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Samuel Sheley Devall

Sam S. Devall
Full Name: Samuel Sheley "Sam" Devall
Birth date: November 14, 1896
Death date: May 8, 1980

Terms of Service

  • House, 43rd (1) Legislature
    1/10/1933 - 1/8/1935
    Democrat
(1) Attorney at law. Questionnaire on name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, and relationship to persons in state or county government. 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Other Resources

  • Census of 1930 - Sam Devall, Hallettsville, Lavaca County, age 32, born circa 1898 in Texas, lawyer/general practice, son-in-law of Will T. and Eugenia Bagby, spouse Mary Devall. FamilySearch .
  • Samuel Sheley Devall, birth date 11/14/1896, home address Hallettsville, Texas. FamilySearch United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 .
  • Colonel, United States Army. Grave marker, Samuel Sheley Devall, birth date 11/14/1896, death date 5/8/1980, burial in Hallettsville City Cemetery, Hallettsville, Lavaca County, with spouse Mary Bagby Devall. Find a Grave .
  • United States Army, Colonel, World War II. Photo and biographical sketch, Colonel Sam S. Devall, "a reserve officer currently on active duty with Texas Military District. A native Texan, he was commissioned in 1918 after attending Officers Training Camp at Leon Springs, Texas. During World War II, he served as inspector general for the Army Air Force Training Command and as deputy to the Air Inspector of Flying Training." "Military Head Inspects Corps," The J-TAC (Stephenville, Texas), 5/16/1950, p. 1, crediting Tarleton State University. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
  • Mentioned in preview of 44th Legislature and discussion of legislative turnover, "Texas House Gets 80 New Members," 10/15/1934, p. 14. San Antonio Express .
  • "Recently discharged from active military service, Col. Sam Devall has resumed his law practice in Hallettsville," "In Chambers We Learn," November 1947, pp. 469-470. Texas Bar Journal .
  • 43rd Legislature (1933) - Sam S. Devall, postoffice Hallettsville, Lavaca County, nativity Texas, age 35 (born circa 1898), lawyer. Texas Legislative Manual .

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