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Oba R. Morrison

O.R. Morrison
Full Name: Oba R. Morrison
Birth date: August 24, 1847
Death date: June 6, 1924

Terms of Service

  • House, 24th (1) Legislature
    1/8/1895 - 5/1/1895
    Democrat
  • House, 23rd Legislature
    1/10/1893 - 1/8/1895
    Democrat
(1) Morrison resigned 5/1/1895. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources

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Other Resources

  • Confederate States Army, Private, Company D, 34th Texas Cavalry. Ora [Oba] R. Morrison, born circa 1847 in Shelby County, death date 6/6/1924 in Beaumont, Jefferson County; includes letter from O.R. Morrison describing Confederate service. Pension File No. 32608, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958; U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865. Ancestry.com .
  • Census of 1880 - O.R. Morrison, Shelby County, age 32, born circa 1848 in Texas, farmer, wife A.A.
    Census of 1900 - O.R. Morrison, Beaumont, Jefferson County, age 54, born August 1846 in Texas, real estate agent, wife A.A.
    Census of 1910 - Oba Morrison, Beaumont, Jefferson County, age 62, born circa 1848 in Texas, publisher, wife Alice A.
    Census of 1920 - Aba Morrison, Beaumont, Jefferson County, age 72, born circa 1848 in Texas, Justice of Peace, widowed. FamilySearch . 1910 1900
  • 1880 1920
  • O.R. Morrison, birth date 8/24/1857 [sic] in Shelby County, age 76 (born circa 1848), death date 6/6/1924 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, retired county officer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
  • Confederate States Army, Private, Company D, 34th Texas Cavalry. Military grave marker, Oba R. Morrison (1847-1924), burial in Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont, Jefferson County. Find a Grave .
  • Biographical sketch, O.R. Morrison, State Revenue Agent, pp. 21-22. Born 8/24/1847 in Shelby County, married Alice A. Solomon in Shelby County, 1873. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature 1897.
  • Confederate States Army, 35th Texas Cavalry commanded by Col. A.W. Terrell. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature 1897.
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