Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Byron Drew

Full Name: Byron Drew
Birth date: October 21, 1855
Death date: December 25, 1932

(1) District 17, composed of Hunt and Kaufman counties. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.

Biographical sketch, "The Press of Kaufman," 3/13/1884, p. 1. Born in Polk County, 1855, editor of Kaufman Sun. Austin Weekly Statesman .
Biographical sketch, p. 261. Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families 1889.
Byron Drew, birth date 10/21/1855, death date 12/25/1932, spouse Lena Moore Drew, burial in Rose Hill Cemetery, Ardmore, Oklahoma. Find a Grave .
Biographical sketch, Byron Drew, pp. 78-79. Born 10/21/1855 at Drew's Landing, Polk County, parents Monroe and Martha (Moon) Drew, married Lena Moore in 1885. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature 1897.
Obituary, "Well Known City Man Dies: Byron Drew Passes Away Unexpectedly," 12/26/1932, p. 1. Born 10/21/1855 in at Drew's Landing, near Livingston, Texas, newspaperman, moved to Ardmore "about 30 years ago from Texas where he was active in politics. He originated the Texas poll tax law and was prominent in the state legislature." The Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, Oklahoma) .