Sam Houston, 1793-1863
  submitted by Barry Boecher, 10 Sep 2006
  Laredo Times Newspaper
  Sam Houston, "father of the State of Texas" born in Virginia March 2, 1793. Died in Huntsville, Texas, July 26, 1863.

William Phillip Fisher
  Houston Telegraph (Houston, TX), Feb 29, 1864 - Transcribed by Veneta McKinney
  William Phillip Fisher was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina March 10, 1797. In 1818 he removed to Alabama where he resided until 1854 when he removed to Texas and settled in Walker County. He died at his residence, after a short illness, on the 8th instant. Col. Fisher was a kind husband, an affectionate father, and a good master. He was a man of marked industry, skill and success as a planter; he was just and generous in his relations to others. He was one of the most patriotic and liberal citizens of Walker County, and while he had always been ready to assist the poor, he has, since the war began, been surpassed by none in liberality to the families of soldiers and in devotion to the cause of the country. He has been regular, systematic, and untiring in efforts to do his whole duty. At the time of his death, Col. Fisher had been forty years a member of the Methodist Church. With a high sense of honor, a cultivated sense of Christian piety, a thoughtful retiring disposition he passed unobtrusively, but very respectfully through life and has left his children the inheritance of an unsullied man, and an honorable example. His end was peaceful; calmly and joyfully he departed, in the hope of a glorious resurrection. A good man has gone to rest - let us cherish his memory and emulate his virtues. R. T. Heflin, Huntsville, TX February 23, 1864.

Bernard Mallon
  Brenham Weekly Banner (Brenham, Tex.), October 24, 1879
  Bernard Mallon, president of the Huntsville normal institute died at that place on the 21st inst. after an illness of one week. He had but very recently come to this state. During his short stay at Huntsville he made many friends.

Rev. Sam McKinney
  Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, TX) December 05, 1879
  Rev. Sam McKinney died at Huntsville on Saturday last at the advanced age of 72 years.

W.W. Keep
  Brenham Weekly Banner (Brenham, Tex.) Aug 12, 1880
  Dr. W.W. Keep, a Baptist minister aged 65 years, died at Huntsville on the 5th inst.

Susie Fuller
  Brenham Weekly Banner (Brenham, Tex.), June 08, 1882
  Miss Susie Fuller a recent graduate of Sam Houston Normal school, died at Huntsville on Tuesday.

Mrs. Patten
  Brenham Weekly Banner (Brenham, Tex.) January 26, 1888
  Mrs. Patten, wife of Dr. G.W. Patten, a prominent physician at Huntsville, died on the 17th.

Geo. Robinson
  Brenham Weekly Banner (Brenham, Tex.), February 09, 1888
  Geo. Robinson, founder and editor of the Huntsville Item for 35 years, died on Tuesday of paralysis.

Katherine Estill
  Staunton (VA) Spectator 8 July 1891
  At her home in Huntsville, Texas, June 22nd, Katherine Estill, widow of the late Prof Charles P. Estill and step-daughter of Mrs M. L. F. Fishburne of Waynesboro, Augusta county, of which town she was a native. She leaves two sons and three daughters.

Alfred McDonald
  Idaho Statesman, November 18, 1893, page 1
  Hanged in Texas
  Galveston, Tex., Nov. 17 - A Huntsville dispatch to the News says: Alfred McDonald colored, 21 years old, was hanged here this afternoon. The rope slipped and McDonald strangled to death in about 12 minutes. McDonald on January 5th last murdered his father and stepmother.

John M. Parish
  El Paso Daily Herald.(El Paso, Tex.) September 25, 1899
  Remains shipped - On yesterday the remains of John M. Parish were shipped to Huntsville, Texas, by Nagley. Parish was formerly postmaster at Huntsville and died here Saturday of consumption. He left a widow and one child.

Pink Bagwell, Jr.
  Palestine Daily Herald.(Palestine, Tex.) July 24, 1907
  Killed in a Runaway
  Theory Is Pink Bagwell Died from Heart Failure.
  Huntsville, Texas. July 23 Pink Bagwell, Jr., a young man living fourteen miles north of Huntsville, near Calhoun's ferry, was killed yesterday afternoon by a runaway team. The young man's body was not bruised in any manner, and the people who knew the condition of his health are inclined to the theory that the excitement caused heart failure.

Mrs. Cotton
  (Jefferson, Tex.) February 14, 1908
  Mrs. Cotton, mother of Jas. Cotton, formerly a citizen of Jefferson, but now living at Houston, died at Huntsville and the remains reached here on No. 2 Thursday. They were taken to the residence of C. A. Rowell, and Friday morning were carried to Avinger on M. K. & T. for burial.
  Jefferson Jimplecute.

J. R. Irvin
  Bryan Daily Eagle and Pilot (Bryan, Tex.), October 25, 1909
  A Prominent Citizen of Huntsville Died Suddenly Saturday Afternoon.
  Mr. J. R. Irvin, one of the most prominent citizens and business men in Huntsville, died suddenly Saturday afternoon. He had a number of friends in this city and they were greatly shocked and grieved when the news was received yesterday morning. He had a son, Goode Irvin, in Allen Academy, and the young man left for home yesterday afternoon to attend the funeral of his father. He was given the tenderest sympathy by the faculty and his school-fellows. Mr. Irvin was president of the Huntsville Oil Company and was one of the towns most prominent business men. He was also prominent in church and educational matters and was a member of the board of directors of the Bryan Baptist Academy.

