Lipscomb Norvell

Lipscomb Norvell

Full Name: Lipscomb Norvell, Jr.
Date of birth: March 29, 1828
Date of death: September 14, 1900

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Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 4 Nov 4, 1861 - Jan 14, 1862 9th (1)     Jasper / Jasper   Jasper, Newton

(1) W.T. Roberts, in special election 8/4/1862, succeeded Lipscomb Norvell. Roberts probably joined the 13th Texas Mounted Volunteers soon after and did attend the 1st Called Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

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House District 4
Nov 4, 1861 - Jan 14, 1862
Legislatures: 9th (1)  
Home City/County: Jasper / Jasper
Counties in district: Jasper, Newton

(1) W.T. Roberts, in special election 8/4/1862, succeeded Lipscomb Norvell. Roberts probably joined the 13th Texas Mounted Volunteers soon after and did attend the 1st Called Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

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Biographical Sketches

Other Resources

  • Judge L. Norvell, birth date 3/29/1828, death date 9/4/1900, burial in Greenleaf Cemetery, Brownwood, Brown County. Find a Grave.
  • Election to constitutional convention of 1875, Chapter 5, Jefferson County, p. 159. Grass-Roots Reconstruction in Texas, 1865-1880, 1997.
  • Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1875. Included in Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Texas: Begun and Held at the City of Austin Texas. Constitutional Convention (1875). Galveston : Printed for the Convention at the "News" Office, 1875, pp. 3-4. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.

Photographs

  • Photograph. Lipscomb Norvell, Constitutional Convention of 1875 Composite Photo. From the collection of the Texas State Library and Archives Commisison.

Committee Information top

9th R.S. - 1861
Judiciary  
Public Debt  

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