Robert Marion Harkness
Full Name: Robert Marion HarknessDate of birth: April 10, 1837
Date of death: March 30, 1904
Terms of Service
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H | 81 | Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885 | 18th (1) | Democrat | Pearsall / Frio | Dimmit, Frio, Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Zavala |
Terms of service footnotes
(1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883. ↩
Terms of Service
- Legislatures:
- 18th (1)
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- Pearsall / Frio
- Counties in district:
- Dimmit, Frio, Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Zavala
Terms of service notes
(1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883. ↩
Biographical Information
- R.M. Harkness. House Journal.
- Portrait and biographical sketch, Robert M. Harkness, pp. 562-563. Born 4/10/1837 in Green County, Alabama. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
- Biographical sketch, R.M. Harkness, p. 267. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.
- Confederate States Army, 36th Alabama Regiment. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
- Census of 1880 - Robert M. Harkness, Frio County, age 44, born circa 1836 in Alabama, stock raiser, wife Sarah.
Census of 1900 - Robert M. Harkness, Frio County, age 63, born April 1837 in Alabama, county treasury, wife Sarah. FamilySearch. 1880 1900 - Robert Marion Harkness, birth date 4/10/1837, death date 3/31/1904, burial in Pearsall Cemetery, Pearsall, Frio County. No grave marker photo. Find a Grave.
- Obituary, "Our Fraternal Dead," 12/8/1904, p. 8. Notice of death for John Adriance, death date 12/10/1903. Notice of death for Robert M. Harkness, death date 3/30/1904. Galveston Daily News.
- Robert M. Harkness. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
- Obituary, R.M. Harkness, Pearsall, The Austin Statesman, 4/1/1904, p. 5. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
- Photograph. R.M. Harkness, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- 18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
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