Find A Grave - Oakwood Cemetery

Allison, Wilmer b. December 8, 1904 d. April 20, 1977
Professional Tennis Player. He won the Wimbledon doubles title in 1929 and 1930 with partner John Van Ryn. They are considered by many tennis historians to be the best doubles combination of the period. He achieved the number one ranking in the United States in 1934 and 1935.
Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section 2, Lot 801 (Caswell Lot)
GPS coordinates: 30.1656303, -97.4352036 (hddd.dddd)
Burleson, Albert Sidney b. June 7, 1863 d. November 24, 1937
US Congressman, Presidential Cabinet Secretary. He was elected as a Democrat to represent Texas' 9th and 10th Congressional Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1899 until his resignation in 1913 to accept the appointment of United States Postmaster General. He served as Postmaster General during the administrations of President Woodrow Wilson, serving from 1913 to 1921.
Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
Colquitt, Oscar b. December 16, 1861 d. March 8, 1940
Texas Governor. He served as Governor of Texas from 1911 to 1915. His programs included the 8-hour work day, workmen's compensation, child labor laws, and penal reform.
Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section 4, Block 3, Lot 1051
GPS coordinates: 30.1669903, -97.4353027 (hddd.dddd)
Dickinson (Wilkerson), Susana (Susanna) b. 1814 d. October 7, 1883
Alamo Survivor. Born Susanna Wilkerson in Tennessee, she was the wife of Captain Almaron Dickerson and was the sole adult Anglo survivor that witnessed the massacre at the Battle of the Alamo. On the morning of March 6, 1836, as the troops of General Antonio López de Santa Anna stormed the mission, Captain Dickerson ran to his wife, reported that all was lost, and expressed hope that she could save herself and their child. Although he died at the Alamo, his wife and child Angelina survived...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
Duval, John Crittenden b. March 14, 1816 d. January 15, 1897
Texas Independence Figure. He was a member of Colonel James Fannin's army during the War of Texas Independence. He was one of the few members of Colonel Fannin's force to escape it's massacre at the hands of Mexican soldiers under command of Colonel Jose Nicolas de la Portilla at Goliad, Texas on March 27, 1836, and was the last surviving member.
Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section 1, Block 1, Lot 311
GPS coordinates: 30.1651592, -97.4362717 (hddd.dddd)
Faulk, John b. August 21, 1913 d. April 9, 1990
Humorist and radio show host who won a celebrated libel suit in 1962 that helped break the McCarthy-era blacklist of entertainers accused of being communists. He wrote "Fear on Trial", which was made into a television movie in 1975.
Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section 3 Lot 1139 Space 4
GPS coordinates: 30.1671505, -97.4358597 (hddd.dddd)
Goggin, James Monroe b. October 23, 1820 d. October 11, 1889
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. He was born in Bedford County, Virginia, where he received his education later he entered West Point with the class of 1842, however he did not graduate due to his joining the army in the Republic of Texas with the rank of Lieutenant. He later traveled in 1848 to California, where he established mail routes; he eventually settled in Memphis, Tennessee, in the cotton brokerage business. With the advent of war, he enlisted as Major of the 32nd Virginia...[Read More] (Bio by: Ugaalltheway)
Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
GPS coordinates: 30.2773991, -97.7264328 (hddd.dddd)
Green, Thomas b. January 8, 1814 d. April 12, 1864
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. Prior to the Civil War, he served as an Army officer in the Mexican-American War and as clerk of the Supreme Court of Texas. He entered the Civil War as a Colonel in the brigade of General H. H. Sibley and saw service in New Mexico. In 1863, he was promoted Brigadier General in command of the Texas Confederate forces, participated in Battle of Galveston and at Mansfield and Pleasant Hill, Louisiana. At the Battle of Blair's Landing, April 12, 1864, he...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
GPS coordinates: 30.2760696, -97.7284317 (hddd.dddd)
Hamilton, Andrew Jackson b. January 28, 1815 d. April 11, 1875
Texas Governor, US Congressman. Born in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in Talladega in 1841. Moving to Texas in 1846, he began practicing law in LaGrange, Fayette County. He was appointed acting state Attorney General in 1849, and in 1850 was elected to a term in the State House of Representatives. Hamilton was elected to the United States House of Representative as an Independent Democrat in 1858, representing the Western District of Texas...[Read More] (Bio by: H M G)
Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
Hamilton, Morgan Calvin b. February 25, 1809 d. November 21, 1893
US Senator. Elected as a Senator from Texas to the United States Senate, serving from 1870 to 1877. His brother was Texas Governor and Civil War Union General Andrew Jackson Hamilton. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
Plot: Block 2, Lot 702
Hancock, John b. October 24, 1824 d. July 19, 1893
US Congressman. A member of the Texas Bar, he was serving as a Legislator in the Texas State House of Representatives when the Civil War began, and was expelled for refusing to take an oath of allegiance to the newly formed Confederate States of America. He was elected as a Democrat to represent three different Texas Congressional Districts in the United States House of Representatives. He first represented the 4th District from 1871 to 1875, then the 5th District from 1875 to 1877, then...[Read More]
Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
Plot: Block 3, Lot 709
GPS coordinates: 30.1660595, -97.4357910 (hddd.dddd)
Hogg, Ima b. July 10, 1882 d. August 19, 1975
Philanthropist. She was born into a wealthy and politically powerful Texas family. A native of the tiny town of Mineola she developed a love of music at a young age and went on to study music internationally. In 1913 she helped establish the Houston Symphony Orchestra. "Miss Ima" though born into privilege had to over come several difficulties early in life. Her mother and father both died while she was relatively young. In 1918 she spent two years in Philadelphia receiving medical treatment...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section 3, Lot 1028
GPS coordinates: 30.1667995, -97.4360123 (hddd.dddd)
Hogg, James Stephen b. March 24, 1851 d. March 3, 1906
Governor of Texas. Born near Rusk, Cherokee County, Texas, he was the first native born Texan to become governor. Orphaned by 1863, he had little money and had to go to work before getting more than a basic education. After the Civil War, he went to school in Alabama. After returning to Texas, he worked as a typesetter in a newspaper office at Rusk where he perfected his spelling, improved his vocabulary, and was stimulated by the prose and poetry contributions of his brother who was studying...[Read More] (Bio by: Hallie Garrison)
Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section 3 Lot 1028
GPS coordinates: 30.1667995, -97.4360123 (hddd.dddd)
Lomax, John Avery b. September 23, 1867 d. January 26, 1948
Author. Best known for collecting and preserving American folk songs. Some of the books that he has written are "Negro Folk Songs as Sung by Lead Belly" (with Alan Lomax), and "American Ballads and Folk Songs." (Bio by: Laurie)
Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
McLemore, Atkins Jefferson b. March 13, 1857 d. March 4, 1929
US Congressman. He was a successful Texas newspaper publisher and served in the State House of Representatives from 1892 to 1896. From 1900 to 1904, he was the secretary of the Democratic State executive committee. In 1915 he was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses, serving until 1919. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he returned to the newspaper publishing business. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
Moore, William b. May 18, 1837 d. February 16, 1918
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he served as a Boatswain's Mate on board the USS Benton, Union Navy. On December 27, 1862, during the attack on the Confederates at Haines Bluff, Yazoo River, Boatswain's Mate Moore was wounded in the engagement. The enemy had a dead-range on the vessel and was punishing her with heavy fire and Boatswain's Mate Moore served courageously in carrying lines to shore until the USS Benton was order to withdraw. For most...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
Plot: Annex - Block A Lot 73 Space 4
GPS coordinates: 30.1659298, -97.4345779 (hddd.dddd)
Norton, Nimrod Lindsay b. April 18, 1830 d. September 28, 1903
Civil War Confederate Army Officer, CSA Congressman. A farmer in Missouri at the outbreak of the Civil War, he gathered together some of the first organized Confederate resistance against intial Federal movements north of the Missouri River. He eventually was made part of Major General Sterling Price's staff, rising to the rank of Colonel. He was elected to represent Missouri in the Confederate House of Representatives, serving from 1864 until the collapse of the Confederacy in 1865. After the...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
GPS coordinates: 30.2767391, -97.7264633 (hddd.dddd)
Pease, Elisha Marshall b. January 3, 1812 d. August 26, 1883
5th & 13th Governor of Texas. Born in Enfield, Connecticut, he studied at Westfield Academy in Massachusetts. He held several minor positions in Connecticut, including that of clerk in the post office in Hartford. In 1834 he starting looking for new opportunities and traveled west. He arrived in Texas in early 1835, settling in Mina. He studied law and became quite involved with the developing Texas Revolution. He hoped for conciliation with Mexico even while becoming secretary of a committee...[Read More] (Bio by: Hallie Garrison)
Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
Roberts Sr., Oran Milo b. July 9, 1815 d. May 19, 1898
Civil War Confederate Army Officer, Texas Governor. He told his mother, Margaret (Ewing) Roberts, that he was through in the fields, and that he had higher, although no less nobler aspirations for his life. Borrowing money from his brother-in-law, Robert Bourland, he went on to attend the University of Alabama School of Law, graduating in 1836. He married his sweetheart, Frances Wycliffe Edwards in 1837. In 1839 he was elected to a single term in the Alabama State Legislature; he also practiced...[Read More]
Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
Steele, William b. May 1, 1819 d. January 12, 1885
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. He graduated from West Point in 1840, was commissioned an officer in the 2nd Dragoons and served in Florida during the Seminole War. At the outbreak of the Civil Warm, he resigned his commission in Army and was commissioned Colonel of the 7th Texas Cavalry. Promoted Brigadier General in September, 1862, he took part in the Confederate New Mexico-Arizona operations and was in charge of the Indian Territory until the close of the war. After the war, he...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
GPS coordinates: 30.2754498, -97.7273102 (hddd.dddd)

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