Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Atticus Lafayette Pinkston

Full Name: Atticus Lafayette "Att" Pinkston
Birth date: April 1, 1878
Death date: July 21, 1935

(1) Pinkston resigned 7/5/1923. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.

A.L. Pinkston (Atticus Lafayette Pinkston), birth date 4/1/1878; death date 7/21/1935 in Center, Shelby County; publisher/newspaper office. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Atticus Lafayette Pinkston, birth date 4/1/1878, permanent home address in Tenaha, Shelby County, farmer and stockman, nearest relative Mrs. Elizabeth Pinkston (wife), draft registration 9/12/1918 in Shelby County. FamilySearch United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 .
Att L. Pinkston, birth date 4/1/1878, death date 7/21/1935, burial in Oaklawn Memorial Park, Center, Shelby County. Find a Grave .
Death notice, "Business Manager of Center Daily News News Taken by Death," 7/23/1935, p. 2. A.L. Pinkston "had served as representative in the state legislature and also was Shelby county clerk." Lubbock Morning Avalanche .
Obituary, "A.L. Pinkston, Publisher News-Champion, Dies Suddenly," Timpson Daily Times, 7/22/1935, p. 1, crediting Timpson Public Library. "One of the publishers of the News and Champion at Center"; known as "Att" Pinkston. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
38th Legislature (1923) - A.L. Pinkston, postoffice Tenaha, nativity Texas, age 44 (born circa 1879), farmer, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual .