Monday, December 23, 2013

Hight as Lady Bird Johnson's cuz?

Terri Hight:
"Becky, Do you remember family info that Lady Bird Johnson was Grandpa Hight's cousin?"
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Lady Bird Johnson

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Lady Bird Johnson
Lady Bird Johnson, bw photo ca1962.jpg
First Lady of the United States
In office
November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969
Preceded byJackie Kennedy
Succeeded byPat Nixon
Second Lady of the United States
In office
January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963
Preceded byPat Nixon
Succeeded byMuriel Buck Humphrey
Personal details
BornClaudia Alta Taylor
December 22, 1912
Karnack, TexasU.S.
DiedJuly 11, 2007 (aged 94)
West Lake Hills, TexasU.S.
Resting placeJohnson Family Cemetery
Stonewall, Texas
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Lyndon B. Johnson
ChildrenLynda and Luci
ParentsThomas Jefferson Taylor and Minnie Lee Pattillo
Alma materUniversity of Texas
OccupationFirst Lady of the United States,entrepreneur
ReligionEpiscopalian
Signature
Claudia Alta "Lady BirdTaylor Johnson (December 22, 1912 – July 11, 2007)[1] wasFirst Lady of the United States (1963–69) during the presidency of her husband Lyndon B. Johnson.
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ORAL HISTORY OF HARRY C. MCPHERSON, JR. - FIRST INTERVIEW JANUARY 23,2003
It is Thursday, January 23, 2003. We are in the office of Harry C. McPherson, Jr. I am John Vanderstar and I am assigned by the Oral History Project of the Historical Society of the District of Columbia Circuit to conduct an interview with Harry McPherson and talk about his life and his work in the government, especially the Lyndon Johnson White House and then primarily his career in the private practice of law here in Washington since those days....
"My mother’s name was Nan Hight and her father was Clay Hight."
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"Lynda Johnson Robb attended the reception with her parents. Mrs. Jack Hight and Mrs. W. Marvin Watson were Chairmen of this event...."
 HISTORY OF THE TEXAS STATE SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON, D.C. http://texasstatesociety.org/docs/tss_history.pdf
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"...Mrs. Jack Hight of Dallas and Corpus Christi. whose husband served as a secretary to Johnson on his Senate staff." 
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal › 1968 › November › 17 November 1968 › Page 75.