Texas Legislators: Past & Present

William Wesley Lawson

Full Name: William Wesley Lawson
Birth date: April 17, 1854
Death date: December 16, 1926

Terms of Service

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.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

40th Legislature, R.S., 1/31/1927, p. 283. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Photograph. W. W. Lawson, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W. W. Lawson, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Census of 1900 - William W. Lawson, Red River County, age 46, born April 1854 in Texas, farmer, spouse Margaret A.
Census of 1910 - Will W. Lawson, Red River county, age 56, born circa 1854 in Texas, widowed. FamilySearch . 1900 1910
W.W. Lawson, birth date 4/17/1854 in Texas; death date 12/16/1926 in Annona, Red River County; cotton buyer.
William Wesley Lawson, father of Ethel Lawson Williams, death date 7/5/1965. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 . Ethel Lawson Williams W.W. Lawson
W.W. Lawson, birth date 4/17/1854, death date 12/16/1926, burial in Annona Cemetery, Annona, Red River County. Includes full name William Wesley Lawson, member of 31st-32nd Legislatures, cited to obituary in Deport Times 12/24/1926, and death records for Red River County. Find a Grave .
Obituary, "Pioneer Citizen of Red River Dies: W.W. Lawson Buried Friday Within Short Distance of Birthplace," 12/19/1926, p. 3. Paris Morning News .
Obituary, "W.W. Lawson Dies Thursday at Home in Red River," The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Texas), 12/17/1926, p. 1, crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .