Texas Legislators: Past & Present

James Crawford Albritton

Full Name: James Crawford Albritton
Birth date: July 3, 1861
Death date: April 23, 1936

44th Legislature, 3rd C.S., 10/2/1936, p. 57. Death date 4/23/1936. Resolutions - Memorial .

Census of 1930 - James C. Albritton, Yorktown, DeWitt County, age 68, born circa 1862 in Alabama, occupation: "State Legislator"; wife Mattie J., age 63. FamilySearch .
Various sources give middle name Crawford or Cranford, with spouse Mattie Jane Sims and children Bessie Ann, James Crockett, and William Albert Albritton. FamilySearch .
James C. Albritton, birth date 7/3/1861 in Alabama; death date 4/23/1936 in Alvin, Brazoria County, Texas; farmer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
James C. Albritton (1861-1936), burial in Friendswood Friends Church Cemetery, Friendswood, Galveston County, with spouse Mattie F. Albritton. Includes reprint of obituary, James Crawford Albritton. Find a Grave .
Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/26/1929, sec. 2, p. 2. Houston Post-Dispatch .
Obituary, James Crawford Albritton, "J.C. Albritton Ex State Representative Dies," Yoakum Weekly Herald, 4/30/1936, p. 1, crediting Carl and Mary Welhausen Library. Born 7/3/1861 in Wilcox, Alabama. "In 1922 he was elected state representative from DeWitt county, and served eight years in that capacity." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .