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Charles H. Waddell Full Name: Charles H. "Charlie" Waddell Date of birth: January 18, 1886 Date of death: January 28, 1950 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 20 Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931 41st   Democrat Rosenberg / Fort Bend   Fort Bend, Waller H 20 Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 8, 1929 40th   Democrat Rosenberg / Fort Bend   Fort Bend, Waller   Biographical Notes and Resources top Other Resources C.H. Waddell, age 40 in 1929; born in Arkansas; telephone, cotton gin, real estate. Card File. Charlie H. Waddell, birth date 1/18/1886, death date 1/28/1950, interment in Rosenberg Cemetery, Rosenberg, Fort Bend County. Find a Grave. Text of Fort Bend Telephone Company historical marker: "Founded in 1914, the Fort Bend Telephone Company began when Charles H. Waddell purchased nine individual telephone lines in the Needville community and established a central switchboard exchange." HistoricMarkers.com, 2005. Photographs Photograph. C.H. Waddell, 40th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. C.H. Waddell, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 40th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. 41st session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 41st R.S. - 1929 Claims and Accounts   Conservation and Reclamation (Vice Chair)  Highways and Motor Traffic   Penitentiaries   Rules (Chair)  40th R.S. - 1927 Common Carriers   Privileges, Suffrage and Elections   School Districts

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