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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	5	Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879	15th (1)	Democrat	Linden / Cass		Bowie, Cass, Marion, Morris

(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

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

• Obituary, Francis Marion Henry, "Capt. Frank M. Henry of Texarkana Dead," 9/16/1911. Dallas Morning News.
• 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.
• Captain F.M. Henry, pp. 392-393. F.A. Battey and Company, Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas: Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families, 1889, p. 135, crediting Fannin County Historical Commission. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
• 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.

Military Service Notes

• Confederate States Army, Captain, Company I, 19th Arkansas Infantry. Captain F.M. Henry, pp. 392-393. F.A. Battey and Company, Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas: Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families, 1889, p. 135, crediting Fannin County Historical Commission. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Other Resources

• Francis M. Henry, birth date 11/11/1832 in Rhea County, Tennessee, death date 9/15/1911 in Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas, lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
• F.M. Henry, birth date 11/11/1832, death date 9/15/1911, burial in Rose Hill Cemetery, Texarkana, Bowie County. Includes obituary and historical marker. Find a Grave.
• Text of historical marker, Francis Marion Henry, Bowie County. Texas Historic Sites Atlas (Texas Historical Commission).
• F.M. Henry, Cass County, p. 31. Texas Legal Directory for 1876-77, 1877.

Photographs

• Photograph. F.M. Henry, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board

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.

Committee Information top

15th R.S. - 1876 Commerce and Manufactures   Constitutional Amendments   General Land Office   Internal Improvements   Judiciary No. 1   Private Land Claims   Privileges and Elections   Public Buildings and Grounds (Chair)  Public Claims and Accounts   Public Lands (Chair)  Retrenchment and Reform