His father was killed in action during World War II when Elder was 9, and his mother died three months later. He was taken in by an aunt, Sarah, when he was 11 and lived for a time in Los Angeles before returning to Texas. “My aunt was an incredible person,” Elder wrote in Gol...
Tweedy, Joseph— of Knickerbocker, Tom Green County, Tex. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1896. Burial location unknown. Tweedy, Maud F. (1872-1962)— also known as Fannie Maude Fisher— of North Attleboro, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Providence, Providence...