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William David Swann

W.D. Swann
Full Name: William David Swann
Birth date: March 5, 1845
Death date: February 8, 1935

Terms of Service

  • House, 37th Legislature
    1/11/1921 - 1/9/1923
    Democrat

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

  • 44th Legislature, R.S., 2/11/1935, p. 349. Resolutions - Memorial .
  • Confederate States Army. "He likewise served his State with distinction in the Civil War under the late Major James P. Douglas, and was one of the last surviving members of the Albert Sidney Johnston Camp of Confederate Veterans of Smith County." 44th Legislature, R.S., 2/11/1935, p. 349. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Other Resources

  • Biographical sketch, William David Swann, Volume V, pp. 2157-2158. Born 3/5/1845 in Sumpter County, Alabama. A History of Texas and Texans 1914.
  • Confederate States Army, Douglass' Battery, First Texas, and joined army of Tennessee. A History of Texas and Texans 1914.
  • Confederate States Army, Private, Douglas' Company, Texas Light Artillery. Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System .
  • William David Swann, birth date 3/5/1845, death date 2/8/1935, burial in Hopewell Cemetery, Swan, Smith County. Includes portrait of Swann as member of the Confederate Douglas Artillery Battery in the Civil War; and obituary from Shreveport Times, 2/9/1935. Find a Grave .
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