Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Alvin Clark Owsley

Full Name: Alvin Clark Owsley
Birth date: April 8, 1855
Death date: April 27, 1938

Terms of Service

House, 24th ⁽⁶⁾ Legislature
1/8/1895 - 1/12/1897
Democrat
House, 22nd ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ Legislature
1/13/1891 - 10/31/1892
Democrat
House, 21st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ Legislature
1/8/1889 - 1/13/1891
Democrat

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(2) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(3) Denton County included in districts 29 and 32, both of which were entitled to one representative, 17th Legislature, 1 C.S. chapter 13, p. 11, (redistricting bill). General Laws of the State of Texas .
(4) District 29, A.C. Owsley and J.W. Jagoe, both of Denton County. No one listed for District 32. House Journal .
(5) Owsley resigned 10/31/1892. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(6) District 13. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(7) District 32. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(8) Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

46th Legislature, R.S., HSR 122, 2/13/1939, pp. 546-547. Born 4/8/1855. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Photograph. A.C. Ousley, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Alvin C. Owsley, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Biographical sketch, Hon. Alvin C. Owsley, Volume II, pp. 106-108. Birth date 4/8/1856. A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of North and West Texas 1906.
Portrait and biographical sketch, pp. 650-652. Representative of the 29th district, composed of Denton and Collin counties. Birth date 4/8/1856. Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families 1889.
Obituary, A.C. Owsley, 4/28/1938. Dallas Morning News .
Funeral notices, "A.C. Owsley Funeral Friday," 4/28/1938, p. 4; "Final Rites Held for A.C. Owsley," 4/30/1938, p. 4. Denton Record-Chronicle .
Obituary and photo, "Owsley, Veteran Barrister, Dies, 4/27/1938, p. 1. Denton Record-Chronicle .
Alvin Clark Owsley, birth date 4/8/1855 in Johnson County, Missouri; death date 4/27/1938 in Denton, Denton County, Texas; lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Judge Alvin C. Owsley, birth date 4/8/1855, death date 4/27/1938, burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Denton. Includes obituary from the Wise County Messenger, 5/5/1938; and portrait of Alvin, Clark, Henry, and their father, Alvin C. Owsley. Find a Grave .
OWSLEY, ALVIN MANSFIELD (1888-1967). Relatives: Alvin Mansfield Owsley - son; Alvin Clark Owsley - father. Relatives: James P. Blount - uncle; Alvin Mansfield Owsley - nephew. Handbook of Texas Online .
OWSLEY, ALVIN CLARK (1856-1938). "Married Sallie M. Blount, daughter of Judge J. M. Blount of Denton." Relatives: Alvin Clark Owsley - son-in-law; J.M. Blount - father-in-law. Relatives: Alvin Mansfield Owsley - grandson; J.M. Blount - grandfather. Handbook of Texas Online .
Biographical sketch, Alvin C. Owsley, p. 158; mentioned as President of Chamber of Commerce, April 1909-1913, pp. 268 and 306-307. History of Denton County, From Its Beginning to 1960 1978.
Biographical sketch, Alvin C. Owsley, p. 376. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Alvin C. Owsley, pp. 327-328. Born 4/8/1856 in Johnson County, Missouri. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature 1892.
Memorial, July 1938, p. 235. Birth date 4/8/1855. Texas Bar Journal .