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William Gore Etheridge

W.G. Etheridge
Full Name: William Gore Etheridge
Other surnames: Ethridge
Birth date: January 30, 1835
Death date: September 16, 1922

Terms of Service

  • House, 18th (1) Legislature
    1/9/1883 - 1/13/1885
    Unaffiliated
(1) Independent. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas 1883.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

Photographs

Other Resources

  • "Col" William Gore Etheridge, birth date 1/30/1835 in Georgia, death date 9/16/1922 in Marlin, Falls County, Texas; appointed postmaster of Carolina, Falls County, 12/6/1866; residence in Falls County, 1880-1920. Atchison-Everett Family Trees; U.S., Appointments of U.S. Postmasters, 1832-1971. Ancestry.com .
  • Wm. G. Etheridge, marriage to Ellen S. Birkes 11/13/1859 in Falls County.
    Census of 1880 - W.G. Etheridge, Falls County, age 45, born circa 1835 in Georgia, farmer, living in household with Ellen.
    Census of 1900 - Wm. Etheridge, Falls County, age 65, born January 1835 in Georgia, farmer, wife Ellen.
    Census of 1910 - Will E. [G.] Etheridge, Lott, Falls County, age 75, born circa 1835 in Georgia, farmer, wife Sarah.
    Census of 1920 - Wm. G. Etheridge, Marlin, Falls County, age 85, born circa 1835 in Georgia, widowed, daughter Lula Highes. FamilySearch . 1910 1900
  • 1920 1880 Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1865
  • W.G. Etheridge (1835-1922), burial in Calvary Cemetery, Marlin, Falls County. Find a Grave .
  • "An Independent Rounded Up," The Galveston Daily News, 11/2/1884, p. 1, crediting the Abilene Library Consortium. "The opening speech was made by W.G. Etheridge, aspirant for representative of the Sixty-second district. His speech was a perfect tirade on the Democrats." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
  • Biographical sketch, p. 262. Elected to the House as an Independent. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.
  • Death notice, "Death Claims W.G. Etheridge, Old Settler of Falls County," 9/20/1922, p. 12. "He served two terms as sheriff of Falls county, also holding the office of tax assessor and collector, and later representing this district in the Texas legislature." Death date Saturday, 9/16/1922. Waco News-Tribune .

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