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Sidney John Howeth

S.J. Howeth
Full Name: Sidney John Howeth
Birth date: June 15, 1863
Death date: January 11, 1939

Terms of Service

  • House, 38th (1) (2) Legislature
    1/9/1923 - 1/13/1925
    Democrat
(1) Home address Cleburne. House Journal .
(2) Home post office Alvarado. Texas Legislative Manual .

Biographical Notes and Resources

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Other Resources

  • Census of 1910 - S.J. Howeth, Alvarado, Johnson County, age 47, born circa 1863 in Texas, farmer, spouse Alice R. Howeth.
    Census of 1920 - S.J. Hauseth [sic: Howeth], Justice Precinct 4, Johnson County, age 55, born circa 1865 in Texas, farmer, spouse Alice R. Howeth.
    Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965, S.J. Howeth marriage to A.R. Heffner, 2/18/1885 in Johnson County. FamilySearch . 1910 1920
    • Marriage
  • Sidney John Howeth, birth date 6/15/1863 in Texas; death date 1/11/1939 in Alvarado, Johnson County; farmer and minister. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
  • Rev. S.J. Howeth (1863-1939), burial in Glenwood Cemetery, Alvarado, Johnson County, with spouse Alice R. Howeth (1868-1940). Find a Grave .
  • Mentioned in FUNDAMENTALISM. "In 1923, state representatives S.J. Howeth of Johnson County and J.T. Stroder of Navarro County, a Baptist minister and Baptist layman, respectively, introduced the legislature's first antievolution bill." (HB 97, 38th Legislature, R.S.) Handbook of Texas Online .
  • Stroder-Howeth antievolution bill mentioned, pp. 147-148. Hood, Bonnet, and Little Brown Jug: Texas Politics, 1921-1928 1984.
  • Mentioned as a leading proponent of anti-evolution bills in the 1920's, pp. 57-58 (HB 97, 38th Legislature, R.S.; HB 378, 39th Legislature, R.S.; HB 90, 41st Legislature, R.S.). Ledbetter, Patsy. "Defense of the Faith: J. Frank Norris and Texas Fundamentalism, 1920-1929," Arizona and the West, Vol. 15, No. 1, Spring, 1973, pp. 45-62. JSTOR .
  • Obituary, Rev. S.J. Howeth, "Rites for Former Legislator Held," Cleburne Times-Review, 1/22/1939, p. 1, crediting Johnson County Historical Collective. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
  • 38th Legislature (1923) - S.J. Howeth, postoffice Alvarado, nativity Texas, age 58 (born circa 1865), farmer, minister, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual .

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