Census of 1870 - D.H. Triplett, Orange, Orange County, age 26, born circa 1844 in Illinois, attorney at law.
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Dan H. Triplett, birth date 8/15/1844 in Illinois, death date 1/26/1916 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, lawyer.
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D.H. Triplett, burial in Hollywood Cemetery, Houston. Unmarked grave. Includes obituary and funeral notice from The Houston Post, 1/27/1916 and 1/28/1916.
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Biographical sketch included in "A Tale of Two Brothers," by Jerry Pennington, presented in part to the Orange County Historical Society at their March 2001 meeting, Las Sabinas, Volume 29, Number 1, 2003, pp. 18-40, see esp. pp. 23-26, crediting Orange County Historical Society. Born 8/15/1844 in Decatur, Illinois, death date 1/26/1916, obituary; "In 1973 [sic 1873] he was the first Orange lawyer elected to serve the District as a State Legislator. He represented Orange in the 14th Legislature in 1874, and in a Special Session in 1875. Dan was only 30 at the time."
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Obituary, "D.H. Triplett, Prominent Attorney Called by Death: Was One Time Member of Legislature . . . ," The Houston Post, 1/27/1916, p. 11, and funeral notice, D.H. Triplett, The Houston Post, 1/28/1916, p. 5.
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