Texas Legislators: Past & Present

William Addison Kendall

Full Name: William Addison Kendall
Birth date: August 6, 1830
Death date: April 9, 1910

Terms of Service

House, 18th ⁽⁶⁾ Legislature
1/9/1883 - 1/13/1885
Democrat
House, 17th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ Legislature
1/11/1881 - 1/9/1883
Democrat
House, 11th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ Legislature
8/6/1866 - 2/7/1870

(1) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News .
(2) Roster of 11th Legislature, House of Representatives, "Texas Legislative Proceedings," 8/11/1866, p. 1. Galveston Daily News .
(3) Denton, Denton County House Journal .
(4) Denton, Denton. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(5) Bolivar, Denton County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(6) Pilot Point, Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas 1883.
(7) Pilot Point. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas 1881.
(8) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas 1881.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. W.A. Kendall, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.A. Kendall, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Photograph. W.A. Kendall, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Obituary index lists death date as 4/9/1910. Denton Record-Chronicle .
Obituary and biographical sketch, "Capt. Kendall Dead," 4/11/1910, p. 1; "Capt. Kendall's Life was Interesting One," 4/18/1910, p. 3. Denton Record-Chronicle .
William Addison Kendall, birth date 8/6/1830 in Virginia; death date 4/9/1910 in Pilot Point, Denton County, Texas; retired. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
W.A. Kendall, birth date 8/6/1830, death date 4/9/1910, portrait, burial in Pilot Point Community Cemetery, Pilot Point, Denton County. Find a Grave .
Portrait and biographical sketch, Volume II, History of the Texas Deaf and Dumb Asylum, pp. 6, 19-20. Histories of American Schools for the Deaf, 1817-1893 1893.
William Addison Kendall, born 8/6/1830 in Tazewell County, Virginia; elected to Lower House of the 11th Legislature; included in biographical sketch of son Robert Lee Kendall, Volume III, pp. 117-119. History of Texas; Fort Worth and the Texas Northwest Edition 1922.
Confederate States Army, Private in Gano's Quadron of Cavalry, subsequently attached to General John H. Morgan's 3rd Kentucky Cavalry and promoted to captain. Description of military service and capture with the Morgan troops at Cheshire, Ohio, and confinement as a Federal prisoner. History of Texas; Fort Worth and the Texas Northwest Edition 1922.
Portrait and biographical sketch, William Addison Kendall, Superintendent of the Texas Deaf and Dumb Asylum, pp. 37-38. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature 1887.
Confederate States Army, Company A, 3rd Kentucky Cavalry, captured in Ohio, returned home to Texas in 1865. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature 1887.
Portrait and biographical sketch, William Addison Kendall, Superintendent of the Texas Deaf and Dumb Asylum, pp. 101-102. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.
Portrait and biographical sketch, William Addison Kendall, Superintendent of the Texas Deaf and Dumb Asylum, pp. 138-140. Born 8/6/1830 in Tazewell County, Virginia. Member of the 11th, 17th, and 18th Legislatures. Appointed Superintendent of the Texas Deaf and Dumb Asylum by Governor L.S. Ross and entered upon discharge of his duties 2/1/1887, reappointed in 1889. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature 1892.
Obituary and photo, William Addison Kendall, "Capt. W.A. Kendall Dead," The Post-Signal (Pilot Point, Texas), 4/15/1910, pp. 4, 8. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Biographical sketch, William Addison Kendall of Pilot Point, p. 256. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.
Portrait and biographical sketch, W.A. Kendall, Superintendent of State Institute for Deaf Mutes (William Addison Kendall), pp. 369-373. Types of Successful Men of Texas 1890.