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Thomas Devereaux Cobbs Full Name: Thomas Devereaux Cobbs Date of birth: November 19, 1851 Date of death: September 19, 1934 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 92 Jan 8, 1907 - Jun 7, 1907 30th (1)   Democrat San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar H 92 Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907 29th   Democrat San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar H 92 Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 10, 1905 28th   Democrat San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar (1) Cobbs resigned 6/7/1907. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Biographical sketch and portrait, pp. 1700-1701. Court of Civil Appeals, spouse Carrie Quinney. A History of Texas and Texans, 1914. Biographical sketch and portrait, Thomas D. Cobbs, pp. 298-303. Born in Choctaw County, Alabama, served in the Texas State Militia with a rank of Captain, lawyer and member of the Texas Legislature, married Carrie Quinney at Navasota. Texas, the Country and Its Men: Historical, Biographical, Descriptive, 1918. Portrait and biographical sketch, Volume I, pp. 340-342. A Twentieth Century History of Southwest Texas Illustrated, 1907. Other Resources Thomas Devereaux Cobbs, born 11/19/1851 in Choctaw County, Alabama, died 9/19/1934 in Bexar County, interment in Odd Fellows Cemetery, San Antonio. Judge-Fourth Court of Civil Appeals, Spouse Carrie Quinney Cobbs. Find a Grave. Obituary and photo, "Judge T.D. Cobbs Succumbs Here," 9/20/1934, p. 18. Associate justice of Fourth Court of civil Appeals, represented Bexar County in Legislature from 1902-1908. San Antonio Express. Portrait. Texas Jurists, 1836 - 1936, 1936. Appointed to the Bailey Investigation Committee by the Speaker of the House. The committee operated during January and February of 1907 and was authorized to take testimony, subpoena witnesses, and probe charges against U. S. Senator Joseph Weldon Bailey. Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Photographs Photograph. Thomas Cobbs, Texas Jurists Collection Photograph. Thomas Cobbs, 28th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Thomas Cobbs, 29th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Thomas Cobbs, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 28th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 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 Appropriations   Constitutional Amendments   David Crockett Painting   Insurance   Judiciary   Municipal Corporations   Reforms in Civil and Criminal Procedure   Revenue and Taxation   Senator Bailey, Investigate   29th R.S. - 1905 Insurance   Irrigation   Judiciary   Private Corporations   Privileges, Suffrage and Elections   28th R.S. - 1903 Judiciary No. 1   Public Lands and Land Office   State Asylums   Towns and City Corporations

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