Henry Harrison Ford
Full Name: Henry Harrison FordDate of birth: March 11, 1844
Date of death: September 23, 1887
Terms of Service top
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | 1 | Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874 | 13th (1) (2) (3) (4) | Democrat | Burkeville / Newton | Chambers, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Newton, Orange, Polk, Tyler |
(1) Burkesville, Newton County. Directory of the Members of the Thirteenth Legislature of the State of Texas, 1873.
(2) Burkeville became the county seat of Newton County in 1848, owing to its location near the geographic center of the county. The county seat moved to the newly created, more centrally located Newton in 1853. Handbook of Texas Online.
(3) Burksville, Newton County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(4) Newton County. Texas House of Representatives: A Pictorial Roster 1846-1992, 1992.
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House District 1
Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874 Legislatures: 13th (1) (2) (3) (4) Party: Democrat Home City/County: Burkeville / Newton Counties in district: Chambers, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Newton, Orange, Polk, Tyler |
(1) Burkesville, Newton County. Directory of the Members of the Thirteenth Legislature of the State of Texas, 1873.
(2) Burkeville became the county seat of Newton County in 1848, owing to its location near the geographic center of the county. The county seat moved to the newly created, more centrally located Newton in 1853. Handbook of Texas Online.
(3) Burksville, Newton County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(4) Newton County. Texas House of Representatives: A Pictorial Roster 1846-1992, 1992.
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Other Resources
- Henry H. Ford, death date 9/23/1887. Lived in Burkeville, Newton County in 1870 (age 28), and at time of enlistment in Confederate Army, and Jasper County in 1880 (age 39), marriage to Eugenia Rebecca Ford 5/5/1867 in Newton County. Census of 1870 and 1880 and U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com.
- Henry Harrison Ford, birth date 3/11/1844, death date 9/23/1887, burial in Jasper City Cemetery, Jasper County. Includes reprint of obituary in The Weekly News-Boy, Jasper, Texas, 9/28/1887. Find a Grave.
Photographs
- Photograph. Henry Ford, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
- Photograph. Henry Ford, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
- 13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
- 13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
- Pictorial Monogram of the State Government of Texas 1873 (DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection). DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs.
Committee Information top
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13th R.S. - 1873
Apportionment Comptroller's and Treasurer's Offices, Examine Education Internal Improvements Military Affairs Redistricting Roads, Bridges and Ferries State Cemetery |
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