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Robert Emmett Carswell Full Name: Robert Emmett Carswell Date of birth: February 10, 1853 Date of death: August 1, 1921 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 80 Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909 30th   Democrat Decatur / Wise   Wise H 80 Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907 29th   Democrat Decatur / Wise   Wise   Biographical Notes and Resources top 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. 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. Photographs Photograph. R.E. Carswell, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. R.E. Carswell, 29th Legislature, State Preservation Board 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. Committee Informationtop 30th R.S. - 1907 Common Carriers   Judiciary (Chair)  Mines and Mining   Public Lands and Land Office   Reforms in Civil and Criminal Procedure   29th R.S. - 1905 Common Carriers   Judiciary   Privileges, Suffrage and Elections   Public Lands and Land Office

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