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Whitaker Baines Silliman Full Name: Whitaker Baines Silliman Date of birth: February 18, 1866 Date of death: February 15, 1939 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Legislation Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 102 Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909 30th   Democrat Eldorado / Schleicher   Coke, Concho, Crockett, Irion, Menard, Runnels, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, Tom Green   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries 46th Legislature, R.S., HSR 135, 2/20/1939, pp. 629-630. Resolutions - Memorial. Biographical Sketches Biographical sketch, Whitaker B. Silliman, Volume V, pp. 2334-2335. Birth date 2/18/1866. A History of Texas and Texans, 1914. Obituary, W.B. Silliman, "Early Eldorado Realtor Dies at Fort Stockton," 2/16/1939, p. 6. "He was a Representative in the Texas Legislature in 1908 . . . " Vernon Daily Record. Other Resources Whitaker Baines Silliman, birth date 2/18/1866 in San Felipe, Austin County; death date 2/15/1939 in Fort Stockton, Pecos County. W. Bains Silliman, attorney in 1926 Abilene City Directory, spouse Agnes Silliman. Barnes Family Tree; U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995. Ancestry.com. Census of 1900 - [Whiteh] Silliman, Schleicher County, age 34, born February 1866 in Texas, spouse Agnes D. Census of 1910 - W.B. Silliman, Schleicher County, age 43, lawyer, spouse Agnes. Census of 1920 - W.B. Silliman, Schleicher County, age 52, lawyer, spouse Agnes. Census of 1930 - W. Baines Silliman, Pecos County, Fort Stockton Enumeration District, age 62, lawyer, spouse Agnes. FamilySearch. 1900 1910 1920 1930 W.B. Silliman, birth date 2/18/1865 in Austin County, death date 2/15/1939 in Fort Stockton, Pecos County, lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. W.B. Silliman (1866-1939), burial in Christoval Cemetery, Christoval, Tom Green County, with spouse Agnes Silliman. Find a Grave. Whitaker B. Silliman. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. Photographs Photograph. W.B. Silliman, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 30th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 30th R.S. - 1907 Constitutional Amendments   Engrossed Bills   Public Lands and Land Office   Reforms in Civil and Criminal Procedure   State Affairs   State Affairs Subcommittee on the Fort Worth Stockyards   Stock and Stock Raising

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