Dennis Pace Ratliff

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Resolutions and Journal entries

• 69th Legislature, R.S., HCR 180. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

• Memorial, June 1986, p. 667. Texas Bar Journal.

Military Service Notes

• United States Army, Private, Student Army Training Corps, Baptist College, Decatur, Texas, World War I; inducted at Decatur on 10/14/1918. Dennis P. Ratliff, birth date 10/23/1899 in Valley View, Texas; residence in Decatur, Wise County. FamilySearch Texas World War I Records, 1917-1920 (Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin).
• Dennis Pace Ratliff, birth date 10/23/1899 in Cook County, Texas; residence in Haskell, Haskell County; wife Beulah Ratliff; employer State of Texas; draft registration 2/16/1942 in Haskell, Haskell County. FamilySearch Texas World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947.
• Dennis Pace Ratliff, birth date 10/23/1899; permanent home address in Decatur, Wise County; student; father L.D. Ratliff; draft registration 9/12/1918 in Decatur, Wise County. FamilySearch United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
• United States Army, World War I; Texas State Guard, Captain, World War II; Texas State Guard Reserve, Major; Honorary Reserve, Lieutenant Colonel. "WHEREAS, During World War I, Judge Ratliff served his country with honor in the United States Army; he also attained the rank of captain in the Texas State Guard during World War II, and later served as a major in the Texas State Guard Reserve and as a lieutenant colonel in the Honorary Reserve; and WHEREAS, Among the many military honors he received were the Victory Medal and the Texas Service Medal during World War I, and the Selective Service Medal and the Meritorious Service Medal during World War II." 69th Legislature, R.S., HCR 180. Resolutions - Memorial.

Other Resources

• "Perry Warms Up Quickly to Legislative Duties," 5/19/1985. Relatives: Dennis Ratliff, Rick Perry's grandfather-in-law. Abilene Reporter-News.
• Dennis Pace Ratliff, death date 3/15/1985 in Haskell County. FamilySearch Texas Death Index, 1964-1998.
• Dennis Pace Ratliff, birth date 10/23/1899, death date 3/15/1985, burial in Willow Cemetery, Haskell, Haskell County, with spouse Beulah Golden Ratliff. Find a Grave.
• Obituary, "Dennis P. Ratliff, 85, Dies Friday at His Home in Haskell," Stamford American, 3/21/1985, p. 11, crediting Stamford Carnegie Library. "Elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1930, he served in the 42nd and 43rd legislatures and was appointed district judge in 1935, serving until Jan. 1, 1943." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
• "Judge Dennis Ratliff served three terms as a member of the Legislature from Haskell County, and also was a District Judge of that district, a very lovable character," p. 56. (Ratliff elected Senate Enrolling Clerk, 36th Legislature, 4th Called Session.) The Terrells: Eighty-Five Years Texas from Indians to Atomic Bomb, 1948.

Photographs

• Photograph. Dennis P. Ratliff, 43rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Dennis P. Ratliff, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

• 42nd session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
• 43rd session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.

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