Texas Legislators: Past & Present

John Boyle Hemphill

Full Name: John Boyle Hemphill, Jr.
Birth date: April 17, 1858
Death date: April 4, 1949

Terms of Service

House, 28th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ Legislature
1/13/1903 - 1/10/1905
Democrat
House, 27th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ Legislature
1/8/1901 - 1/13/1903
Democrat

(1) Avalon, Ellis County. "Members of the Twenty-Eighth Legislature, House of Representatives," 11/9/1902, p. 24. Galveston Daily News .
(2) AVALON, TEXAS (Ellis County). "Avalon is an agricultural community located at State Highway 34 and Farm Road 55 about fourteen miles southeast of Waxahachie in southern Ellis County." Handbook of Texas Online .
(3) Ennis, Ellis County. House Journal .
(4) Avalon, Ellis County. House Journal .
(5) Ennis, Ellis County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(6) Avalon, Ellis County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(7) Avalon. Texas Legislative Manual .
(8) Ennis. Year Book for Texas, Volume II 1903.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. J.B. Hemphill, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.B. Hemphill, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Photo in composite of Supreme Court justices, p. 14, description of work as judge and frontier attorney, pp. 15, 26-27. Austin Lawyers: A Legacy of Leadership and Service 2005.
Census of 1900 - John Hemphill, Ellis County, age 42, birth date April 1858 in Mississippi, lawyer, spouse Maggie, daughters Lula, Vera, and Allen, son Grady.
Census of 1910 - John B. Hemphill, Ellis County, age 52, born in Mississippi, lawyer, spouse Estel, daughters Lucile, Vera, and Allie.
John Boyle Hemphill in birth records for son Grady Hemphill and daughter Allie Mae Hemphill. FamilySearch . 1910 1900

Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981 (1)

Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981 (2)

John B. Hemphill, birth date 4/17/1857, death date 4/4/1949, burial in Oaklawn Cemetery, Sulphur, Murray County. Father J.B. Hemphill buried in Italy, Ellis County, Texas. Find a Grave . J.B. Hemphill John B. Hemphill
Obituary, "Rites Held for J.B. Hemphill," Sulphur Times-Democrat, Sulphur, Murray County, Oklahoma, Thursday, 4/7/1949. Birth date 4/17/1858 in Kossiuske, Mississippi, death date Monday, 4/4/1949. "He received his preliminary education in Mississippi then moved to Lavaca county, Texas, where he studied law and was admitted to the bar. He moved to Ellis county, Texas, where he practiced law for many years and presented the county in the state legislature for two terms." Newspapers.com .
John B. Hemphill, death date 4/4/1949 in Murray County, Oklahoma. Oklahoma State Vital Records Index 2016.
28th Legislature (1903) - J.B. Hemphill, postoffice Avalon, nativity Mississippi, age 48 (born circa 1855), lawyer, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual .
Biographical sketch, John B. Hemphill, pp. 105-106. Born 4/17/1858 in Kosciusko, Mississippi. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas 1901.
"Death of Mrs. Hemphill," 7/16/1902, p. 1. Obituary of Mrs. Maggie Hemphill, death date 7/15/1902 "at the family home near Avalon," wife of Representative J.B. Hemphill. Waxahachie Daily Light .