Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Robert Watson Thompson

Full Name: Robert Watson Thompson
Birth date: December 12, 1842
Death date: May 11, 1918

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(2) 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) .

Robert Watson Thompson, birth date 12/12/1842 in Dallas County, Alabama, death date 5/11/1918 in Houston, burial in Bellville. Physician, father James Alexander Thompson, mother Jane Bethany. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Dr. Robert Watson Thompson, birth date 12/12/1842, death date 5/11/1918, burial in Oak Knoll Cemetery, Bellville, Austin County. Find a Grave .
Robert W. Thompson, Democrat, physician, age 45 in 1889, born in Alabama. Legislative Reference Library Card File .
Portrait and biographical sketch, Robert Watson Thompson (Dr. Robert W. Thompson), pp. 294, 297. Born 12/12/1842 in Dallas County, Alabama, doctor, married Virginia A. Minton in 1872. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.
Confederate States Army, 20th Texas Infantry. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.
Obituary, "Dr. R.W. Thompson Died Saturday," The Houston Post, 5/12/1918, p. 13. "He served two years as commissioner of Austin county, and was a member of the 21st Texas legislature . . . " Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .