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John Boyle Hemphill Full Name: John Boyle Hemphill, Jr. Date of birth: April 17, 1857 Date of death: April 4, 1949 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 39 Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 10, 1905 28th (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)   Democrat Avalon / Ellis   Ellis H 68 Jan 8, 1901 - Jan 13, 1903 27th (7)   Democrat Avalon / Ellis   Ellis (1) Members of the Twenty-Eighth Legislature, House of Representatives, 11/9/1902, p. 24, lists J.B. Hemphill, Avalon, Ellis County. Galveston Daily News. (2) Avalon is 14 miles southeast of Waxahachie in southern Ellis County. Handbook of Texas Online. (3) District No. 39, J.B. Hemphill, Ennis, Ellis County. House Journal. (4) Home address, Ennis; home county, Ellis. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. (5) John B. Hemphill, Home county, Ellis. Texas House of Representatives: a Pictorial Roster 1846-1992, 1992. (6) Postoffice address, Ennis. Year Book for Texas, 1903, 1903. (7) Avalon, Ellis County in House Journal, Texas Legislative Manual, and Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004. House Journal.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Other Resources Photo in composite of Supreme Court justices, p. 14, description of work as judge and frontier attorney, pp. 15, 26-27. Austin Lawyers: A Legacy of Leadership and Service, 2005. Census of 1900 - John Hemphill, Ellis County, age 42, birth date April 1858 in Mississippi, lawyer, wife Maggie, daughers Lula, Vera, and Allen, son Grady. Census of 1910 - John B. Hemphill, Ellis County, age 52, born in Mississippi, lawyer, wife Estel, daughters Lucile, Vera, and Allie. FamilySearch. 1900 1910 John Boyle Hemphill, Jr., birth date 4/17/1857 in Kosciusko, Mississippi, death date 4/4/1949 in Sulphur, Murray County, Oklahoma, spouse Estella Hudson Hemphill, interment in Oaklawn Cemetery, Sulphur, Murray County, Oklahoma. His father Col. John Boyle Hemphill is buried in Italy, Ellis County, Texas. Find a Grave. Col. John Boyle Hemphill John Boyle Hemphill, Jr. Obituary, J.B. Hemphill, Sulphur Times-Democrat, Sulphur, Murray County, Oklahoma, Thursday, 4/7/1949. Birth date 4/17/1858, death date Monday, 4/4/1949. "He received his early education in Mississippi then moved to Lavaca County, Texas (blurred print) admitted to the bar. He moved to Ellis County where he practiced law for many years and presented the county in the state legislature for two terms." Genealogy.com, 2004. 28th Legislature (1903) - J.B. Hemphill, postoffice Avalon, nativity Mississippi, age 48 (born circa 1855), lawyer, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual. "Death of Mrs. Hemphill," 7/16/1902, p. 1. Obituary of Mrs. Maggie Hemphill, death date 7/15/1902 "at the family home near Avalon," wife of Representative J.B. Hemphill. Waxahachie Daily Light. Photographs Photograph. John B. Hemphill, 27th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. John B. Hemphill, 28th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 27th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 28th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 28th R.S. - 1903 Agricultural Affairs   Commerce and Manufactures   Public Buildings and Grounds   Railroad Commission   Roads, Bridges and Ferries   State Asylums   27th R.S. - 1901 Asylums   Internal Improvements   Judiciary No. 1   Roads, Bridges and Ferries   State Affairs

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