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Robert Crews Duff

R.C. Duff
Full Name: Robert Crews Duff
Birth date: February 5, 1873
Death date: December 13, 1942

Terms of Service

  • House, 28th Legislature
    1/13/1903 - 1/10/1905
    Democrat
  • House, 24th (1) (2) Legislature
    1/8/1895 - 2/14/1895
    Democrat
(1) Columbia post office renamed East Columbia in 1927. Handbook of Texas Online .
(2) N.H. Haller, sworn 2/14/1895, unseated R.C. Duff in election contest the same day. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Other Resources

  • Relatives: Robert Crews Duff - brother, Frederick Joseph Duff - brother. Culpepper Connections' Family Tree .
  • Robert Crews Duff, birth date 2/5/1873 in Columbia, Texas; death date 12/13/1942 in Houston, Harris County; attorney; burial in West Columbia. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
  • Robert Crews Duff, birth date 2/5/1873, death date 12/13/1942, burial in Columbia Cemetery, West Columbia, Brazoria County. Includes obituary in Freeport Facts, 12/17/1942. Find a Grave .
  • Mentioned in BEAUMONT AND GREAT NORTHERN RAILROAD. Handbook of Texas Online .
  • Mentioned in WACO, BEAUMONT, TRINITY AND SABINE RAILWAY. Handbook of Texas Online .
  • Obituary and photo, "Funeral Held for R.C. Duff, Railway Head," 12/14/1942, pp. 1, 2. "In 1902 Colonel Duff was elected to represent Jefferson and Orange counties in the Twenty-Eighth Texas Legislature and served one term."
    Obituary, 12/14/1942, p. 19. "R.C. Duff, president of the Waco, Beaumont, Trinity and Sabine Railroad Company . . . He practiced law in Brazoria County from the age of 19. In 1901 he moved to Beaumont, and in 1910 he moved to Houston." Houston Chronicle .
  • Captain, Spanish-American War, 1898. Houston Chronicle .
  • Separate cards for R.C. Duff, 24th Legislature, from Columbia and R.C. Duff, 28th Legislature, from Beaumont. Legislative Reference Library Card File .
  • Separate entries for R.C. Duff, 24th Legislature, from Columbia and Robert C. Duff, 28th Legislature, from Beaumont. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
  • R.C. Duff, Texas Volunteer Guard, Call Number 401-190. Born in Columbia, Brazoria County; lawyer; oath 3/20/1903. "In volunteer guard and raised company of cavalry for service in late war . . . " Texas Adjutant General Service Records 1836-1935 .
  • First name Robert. Texas House of Representatives: A Pictorial Roster 1846-1992 1992.
  • Biographical sketch, R.C. Duff, p. 133. Born in Columbia, 2/5/1873. "In practice of law, Brazoria Co., 1892-1900, Beaumont, 1900-05." Texian Who's Who 1937.
  • Speech in Governor's reception room quoted, Vol. II, pp. 137-138. Year Book for Texas, Volume II 1903.
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