W.S. Bledsoe

Willis Scott Bledsoe

Full Name: Willis Scott Bledsoe
Date of birth: February 5, 1837
Date of death: February 14, 1877

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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

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House District 23
Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874
Legislatures: 13th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Cleburne / Johnson
Counties in district: Bosque, Callahan, Eastland, Erath, Hood, Johnson, Jones, Palo Pinto, Parker, Shackelford, Stephens, Taylor

Biographical Information top

Military Service Notes

  • Confederate States Army, Captain, 4th Regiment, Company F, Tennessee Cavalry (Murray's). Willis S. Bledsoe. Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System.
  • Captain of a company in 4th Tennessee Cavalry, later promoted to rank of major. W.S. Bledsoe, served in the state legislature in 1870-1871 during the Davis administration. Father of William H. Bledsoe, Volume III, p. 1321. A History of Texas and Texans, 1914.

Other Resources

  • Willis Scott Bledsoe, birth date 2/5/1837, death date 2/14/1877, portrait, burial in Cleburne Memorial Cemetery, Cleburne, Johnson County. Find a Grave.
  • W.S. Bledsoe, Cleburne, Johnson County, p. 46, "admitted 1860, at Jamestown, Tennessee; was member Thirteenth Legislature." Texas Legal Directory for 1876-77, 1877.
  • "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 Texas Photographs

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

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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