Forace Bass Russell

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Biographical Sketches

• Biographical sketch, F.B. Russell, Volume V, pp. 188-189. Born 1/22/1888 in Buckholts, Texas. "He was elected a member of the Thirty-eighth Legislature from the districts comprising Polk and Trinity counties, but resigned before the conclusion of his term. While in the Legislature he was author of a bill which passed the Senate but failed to pass the House, and which would have continued the former practice of capital executions in the individual counties, under the immediate supervision of the sheriff instead of by the wardens of the penitentiaries." Texas Under Many Flags, 1930.

Other Resources

• Obituary and photo, "30," "Journal Editor Dies from Heart Attacks Friday: F.B. Russell Prominent in Civic and Social Life, Outstanding Archaeologist," 6/10/1943, pp. 1, 4. F.B. Russell, member of the 38th Legislature from Polk and Trinity counties, born 1887 in Yarrellton, Texas, death date 6/4/1943. Belton Journal.
• Forace Bass Russell, birth date 1/22/1887 in Yarrellton, Texas; death date 6/4/1943 in Belton, Bell County; newspaper publisher. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
• 38th Legislature (1923) - Forace B. Russell, postoffice Groveton, nativity Texas, age 35 (born circa 1888), newspaper publisher, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual.

Photographs

• Photograph. F.B. Russell, 38th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

• 38th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, south wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

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