A.W. Moursund

Albert Wadell Moursund

Full Name: Albert Wadell Moursund
Date of birth: May 13, 1845
Date of death: December 29, 1927

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 89 Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885 18th (1)   Democrat Blanco / Blanco   Blanco, Comal, Gillespie
H 66 Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883 17th (2) (3) (4)   Democrat Blanco / Blanco   Blanco, Travis

(1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.
(2) "Judge Moursund is elected floater from Travis and Blanco", "Official Returns - The Tax Sales in Unorganized Counties, Etc.," [Special Telegram to the News.], 11/7/1880, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(3) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
(4) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.

Terms of Service top

House District 89
Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885
Legislatures: 18th (1)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Blanco / Blanco
Counties in district: Blanco, Comal, Gillespie
House District 66
Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883
Legislatures: 17th (2) (3) (4)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Blanco / Blanco
Counties in district: Blanco, Travis

(1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.
(2) "Judge Moursund is elected floater from Travis and Blanco", "Official Returns - The Tax Sales in Unorganized Counties, Etc.," [Special Telegram to the News.], 11/7/1880, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(3) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
(4) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.

Biographical Information top

Resolutions and Journal entries

  • A.W. Moursund. House Journal. 17th R.S. 18th R.S.
  • 41st Legislature, R.S., 2/13/1929, p. 638. In Memory of A.W. Moursund. Relatives: A.W. Moursund - father, Anton N. Moursund - son; Anton N. Moursund - father, Travis B. Moursund - son; A.W. Moursund - grandfather, Travis B. Moursund - grandson. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

  • A.W. Moursund, birth date 5/13/1845, death date 12/29/1927, burial in Greenwood Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Gillespie County. Includes "Moursunds Lauded as Portrait Is Presented," Johnson City Record Courier, 7/30/1965; biographical sketch of Albert Waddell Moursund, Texas Ranger; and portrait from Blanco County Families For One Hundred Years, by John Stribling Moursund, 1961. Find a Grave.
  • Biographical sketch, A.W. Moursund, p. 269. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.

Military Service Notes

  • Texas Rangers, Captain A.H. Cox's Company B from 9/8/1870 to 5/31/1871. Find a Grave.

Other Resources

  • Census of 1880 - A.U. Moursund, Blanco, Blanco County, lawyer, wife H.M. Moursund. FamilySearch.
  • Albert Waddell Moursaud [Moursund], birth date 5/13/1845 in Tromso, Norway; death date 12/29/1927 in Fredericksburg, Gillespie County, Texas; lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
  • Albert Waddell Moursund, "Photo to Honor Pioneer Judge," 7/21/1965, section one, pp. 1, 4. Fredericksburg Standard.
  • Albert W. Moursund. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
  • Portrait of Albert Waddell Moursund presented to Gillespie County Courthouse, "Portrait of Former District Judge Moursund to Be Presented July 26," The Harper Herald (Harper, Texas), 7/23/1965, p. 2, crediting Harper Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
  • Relatives: Albert Wadel Hansen Moursund, father of Anton N. Moursund, grandfather of Albert Wadel Moursund, III, and grandfather of Travis B. Moursund. Anton N. Moursund, uncle of Albert Wadel Moursund, III. Travis B. and Albert Wadel, III, cousins. RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service.

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Committee Information top

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