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William Coffman W.H. Coffman
Full Name: William H. Coffman
Date of birth: November 26, 1831
Date of death: December 9, 1903
Terms of Service top
Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 72 Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885 18th (1)   Democrat Lexington / Lee   Burleson, Lee, Washington
(1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.
 
Biographical Notes and Resources top
Biographical Sketches
  • Biographical sketch, W.H. Coffman, p. 265. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.
    • Other Resources
  • William H. Coffman, death date 12/11/1903. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
  • William H. "Will" Coffman, birth date 11/26/1831, death date 12/9/1903. Portrait, grave marker photo, interment in Mesquite Cemetery, Lee County. Find a Grave.
  • Mortuary, 12/11/1903, p. 3, dateline "Lexington, Tex., Dec. 7th," states Coffman "passed quietly away at his home six miles west of town at an early hour this morning." Galveston Daily News.
  • William H. Coffman was 2nd Lieutenant, 8th Texas Infantry, Company F. Texans in the Civil War.
    • Photographs
  • Photograph. William Coffman, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board
    • Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
  • 18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
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    18th R.S. - 1883
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