Texas Legislators: Past & Present

William Jarvis Russell

Full Name: William Jarvis Russell
Birth date: December 12, 1865
Death date: March 15, 1917

Terms of Service

House, 28th Legislature
1/13/1903 - 1/10/1905
Democrat
House, 27th Legislature
1/8/1901 - 1/13/1903
Democrat
House, 26th Legislature
1/10/1899 - 1/8/1901
Democrat
House, 23rd Legislature
1/10/1893 - 1/8/1895
Democrat

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. W.J. Russell, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Photograph. W.J. Russell, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.M.J. Russell, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Wm. J. Russell, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.J. Russell, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Biographical sketch, William J. Russell (1865-1917) of Brownsville, Volume IV, p. 2051. A History of Texas and Texans 1914.
Wm. J. Russell, birth date 12/12/1865 in Texas; death date 3/15/1917 in Beaumont, Jefferson County; attorney; parents William H. Russell and Marion Williams Russell. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
William J. Russell, birth date 12/12/1865, death date 3/15/1917, burial in Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont, Jefferson County. Find a Grave .
Relatives: William Jarvis Russell (1802-1881) of La Grange - father; William H. Russell (1838-1882) of Brownsville - son. William H. Russell (1838-1882) of Brownsville - father; William Jarvis Russell (1865-1917) of Brownsville - son. William Jarvis Russell (1802-1881) of La Grange - grandfather; William Jarvis Russell (1865-1917) of Brownsville - grandson. Texas Historical Commission, Historic Marker Application: Russell-Cocke House, pp. 7, 9, crediting Texas Historical Commission. "William H. Russell, was born 1838 in Brazoria County, son of Captain William Jarvis Russell . . . William H. Russell's son, William Jarvis Russell, named after his grandfather, was born in Fayette County in 1864. At the age of five he moved to Brownsville with his parents and in 1877 resided in this house . . . W.J. Russell served as a member of the Texas House of Representatives for the Twenty-third and Twenty-sixth, Twenty-seventh, and Twenty-eighth sessions." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Obituary, "Judge W.J. Russell, Dead at Beaumont," The Houston Post, 3/16/1917, p. 12. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Biographical sketch, William J. Russell, pp. 148-149. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas 1901.