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David Washington Cole
Full Name: David Washington "Wash" Cole
Date of birth: October 31, 1820
Date of death: March 5, 1885
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Terms of Service top
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Chamber |
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
Party |
City/County |
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Counties in District |
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10
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Feb 8, 1870 - Jan 13, 1874
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12th
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(4)
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13th
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Democrat
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Black Jack Grove / Hopkins
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Hopkins, Hunt, Wood
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(1)
Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act passed Apr. 24, 1873 [presented to Governor May 1, 1873 and became law without his signature], 13th Legislature, R.S., ch. 35,
Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(2)
13th Legislature - Included in list of 15 Senate members that were conservative Democrats, p. 145.
The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.
(3)
Black Jack Grove renamed Cumby in 1886.
Handbook of Texas Online.
(4)
Name listed David W. Cole.
Members of the Texas Legislature, 1846-1962, 1962.
(5)
12th Legislature, 1st C.S. - Drawing for Terms of Office, 5/2/1870, pp. 51-52. Drew 4-year term.
Senate Journal.
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Party affiliation, Democrat.
Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Other Resources |
David Washington "Wash" Cole, birth date 10/31/1820, death date 3/5/1885, burial in Cumby Cemetery, Cumby, Hopkins County.
Find a Grave.
Mentioned in CUMBY, TEXAS. Cumby, formerly Black Jack Grove, was settled in 1842 by D.W. (Wash) Cole.
Handbook of Texas Online.
Census of 1870 lists name as Washington Cole, born in Kentucky c. 1821.
HeritageQuest Online.
History of Black Jack Grove and Judge D.W. Cole obituary, Black Jack Post, 3/7/1885. Death date 3/5/1885.
RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service.
Mentioned in "R.W. Harris Tells of the Old Days and its People." Miller Green married a daughter of Wash Cole, "a very prominent citizen of the county and a member of the State Legislature from Hopkins County in the early day."
RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service.
David Washington Cole, p. 92.
The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.
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Photographs |
Photograph.
D.W. Cole, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
D.W. Cole, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection.
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Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
Pictorial Monogram of the State Government of Texas 1873 (DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection). DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection..
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