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William Sayers Full Name: William Branch Sayers Date of birth: February 22, 1843 Date of death: February 24, 1898 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 27 Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876 14th   Democrat Gonzales / Gonzales   Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays H 27 Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874 13th   Democrat Gonzales / Gonzales   Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches SAYERS, WILLIAM BRANCH (1843-1898). Handbook of Texas Online. Biography and Portrait of Joseph D. Sayers, pp. 359-374. Relatives: Joseph Draper Sayers and William B. Sayers - brothers. Year Book for Texas, 1901, 1902. Other Resources William Branch Sayers, birth date 2/22/1843, death date 2/24/1898, lawyer, born in Mississippi, brother of Joseph D. Sayers, son of David Sayers. Census of 1850, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi; Census of 1870, Gonzales, Gonzales County, Texas; Craddock/Sayers/Stuhler Families family tree. Ancestry.com. William Branch Sayers, birth date 2/22/1843, death date 2/24/1898, interment in Gonzales Masonic Cemetery, Gonzales County. Find a Grave. Photographs Photograph. William Sayers, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection. Photograph. William Sayers, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. William Sayers, 14th Legislature, State Preservation Board 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. 14th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 14th R.S. - 1874 Constitutional Amendments (Chair)  Finance   Judges M. Walker and Wesley Ogden, Supreme Court   Judiciary No. 1   Military Affairs   Rules   State Affairs (Chair)  13th R.S. - 1873 Apportionment   Constitutional Amendments   Engrossed Bills   Federal Relations   Impeachment Managers, John G. Scott, Judge of the Tenth Judicial District   Judge T.C. Barden, 16th Judicial Court   Judiciary No. 1   Late Honorable Louis Frankee, Assassination (Co-Chair)  State Penitentiary, Select

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