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Willis Scott Bledsoe Full Name: Willis Scott Bledsoe Date of birth: February 5, 1837 Date of death: February 14, 1877 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 23 Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874 13th   Democrat Cleburne / Johnson   Bosque, Callahan, Eastland, Erath, Hood, Johnson, Jones, Palo Pinto, Parker, Shackelford, Stephens, Taylor   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Willis Scott Bledsoe, birth date 2/5/1837, death date 2/14/1877, biographical sketch, portrait, grave marker photo, interment in Cleburne Memorial Cemetery, Johnson County. Father of William Harrison Bledsoe. Find a Grave. Other Resources "William Harrison Bledsoe and the Founding of Texas Tech University, " Vol. 78, 2002, pp. 38-53. Relatives: Willis Scott Bledsoe - father; William Harrison Bledsoe - son. West Texas Historical Association Yearbook, 1925. Photographs Photograph. W.S. Bledsoe, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. W.S. Bledsoe, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection. Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. 13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. Pictorial Monogram of the State Government of Texas 1873 (DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection). DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection.. Committee Informationtop 13th R.S. - 1873 Indian Affairs   Judiciary No. 2   Privileges and Elections   Public Buildings and Grounds   Superintendent of Public Instruction, Select   Towns and City Corporations

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