Terms of Service

• House, 11th ^{(1) (2)} Legislature
  8/8/1866 - 2/7/1870
   
  
• House, 5th Legislature
  11/7/1853 - 11/5/1855
   
  

(1) Mark Strond, District 13, Rusk. Roster of 11th Legislature, House of Representatives, "Texas Legislative Proceedings," 8/11/1866, p. 1. Galveston Daily News .
(2) Not present at organization of the House on 8/6/1866. Mark Stroud sworn 8/8/1866, p. 10. House Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 5th Legislature - Roll of Members, Mark Stroud, age 42, native state Alabama, emigrated from Alabama in 1839, farmer, postoffice Henderson, Rusk County. House Journal .

Photographs

• Photograph. M. Stroud, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Mentioned in biographical sketch of son Alpheus D. Stroud, M.D., Volume IV, pp. 1992-1993. Mark Stroud, born January 1812 in Walton County, Georgia; died December 1888 in Rusk, Texas. "Prior to the outbreak of the war between the states he was a member of the lower house of the state legislature, and always aided and abetted in the success of the democratic party." A History of Texas and Texans 1914.
• Mark Stroud, birth date 1/31/1812, death date 12/5/1888, burial in Old Henderson City Cemetery, Henderson, Rusk County. Find a Grave .
• STROUD, MARK (1812-1888). Handbook of Texas Online .

Committee Information

• 11th R.S. - 1866
• County and County Boundaries  
• Public Lands  
• 5th R.S. - 1853
• Claims and Accounts  
• Land Office