Johnson Wren
Full Name: Johnson Wren
Date of birth: 1805
Date of death: Deceased, date unknown
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Terms of Service top
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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2
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Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 7, 1859
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7th
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Black Jack Grove / Hopkins
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Hopkins, Lamar
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2
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Nov 16, 1855 - Nov 2, 1857
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6th
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Black Jack Grove / Hopkins
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Hopkins, Lamar
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2
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Nov 14, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855
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5th
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Black Jack Grove / Hopkins
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Hopkins, Lamar
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19
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Nov 3, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853
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4th
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Black Jack Grove / Hopkins
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Hopkins
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8
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Nov 5, 1849 - Nov 3, 1851
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3rd
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Black Jack Grove / Hopkins
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Hopkins, Hunt
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Lamar
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Dec 13, 1847 - Nov 5, 1849
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2nd
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Unknown / Lamar
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Hopkins, Lamar
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(1)
Listed in "Senators holding over: Democrats." Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
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7th Legislature - Not present at organization of the Senate, pp. 1, 4. First mentioned in appointments to Senate committees, 11/4/1857, p. 10.
Senate Journal.
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7th Legislature - Listed in "large cadre of returning senators," p. 276.
The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.
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"In Lamar, a number of the candidates are in the field for the Senate . . . probably Hon. Johnson Wren," "Candidates for the Legislature," Galveston Weekly News, 5/29/1855, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
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6th Legislature, Regular Session - Qualified and took his seat, 11/16/1855, p. 78.
Senate Journal.
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6th Legislature - Listed in the "19 members of the Senate [who] retained their seats from the 5th Legislature," p. 258.
The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.
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5th Legislature - City/county, pp. 457-461.
House Journal.
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Roster of members elect of the 5th Legislature, state elections, 1853. Texas State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 8/20/1853, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
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5th Legislature - Presented his credentials, qualified, and took his seat, 11/14/1853, p. 44.
Senate Journal.
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Roster of members elect of the 3rd Legislature, Matthewson, R.C., Texas State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 9/29/1849, p. 6, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
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HOPKINS COUNTY. "Hopkins County was created from parts of Lamar and Nacogdoches counties in March 1846 by the first Texas state legislature."
Handbook of Texas Online.
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W.H. Bourland and Johnson Wren, Lamar County.
House Journal.
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Roster of members of the 2nd Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 12/15/1847, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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"Johnson Wren located in the northwestern part of the county and was the first representative in the State Legislature." Early History of Hopkins County, Texas: Biographical Sketches and Incidents of the Early Settled Families, Chapter VI, by E. B. Fleming, 1902.
USGenWeb Project, 1996.
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Census of 1860 - Johnson Wren, Beat No. 4, Black Jack Grove post office, Hopkins County, age 55, born circa 1805 in Kentucky, farmer.
FamilySearch.
Mentioned in history of Senatorial redistricting for Lamar County, "Backward Glances (from the scrapbooks of the late A.W. Neville, Editor of the Paris News, 1936-1956, 3/14/1951)," republished 8/26/1976, p. 6.
Paris News.
Biographical notes, p. 244. Farmer from Kentucky, served in the House in the 2nd-4th Legislatures.
The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.
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