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Barbette (Broadway) (Vander Clyde) b. December 19, 1899 d. August 5, 1973
Actor, Trapeze Artist. At a young age he left home to become an acrobat. Later he formed a partnership with a woman trapeze artist assuming the role of her twin sister, who had died. As a solo-trapeze and wire-walker artist, he continued to dress as a woman, and in the mid-1920s he went to perform in Europe. He achieved great success in Paris, France, and was a friend of Jean Cocteau. In the early 1930s he posed for a series of photographs by artist Man Ray, who put into a book called, "Le Sang...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Round Rock Cemetery, Round Rock, Williamson County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section C, Row 2, Stone, 3
Barkley, David B. b. March 31, 1899 d. November 9, 1918
World War I Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Private, United States Army, Company A, 356th Infantry, 89th Division. He was awarded his medal posthumously for service Near Pouilly, France, on November 9, 1918. His citation reads-When information was desired as to the enemy's position on the opposite side of the Meuse River, Pvt. Barkeley, with another soldier, volunteered without hesitation and swam the river to reconnoiter the exact location. He succeeded in reaching the...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
San Antonio National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Barnes, Seaborn b. 1849 d. July 19, 1878
Train and Bank Robber. The "Lieutenant" of the Sam Bass Gang. Called "Seab" or "Nubbin's Colt", he was born in Cass County, Texas. His father died when Seaborn was an infant and his widowed mother took her 5 children to Handley, near Fort Worth, to raise them near her relatives. He worked as a cowboy in his early teens. He was considered illiterate as he never went to school and could not hold his liquor, becoming involved in many barroom fights. He served a year in jail when he was 17 over a...[Read More] (Bio by: Hallie Garrison)
Round Rock Cemetery, Round Rock, Williamson County, Texas, USA
Barnes, William [cenotaph] b. 1845 d. December 24, 1866
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He was a farmer before the war and enlisted in the Union Army on February 11, 1864. He joined Company C of the 38th United States Colored Infantry Regiment as a private. His enlistment papers gave his age as 23 which means he would have been born in 1840 or 1841, but other sources give his birth as 1845. His regiment was among a division of black troops at the Battle of Chaffin's Farm on September 29, 1864.Confederate Brigadier General John...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd)
San Antonio National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section Ma Grave 86 (in Memory Marker)
GPS coordinates: 29.2527809, -98.2802200 (hddd.dddd)
Barrett, Montgomery b. June 19, 1897 d. October 8, 1949
Cartoonist and author. In 1927 he began the syndicated cartoon strip "Jane Arden." He wrote various magazine articles and historical novels. Three of his books with Texas backgrounds were "Sun in Their Eyes" (1944), "Tempered Blade" (1946) and "Smoke up the Valley" (1949).
San Jose Burial Park, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Plot: Block 9 Section 1 W 1/2 Lot 307 Grave 5
GPS coordinates: 29.2075806, -98.2837067 (hddd.dddd)
Barrow, Buck (Marvin) b. March 14, 1905 d. July 29, 1933
Outlaw. Buck Barrow was part of the infamous Barrow gang in the 1930's along with his Brother Clyde, Clyde's girlfriend Bonnie Parker, and his wife, Blanche. In 1933, Buck was shot by the police while on the run, and died three days later from his wounds.
Western Heights Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Barrow, Clyde b. March 24, 1909 d. May 23, 1934
Outlaw. Even though he lived on the edge of the law as a youngster, Clyde Chestnut Barrow's first crime was not until an auto theft in 1926 at the age of 17. Clyde, one of several sons of a poor East Texas sharecropper, had little formal education, but had learned "street smarts" from teenage gangs in the Dallas, Texas area. At a slim 5'7" frame with a face of an innocent baby, he was attractive to women. He met his partner in crime and romantic interest, Bonnie Parker, in 1930 while he was on...[Read More] (Bio by: Linda Davis)
Western Heights Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
GPS coordinates: 32.7655373, -96.8458633 (hddd.dddd)
Barry, Col. James Buckner b. December 16, 1821 d. December 16, 1906
Civil War Confederate Army Officer. Came to Texas from North Carolina in 1845, and fought in Mexican War and Indian campaigns. In the Civil War, he commanded Confederate cavalry regiment in Texas outposts from Red River to Fort McKavett. He led patrols that protected outer settlements and prevented Indian attacks and threatened Federal invasion from Indian territory. Elected to Texas Legislature in 1883. (Bio by: Edward L. Williams)
Barry Cemetery, Walnut Springs (Bosque County), Bosque County, Texas, USA
Bartholomew, Edward Ellsworth b. March 17, 1914 d. June 4, 2003
Historian. He was a prolific researcher and noted author of numerous non-fiction books about the American Old West, occasionally writing under the pseudonym "Jesse Ed Rascoe". He had a particular interest in outlaws and gunfighters. He published books about such notable Western hardcases as Wild Bill Longley, Cullen Baker and Black Jack Ketchum. Perhaps his most enduring contribution to the history of the Old West is his meticulously researched 2 volume biography of gunfighter Wyatt Earp. The...[Read More] (Bio by: George Bacon)
Hillcrest Cemetery, Fort Davis, Jeff Davis County, Texas, USA
Bass, Sam b. July 21, 1851 d. July 21, 1878
Western Outlaw. Born on a farm near Mitchell, Indiana, he was orphaned before he was thirteen and spent five years at the home of an uncle. In 1870, he arrived in Denton, Texas, handled horses in the stables and became interested in horse racing. Acquiring a fleet mount, he won most of his races when he with Joel Collins gathered a small herd of longhorn cattle, drove them north and sold them in Deadwood, South Dakota. There Bass and Collins tried working in freighting and without success, then...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Cause of death: He was mortally wounded by a Texas Ranger named George Harrell on July 19, 1878, just moments after Bass and one of his gang, Seaborn Barnes, had shot and disabled Morris Moore, a one-time Texas Ranger
Round Rock Cemetery, Round Rock, Williamson County, Texas, USA
Plot: West Side, Near Fence
GPS coordinates: 30.6211338, -97.6977463 (hddd.dddd)
Battle of Gonzales memorial
At the confluence of the Guadalupe and San Marcos rivers, Gonzales, at the westernmost point of Anglo-American settlement in Texas as a province of Mexico, became a center of much of the Texas revolutionary activity. On October 2, 1835, Texans led by Colonel John H. Moore resisted Mexican dragoons sent to retrieve the town cannon. Challenging the Mexican soldiers to "Come and Take It," the Texans rallied around the gun and fought the Battle of Gonzales. In this engagement, the Texans killed...[Read More]
Dikes Family Cemetery, Gonzales, Gonzales County, Texas, USA
Battleground Prarie monument
At this site, on March 29, 1839, Texas Frontier Regiment volunteers under the command of General Edward Burleson defeated forces under Vincente Cordova, effectively ending the "Cordova Rebellion."
