Texas Legislators: Past & Present

William Franklin Kellis

Full Name: William Franklin Kellis
Birth date: March 15, 1855
Death date: March 9, 1945

Terms of Service

House, 37th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ Legislature
1/11/1921 - 1/9/1923
Democrat
House, 36th Legislature
1/14/1919 - 1/11/1921
Democrat

(1) Sterling County, p. 2; San Angelo, Tom Green County, p. 5. House Journal .
(2) San Angelo, Tom Green County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(3) Sterling City. Texas Legislative Manual .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. W. F. Kellis, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W. F. Kellis, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Biographical sketch, William Franklin Kellis, Volume V, pp. 2468-2469. Born 3/15/1855 at Mount Vernon, Texas; married Nannie B. Martin 1/8/1880. A History of Texas and Texans 1914.
Obituary, "Pioneer Westex Editor Succumbs," 3/10/1945, p. 12. W.F. (Uncle Bill) Kellis, former legislator and editor of Sterling City Record; death date 3/9/1945 in Riverside, California. Abilene Reporter-News .
Obituary, "'Uncle Bill' Kellis Dies in California," 3/11/1945, p. 8. Big Spring Daily Herald .
William F. Kellis, birth date 3/15/1855 in Texas; death date 3/9/1945 in Riverside, California. FamilySearch . California Death Index, 1940-1997
William F. Kellis (1855-1945), burial in Sterling City Cemetery, Sterling County, with spouse Nannie B. Kellis. Find a Grave .
Mentioned in CAMP ELIZABETH. Handbook of Texas Online .
37th Legislature (1921) - W.F. Kellis, postoffice Sterling City, nativity Texas, age 65 (born circa 1856), 65 years in Texas, lawyer and newspaperman, member of former legislatures: 36th, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual .