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William Lee Wood
Full Name: William Lee Wood
Date of birth: December 23, 1850
Date of death: Deceased, date unknown
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Terms of Service top
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Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 13, 1891
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21st
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Democrat
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Palmer / Ellis
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Ellis
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Jan 11, 1887 - Jan 8, 1889
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20th
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Democrat
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Bristol / Ellis
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Ellis
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Democrat.
Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
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Democrat.
Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889.
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Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
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William Lee Wood, Cristol [sic]. Roster of senators and representatives of the 20th Legislature with their postoffice address, Austin Weekly Statesman, "Governmental," 12/30/1886, p. 6.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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| Biographical Sketches |
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Biographical sketch, William Lee Wood, pp. 192-193.
Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature, 1887.
Biographical sketch, William Lee Wood, pp. 335-337. Born 12/23/1850 in Marshall County, Tennessee, married Josie Johnson in 1877 and moved to Ellis County, Texas, the following year.
Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889.
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Possibly W.L. Wood, marriage to J.J. Johnson 8/18/1877 in Humphreys County, Tennessee.
Census of 1880 - Lee Wood, Ellis County, Texas, age 28, born circa 1852 in Tennessee, farmer, wife Josie, son Johnson (2 years), son Babe (6 months).
FamilySearch. 1880
Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950
TRUMBULL, TX. Ellis County. "The community went by a number of different names during the nineteenth century. It was originally known simply as Switch and later came to be called Ghost Hill . . . For a time the area was known as Mackie and then Clemma. The first real settlement of any size in the area was established under this last name by Henry Harkey in 1886. Clemma received a post office in 1894."
Handbook of Texas Online.
"While traveling in the Ghost Hill country last week I called at the home of Hon. W.L. Wood, who many years ago represented Ellis county for two terms in the legislature." "From the Field," by Innocence Abroad, First Monday and a Trip to Ennis, The Waxahachie Daily Light, 10/11/1902, p. 7.
"Hon. W.L. Wood, of Clemma, was in the city yesterday to renew his subscription to the Enterprise. Several years ago Mr. Wood represented Ellis county in the legislature." The Waxahachie Daily Light, 3/8/1904, p. 4.
"Hon. W.L. Wood, who recently moved from Trumbull to Atlanta . . . ," "Is Well Pleased," The Waxahachie Daily Light, 12/22/1904, p. 1.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). December 22, 1904
March 8, 1904
October 11, 1902
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Photograph.
W.L. Wood, 21st Legislature, State Preservation Board
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20th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
21st session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
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