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Jesse Craft Murrell Full Name: Jesse Craft Murrell Date of birth: May 12, 1856 Date of death: November 12, 1927 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 48 Jan 14, 1919 - Jan 11, 1921 36th   Democrat Gainesville / Cooke   Cooke H 48 Jan 9, 1917 - Jan 14, 1919 35th   Democrat Gainesville / Cooke   Cooke H 81 Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 10, 1905 28th   Democrat Gainesville / Cooke   Cooke H 9 Jan 8, 1901 - Jan 13, 1903 27th   Democrat Gainesville / Cooke   Cooke H 9 Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 8, 1895 23rd   Democrat Coesfield / Cooke   Cooke H 30 Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893 22nd (1)   Democrat Coesfield / Cooke   Cooke H 31 Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 13, 1891 21st (2) (3) (4) (5)   Democrat Coesfield / Cooke   Cooke, Grayson (1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives. (2) Coesfield post office closed in 1906. Handbook of Texas Online. (3) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives. (4) Democrat. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889. (5) Jesse Murrell, Gainvesville. Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries Memorial, 39th Legislature, Regular Session, p. 898, in memory of Mrs. Jesse C. Murrell. House Journal. Biographical Sketches MURRELL, JESSE CRAFT (1856-1927). Death date 11/12/1927. Handbook of Texas Online. Portrait and biographical sketch, Jessee Craft Murrell, pp. 235-236. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889. Portrait and biographical sketch, Jesse Craft Murrell, pp. 326-327. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892. Biographical sketch, Jesse C. Murrell, pp. 112-113. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901. Other Resources Jesse C. Murrell, Democrat, farmer, age 62 in 1919, born in Missouri. Card File. Obituary, "Jesse C. Murrell Dies at Dorchester," 11/13/1927. "He lived at Gainesville and was a former member of the State Legislature." Dallas Morning News. Jesse Clift [sic] Murrell, death date 11/12/1927. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. Jesse Craft Murrell, born 5/12/1856 in Ray County, Missouri, died 2/22/1927, burial in Fairview Cemetery, Gainesville (Cooke County). Find a Grave. Mentioned in account of brother's murder in "Horrors Multiply: Tom murrell [sic], wife and son murdered." Texas Trails, RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service. Photographs Photograph. J.C. Murrell, 36th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. J.C. Murrell, 35th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. J.C. Murrell, 28th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. J.C. Murrell, 27th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Jesse C. Murrell, 23rd Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission Photograph. Jesse C. Murrell, 23rd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. J.C. Murrell, 22nd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. J.C. Murrell, 21st Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 21st session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board. 22nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. 23rd session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board. 27th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 28th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 35th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 36th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 23rd session composite photo of House members by Hill (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission. 23rd session composite photo of House members by Journeay (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Committee Informationtop 36th R.S. - 1919 Agriculture   Banks and Banking (Chair)  Common Carriers   Privileges, Suffrage and Elections   State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions   35th R.S. - 1917 Banks and Banking   Committee to Investigate Certain Expenditures   Common Carriers   Internal Improvements   Liquor Traffic   Prepare Articles of Impeachment Against Governor James E. Ferguson   28th R.S. - 1903 Claims and Accounts   Constitutional Amendments   Penitentiaries   Privileges, Suffrage and Elections   State Affairs   27th R.S. - 1901 Constitutional Amendments   Finance   Heads of State Departments, Investigate   Roads, Bridges and Ferries   State Affairs   Stock and Stock Raising   23rd R.S. - 1893 Agricultural Affairs   Internal Improvements   Revenue and Taxation   State Affairs (Chair)  Stock and Stockraising   22nd R.S. - 1891 Finance   Public Debt   Quarantine Laws   Representation and Apportionment on Congressional Districts   Roads, Bridges and Ferries   Stock and Stock Raising (Chair)  21st R.S. - 1889 Enrolled Bills   Judiciary No. 2   Military Affairs   State Affairs   Stock and Stockraising

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