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Albert Wadell Moursund

A.W. Moursund
Full Name: Albert Wadell Moursund
Birth date: May 13, 1845
Death date: December 29, 1927

Terms of Service

  • House, 18th (3) Legislature
    1/9/1883 - 1/13/1885
    Democrat
  • House, 17th (1) (2) (4) Legislature
    1/11/1881 - 1/9/1883
    Democrat
(1) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News .
(2) "Judge Moursund is elected floater from Travis and Blanco", "Official Returns - The Tax Sales in Unorganized Counties, Etc.," [Special Telegram to the News.], 11/7/1880, p. 1. Galveston Daily News .
(3) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas 1883.
(4) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas 1881.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

  • A.W. Moursund. House Journal . 17th R.S. 18th R.S.
  • 41st Legislature, R.S., 2/13/1929, p. 638. In Memory of A.W. Moursund. Relatives: A.W. Moursund - father, Anton N. Moursund - son; Anton N. Moursund - father, Travis B. Moursund - son; A.W. Moursund - grandfather, Travis B. Moursund - grandson. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Other Resources

  • Census of 1880 - A.U. Moursund, Blanco, Blanco County, lawyer, wife H.M. Moursund. FamilySearch .
  • Albert Waddell Moursaud [Moursund], birth date 5/13/1845 in Tromso, Norway; death date 12/29/1927 in Fredericksburg, Gillespie County, Texas; lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
  • A.W. Moursund, birth date 5/13/1845, death date 12/29/1927, burial in Greenwood Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Gillespie County. Includes "Moursunds Lauded as Portrait Is Presented," Johnson City Record Courier, 7/30/1965; biographical sketch of Albert Waddell Moursund, Texas Ranger; and portrait from Blanco County Families For One Hundred Years, by John Stribling Moursund, 1961. Find a Grave .
  • Texas Rangers, Captain A.H. Cox's Company B from 9/8/1870 to 5/31/1871. Find a Grave .
  • Albert Waddell Moursund, "Photo to Honor Pioneer Judge," 7/21/1965, section one, pp. 1, 4. Fredericksburg Standard .
  • Albert W. Moursund. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
  • Portrait of Albert Waddell Moursund presented to Gillespie County Courthouse, "Portrait of Former District Judge Moursund to Be Presented July 26," The Harper Herald (Harper, Texas), 7/23/1965, p. 2, crediting Harper Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
  • Relatives: Albert Wadel Hansen Moursund, father of Anton N. Moursund, grandfather of Albert Wadel Moursund, III, and grandfather of Travis B. Moursund. Anton N. Moursund, uncle of Albert Wadel Moursund, III. Travis B. and Albert Wadel, III, cousins. RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service .
  • Biographical sketch, A.W. Moursund, p. 269. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.
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