James McCullough Wilson

Full Name: James McCullough Wilson
Date of birth: March 22, 1833
Date of death: December 14, 1894

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	38	Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893	22nd	Democrat	Whitney / Hill		Hill
H	38	Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 13, 1891	21st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Whitney / Hill		Hill

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2) Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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House District 38
Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893
Legislatures: 22nd
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Whitney / Hill
Counties in district: Hill

House District 38
Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 13, 1891
Legislatures: 21st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Whitney / Hill
Counties in district: Hill

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Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, James McCullough Wilson, pp. 279-280. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889.
Biographical sketch, James McCullough Wilson, pp. 267-268. Born 3/22/1833 in Montgomery County, Kentucky. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Musician, Company G, 6th Regiment, Texas Cavalry, enlisted 9/1/1861 at Dallas, Texas, elected 1st Lieutenant 5/26/1862, and promoted to Captain 8/14/1863. James McCullough Wilson, death date 12/14/1894 in Hill County, widow Mrs. Edwin Idella Wilson Smith, marriage date 7/17/1879 in Hill County. Pension File No. 50580, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Includes General Order No. 13, Headquarters Ross Brigade, re. J.M.C. Wilson promotion to Captain. Ancestry.com.
Confederate States Army, Private and Lieutenant, Company G, 6th Regiment of Ross' Cavalry Brigade. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.

Other Resources

J.M.C. Wilson, birth date 3/22/1833, death date 12/14/1894, burial in Whitney Memorial Park, Whitney, Hill County. Find a Grave.
J.M.C. Wilson, birth date 3/22/1833, death date 12/14/1894. Originally interred at Captain Wilson's Cemetery six miles southwest of Whitney. Reinterred at Whitney Cemetery in 1950. Hill County, Texas, 1998.
James M.C. Wilson, Democrat, farmer, age 58 in 1891, born in Kentucky. Legislative Reference Library Card File.

Photographs

Photograph. J.M.C. Wilson, 21st Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

21st session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
22nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.

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22nd R.S. - 1891 Agricultural Affairs Constitutional Amendments County Government and County Finances Finance Public Building and Grounds (Chair) State Affairs Stock and Stock Raising
21st R.S. - 1889 Constitutional Amendments Counties and County Boundaries County Government and County Finances Revenue and Taxation Stock and Stockraising

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