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John Mordecai McWilliams

J.M. McWilliams
Full Name: John Mordecai McWilliams
Birth date: October 5, 1846
Death date: November 21, 1900

Terms of Service

  • House, 24th (1) (2) (3) (4) Legislature
    1/8/1895 - 1/12/1897
    Populist
(1) Populist. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(2) Discussion of populists elected to 24th Legislature, populist pluralities by county, and roster with party affiliation, "Official Returns," "The Next Legislature," The Galveston Daily News, 11/15/1894, p. 6, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(3) Populist. Roster, "News from Austin: Twenty-Fourth Legislature," The Galveston Daily News, 12/23/1894, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(4) J.M. McWilliams and T.R. Watkins of Henderson and Navarro counties listed as a populists. "History of Legislative Representatives From This County [Henderson] Compiled," from Athens Weekly Review, 11/10/1938. Henderson County, TXGenWeb Project .

Biographical Notes and Resources

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Other Resources

  • Confederate States Army. John Mordecai McWilliams, death date 11/21/1900 in Navarro County, widow Mrs. Mary Ann Eliza McWilliams of Waco, McLennan County, marriage date 11/16/1876 in Wilcox County, Alabama. File No. 30712, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com .
  • J.M. McWilliams, birth date possibly 10/6/1846, death date 11/21/1900, burial in Prairie Point Cemetery, Bazette, Navarro County. Includes death notice from The Fairfield Recorder, Vol 25, 12/7/1900. Find a Grave .
  • Death notice, Hon. J.M. McWilliams of Navarro County, member of the 24th Legislature. The Fairfield Recorder, 12/7/1900, p. 2, crediting Fairfield Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
  • John Mordecai McWilliams, pp. 296, 306. The People's Revolt: Texas Populists and the Roots of American Liberalism 2020.
  • Confederate States Army, Company C, 44th Regiment, Alabama Infantry. Military grave marker, John M. McWilliams, birth date 10/5/1846, death date 11/1/1900. Prairie Point Cemetery records list John Mordaci McWilliams, birth date 10/5/1846, death date 11/21/1900. Navarro County, TXGenWeb Project . Prairie Point Cemetery Military grave marker
  • Civil War Burials, Navarro County
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