Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Alexander Duncan Hensley

Full Name: Alexander Duncan Hensley
Birth date: January 4, 1859
Death date: May 13, 1947

Alexander Duncan Hensley, birth date 1/4/1859 in Mississippi; death date 5/13/1947 in Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Alexander D. Hensley (1859-1947), District Clerk of Matagorda County from 1923 to 1936. Texas Historical Commission. [Historic Marker Application: Hensley-Gusman House], 1994. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Mentioned in Hensley-Gusman Home, p. 231; First Presbyterian Church, Bay City, p. 581; Bay City Independent School District, p. 621 ("A.D. Hensley, a respected citizen and former school board member. He came to Bay City in 1894 and took an active part in the community and in school affairs."); and Appendix H, Legislators Serving Matagorda County 1846-1986, pp. 665-666. Matagorda County Book Committee. Historic Matagorda County, Volume 1, 1986, Houston, Texas, crediting Palacios Area Historical Association. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Biographical sketch, Alexander D. Hensley, pp. 102-103. Born 1/4/1859 in Port Lavaca, Texas. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature 1897.