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Maurice Hood Dowell Full Name: Maurice Hood Dowell Date of birth: May 26, 1884 Date of death: July 16, 1944 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Legislation Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 81-1 Jan 10, 1939 - Jan 14, 1941 46th   Democrat Luling / Caldwell   Caldwell, Hays H 81-1 Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933 42nd   Democrat Luling / Caldwell   Caldwell, Hays   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Maurice Hood Dowell, birth date 5/26/1884, death date 7/16/1944, biographical sketch, interment in Luling City Cemetery, Caldwell County. Find a Grave. Military Service Notes United States Army, Private, 28th Company, 165th Depot Brigade, World War I. Maurice H. Dowell, address Luling, Texas. FamilySearch Texas, World War I Records, 1917-1920 (Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin). United States Army, Pvt 165 Depot Brig, World War I. Military grave marker, Maurice H. Dowell. Find a Grave. Other Resources Obituary, "Former Legislator Succumbs at Luling", unknown newspaper, 7/17/1944. Card File. Lists Maurice Hood Dowell, son of Shelton Clark and Lizzie Dowell, "appears to have lived in Luling his entire life. He served two terms as a State Representative in the Texas Legislature." Descendants of Thomas White, 2008. Ancestral file lists Maurice H. Dowell, birth date 5/26/1884 in Plum Creek Ranch, Caldwell County; death date 7/16/1944; married to wife Gussie. FamilySearch. Brief bio excerpt in "An Inventory of Family Papers at the Texas State Archives, [after1849]-1937, undated". Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Photographs Photograph. Maurice Dowell, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Maurice Dowell, 46th 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. 46th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, west wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 46th R.S. - 1939 Agriculture   Common Carriers   Military Affairs (Vice Chair)  Penitentiaries   Public Health   42nd R.S. - 1931 Banks and Banking   Counties   Highways and Motor Traffic   Insurance

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