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William David Lanier

W.D. Lanier
Full Name: William David "Pa Bill" Lanier
Birth date: April 13, 1847
Death date: August 27, 1930

Terms of Service

  • House, 35th Legislature
    1/9/1917 - 1/14/1919
    Democrat
  • House, 34th Legislature
    1/12/1915 - 1/9/1917
    Democrat

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Other Resources

  • William D. Lanier, birth date 4/13/1847 in Marion County, Georgia; death date 8/27/1930 in Atlanta, Cass County, Texas. Pension File No. 42719, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com .
  • William David Lanier and Pauline Francis Lemmon, parents of Winnie Lanier, birth date 3/28/1881 in Jefferson, Marion County.
    Census of 1900 - Wm. D. Lanier, Cass County, age 53, born April 1847 in Georgia, wife P. Frankin Lanier, daughters Maggie, Mattie, and Winnie.
    Census of 1910 - W.D. Lanier, Atlanta, Cass County, age 63, born circa 1847 in Georgia, wife Pauline Lanier, daughter Maggie. FamilySearch . Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981 1910
    • 1900
  • W.D. Lanier, birth date 4/13/1847 in Georgia; death date 8/27/1930 in Atlanta, Cass County; retired. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
  • W.D. Lanier, birth date 4/13/1847, death date 8/27/1930, burial in Pine Creek Cemetery, Atlanta, Cass County. Find a Grave .
  • Occupation and religious affiliation, 34th Legislature. "Occupations of Members of Legislative House," 3/14/1915, p. 4. Galveston Daily News .
  • Photos of W.D. "Pa Bill" Lanier family in Atlanta, by Heather Ridpath Pilcher, Sarah L. Ridpath, Arcadia Publishing, 2011, p. 91. "Pa Bill Lanier, who served in the Confederate army and two term[s] in the Texas Legislature in 1915 and 1917." Google Books .
  • Confederate States Army. "He enlisted in the Confederacy at the age of 17 in April 1864 under Captain Wm. Oliver in Company B, State troops, and was later transferred to 2nd Texas Infantry under K. Smith." The Cass County Sun (Linden, Texas), 9/2/1930, p. 1, crediting Atlanta Public Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
  • Obituary, W.D. Lanier, "A Good Citizen Passes Away," The Cass County Sun (Linden, Texas), 9/2/1930, p. 1, crediting Atlanta Public Library. W.D. Lanier "served 4 years in the Legislature as a representative from Cass county." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
  • 35th Legislature (1917) - W.D. Lanier, postoffice Atlanta (Texas), nativity Georgia, age 70 (born circa 1847), 59 years in Texas, merchant, member of former legislatures: 34th, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual .
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