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Joseph Wheless Joseph Sydney Wheless
Full Name: Joseph Sydney Wheless
Other surnames: Wheeless
Date of birth: May 3, 1862
Date of death: January 3, 1939
Terms of Service top
Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 39 Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 8, 1901 26th (1) (2)   Democrat Galveston / Galveston   Galveston
(1) Name J.S. Wheless. House Journal.
(2) Name J.S. Wheless. Texas House of Representatives: a Pictorial Roster 1846-1992, 1992.
 
Biographical Notes and Resources top
Resolutions and Journal entries
  • 46th Legislature, R.S., HSR 18, 1/12/1939, p. 69. Joseph Sidney Wheeless. Resolutions - Memorial.
    • Other Resources
  • Joseph Sydney Wheless, birth date 5/5/1862, death date 1/3/1939 in Kerville, Kerr County, parents Joseph C. Wheless and Matilda Ayres. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
  • Joseph Sydney Wheless, birth date 5/3/1862, death date 1/3/1939, interment in Garden of Memories Cemetery, Kerrville, Kerr County. Find a Grave.
    • Photographs
  • Photograph. Joseph Wheless, 26th Legislature, State Preservation Board
    • Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
  • 26th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
    • Committee Informationtop
    26th R.S. - 1899
    Commerce and Manufactures  
    Finance  
    Insurance, Statistics, and History  
    Judiciary No. 1  
    Public Lands and Land Office  
    Towns and City Corporations  
     

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