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
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District |
Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
Party |
City/County |
Note |
Counties in District |
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H
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39
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Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 8, 1901
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26th
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Democrat
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Galveston / Galveston
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Galveston
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
Resolutions and Journal entries
- J.S. Wheless.
House Journal.
- 46th Legislature, R.S., HSR 18, 1/12/1939, p. 69. Joseph Sidney Wheeless.
Resolutions - Memorial.
Biographical Sketches
- Obituary and photo, Joseph Sidney Wheless, "Death Takes Former Mayor of Kerrville: City Grieved at Passing of Judge J. Sidney Wheless," 1/5/1939, pp. 1, 10. "They moved immediately to Galveston where his brilliant legal mind, his engaging personality, and his qualities of leadership soon enabled him to be elected to the Texas Legislature from that district."
"State Legislature Honors Memory of Judge J.S. Wheless," 2/9/1939, pp. 1, 10.
Kerrville Mountain Sun.
Other Resources
- Joseph Sydney Wheless, birth date 5/5/1862, death date 1/3/1939 in Kerrville, Kerr County, attorney-at-law, 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, burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery, Kerrville, Kerr County. Includes transcription of obituary from Kerrville Mountain Sun, 1/5/1939.
Find a Grave.
- J.S. Wheless.
Texas House of Representatives: A Pictorial Roster 1846-1992, 1992.
Photographs
- Photograph.
J.S. Wheless, 26th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
Committee Information top
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