Old Highway 90, Seguin, Guadalupe County, Texas, USA
Baugh, Sammy (Samuel Adrian) b. March 17, 1914 d. December 17, 2008
Hall of Fame Professional Football Player. As quarterback, defensive back, and punter for the Washington Redskins between 1937 and 1952, he set 13 NFL records, two of which still stood at his death. Raised in south central Texas, he was a multi sport star in high school whose ambition was to play baseball. He received a scholarship to Washington State but it fell thru after a knee injury; attending Texas Christian University (TCU) instead, he played football, baseball, and basketball. In an era...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Belvieu Cemetery, Rotan, Fisher County, Texas, USA
Baulch Jr., Billy Gene b. 1955 d. May 21, 1972
Murder victim. He was only 17 years old when he and his 16-year-old friend, Johnny Delome, were abducted and killed by serial killer Dean Corll. The bodies of the two friends were found on High Island Beach, along with 4 others. Two books have been written about the case -- "The Man With The Candy" and "Mass Murder In Houston." (Bio by: Karen Valentine)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Baulch, Michael Anthony b. 1957 d. July 19, 1973
Murder victim. He was only 16 years old when he was abducted and killed by serial killer Dean Corll. His older brother, Billy, had been killed by Corll a year earlier. Michael's body was found in Corll's boat shed, along with 16 others. Two books have been written about the case: "The Man With The Candy" and "Mass Murder In Houston." (Bio by: Karen Valentine)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Baylor, George Wythe b. August 24, 1832 d. March 24, 1916
Confederate Military Officer, Texas Ranger. Born in Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation. His father died when he was 2 and by 1845, he and his family had lived in numerous locations. As an adult, he continued this restless lifestyle, never staying in one place for very long. In 1845, he moved to Texas to live with his brother, John Robert Baylor near La Grange, in Ross Prairie. He attended Rutersville College and later attended Baylor University at Independence, Texas. He worked for a short time as a...[Read More] (Bio by: H M G)
Confederate Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Plot: Section 3 Lot 45
GPS coordinates: 29.4207306, -98.4639130 (hddd.dddd)
Baylor, John R b. July 27, 1822 d. February 6, 1894
Member of Texas state legislature, 1853; delegate to Texas secession convention, 1861; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative from Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65. General John Magruder impressed by his gallantry recommended he be promoted to brigadier general, however his highest Confederate rank was colonel.
Episcopal Church of the Ascension Cemetery, Montell, Uvalde County, Texas, USA
GPS coordinates: 29.3239098, -100.0015106 (hddd.dddd)
Baylor, Robert Emmett Bledsoe b. May 10, 1793 d. January 6, 1874
US Congressman. A United States Army veteran of the War of 1812, he was a native of Kentucky, and served in the Kentucky State Legislature until he moved to Alabama. There he was elected as a Jacksonian to represent Alabama's 2nd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1829 to 1831. He later moved to Texas, served as a delegate to the 1854 Texas Constitution Convention, and co-founded Baylor University and Baylor Female College, which later the...[Read More]
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Campus, Belton, Bell County, Texas, USA
Beahan, Kermit b. August 9, 1918 d. March 9, 1989
Military Figure. He was the bombardier aboard the airplane "Bock's Car" that dropped the second atomic bomb over Nagasaki, Japan, on August 10, 1945. (Bio by: Erik Lander)
Houston National Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Beall, James Andrew b. October 25, 1866 d. February 11, 1929
Member Texas House of Representatives (1892-95), member of Texas state senate (1895-99), US Representative from Texas (1903-15).
From obituary:
"Jack Beall, 62, former Texas Congressman and president of Texas Electric Railway and the Dallas Union Trust Company, died suddenly as a result of a heart attack at 6 p.m. Tuesday at his home, 3725 Turtle Creek Boulevard.
Mr Beall was born in Mountain Peak, Ellis County, Oct. 27, 1866. The son of Richard and Adelaide Beall. His parents were...[Read More]
Oakland Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Plot: Circle 14 Lot 1
GPS coordinates: 32.4573288, -96.4544907 (hddd.dddd)

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