Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	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 oath of office, 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

Obituary, "Death of Pioneer: W.W. Oxsheer of Cameron, an Honored Citizen of Texas for Many Years," 12/24/1905, p. 4. Birth date 3/8/1815; death date 12/13/1905. Fort Worth Telegram.
OXSHEER, WILLIAM WILSON (1815-1905). Handbook of Texas Online.
Portrait and biographical sketch, William Wilson Oxsheer. Lewis Publishing Company. History of Texas, Together With a Biographical History of Milam, Williamson, Bastrop, Travis, Lee and Burleson Counties, 1893, pp. 255-260. Born 3/9/1815 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, "has represented this county in the State Legislature three sessions, the fourteenth, sixteenth and serventeenth," p. 260. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Biographical sketch, William Wilson Oxsheer, p. 263. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.

Other Resources

W.W. Oxsheer, birth date 3/3/1815, death date 12/13/1905, burial in Oxsheer-Smith Cemetery, Cameron, Milam County. Includes obituary. Find a Grave.
Obituary, Hilliard F. Smith, Jr., 6/14/1959, p. 1. "He [Hilliard F. Smith, Jr.] was the son of Milam County pioneers, Hilliard F. Smith and Viola Oxsheer Smith, a banking family with extensive land holdings dating back before the Texas Republic. He was a grandson of W.W. Oxsheer, a state representative of Milam County during reconstruction days." Relatives - William Wilson Oxsheer, father-in-law; Hilliard Fort Smith, Sr., son-in-law. Waco Tribune-Herald.

Photographs

Photograph. W.W. Oxier, 17th Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Photograph. W.M. Oxsheer, 14th Legislature, State Preservation Board

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 Information top

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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