May 28, 1828 d. September 29, 1880
Naturalist and entomologist. Between 1877 and 1880, he found thirty-two new, rare species of Permian vertebrates, including stegocephalian amphibians and theromorph reptiles, land forms that were embedded in deltas of Texas rivers. At the same time he made an extensive collection of tiny butterflies and moths, as well as Texas reptiles, batrachia, and fish.
Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Plot: Block 22 Lot 33 Space 1 Sw
GPS coordinates: 32.4805412, -96.4781723 (hddd.dddd)
Brown, John Henry b. October 29, 1820 d. May 31, 1895
Newspaperman; member Texas state legislature; mayor of Galveston, TX, 1856-57; delegate to Texas Secession Convention, 1861; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member Texas state Constitutional Convention, 1875; mayor of Dallas, 1885-87. He also authored a number of books including "Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas" and The History of Texas."
Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Plot: Block 19 Lot 6 Grave 4
GPS coordinates: 32.8005791, -96.7977524 (hddd.dddd)
Burke, Robert Emmet b. August 1, 1847 d. June 5, 1901
US Congressman. He served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He was elected to represent Texas's 6th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1897 until his death in 1901.
Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Plot: Block 14
Cabell, William Lewis b. January 1, 1827 d. February 22, 1911
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. An 1850 United States Military graduate, in the beginning of the Civil War he served as Major and Chief Quartermaster to General P.G.T. Beauregard during the First Bull Run Campaign. Afterwards he served on the staff of General Joseph E. Johnson and helped these two officers design the Confederate Battle Flag. He was promoted to Brigadier General, PACS in January 1863. After the war he studied law and served three terms as Mayor of Dallas, Texas (1874...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Plot: Block 18, Lot 25, Space 1
GPS coordinates: 32.8012886, -96.7977371 (hddd.dddd)
Duncan, John Riley b. September 25, 1850 d. November 16, 1911
Served as a Dallas policeman, Texas Ranger and as a Dallas detective. His most noteworthy accomplishment was to help (with John Barclay Armstrong, and Florida sheriff William Henry Hutchinson) track down and capture John Wesley Hardin in Florida. A biography of Duncan, "Bounty Hunter" was written by western historian, Rick Miller.
Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Plot: Block 24 Lot 26 Space 11
GPS coordinates: 32.4812202, -96.4782104 (hddd.dddd)
Lewis, Levin Major b. January 6, 1832 d. June 15, 1886
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was a Methodist minister whom served as a pastor in churches in Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri and Texas. When the Civil War began he joined the 7th Missouri, was commissioned an officer and commanded a company at the Battle of Lone Jack. Later promoted Colonel in command of the 7th Missouri, he fought at the Battle of Helena where his men captured the position and he was wounded. When he rejoined the 7th Missouri, it had...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Plot: Block 18 Lot 3 Space 2
GPS coordinates: 32.8012390, -96.7977371 (hddd.dddd)
Long, Benjamin b. March 7, 1838 d. June 23, 1877
Mayor of Dallas, 1868-70. He was killed in a saloon when two men and a woman attempted to leave the beer hall without paying. He stepped in and was killed.
Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Plot: Block 5 Lot 18 Space 7
GPS coordinates: 32.4802094, -96.4775620 (hddd.dddd)
Simkins, William Stewart b. August 25, 1842 d. February 27, 1929
It is believed the 16 year-old Pvt. Simkins fired the first shot of the Civil War. While serving under General J.E. Jackson, he heard the Federal gunboat "Star of the West" creep into the harbor at Fort Sumpter, SC in April 1861. He awakened his comrades and fired the first shot. Professor of Law at the University of Texas, 1899-1929. Author of many textbooks.
Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Plot: Block 17 Lot 34 Space 10
GPS coordinates: 32.8015594, -96.7975922 (hddd.dddd)
Slaughter, Col. Christopher Columbus 'C.C.' b. February 9, 1837 d. January 25, 1919
Cattleman; Trail Driver; Millionaire Philanthropist. He was known as the "Cattle King of Texas," and at one time controlled more than one million acres of ranch land and held more than 40,000 head of cattle. He was founder of the Texas & Southwest Cattle Raisers Association, a founder of Baylor Hospital and president of the United Confederate Veterans.
Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Plot: Block 22 Lot 6
GPS coordinates: 32.4804192, -96.4785919 (hddd.dddd)
Thurmond, J. M. b. February 22, 1836 d. March 14, 1882
Mayor of Dallas, Texas, 1879-80.
Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Plot: Block 19 Lot 15 Space 9
GPS coordinates: 32.4808311, -96.4789200 (hddd.dddd)
Traylor, John Henry b. March 27, 1839 d. March 19, 1925
Member of Texas house of representatives, 1881; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member Texas state senate, 1883, mayor of Dallas, TX, 1898-1900. Traylor and city attorney William P. Ellison are credited with devising the commission form of city government, though this type of system was not implemented elsewhere for another two years.
Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Plot: Block 6 Lot 36 Space 5
GPS coordinates: 32.4808502, -96.4782181 (hddd.dddd)
White, Alexander b. October 16, 1816 d. December 13, 1893
Member Alabama state legislature, US Representative from Alabama 1851-53, 1873-75.
Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Plot: Block 27 Lot 9
GPS coordinates: 32.4813499, -96.4798584 (hddd.dddd)
Wozencraft, Frank Wilson b. June 7, 1892 d. September 3, 1966
Mayor of Dallas, Texas, 1919-21. He was twenty-six and was said to be the youngest mayor of any major American city. He declined renomination as mayor in 1921. Sixty-four Texas mayors proposed he be nominated as the next Texas governor, but he declined , noting he was legally underage for that office. Presidential Elector, 1917.
Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Plot: Block 6 Lot 48 Grave 5
GPS coordinates: 32.4805183, -96.4776764 (hddd.dddd)

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