Jesse Craft Murrell
Full Name: Jesse Craft Murrell
Birth date: May 12, 1856
Death date: November 12, 1927
Birth date: May 12, 1856
Death date: November 12, 1927
Terms of Service
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House,
36th Legislature
1/14/1919 - 1/11/1921
Democrat
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House,
35th Legislature
1/9/1917 - 1/14/1919
Democrat
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House,
28th Legislature
1/13/1903 - 1/10/1905
Democrat
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House,
27th Legislature
1/8/1901 - 1/13/1903
Democrat
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House,
23rd Legislature
1/10/1893 - 1/8/1895
Democrat
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House,
22nd
(2)
Legislature
1/13/1891 - 1/10/1893
Democrat
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House,
21st
(1)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Legislature
1/8/1889 - 1/13/1891
Democrat
(2) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(3) Coesfield post office closed in 1906. Handbook of Texas Online .
(4) Democrat. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.
(5) Jesse Murrell, Gainvesville. Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Biographical Notes and Resources
Selected Newspaper articlesResolutions and Journal entries
- Memorial, 39th Legislature, Regular Session, p. 898, in memory of Mrs. Jesse C. Murrell. House Journal .
Photographs
- Photograph. J.C. Murrell, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. Jesse C. Murrell, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
- Photograph. J.C. Murrell, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. J.C. Murrell, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. Jesse C. Murrell, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. J.C. Murrell, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. J.C. Murrell, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. J.C. Murrell, State Preservation Board
Other Resources
- Obituary, "Jesse C. Murrell Dies at Dorchester," 11/13/1927. "He lived at Gainesville and was a former member of the State Legislature." Dallas Morning News .
- Jesse Clift [sic] Murrell, birth date 5/12/1855 in Kentucky, death date 11/12/1927 in Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
- J.C. Murrell (1855-1927) burial in Fairview Cemetery, Gainesville, Cooke County. Find a Grave .
- MURRELL, JESSE CRAFT (1856-1927). Death date 11/12/1927. Handbook of Texas Online .
- Jesse C. Murrell, Democrat, farmer, age 62 in 1919, born in Missouri. Legislative Reference Library Card File .
- Portrait and biographical sketch, Jessee Craft Murrell, pp. 235-236. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.
- Portrait and biographical sketch, Jesse Craft Murrell, pp. 326-327. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature 1892.
- Mentioned in account of brother's murder in "Horrors Multiply: Tom murrell [sic], wife and son murdered." Texas Trails. RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service .
- Biographical sketch, Jesse C. Murrell, pp. 112-113. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas 1901.
Committee Information
- 36th R.S. - 1919
- Banks and Banking (Chair)
- 35th R.S. - 1917
- 28th R.S. - 1903
- 27th R.S. - 1901
- 23rd R.S. - 1893
- State Affairs (Chair)
- 22nd R.S. - 1891
- Stock and Stock Raising (Chair)
- 21st R.S. - 1889