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Clarence Sperry Full Name: Clarence Sperry Date of birth: December 18, 1868 Date of death: August 13, 1924 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 4 Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909 30th   Democrat Paris / Lamar   Lamar H 4 Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907 29th   Democrat Paris / Lamar   Lamar   Biographical Notes and Resources top Other Resources Census of 1900 - Clarence Sperry, Lamar County, age 33, born December 1866 in Tennessee, teacher, wife Louella, sons Leslie and Clarence, Jr. Census of 1910 - Clarence Sperry, Paris, Lamar County, age 42, born circa 1868 in Tennessee, lawyer/general practice, wife Luella, sons Leslie, Clarence H., and Felda B. FamilySearch. 1900 1910 Clarence Sperry, birth date 12/18/1868 in Sparta, Tennessee, death date 8/13/1924 in Paris, Lamar County, Texas, real estate. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. Clarence Sperry, birth date 12/18/1869, death date 8/13/1924, burial in Evergreen Cemetery, Paris, Lamar County, with spouse Luella Sperry. Find a Grave. Obituary, "Clarence Sperry, Paris Pioneer, Dies," 8/15/1924, p. 3. Fort Worth Record-Telegram. "Sperry Is a Law Student," Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Texas), 11/14/1907, p. 6, crediting Livingston Municipal Library. Representative Clarence Perry of Paris, Lamar County, "is attending the law department at the State University. At the next election he will be a candidate for the state senate from the Fourth Senatorial District." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). 29th Legislature (1905) - Clarence Sperry, postoffice Paris, nativity Tennessee, age 35 (born circa 1870), teacher, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual. Photographs Photograph. Clarence Sperry, 30th 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 Banks and Banking   Judicial Districts (Chair)  Liquor Traffic   State Affairs   29th R.S. - 1905 Education   Insurance   Roads, Bridges and Ferries   State Affairs

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