William Bethel Durant
Full Name: William Bethel DurantDate of birth: May 21, 1853
Date of death: April 28, 1907
Terms of Service
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H | 49 | Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885 | 18th (1) | Unaffiliated | Buffalo / Leon | Leon, Madison |
Terms of service footnotes
(1) Independent Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883. ↩
Terms of Service
- Legislatures:
- 18th (1)
- Party:
- Unaffiliated
- Home City/County:
- Buffalo / Leon
- Counties in district:
- Leon, Madison
Terms of service notes
(1) Independent Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883. ↩
Biographical Information
- Biographical sketch, p. 261. Elected to the House as an Independent. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.
- Bethel Durant family group sheets, Bastian and Moore Family Tree - John Wesley Durant. Relatives: John Wesley Durant - uncle, birth date 9/11/1807, death date 6/19/1889; William Bethel Durant - nephew, birth date 5/21/1853, death date 4/26/1907. Ancestry.com.
- W.B. Durant, death date 4/28/1907 in Buffalo, Leon County. FamilySearch. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 Texas Deaths and Burials, 1903-1973 Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
- W.B. Durant (1853-1907), burial in Liberty Cemetery, Centerville, Leon County. Find a Grave.
- Letter written by Virginia "Ginny" Durant Nettles, sister of William Bethel Durant, on the Durant and Graham family history. Leon County, TXGenWeb Project.
- Photograph. W.B. Durant, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- 18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
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