Thomas Lawson Odom
Full Name: Thomas Lawson OdomDate of birth: March 20, 1825
Date of death: March 29, 1897
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| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | 79 | Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885 | 18th (1) (2) | Democrat | Fort Chadbourne / Runnels | Coleman, Concho, Llano, McCulloch, Runnels, San Saba |
(1) Fort Chadbourne post office closed in 1942. The community was located in extreme northeast Coke County. Handbook of Texas Online.
(2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.
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House District 79
Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885 Legislatures: 18th (1) (2) Party: Democrat Home City/County: Fort Chadbourne / Runnels Counties in district: Coleman, Concho, Llano, McCulloch, Runnels, San Saba |
(1) Fort Chadbourne post office closed in 1942. The community was located in extreme northeast Coke County. Handbook of Texas Online.
(2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.
Biographical Information top
Biographical Sketches
- Biographical sketch, p. 266. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.
- Roster lists name T.L. Odom; biography lists name T.M. Odom. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.
Military Service Notes
- Confederate States Army, Private. Thomas Lawson Odom (1825-1897), burial in Fort Chadbourne Cemetery, Fort Chadbourne, Coke County. Includes photo and obituary from Ballinger Ledger, 4/9/1897. Find a Grave.
Other Resources
- Thomas Lawson Odom, birth date 3/20/1825 in Conecuh County, Alabama, death date 3/29/1897 in Ballinger, Runnels County, Texas; residence in Runnels County (1880); portrait. Bacon Family Tree. Ancestry.com.
- Census of 1880 - Thomas L. Odom, Runnels County, age 56, born circa 1824 in Alabama, raising cattle, wife Loucinda. FamilySearch. 1880
- Thomas L. Odom Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
- Death notice, "Mortuary," Galveston Daily News, 3/30/1897, p. 6. "Mr. Odom was one of the first settlers in this county and represented this district in the Nineteenth legislature" [sic]. Death date 3/29/1897. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
- Mentioned in "Through the Years - San Saba Representatives in Legislative History," 4/1/1948, p. 9. San Saba News.
Photographs
- Photograph. T.L. Odom, 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
Indian Affairs Military Affairs Private Land Claims Stock and Stockraising |
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