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William Barnett Crockett
Full Name: William Barnett Crockett
Date of birth: January 29, 1855
Date of death: December 29, 1912
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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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Jan 12, 1909 - Jan 10, 1911
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31st
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Democrat
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Colorado City / Mitchell
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Andrews, Borden, Cochran, Crane, Crosby, Dawson, Ector, Fisher, Gaines, Garza, Glasscock, Hockley, Howard, Kent, Loving, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Midland, Mitchell, Nolan, Scurry, Terry, Upton, Ward, Winkler, Yoakum
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Democrat; roster of members of the 31st Legislature with biographical and party information. "Year Book 1909," Number 13, May-June 1910, pp. 408-415.
Bulletin (Texas Department of Agriculture), 1910.
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COLORADO CITY, TEXAS (Mitchell County). "Colorado City, the county seat of Mitchell County . . . "
Handbook of Texas Online.
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Colorado.
House Journal.
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Colorado City, Mitchell County.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
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Colorado.
Texas Legislative Manual.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Biographical Sketches |
Biographical sketch, Volume II, pp. 405-406. William Barnett Crockett, birth date 1/29/1855, born in "what was then Green county, but is now Craighead county, Arkansas, January 29, 1855, and when a year old was taken to Missisippi . . . "; marriage to Penelope Branch in 1882, county judge of Mitchell County.
A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of North and West Texas, 1906.
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Other Resources |
Census of 1900 - William Crockett, Mitchell County, born January 1859 in Mississippi, age 41, lawyer, spouse Nettie Crockett.
Census of 1910 - William B. Crockett, Mitchell County, born circa 1860 in Arkansas, ago 50, lawyer/general practice, spouse Nippie B. Crockett, daughter Winne D. Crockett, son William B. Crockett, Jr.
FamilySearch. 1900
1910
W.B. Crockett (1855-1912), interment in Colorado City Cemetery, Mitchell County, spouse Penelope "Neppie" Branch Crockett.
Find a Grave.
Obituary, "Prominent Attorney Dies," Abilene Daily Reporter, 12/30/1912, p. 6, crediting the Abilene Public Library. W.B. Crockett, death date 12/29/1912. "Judge Crockett represented this (121st) district in the lower house of the state legislature with distinction . . . He was a native of Marshall county, Mississippi . . . He also served this county as a county judge for one term."
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
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Photographs |
Photograph.
William B. Crockett, 31st Legislature, State Preservation Board
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Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
31st session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, north wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
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