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William H. Elliott

W.H. Elliott
Full Name: William H. Elliott
Birth date: October 21, 1831
Death date: June 7, 1914

Terms of Service

  • House, 18th (1) (2) (3) (4) Legislature
    1/9/1883 - 12/23/1883
    Unaffiliated
(1) "Armisted [sic], of this place, and W.H. Elliott, of Texarkana, both Democrats, are elected representatives. The citizens ticket, made up of good men, without regard to party, is elected in full for the first time in years," 11/12/1882, p. 1. Galveston Daily News .
(2) Elliott resigned 12/23/1883. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(3) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas 1883.
(4) Independent. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.

Biographical Notes and Resources

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Other Resources

  • Census of 1870 - William Elliott, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, age 38, born circa 1831 in Alabama, clerk in store, wife Lena.
    Census of 1880 - W.H. Elliott, Texarkana, Bowie County, age 48, born circa 1832 in Alabama, dealer in grains and groceries, wife L.A. Elliott.
    Census of 1900 - W.H. Elliott, Texarkana, Bowie County, age 69, born October 1831 in Alabama, furniture, wife Lenora. FamilySearch . 1900 1870
    • 1880
  • William H. Elliott (1833-1914), burial in Rose Hill Cemetery, Texarkana, Bowie County. Includes biographical sketch. Find a Grave .
  • Death notice, "Texarkana Judge Dies," 6/17/1914, p. 7. "Judge Elliott served in the Texas senate [sic] and later was county judge and county clerk of Bowie County." Fort Worth Star-Telegram .
  • William H. Elliott. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
  • Biographical sketch, W.H. Elliott, p. 253. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.
  • Biographical sketch, Judge William H. Elliott, pp. 222-223. Born 10/21/1831, married Leona A. Smith 7/28/1867. The Encyclopedia of the New West 1881.
  • Confederate States Army, Company F, 24th Mississippi commanded by Colonel W.F. Dowd. ". . . he entered as a private, but was soon elected first-lieutenant, and was frequently called on to command his own and other companies of the regiment." The Encyclopedia of the New West 1881.
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