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Francis Marion Henry
Full Name: Francis Marion Henry
Date of birth: November 11, 1832
Date of death: September 15, 1911
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Terms of Service top
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Chamber |
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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Counties in District |
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5
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Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879
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15th
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Democrat
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Linden / Cass
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Bowie, Cass, Marion, Morris
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(1)
15th Legislature - All Senators except District 7 listed in roll call as Senators elect, oath of office administered, 4/18/1876, p. 1; Drawing of Senatorial Terms, 4/27/1876, p. 98, drew "short term" (two years).
Senate Journal. April 18, 1876
April 27, 1876
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Biographical Sketches |
Francis Marion Henry, birth date 11/11/1832, death date 9/15/1911, biographical sketch, photo, obituary, burial in Rose Hill Cemetery, Texarkana, Bowie County.
Find a Grave.
Biographical sketch in "The State Capital: Extending the International Railroad to Austin - Personal Notices of Senators Elect," 2/27/1876, p. 1. "Dr. Francis."
Galveston Daily News.
Correction to biographical sketch, "State Senators elect: personal sketches completed - seventeen lawyers, seven grangers, two doctors, one editor and four colored politicians - the political structure of the new Senate of Texas," 3/3/1876, p. 2.
Galveston Daily News.
Biographical sketch, pp. 10-11.
Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876.
Biographical sketch, p. 225. Born 1832, ". . . settled at Linden, the county seat of Cass County, where he resumed the practice law. Francis Henry was elected to the Senate in 1876 and moved to Texarkana in Bowie County, still in the Fifth District, in 1877."
The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.
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Military Service Notes |
Confederate States Army, Captain, Company D, 19th Arkansas Infantry. Obituary, "Capt. Frank M. Henry of Texarkana Dead," 9/16/1911.
Dallas Morning News.
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Other Resources |
Obituary, "Capt. Frank M. Henry of Texarkana Dead," 9/16/1911.
Dallas Morning News.
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Photographs |
Photograph.
F.M. Henry, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board
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Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
15th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate Sergeant-at-arms office, west wall. 2E.10A). State Preservation Board.
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