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William Robert Nabours Full Name: William Robert Nabours Date of birth: March 5, 1884 Date of death: May 31, 1962 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 49 Jan 12, 1915 - Jan 9, 1917 34th   Democrat Montague / Montague   Montague H 49 Jan 14, 1913 - Jan 12, 1915 33rd   Democrat Montague / Montague   Montague   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries W.O. Nabours (33rd); W.R. Nabours (34th). House Journal. 33rd R.S. 34th R.S. Biographical Sketches Obituary, "Nabours, 78, Succumbs At His Home," 5/31/1962, p. A42. "Nabours first came to Austin in 1913 as state representative from Montague County. He served in the House from 1913 to 1917." Austin Statesman. Other Resources William Robert Nabours, birth date 3/5/1884, home address in Montague, Montague County, Clerk in State Comptroller Dept. FamilySearch United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. William R. Nabours, birth date 3/5/1884, death date 5/31/1962, burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Austin. Find a Grave. W.R. Nabours. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. 33rd Legislature (1913) - W.R. Nabours, postoffice Montague, nativity Alabama, age 28, student, 27 years in Texas, Democrat. 34th Legislature (1915) - W.R. Nabours, postoffice Montague, nativity Alabama, no age listed, insurance, 29 years in Texas, member of former legislatures: 33rd, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual. 33rd Occupation and religious affiliation, 34th Legislature. "Occupations of Members of Legislative House," 3/14/1915, p. 4. Galveston Daily News. Photographs Photograph. N.R. Nabours, 34th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. W.R. Nabours, 33rd Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 33rd session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 34th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 34th R.S. - 1915 Criminal Jurisprudence   Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Claims and Accounts   Privileges, Suffrage and Elections   Public Debt   Revenue and Taxation (Chair)  Rules   33rd R.S. - 1913 Education   Penitentiaries   Privileges, Suffrage and Elections   Reforms in Civil Procedure   Rules   State Asylums

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