Justus Wesley Ferris
Full Name: Justus Wesley FerrisDate of birth: March 26, 1823
Date of death: April 26, 1899
Terms of Service
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H | 14 | Nov 7, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855 | 5th (1) | Jefferson / Cass | Cass, Titus |
Terms of service footnotes
(1) Marion County was demarked from the southern portion of Cass County by an act of the state legislature on February 8, 1860. Handbook of Texas Online. ↩
Terms of Service
- Legislatures:
- 5th (1)
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- Jefferson / Cass
- Counties in district:
- Cass, Titus
Terms of service notes
(1) Marion County was demarked from the southern portion of Cass County by an act of the state legislature on February 8, 1860. Handbook of Texas Online. ↩
Biographical Information
- 5th Legislature - Roll of Members, J.W. Ferris, age 30, native state New York, emigrated from Kentucky in 1847, lawyer, postoffice Jefferson, Cass County. House Journal.
- Biographical sketch, pp. 292-293. "He may be called the author of the common school system of Texas." Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families, 1889.
- Biographical sketch and portrait, Judge Justus Wesley Ferris, pp. 242-244. The Encyclopedia of the New West, 1881.
- FERRIS, JUSTUS WESLEY (1823-1899). Handbook of Texas Online.
- Biographical sketch and portrait, Justus Wesley Ferris, pp. 372-374. Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas, 1890.
- Mentioned in biographical sketch of son Royal Andrew Ferris, Volume 1, p. 641. "His father, J. W. Ferris, was a native of New York State and came to Texas in 1846. He was a lawyer of great versatility, the editor of a newspaper and represented his district in the legislature." The New Encyclopedia of Texas, 1926.
- Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1875. Included in Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Texas: Begun and Held at the City of Austin Texas. Constitutional Convention (1875). Galveston : Printed for the Convention at the "News" Office, 1875, pp. 3-4. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
- Photograph. Justus Ferris, Constitutional Convention of 1875 Composite Photo. From the collection of the Texas State Library and Archives Commisison.
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