Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Silas Benjamin Cowell

Full Name: Silas Benjamin Cowell
Birth date: April 27, 1866
Death date: April 20, 1956

Terms of Service

Senate, 34th ⁽¹⁾ & 33rd ⁽²⁾ Legislatures
1/14/1913 - 1/9/1917
Democrat

(1) 34th Legislature - Roll Call of holdover Senators, 1/12/1915, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(2) 33rd Legislature - List of Senators elected on November 5, 1912, oath of office administered, 1/14/1913, pp. 3-4. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. S.B. Cowell, State Preservation Board
Photograph. S.B. Cowell, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Census of 1910 - Silas B. Cowell, Whitesboro, Grayson County, age 44, born circa 1866 in Missouri, cashier, wife Florence. FamilySearch .
Silas Benjamin Cowell, birth date 4/27/1866 in Missouri; death date 4/20/1956 in Sherman, Grayson County, Texas; banker. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Silas Benjamin Cowell, birth date 4/27/1866, death date 4/20/1956, burial in Oak Wood Cemetery, Whitesboro, Grayson County, with spouse Mary Florence Cowell. Find a Grave .
Obituary, S.B. Cowell, "Ex-State Senator Dies at Gainesville," 4/22/1956, p. 20. Fort Worth Star-Telegram .
Age 48 in 1915, death date 4/20/1956. Legislative Reference Library Card File .