Texas Legislators: Past & Present

George Oliver Craven

Full Name: George Oliver Craven
Birth date: September 20, 1856
Death date: January 28, 1938

Terms of Service

House, 33rd ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ Legislature
1/14/1913 - 1/12/1915
Democrat
House, 32nd Legislature
1/10/1911 - 1/14/1913
Democrat
House, 31st ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
1/12/1909 - 1/10/1911
Democrat

(1) Democrat; roster of members of the 31st Legislature with biographical and party information. "Year Book 1909," Number 13, May-June 1910, pp. 408-415. Bulletin (Texas Department of Agriculture) 1910.
(2) Pilot (Pilot's) Point, in northeastern Denton County, received a post office in 1855, incorporated in 1866, and reincorporated in 1906. Handbook of Texas Online .
(3) Pilot Point, Cooke County. House Journal .
(4) Pilot Point. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(5) Cooke County. Texas House of Representatives: A Pictorial Roster 1846-1992 1992.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. G.O. Craven, State Preservation Board
Photograph. G.O. Craven, State Preservation Board
Photograph. G.O. Craven, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Obituary, George Oliver Craven, "Father of Jake Craven is Buried," 1/31/1938, p. 5. Came to Texas at age 11 and "settled in Southeast Cooke Co. near Pilot Point." Moved to Gainesville in 1919 after retiring as a farmer; former member of State Legislature. Denton Record-Chronicle .
George Oliver Craven, birth date 9/20/1856 in Atlanta, Georgia, death date 1/28/1938 in Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas, retired farmer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Geo. Oliver Craven, birth date 9/20/1856, death date 1/28/1938, burial in Pilot Point Community Cemetery, Denton County. Find a Grave .
33rd Legislature (1913) - G.O. Craven, postoffice Pilot Point, nativity Georgia, age 56, farmer, 43 years in Texas, member of former legislatures: 31st-32nd, Democrat, counties composing district: Cooke. Texas Legislative Manual .