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Eleanor Searle Whitney McCollum (c. 1908 – August 12, 2002) was an independent woman of means who was married to two important American men, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney and Leonard Franklin "Mac" McCollum. She achieved a unique and separable identity as a philanthropist and community organizer in Houston, Texas.
Moses Austin (1761–1821), secured a grant of 200,000 acres in the province of Texas (under New Spain) on 17 January 1821, but died on his return trip to home in Missouri. His son Stephen F. Austin carried out the colonization of Texas. [10] Stephen F. Austin (1793–1836), Secretary of State for the Republic of Texas. Louisiana Lodge No. 109 ...
His wife, Mary Smith Jones, the first lady of the Republic of Texas, died on December 31, 1907, and is buried at Glenwood Cemetery. [20] Two reconstruction mayors are interred at Glenwood: Joseph Robert Morris [21] and Thomas Howe Scanlan. [22] John T. Browne was mayor of Houston from 1897 to 1899 and member of Texas House of Representatives. [23]
Cornelius Vanderbilt Wood was born in Waynoka, Oklahoma.Throughout his early life, Wood was referred to as Junior and “Woodsy.” Later on, friends and business colleagues called him “C.V. Wood” or “C.V.” or “Woody.” [citation needed] The family moved to Amarillo, TX following Wood’s father's promotion within the Santa Fe Railway.
Sometimes the prewritten obituary's subject outlives its author. One example is The New York Times' obituary of Taylor, written by the newspaper's theater critic Mel Gussow, who died in 2005. [7] The 2023 obituary of Henry Kissinger featured reporting by Michael T. Kaufman, who died almost 14 years earlier in 2010. [8]
Andrew Joseph McDonald, 90, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Little Rock (1972–2000). [11] Bill Mitchell, 85, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings), kidney failure. [12] Carlos Oneto, 84, Peruvian actor and comic. [13] Merimeri Penfold, 93, New Zealand Māori language academic (University of Auckland), cancer. [14]
Cornelius Mack, 58, died in what Sumter County Coroner Robbie Baker called an accident. The collision happened at about 4:15 p.m., said Lance Cpl. Lena Butler of the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
Concha Alós, 85, Spanish writer. [1]Stan Barstow, 83, English novelist. [2]Joe Caffie, 80, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Buckeyes). [3]Carmela Marie Cristiano, 83, American Roman Catholic nun (Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth), first nun to seek political office in New Jersey.