Terms of Service
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House,
31st
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Legislature
7/27/1910 - 1/10/1911
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Tunis city profile: Tunis is located in east central Burleson County, near the Brazos River, p. 80.
Astride the Old San Antonio Road: A History of Burleson County, Texas 1980.
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"Forecast of 32d Legislature: List of Democratic Nominees for Senate and House of Representatives: Elected for the Vacancies: Fifteen New Members of the Thirty-first are Chosen, Three of Them Senators," 8/6/1910, p. 11. "Sylvester Wilburn, Tunis."
Galveston Daily News .
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TUNIS, TEXAS. "Tunis is on the west bank of the Brazos River four miles northwest of Snook in eastern Burleson County . . . A post office operated there from 1878 to 1910."
Handbook of Texas Online .
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Oath of Office Administered to Hon. S. Wilburn, 31st 3rd C.S., Fourth Day, 7/27/1910, p. 32. "Hon S. Wilburn of Burleson County"; no city mentioned.
House Journal .
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Sylvester Wilburn, in special election 7/25/1910, succeeded Stephen M. Meeks, resigned after 2nd C.S.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
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Somerville, Burleson County.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
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"Wilburn is a Pro,"
Palestine Daily Herald, 7/29/1910, p. 5, dateline July 28. Sylvester Wilburn of Burleson sworn yesterday (7/27/1910), "is counted pro on the submission proposition."
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
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Tunis, population 150, Burleson County, associated names: Dogtown.
Texas Towns Database (Texas Almanac) .