Josiah Kemble. Photo courtesy of Margaret Spalding Crabtree.

Josiah Wright Kemble

Full Name: Josiah Wright Kemble
Date of birth: August 22, 1820
Date of death: August 29, 1875

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	20	Jan 13, 1874 - Aug 29, 1875	14th	Democrat	Waxahachie / Ellis		Dallas, Ellis, Tarrant
H	20	Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874	13th	Democrat	Waxahachie / Ellis		Ellis, Hill, Kaufman, Navarro

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House District 20
Jan 13, 1874 - Aug 29, 1875
Legislatures: 14th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Waxahachie / Ellis
Counties in district: Dallas, Ellis, Tarrant

House District 20
Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874
Legislatures: 13th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Waxahachie / Ellis
Counties in district: Ellis, Hill, Kaufman, Navarro

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

Josiah Wright Kemble, biographical sketch, birth date 8/22/1820, death date 8/29/1875. Story excerpted and provided by Margaret Spalding Crabtree, from Genealogy of the Kemble (Kimble) Family in America, compiled by Kemble A. Stout, pages 126-128, 1992. Donated Material.
KEMBLE, JOSIAH WRIGHT (1820–1875). Handbook of Texas Online.

Other Resources

Josiah W. Kemble, birth date 8/22/1820, death date 8/29/1875, burial in Red Oak Cemetery, Red Oak, Ellis County. Find a Grave.

Photographs

Photograph. J.W. Kemble, 14th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.W. Kemble, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
Photograph. J.W. Kemble, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Josiah Kemble. Photo courtesy of Margaret Spalding Crabtree., Donated Material

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.
14th 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

14th R.S. - 1874 Agriculture and Stock Raising Asylum and Public Building Repairs Comptroller and Treasurer (Co-Chair) Comptroller's and Treasurer's Office (Chair) Counties and County Boundaries Education
13th R.S. - 1873 Agriculture and Stock Raising Land Office, Examine Books and Railroad Certificates Roads, Bridges and Ferries Superintendent of Public Schools

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