Some Texas Places Named for Galvestonians
Some facebook friends have asked for the list of names of places
in Texas that are named for Galvestonians. Bill Cherry and I have
developed this list and we are confident there are others to add to the
list. Note that those whose names are followed by a + were sometime
members of Galveston’s Trinity Episcopal Church and those whose names
are followed by an * are buried in the Trinity Episcopal Cemetery.
David Burnet was buried there, but his remains were moved.
Bernard M. Temple+ = Temple
Albert Somerville+ = Somerville
John & George Sealy+* = Sealy
Henry Runge+* = Runge
William Pitt Ballinger+ = Ballinger
Walter Gresham+ = Gresham
John Henry Hutchings+* = Hutchings
Abraham P. Lufkin+* = Lufkin
Charles S. Vidor+* = Vidor
Abraham Groesbeeck+ = Groesbeck
Joe G. Goldthwaite+ = Goldthwaite
Lent Munson Hitchcock+* =Hitchcock
Matthew Caldwell+ = Caldwell
J. Charles League+* = League City
P.J. & R.S. Willis+* = Willis
William Maner Stafford+* = Stafford
W.A. Van Alstyne+* = Van Alstyne
Cornelius Ennis+ = Ennis
Henry Rosenberg+ = Rosenberg
W.L. Moody = Moody
Harris Kempner = Kempner
Heidenheimer = Heidenheimer
Thomas Jefferson Chambers+* = Chambers County
George Campbell Childress* = Childress
Warren D.C. Hall+* = Hall County
Samuel Bangs = Bangs
Gail Borden = Borden
John Caplen = Caplen
Leon Blum = Blum
Gen. Braxton Bragg = Bragg
David G Burnet+ = Burnet
Michael B Menard = Menard
Gen. Sidney Sherman = Sherman
John C. Wallis = Wallisville
+ sometime member of Trinity Episcopal Church, Galveston
* buried in Trinity Episcopal Cemetery, Galveston