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William Oxsheer Full Name: William Wilson Oxsheer Date of birth: March 9, 1815 Date of death: December 13, 1905 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 41 Jan 12, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883 17th (1) (2) (3)   Democrat Maysfield / Milam   Bell, Falls, Milam H 41 Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881 16th (4)   Democrat Maysfield / Milam   Bell, Falls, Milam H 17 Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876 14th   Democrat Cameron / Milam   Bell, Falls, Milam (1) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News. (2) Oxsheer sworn on 1/12/1881, p. 3. House Journal. (3) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881. (4) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches OXSHEER, WILLIAM WILSON (1815-1905). Handbook of Texas Online. Biography, William Wilson Oxsheer, p. 263. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879. Portrait and biographical sketch, William Wilson Oxsheer. Milam County, TXGenWeb Project. Other Resources Obituary, Fort Worth Star Telegram, 12/24/1905, p. 4; interment in Oxsheer-Smith Cemetery, Cameron, Milam County, TX. Find a Grave. "Death of Pioneer," 12/24/1905, p. 4. Birth date 3/8/1815; death date 12/13/1905. Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Photographs Photograph. William Oxsheer, State Preservation Board Photograph. William Oxsheer, 17th Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 14th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. 17th session composite photo of House members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Committee Informationtop 17th R.S. - 1881 Congressional Districts   County Governments and County Finances   Insurance and Statistics   Roads, Bridges and Ferries (Chair)  16th R.S. - 1879 Agriculture and Stock Raising   Counties and County Boundaries   Education   Public Health, Vital Statistics and History of Texas   14th R.S. - 1874 Agriculture and Stock Raising   Penitentiary

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