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Charles Dougherty Grace

C.D. Grace
Full Name: Charles Dougherty Grace
Birth date: August 31, 1840
Death date: February 11, 1906

Terms of Service

  • Senate, 16th (1) & 15th (2) Legislatures
    4/18/1876 - 1/11/1881
    Democrat
(1) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News .
(2) 15th Legislature - All Senators except District 7 listed in roll call as Senators elect, oath of office administered, 4/18/1876, p. 1; Drawing of Senatorial Terms, 4/27/1876, p. 98, drew "long term" (four years). Senate Journal . April 14, 1876
April 27, 1876

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Other Resources

  • Charles D. Grace, born circa 1841 in Georgia, age 65, death date 2/11/1906 in Bonham, Fannin County. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
  • Charles D. Grace (1840-1906), portraits, burial in Bailey Inglish Cemetery, Bonham, Fannin County, with wife Leonora M. Grace. Find a Grave .
  • Biographical sketch in "The State Capital: Extending the International Railroad to Austin - Personal Notices of Senators Elect," 2/27/1876, p. 1. "Dr. Francis." Galveston Daily News .
  • Mentioned in history of Senatorial redistricting for Lamar County, "Backward Glances (from the scrapbooks of the late A.W. Neville, Editor of the Paris News, 1936-1956, 3/14/1951)," republished 8/26/1976, p. 6. Paris News .
  • Obituary, "Major Chas. D. Grace Dead: Famous Sharpshooter of the Confederacy and Prominent Citizen of Bonham Passes Over the River Very Unexpectedly," The Bonham News, 2/13/1906, p. 2, crediting Bonham Public Library.
    "Resolutions of Respect: Bonham Bar Association Remember the Late Chas. D. Grace," The Bonham News, 2/16/1906, p. 2, crediting Bonham Public Library. Mayor of Bonham and State Senator. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) . Resolutions of Respect Obituary
  • Confederate States Army, Company B, 4th Georgia Regiment, Dale's Brigade. Obituary, The Bonham News, 2/13/1906, p. 2, crediting Bonham Public Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
  • Biographical sketch, Charles Dougherty Grace. Bonham Public Library. Fannin County Folks & Facts, 1977, Bonham, Texas, p. 200, crediting Fannin County Historical Commission. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
  • Biographical sketch, pp. 18-19. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878 1876.
  • Biographical sketch, Charles Dougherty Grace, pp. 241-242. Born 8/31/1840 near Zebulon, Pike County, Georgia; "may be regarded as a 'hard shell' Democrat." Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.
  • Confederate States Army, Private, LaGrange Light Guards, 4th Georgia Regiment, Dole's Brigade, Rhodes' Division, Stonewall Jackson's Corps. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.
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