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William John Darden

Full Name: William John Darden, Jr.
Birth date: June 12, 1825
Death date: May 29, 1881

Terms of Service

  • House, 10th Legislature
    11/2/1863 - 8/6/1866
     
  • House, 6th (1) Legislature
    11/5/1855 - 11/2/1857
     
(1) Included "[a]mong 1855 legislators that this writer has positively identified as Know Nothings." The party was active in Texas at the state level between 1855 and 1857. "An Analysis of the Texas Know Nothings," Vol. 70, No. 3, pp. 414, 416-417. Southwestern Historical Quarterly .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Other Resources

  • Mentions William John Darden. Part 9. Consider the Lily: the Ungilded History of Colorado County, Texas .
  • Census of 1850 - Wm. J. Darden, Houston, Harris County, age 25, born circa 1825 in Virginia, lawyer.
    Census of 1860 - W. J. Darden, Colorado County, age 35, born circa 1825 in Virginia, attorney at law.
    Census of 1870 - William J. Darden, Columbus, Colorado County, age 45, born circa 1825 in Virginia, lawyer. FamilySearch . 1860 1870
  • 1850
  • William J. Darden, birth date 6/12/1825, portrait, burial in Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery, Columbus, Colorado County. Death date missing from grave marker. Find a Grave .
  • Death notice, "Texas Facts and Fancies," Weekly Democratic Statesman (Austin), 6/9/1881, p. 4. "Judge W.J. Darden, a prominent citizen and eminent lawyer of Columbus." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
  • Confederate States Army, 5th Texas Infantry, part of Hood's Texas Brigade. Biographical Encyclopedia of Texas, 1880, New York, p. 167. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
  • Biographical sketch, William J. Darden. Born 6/2/1825 in Norfolk, Virginia; lawyer of Columbus, Colorado County, Texas. "In 1855 he was elected to the State legislature, and served with credit to himself and satisfaction to his constituents . . . In 1863 he was chosen to the Legislature, and took an active part in its deliberations." Biographical Encyclopedia of Texas, 1880, New York, p. 167. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
  • William John Darden, Jr., birth date 6/12/1825, death date 5/29/1881. Wife Fannie Amelia Dickson Darden; parents William S. and Susan Baker (Dawley) Darden. Confederate Veteran. Cemetery transcription, Columbus Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery, Colorado County. TXGenWeb Project .

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