Jackson Perry Padgett

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Military Service Notes

• United States Army Signal Corps. World War I. Obituary, "Jack P. Padgett of Herald Dies," 6/6/1969, p. 6D. Dallas Morning News.
• United States Army, Private, World War I. Jackson P. Padgett, age 21 (born circa 1897), home address in Austin, Travis County, birthplace Gainesville. FamilySearch Texas, World War I Records, 1917-1920 (Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin).

Other Resources

• Obituary, "Ex-Austin Newsman Succumbs," 6/6/1969, p. 22. Jack Padgett, "one time state representative," death date 6/5/1969. Austin Statesman.
• Obituary, "Jack P. Padgett of Herald Dies," 6/6/1969, p. 6D. "During the 1930s, Padgett had served in the Texas Legislature as a representative from Travis County." Dallas Morning News.
• Census of 1940 - Jackson Padgett, Austin, Travis County, age 42, born circa 1898, general agent/insurance, spouse Ruth, daughter Caprice, and son Jack Jr.
  Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965 - Jackson Perry Padgett and Ruth Leonard married 11/17/1917 in Bexar County. FamilySearch. Census of 1940 Marriage
• Jack Perry Padgett, birth date 2/22/1897 in Gainesville, death date 6/5/1969 in Dallas, promotional adv./newspaper, burial in Hillcrest Cemetery, Dallas; served in World War I. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
• Jack P. Padgett, birth date 2/24/1897, death date 6/5/1969, burial in Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County. Find a Grave.
• 44th Legislature (1935) - Jack Padgett, postoffice Austin, Travis County, nativity Texas, age 37 (born circa 1898), life insurance underwriter. Texas Legislative Manual.

Photographs

• Photograph. Jack Padgett, 44th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

• 44th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.

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