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Finis E. Piner
Full Name: Finis E. Piner
Date of birth: December 3, 1837
Date of death: December 13, 1900
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Terms of Service top
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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Counties in District |
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12
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Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879
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15th
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Democrat
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Denton / Denton
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Collin, Denton
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(1)
15th Legislature - 4/18/1876, p. 1. All Senators listed in roll call as "Senators elect [who] answered to their names, presented their credentials, and took the oath of office prescribed by the Constitution"; in drawing of Senatorial terms 4/27/1876, p. 98, drew "short term" (two years).
Senate Journal.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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| Biographical Sketches |
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Biographical sketch, p. 674.
Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families, 1889.
Biographical sketch in "The State Capital: Extending the International Railroad to Austin - Personal Notices of Senators Elect," 2/27/1876, p. 1.
Galveston Daily News.
Biographical sketch, F.E. Piner, pp. 118-119. Moved to Denton 1866, teacher in Masonic Building in 1867-1868, then turned to practice of law.
History of Denton County, From Its Beginning to 1960, 1978.
Biographical sketch, pp. 22-23. Birth date 12/4/1838.
Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876.
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Funeral notice, 12/15/1900, p. 6.
Dallas Morning News.
Obituary, "Judge F.E. Piner Dead," 12/14/1900, p. 7. "Denton, Tex., Dec. 13...died at the family home...shortly after 12 o'clock today."
Dallas Morning News.
Obituary index before 1909 lists birth date as 12/4/1837 and death date as 12/13/1900.
Denton Record-Chronicle.
Finis E. Piner, birth date 12/3/1837, death date 12/13/1900, interment in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Denton.
Find a Grave.
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| Photographs |
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Photograph.
Finis E. Piner, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board
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| Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
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15th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate Sergeant-at-arms office, west wall. 2E.10A). State Preservation Board.
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