Find A Grave - Mission Burial Park South

Barbat, Percy b. May 23, 1882 d. June 20, 1965
Actor. Born Percy Dewitt Barbat, he was primarily a stage performer when he made his big screen debut in "Peter Pan" (1924). He also appeared in some short reel serials and in "No Man's Land" (1964). He died in San Antonio, Texas. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Plot: Space 6, Lot 352, Block Section 5
Featherstone, Lewis Porter b. July 28, 1851 d. March 14, 1922
US Congressman. Elected to represent Arkansas's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1890 to 1891. He was defeated in 1890. Also served as a Member of the Arkansas State House of Representatives from 1887 to 1888. (Bio by: K)
Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Fox, Oscar b. October 11, 1879 d. July 29, 1961
Composer. Born in Burnet County, Texas, he was a music teacher and choir conductor most notable for his country music compositions. He never wrote lyrics but set existing poems to music and published more than fifty songs. His many classic country songs included "The Cowboy's Lament" (1923), "The Old Chisholm Trail" (1924), "The Hills of Home" (1925), "Old Paint" (1927), "Whoopee Ti Yi Yo, Git Along, Little Dogies" (1927) and "Will You Come to the Bower?" (1936). He was a member of the Texas...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Plot: Block 7, Lot 132
Higgins, Pattillo b. December 5, 1863 d. June 5, 1955
Texas Oil Pioneer. He was known as, “The prophet of Spindletop." As a young man, he was often in trouble and wounds from one fight even caused him to lose his left arm. In 1886, he started a company in Beaumont, Texas that made bricks. He learned how some industries were using oil rather than wood as fuel and thought he might be able to use oil to make bricks less expensively. In 1892, he and partners formed the Gladys City Oil, Gas and Manufacturing Company to explore for oil at Spindletop...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Hudspeth, Claude b. May 12, 1877 d. March 19, 1941
Member Texas state house of representatives, 1902; member of Texas state senate, 1906; US Representative from Texas, 1919-31. Hudspeth County, Texas is named for him.
Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section 6 Lot 387 Space 10/11
GPS coordinates: 29.2067108, -98.2807007 (hddd.dddd)
Jimenez, Joe b. June 10, 1926 d. August 11, 2007
Professional Golfer. For more than five decades he played on the pro golf circuit and was one of the early Hispanic pioneers in the sport. He is best known for winning the Seniors' PGA Championship in 1978. At the 1991 PGA GTE Northwest Classic, he became the youngest player to shoot his age or lower in a Senior event. In 1995, at the Ameritech Senior Open, he shot 10-under 62, setting a pro record for lowest score in relation to age. He is the holder of several Georgia-Pacific Grand Champion...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Klevenhagen, John J. 'Johnny' b. June 12, 1912 d. November 26, 1958
Texas Ranger. Born in New Braunfels, Texas, in 1912, he was determined from a very young age to become a Texas Ranger. As a young man growing up he came in contact with the Rangers several times, seeing them in and around the ranches and farms that he grew up around. At the age of 16 he left his family's farm and moved to San Antonio, Texas, where he began working for the San Antonio Electric Company. At the age of 17 he applied to become a motorcycle policeman and by the age of 18, he was a...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Paschal, Thomas Moore b. December 15, 1845 d. January 28, 1919
US Congressman. Elected to represent Texas's 12th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1893 to 1895. Also served as a State Court Judge from 1870 to 1871, and 1876 to 1892. (Bio by: K)
Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Slayden, James b. June 1, 1853 d. February 24, 1924
US Congressman from Texas 1897 - 1919.
Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section 2, Lot 528, grave 2
Toepperwein, Adolph b. October 17, 1869 d. March 4, 1962
Western Marksman. Born in Boerne, Texas, he was excellent marksman who toured with a circus and represented Winchester Repeating Arms Company for fifty years as a publicity agent. While working in Winchester Arms Company as a vaudeville-circuit shooting act, he met Elizabeth Servaty. In 1903, he married her, gave her shooting lessons, discovered she was a natural and by 1904, they were working as a team professionally doing shooting shows. In 1906, he made 19,999 hits out of 20,000 hand-thrown...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section 7 Lot 705 Grave 11
GPS coordinates: 29.2061005, -98.2802734 (hddd.dddd)
Toepperwein, Elizabeth b. 1882 d. January 27, 1945
Sharpshooter. Born Elizabeth Servaty in New Haven, Connecticut, she was working in Winchester Arms Company when she met Adolph Toepperwein a vaudeville-circuit shooting act who was employed as an exhibition shooter. Married to Toepperwein in 1903, he gave her shooting lessons, discovered she was a natural and by 1904, they were working as a team professionally doing shooting shows. Nicknamed "Plinky" they performed together in a career that spanned forty years. Their displays of expertise...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section 7 Lot 705 Grave 12
GPS coordinates: 29.2061005, -98.2802734 (hddd.dddd)
Waddell, Rube (George Edward) b. October 13, 1876 d. April 1, 1914
Hall of Fame Major League Baseball Player. Born George Edward Waddell in Bradford, Pennsylvania, he made his debut as a left hand pitcher for the Louisville Colonels on September 8, 1897. Regarded as one of the best pitchers of all time, his 1904 single-season strikeout record of 349 for an American League lefty has stood for generations. For thirteen seasons, he played for the Louisville Colonels, 1897, Pittsburgh Pirates, 1900 to 1901, Chicago Orphans, 1901 and Philadelphia Athletics, 1902 to...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Plot: Block 5, Lot 182, Space 2
Whitney, Pinky b. January 2, 1905 d. September 1, 1987
Major League Baseball Player. Born Arthur Carter Whitney. He played third base for three ML teams: Philadelphia Phillies (1928 to 1933 and 1936 to 1939), Boston Braves (1933 to 1935), and Boston Bees (1936). During his 12-year career he had a hitting average of .295 and batted in 927 runs. (Bio by: Mel Bashore)
Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Youngs, Ross b. April 10, 1897 d. October 22, 1927
Hall of Fame Major Leage Baseball Player. Stocky, hardhitting, hard-running, hard-sliding right fielder of the champion Giants of the 1920's. Aggressive and consistent, he was called "the greatest outfielder I ever saw" by his manager, John McGraw. He hit over .300 seven straight seasons in compiling a career figure of .322; and he led N.L. outfielders in assists on three occasions. He was inducted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972 by the Veterans Committee.
Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Plot: Block 3, Lot 89, Grave 3&4
GPS coordinates: 29.2077293, -98.2827988 (hddd.dddd)

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