Texas Legislators: Past & Present

John Henry Wessels

Full Name: John Henry Wessels
Birth date: April 8, 1863
Death date: April 14, 1943

Terms of Service

House, 38th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ ⁽⁹⁾ Legislature
1/9/1923 - 1/13/1925
Republican
House, 37th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ Legislature
1/11/1921 - 1/9/1923
American Party of the United States

(1) "Ferguson Was Chief Speaker for Americans," 8/15/1919, p. 4. Brownwood Bulletin .
(2) "'American Party of U.S.' Launched at Ft. Worth by Ferguson Conference," 8/15/1919, p. 2, Galveston Daily News .
(3) La Grange. House Journal .
(4) La Grange, Fayette County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(5) "American Party Dissolves," 2/9/1922, p. 3. San Saba News .
(6) American Party. Texas Legislative Manual .
(7) Republican. Texas Legislative Manual .
(8) Halsted. Texas Legislative Manual .
(9) Halsted post office discontinued in 1906. Fayette County, TXGenWeb Project .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

48th Legislature, R.S., HSR 272. Born 4/8/1863, died 4/14/1943. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Photograph. John H. Wessels, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.H. Wessels, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Biographical sketch, John Henry Wessels, Volume IV, pp. 1595-1596. Born 4/8/1864 in Oldenburg, Germany. A History of Texas and Texans 1916.
John H. Wessels, birth date 4/8/1863 in Germany; death date 4/14/1943 in La Grange, Fayette County, Texas; merchant. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
John H. Wessels, birth date 4/8/1863, death date 4/14/1943, burial in Rutersville Cemetery, Rutersville, Fayette County. Photos of John Henry Wessels and wife Mary, and Wessels' train depot. Find a Grave .
Biographical sketch, portrait, and photos of the Wessels home and business in La Grange, Texas. Halsted Haus 2005.
Mentioned in HALSTED, TEXAS. "The Wessels enterprises closed, and the post office was discontinued after 1930." Handbook of Texas Online .
Obituary, John H. Wessels, La Grange Journal, 4/22/1943, p. 2, crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Mentioned in history of Halsted, Texas, Footprints of Fayette. Fayette County, TXGenWeb Project .