(1) HIX, TEXAS. "Hix is on the west bank of the Brazos River near Farm Road 2000 eleven miles northeast of Caldwell in far northeastern Burleson County . . . A second post office, called Hix, operated at the town from 1894 until 1909, when the mail was routed through Gause." Handbook of Texas Online.
(2) Burleson County. House Journal.
(3) Hix, Lee County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(4) Lee County. Texas House of Representatives: A Pictorial Roster 1846-1992, 1992.
(5) Hix. Texas Legislative Manual.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

J.W. Porter, birth date 9/18/1836, death date 2/17/1919, burial in Hix Cemetery, Hix, Burleson County. Includes biographical sketch. Find a Grave.
Biographical sketch, John W. Porter, p. 157. Born 9/18/1836 in Butler County, Kentucky. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Company F, 8th Texas Infantry, Young's Brigade, Walker's Division, Trans-Mississippi Department. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897.

Other Resources

John Wilson Porter, birth date 9/18/1837 in Kentucky, death date 2/18/1919 in Morgan, Bosque County, Texas, retired farmer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Obituary, J.W. Porter, Sr., "Octogenarian Dead," Burleson County Ledger and News-Chronicle (Caldwell, Texas), 2/21/1919, p. 7, crediting Harrie P. Woodson Memorial Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Photographs

Photograph. J.W. Porter, 25th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

25th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

25th R.S. - 1897
Agricultural Affairs
Claims and Accounts
Labor
State Asylums

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