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William Monroe Rust

W.M. Rust
Full Name: William Monroe Rust
Birth date: March 18, 1825
Death date: June 12, 1904

Terms of Service

  • House, 15th (1) (2) (3) Legislature
    4/18/1876 - 1/14/1879
    Democrat
(1) Mentioned in "The news from Austin . . . Resignations of Representative Barziza and four others accepted after critical debate . . . Hunter restored to his seat . . . Other resignations not improbable," Thursday, 8/3/1876, p. 1. Galveston Daily News .
(2) Resignation letter and Gov. Coke's transmittal letter to Speaker, 8/2/1876, pp. 742-743. House Journal .
(3) William R. Rust resigned 8/2/1876, and succeeded himself in special election 9/21/1876. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources

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  • William Monroe Rust, birth date 3/18/1825 in Frederick County, Virginia, death date 6/1/1904 in Seguin, Guadalupe County, Texas. Residence in Burnet County (1860) and Guadalupe County (1870 and 1900). Spouses Sallie McDowell Shelby (1831-1872) and Arabella Campbell (1854-1886). Marlene Skinner Family Tree. Ancestry.com .
  • William M. Rust, Confederate States Army, Captain, 21st Regiment, Texas Cavalry (1st Texas Lancers), Company B. Texas, U.S., Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900; U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865.
    Possibly William M. Rust, 2nd Lieutenant, Texas Volunteers, Ranger Rolls - Statehood, enlisted 10/18/1855, discharged 11/16/1855; William Rust, Private, Mountain Guards, Texas Cavalry, Burnet County, 27th Brigade, Texas Militia, enlisted 6/18/1861 at Hubbard's Mill. Ancestry.com .
  • Mentioned in "Early History of Guadalupe County," p. 430. Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas 1900.
  • Census of 1870 - William Rust, Guadalupe County, age 45, born circa 1825 in Virginia, lawyer, living in household with Sallie Rust.
    Census of 1900 - W.M. Rust, Guadalupe County, age 75, born March 1825 in Virginia, lawyer, widowed. FamilySearch . 1900 1870
  • Obituary, "Captain Rust Dead," 6/14/1904, p. 8. Capt. Wm. Monroe Rust, birth date 3/18/1827 in Warren County, Virginia, death date 6/12/1904 in Seguin. "Located in Seguin in 1852. He served in the Confederate army through the war as Captain in the Twenty-First Texas Cavalry . . . Served as County Attorney and as member of the Legislature. In politics he was an uncompromising Democrat." Galveston Daily News .
  • Obituary, "Captain Rust," The Fort Worth Record and Register, 6/14/1904, p. 6. Captain William Monroe Rust, birth date 3/18/1827, death date 6/12/1904. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
  • Biographical sketch, p. 133. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878 1876.

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