Grace Follett
  Bryan Daily Eagle and Pilot (Bryan, Tex.), February 15, 1911
  Huntsville, Texas, Feb 15 - Mrs. Grace Huntington Parker Follett, wife of Prof. Roy Follett, of the English department of A. & M. college, died Monday in Huntsville at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.O.B. Gillespie, of acute heart trouble. Deceased was born lived in Attleborough, Mass., and came to Texas as a bride something over a year since. Her husband had been summoned and was at her bedside when she passed away. An infant daughter survives the mother. Mrs. Follett's remains were sent to her old home for interment. The mother of Prof. Follett will arrive at the earliest possible date and will take her little granddaughter home with her. Mrs. Follett was well known in Bryan and was a favorite in society circles, especially with the younger people.

Alfred A. Aden, 1824-1912
  submitted by Shirley Hager
  Alfred A. Aden, 1854 Member of Lodge
  Born in 1824 in Benton County, Tennessee, A.A. Aden came to Texas as a school teacher prior to 1850. The following year he married Mary Susan Cochran, daughter of Wm. James Brown and Elenor B. Howie Cochran of Coldsprings. After Mary's death, he married Rebecca Tanner in Walker County. Teaching first at Swartwout in 1850, Mr. Aden's salary depended on the number of students who were able to pay the 10 cent per day charged each child. After the State appropriated funds to pay for the indigent children in about 1856, Mr. Aden still found it necessary to supplement his income with surveying.
  Elected as the first surveyor of the new county of San Jacinto, Mr. Aden did not qualify probably because of the new boundaries.
  At his death in 1912, he was buried in the Shockley Chapel Cemetery, Walker County, near Oakhurst.

Leita Viola Howell Moore, 1904-1999
  submitted by Doug McBroom, 6 Sep 2011
  Laredo Times Newspaper, 6 Dec 1999
  Leita Howell Moore, age 95, of Huntsville, passed away Dec. 6, 1999 in Huntsville. She was born Nov. 12, 1904, in Freestone Co., Texas. She was a retired school teacher and librarian, taught in Madisonville and Huntsville Public schools. The oldest of two daughters, born to Joseph and Fannie Bell May Howell. She was preceded in death by her husband, Rayford H. Moore.
  Remembrances can be made to the library at the First Baptist Church. Survivors: son and daughter-in-law, Ray and Doris Moore; son and daughter-in-law, Joe and Grace Moore, daughter and son-in-law Jan and Ted Campbell; grandchildren: Sherry Allen, Robert Moore, Ronnie Moore, Tim Campbell, Jill Campbell; six great grandchildren; and sister, Ruth Tacker. Services Dec. 9, 1999 at 10 a.m. at First Baptist Church. Burial at Adickes Addition of Oakwood Cemetery. Minister Rev. Carrol Williams officiating. Pallbearers: Tim Campbell, Chris Campbell, Robert Moore, Ronnie Moore, Casey Moore, and Shane Moore. Family will receive friends from 6 to 8 pm on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 1999 at Huntsville Funeral Home. Arrangements under the direction of Huntsville Funeral Home, 409-295-6363.

Dr. Marilyn McAdams Sibley,
  beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, noted historian and author, passed from this life on Jan. 19, 2006, after a short illness. Dr. Sibley was born Sept. 30, 1921, in rural Walker County to Nevada and Horace McAdams.
  She married J. Dale Sibley on June 24, 1944 at First Baptist Church of Huntsville. Dr. Sibley received a Bachelor’s degree from Sam Houston State University, a Masters degree from the University of Houston, and a Ph.D from Rice University. Dr. Sibley served as professor and chairman of the history department at Houston Baptist University, a visiting professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin and an instructor at the University of Houston. She authored eight books including Travelers In Texas (1967) and Lone Stars and State Gazettes (1983). She served as president of the Texas State Historical Association and authored numerous articles including articles in the Journal of Southern History and Southwestern Historical Quarterly.
  Among the awards Dr. Sibley received are the Piper Award for excellence in teaching in 1976 and the Summerfield G. Roberts Award from the Sons of the Republic of Texas for the best book about Texas published in 1967.
  Dr. Sibley was a member of First Baptist Church of Huntsville where she attended the Golden Rule Sunday School Class. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and Daughters of the Republic of Texas.
  She is survived by her husband of 61 years and the love of her life, J. Dale Sibley; a sister, Ruth McAdams Ralston of Longview; three sons, eight grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by a sister, Dorothy McAdams Sparks; brother-in-law, Ray Sparks and brother-in-law, Bob Ralston.
  Her sons are Dr. David McAdams Sibley and wife, Pam of Waco; Dr. Stuart Dale Sibley and wife, Debra, of Dallas and Dr. Mark McAdams Sibley and wife, Miriam, of Richardson.
  There are eight grandchildren, Rachel Sibley Reid of Keller, Texas; David McAdams Sibley Jr. of Waco, Texas; Jonathan Sibley of Waco; Brooke Allison Sibley of Dallas; Patrick Sibley of Richardson; Austin Sibley of Richardson; Lee Sibley of Richardson and Meredith Sibley of Richardson.
  There are two great-grandchildren, David Coleman Reid and Maryn Elizabeth Reid of Keller, Texas.
  Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, 2006 at McAdams Chapel, under the direction of Sam Houston Memorial Funeral Home with Rev. David Valentine officiating. Interment will follow at McAdams Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday in the Chapel of the First Baptist Church, 1229 Ave J at the 13th Street entrance, Huntsville.