40th Legislature, Resolution naming B.L. Cornwell of Hardin County "poet-laureate of this House," 2/14/1927, p. 549. Includes biographical poem, p. 549, additional poems, p. 1056.
House Journal . Resolution and autobiographical poemAdditional poems
Census of 1930 - B.L. Cornwell, Sr., Sour Lake, Hardin County, age 74, born circa 1856 in Kentucky, newspaper editor.
FamilySearch .
Bevoly Leonidas Cornwell I, birth date 8/31/1855 in Franklin, Kentucky; death date 8/14/1945 in Sour Lake, Hardin County, Texas; newspaper editor.
FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Bevoly L. Cornwell (1855-1945), burial in Rosedale Cemetery, Sour Lake, Hardin County, Texas.
Find a Grave .
40th Legislature (1927) - B.L. Cornwell, postoffice Sour Lake, nativity Kentucky, printer and editor.
Texas Legislative Manual .