Alvin Clark Owsley

Full Name: Alvin Clark Owsley
Date of birth: April 8, 1855
Date of death: April 27, 1938

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	13	Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897	24th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Denton / Denton	Cooke, Denton, Wise
H	32	Jan 13, 1891 - Oct 31, 1892	22nd ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Denton / Denton	Denton
H	32	Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 13, 1891	21st ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾	Democrat	Denton / Denton	Denton

(1) District 13. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(3) Owsley resigned 10/31/1892. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(4) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(5) Denton County included in districts 29 and 32, both of which were entitled to one representative, 17th Legislature, 1 C.S. chapter 13, p. 11, (redistricting bill). General Laws of the State of Texas.
(6) District 29, A.C. Owsley and J.W. Jagoe, both of Denton County. No one listed for District 32. House Journal.
(7) District 32. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(8) Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Terms of Service top

House District 13
Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897
Legislatures: 24th ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Denton / Denton
Counties in district: Cooke, Denton, Wise

House District 32
Jan 13, 1891 - Oct 31, 1892
Legislatures: 22nd ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Denton / Denton
Counties in district: Denton

House District 32
Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 13, 1891
Legislatures: 21st ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Denton / Denton
Counties in district: Denton

Biographical Information top

Resolutions and Journal entries

46th Legislature, R.S., HSR 122, 2/13/1939, pp. 546-547. Born 4/8/1855. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Portrait and biographical sketch, pp. 650-652. Representative of the 29th district, composed of Denton and Collin counties. Birth date 4/8/1856. Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families, 1889.
Obituary and photo, "Owsley, Veteran Barrister, Dies, 4/27/1938, p. 1. Denton Record-Chronicle.
OWSLEY, ALVIN CLARK (1856-1938). "Married Sallie M. Blount, daughter of Judge J. M. Blount of Denton." Relatives: Alvin Clark Owsley - son-in-law; J.M. Blount - father-in-law. Relatives: Alvin Mansfield Owsley - grandson; J.M. Blount - grandfather. Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, Alvin C. Owsley, p. 158; mentioned as President of Chamber of Commerce, April 1909-1913, pp. 268 and 306-307. History of Denton County, From Its Beginning to 1960, 1978.
Biographical sketch, Alvin C. Owsley, p. 376. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Alvin C. Owsley, pp. 327-328. Born 4/8/1856 in Johnson County, Missouri. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
Memorial, July 1938, p. 235. Birth date 4/8/1855. Texas Bar Journal.
Biographical sketch, Hon. Alvin C. Owsley, Volume II, pp. 106-108. Birth date 4/8/1856. A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of North and West Texas, 1906.

Other Resources

Obituary, A.C. Owsley, 4/28/1938. Dallas Morning News.
Funeral notices, "A.C. Owsley Funeral Friday," 4/28/1938, p. 4; "Final Rites Held for A.C. Owsley," 4/30/1938, p. 4. Denton Record-Chronicle.
Alvin Clark Owsley, birth date 4/8/1855 in Johnson County, Missouri; death date 4/27/1938 in Denton, Denton County, Texas; lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
Judge Alvin C. Owsley, birth date 4/8/1855, death date 4/27/1938, burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Denton. Includes obituary from the Wise County Messenger, 5/5/1938; and portrait of Alvin, Clark, Henry, and their father, Alvin C. Owsley. Find a Grave.
OWSLEY, ALVIN MANSFIELD (1888-1967). Relatives: Alvin Mansfield Owsley - son; Alvin Clark Owsley - father. Relatives: James P. Blount - uncle; Alvin Mansfield Owsley - nephew. Handbook of Texas Online.

Photographs

Photograph. Alvin C. Owsley, 24th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. A.C. Ousley, 21st Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

21st session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
22nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
24th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
24th session composite photo of House members by Hill (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Committee Information top

24th R.S. - 1895 Internal Improvements Judiciary No. 1 Privileges and Elections Rules
22nd R.S. - 1891 Congress of the Western and Southwestern States and Territories, Attend Internal Improvements Judiciary No. 1 Penitentiaries (Chair) Printing of Daily Senate and House Journals Private Land Claims
21st R.S. - 1889 Federal Relations Internal Improvements Judiciary No. 2 Penitentiaries Public Buildings and Grounds

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