Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Cader Adkin Shelby

Full Name: Cader Adkin Shelby
Birth date: March 23, 1862
Death date: April 28, 1931

Terms of Service

House, 30th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
1/8/1907 - 1/12/1909
Democrat
House, 29th Legislature
1/10/1905 - 1/8/1907
Democrat

(1) Candidate for re-election, "Hon. C.A. Shelby for Floater," The Sulphur Springs Gazette, 5/25/1906, p. 1, crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. C.A. Shelby, State Preservation Board
Photograph. C.A. Shelby, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Census of 1900 - Cater Shelby, Mount Vernon, Franklin County, birth date March 1862 in Alabama, age 38, county clerk, wife Pinkie Shelby, children Virgie, Dixie, Lex, Charles, Hall, and Mary Shelby.
Census of 1930 - Cader A. Shelby, Camp County, born circa 1862 in Alabama, age 58, justice of peace precinct, wife Mattie E. Shelby. FamilySearch . 1900 1930
Cader Adkin Shelby, age 69; birthplace Alabama; death date 4/28/1931 in Leesburg, Camp County; justice of peace and insurance business; father Warren Shelby, mother Nancy E. Parker. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
C.A. Shelby, birth date 3/23/1862, death date 4/28/1931, burial in Glade Springs Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Franklin County. Find a Grave .
Obituary, "C.A. Shelby Buried Monday in Mount Vernon," The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Texas), 4/30/1931, p. 1, crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society. Cedar A. Shelby, "He was a member of the State Legislature from 1904 to 1908, served as District and County Clerk in Franklin County and taught school in this section for more than twenty-five years. At the time of his death he was Justice of the Peace at Newsome." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
29th Legislature (1905) - C.A. Shelby, postoffice Mt. Vernon, nativity Alabama, age 42 (born circa 1863), merchant and f'r'm, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual .