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William Elliott Doyle
Full Name: William Elliott Doyle
Date of birth: April 26, 1846
Date of death: September 9, 1934
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Terms of Service top
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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Counties in District |
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12
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Jul 18, 1921 - Jan 13, 1925
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37th
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(3)
38th
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Democrat
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Teague / Freestone
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Brazos, Freestone, Limestone, Robertson
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(1)
38th Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/9/1923, p. 1.
Senate Journal.
(2)
Assumed Democrat based on listing as Democrat in 38th Legislature.
Texas Legislative Manual.
(3)
William E. Doyle, sworn 7/18/1921, succeeded D. Leon Harp, resigned after Regular Session.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Resolutions and Journal entries |
43rd Legislature, 3rd C.S., SR 10, 9/15/1934, p. 76. Date of death 9/9/1934.
Resolutions - Memorial.
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Biographical Sketches |
Biographical sketches of "Confederate Twins" J.H. and W.E. Doyle, Volume 32, Number 5, May 1924, p. 195.
Confederate Veteran.
William Earl Doyle, birth date 4/26/1846, death date 9/9/1934, photo and biographical sketch, burial in Mexia City Cemetery, Mexia, Limestone County.
Find a Grave.
Biographical sketch lists birth date 4/26/1846. Likely the last confederate veteran to serve in the Texas legislature.
Hood County Texas Genealogical Society, 2004.
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Military Service Notes |
Confederate States Army, Company G, 7th South Cavalry, Gary's Brigade. Biographical sketches of "Confederate Twins" J.H. and W.E. Doyle, Volume 32, Number, 5 May 1924, p. 195.
Confederate Veteran.
Confederate States Army. "Senator Doyle was the last Confederate soldier to serve in this body . . . at the age of fourteen years he and his twin brother ran away from home to join the Confederate forces and were admitted as members of the Northern Army of Virginia." 43rd Legislature, 3rd C.S., SR 10, 9/15/1934, p. 76.
Resolutions - Memorial.
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Other Resources |
Account of experience in the Civil War, "Fresh Soldiers," by W.E. Doyle, Volume 24, Number 12, December 1916, p. 544.
Confederate Veteran.
William Elliott Doyle - birth date 4/26/1846, death date 9/9/1934.
FamilySearch.
Relatives: Dr. J.N. Doyle and William E. Doyle - brothers.
A History of Hood County, Texas: From its Earliest Settlement to the Present, Together with Biographical Sketches of Many Leading Men and Women Among the Early Settlers. . .: Also a Sketch of the History of Somervell County., 1895.
"Doyle Twins Celebrate Seventy-Ninth Birthday," 5/10/1925, p. 4.
Mexia Daily News.
Letter to the editior signed William Elliott Doyle, "W.E. Doyle to Dr. R.B. Jackson," 3/21/1924, p. 6.
Mexia Daily News.
Photo and obituary, "Twin Brother of W.E. Doyle Buried Tuesday," 9/8/1933, p. 3.
Mexia Daily News.
William Doyle of Teague and James Doyle of Granbury established as America's oldest twins, "Remember When. . . ," 12/3/1961, p. 3.
Mexia Daily News.
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Photographs |
Photograph.
W.E. Doyle, 38th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
W.E. Doyle, 37th Legislature, State Preservation Board
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Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
37th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board.
38th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board.
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