Terms of Service

• House, 7th ^{(1) (2) (3)} Legislature
  11/27/1857 - 11/7/1859
   
  

(1) French took the oath of office on 11/27/1857, p. 186. House Journal .
(2) Democrat. Roster of 7th Legislature, "Texas Legislature Complete for 1857-8," Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(3) Members of the Seventh Legislature, Biographical Notes - Members, April 1937 issue. Southern Historical Research Magazine 1937.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Other Resources

• Capt. Marcellus French, birth date 2/14/1831, death date 12/13/1919, burial in Saint Johns Episcopal Church Cemetery, Halifax, Halifax County, Virginia. Includes biographical sketch: first judge of Atascosa County and also became a 1st Lieutenant in the Texas Rangers. Find a Grave .
• FRENCH, MARCELLUS (1831-1919). Birth date 2/14/1831, death date 12/13/1917. Handbook of Texas Online .
• Confederate States Army, Captain, Company F, 35th Virginia Cavalry. Handbook of Texas Online .
• Included in biographical sketch of brother, James H. French (deceased), pp. 619-622. Memorial and Genealogical Record of Southwest Texas: Containing Biographical Histories and Genealogical Records of Many Leading Men and Prominent Families 1894.
• Included in biographical sketch of brother, Captain James French, p. 361. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature 1892.

Committee Information

• 7th R.S. - 1857
• Federal Relations  
• Indian Affairs  
• Translation of Spanish Documents by Geo. Fisher, Esq., in the State Library