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Robert Emmett Carswell
Full Name: Robert Emmett Carswell
Date of birth: February 10, 1853
Date of death: August 1, 1921
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Terms of Service top
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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Counties in District |
H
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80
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Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909
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30th
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Democrat
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Decatur / Wise
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Wise
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H
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80
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Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907
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29th
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Democrat
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Decatur / Wise
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Wise
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Biographical Sketches |
Biographical sketch, "To the People of the Second Supreme Judicial District: Notice of R.E. Carswell, of Decatur, Texas," "as a candidate to fill unexpired term of Judge I.W. Stephens as Associate Justice of the Court of Civil Appeals of said district," 6/12/1908, p. 1. Born in Georgia in 1853, served in 29th-30th Legislatures from Wise County.
Wise County Messenger.
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Other Resources |
Robert Emmett Carswell, Carthage, Texas. Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Kentucky University, 1876, Graduates - Session of 1875-6, Commercial College, College of Law, pp. 54-55. U.S., School Catalogs, 1765-1935; Carswell Family Tree.
Ancestry.com.
Robert E. Carswell, birth date 2/10/1853 in Georgia, death date 8/1/1921 in Decatur, Wise County, lawyer.
FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
R.E. Carswell (1853-1921), burial in Oaklawn Cemetery, Decatur, Wise County.
Find a Grave.
29th Legislature (1905) - R.E. Carswell, postoffice Decatur, nativity Georgia, age 51 (born circa 1854), lawyer, Democrat.
Texas Legislative Manual.
Obituary, "Jurist and Good Citizen Dies Here: Robert E. Carswell, One of the State's Most Prominent Lawyers, Is Gone," 8/5/1921, p. 1. Born in Georgia, 2/12/1853; "Wise County's representative in the legislature for two terms." Death date Monday, 8/1/1921.
Wise County Messenger.
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Photographs |
Photograph.
R.E. Carswell, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
R.E. Carswell, 29th Legislature, State Preservation Board
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Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
29th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
30th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
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