Obituary, "W. Dorsey Brown Dies at Kaufman," 1/5/1925, "W. Dorsey Brown, former legislator from Kaufman County," birth date 1/3/1877 in Owensboro, Kentucky. Dallas Morning News.
Census of 1900 - W. Dorsey Brown, Kaufman, Kaufman County, age 30, born February 1870 in Kentucky, attorney, boarder in household of Virginia H. Muckleroy.
Census of 1910 - Dorsey W. Brown, Kaufman County, age 33, born circa 1877 in Kentucky, lawyer, spouse Marylou.
Census of 1920 - Washington D. Brown, Kaufman, Kaufman County, age 43, born circa 1877 in Kentucky, farmer, spouse Mary Lou. FamilySearch. 1900 1910 1920
W. Dorsey Brown, birth date 1/3/1877 in Kentucky, death date 1/4/1925 in Kaufman, Kaufman County, lawyer, father Judge Eli Brown, mother Nancy Darsey. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
W. Dorsey Brown, home address Kaufman, Kaufman County, birth date 7/3/1877, lawyer, nearest relative Mrs. Mary L.S. Brown, draft registration September 1918 in Kaufman County. FamilySearch United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
W. Dorsey Brown, birth date 1/3/1877 in Owensboro, Kentucky, death date 1/4/1925, in Kaufman Texas, burial in Kaufman Cemetery, Kaufman County. Includes cenotaph for Washington Dorsey Brown and Marshall S. Dorsey Brown, located in the Eli Brown Farm Cemetery in Bloomfield, Kentucky. Find a Grave.
"North Texas Flourishing: W. Dorsey Brown of Kaufman Says Agricultural Outlook Is Better Than in Many Years," San Antonio Express, 4/16/1911, p. 9, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. "Brown, who is a prominent lawyer and former member of the legislature . . . " Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
28th Legislature (1903) - W. Dorsey Brown, postoffice Kaufman, nativity Kentucky, no age listed, lawyer, 4 years in Texas, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual.

Photographs

Photograph. W.D. Brown, 29th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.D. Brown, 28th 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.

Committee Information top

29th R.S. - 1905 Common Carriers Insurance (Chair) Judiciary Military Affairs Rules
28th R.S. - 1903 Internal Improvements Judiciary No. 1 Private Land Claims (Chair) State Asylums

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