Runnels-Terry family of Houston, Texas (original) (raw)
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Hiram George Runnels (1796-1857) — also known as Hiram G. Runnels — Born in Hancock County, Ga., December 17, 1796.Mississippi state auditor, 1822-30; member of Mississippi state legislature, 1830, 1841; Governor of Mississippi, 1833-35; delegate to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845. Fought a duelwith Volney E. Howard. Died in Houston, Harris County, Tex., December 17, 1857 (age 61 years, 0 days). Interment at Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Tex. 
Relatives: Uncle of Hardin Richard Runnels and Hester Eleanor Runnels (who married William Robinson Baker). Political family: Runnels-Terry family of Houston, Texas. Runnels County, Tex. is named for him. See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial |
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| | Hardin Richard Runnels (1820-1873) — of Boston, Bowie County, Tex. Born in Mississippi, August 30, 1820. Democrat. Member of Texas state house of representatives, 1847-54; Speaker of the Texas State House of Representatives, 1853-54; Lieutenant Governor of Texas, 1855-57; Governor of Texas, 1857-59; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1860;delegate to Texas secession convention, 1861; delegate to Texas state constitutional convention, 1866. Member, Freemasons. Died December 25, 1873 (age 53 years, 117 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Bowie County, Tex.; reinterment in 1929 at Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Tex. |
| | William Robinson Baker (1820-1890) — also known as William R. Baker — of Houston, Harris County, Tex. Born in Baldwinsville, Onondaga County, N.Y., May 21, 1820.Harris County Clerk, 1841-57; railroad executive; member of Texas state senate 16th District, 1874-75; mayor of Houston, Tex., 1880-86. Died in Houston, Harris County, Tex., April 30, 1890 (age 69 years, 344 days). Interment at Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Tex. |
| | Benjamin Franklin Terry (1821-1861) — also known as Frank Terry — Born in Russellville, Logan County, Ky., February 18, 1821.Planter; in 1844, he was attackedby two rebellious slaves with knives and axes; railroad builder; delegate to Texas secession convention, 1861; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.Shotand killed in action while leading Terry's Texas Rangers at the battle of Woodsonville (also called Rowlett's Station), in Hart County, Ky., December 17, 1861 (age 40 years, 302 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Fort Bend County, Tex.; reinterment in 1880 at Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Tex. Presumably named for: Benjamin Franklin Relatives: Son of Joseph Royal Terry and Sarah David (Smith) Terry; brother of David Smith Terry; married, October 12, 1841, to Mary Bingham. Political family: Runnels-Terry family of Houston, Texas. Terry County, Tex. is named for him. See also Find-A-Grave memorial |
| | David Smith Terry (1823-1889) — also known as David S. Terry — of Galveston, Galveston County, Tex.; San Francisco, Calif.; Stockton, San Joaquin County, Calif. Born in Christian County (part now in Todd County), Ky., March 8, 1823.Lawyer;went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; advocated the extension of slavery to California; justice of California state supreme court, 1855-59; chief justice of California state supreme court, 1857-59; killed U.S. Senator David C. Broderick in a duelnear San Francisco in 1859; triedfor murder, but acquitted; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;delegate to California state constitutional convention, 1878-79; candidate for Presidential Elector for California; his wife Sarah Althea Hill claimed to be the widow and heir of wealthy U.S. Senator William Sharon; in September, 1888, when her claim was finally rejected by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen J. Field (acting as a Court of Appeals judge for California), she and Terry caused an altercation in the courtroom and were jailedsix months for contempt of court. Five months after his release from jail, he encountered Justice Field and slapped him in the face; he was then shotthrough the heart and killed by U.S. Deputy Marshal David Neagle, the justice's bodyguard, in the train station dining room at Lathrop, San Joaquin County, Calif., August 14, 1889 (age 66 years, 159 days). Neagle was arrested by local authorities, but later released on the demand of the U.S. government. Interment at Stockton Rural Cemetery, Stockton, Calif. Relatives: Son of Joseph Royal Terry and Sarah David (Smith) Terry; brother of Benjamin Franklin Terry; married, November 26, 1852, to Cornelia Runnels (niece of Hardin Richard Runnels); married, January 7, 1886, to Sarah Althea Hill. Political family: Runnels-Terry family of Houston, Texas. Cross-reference: Peter Singleton Wilkes See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial |
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