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J.M. Wagstaff

John Miles Wagstaff

Full Name: John Miles Wagstaff
Date of birth: August 19, 1862
Date of death: April 21, 1952

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 107 Jan 12, 1915 - Jan 9, 1917 34th   Democrat Abilene / Taylor   Taylor
H 107 Jan 14, 1913 - Jan 12, 1915 33rd   Democrat Abilene / Taylor   Taylor

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
34th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Abilene / Taylor
Counties in district:
Taylor

Legislatures:
33rd  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Abilene / Taylor
Counties in district:
Taylor

Biographical Information

  • Judge John Miles Wagstaff, birth date 8/19/1862, death date illegible, burial in Abilene Municipal Cemetery. Includes photo; obituary in Abilene Reporter News, 4/21/1952; and reprint of obituary in Pulaski Citizen, 4/30/1952. Find a Grave.
  • WAGSTAFF, ROBERT MCALPINE (1892-1973). Relatives: father - John Miles Wagstaff, son - Robert McAlpine Wagstaff. Handbook of Texas Online.
  • Memorial, September 1953, p. 610. Texas Bar Journal.

  • John M. Wagstaff, birth date 8/19/1862 in Lynnville, Tennessee; death date 4/21/1952 in Abilene, Taylor County, Texas; lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
  • Obituary and photo, John Miles Wagstaff, "Death Ends Career of Veteran Lawyer," "Wagstaff Praised as Man and Lawyer," The Abilene Reporter-News, 4/21/1952, pp. 1-A, 3-A, 5-A, crediting Abilene Public Library. "He wrote the state's first rural school aid bill, without which rural schools of that time might not have survived. The same principles laid down in Wagstaff's original bill are still in existence in the state's educational program." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
  • Occupation and religious affiliation, 34th Legislature. "Occupations of Members of Legislative House," 3/14/1915, p. 4. Galveston Daily News.

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