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Henry Kirk White

H.K. White
Full Name: Henry Kirk White
Birth date: January 19, 1828
Death date: June 15, 1896

Terms of Service

  • House, 23rd Legislature
    1/10/1893 - 1/8/1895
    Democrat
  • House, 18th (1) (2) (3) (4) Legislature
    1/9/1883 - 1/13/1885
    Democrat
(1) LYONS, TX (BURLESON COUNTY). Current city of Lyons originally known as Lyons Station. No listing for Leon or Leon Station, TX. Handbook of Texas Online .
(2) Lyons Station, Burleson County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(3) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas 1883.
(4) Leon Station, Burleson County. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

Photographs

Other Resources

  • Henry Kirk White, death date 6/15/1896 in Brazos County. Widow's application, Mrs. H.K, White, Bryan, Brazos County, marriage date 9/24/1868 in McLennan County; states Henry Kirk White's command was organized in Grimes County, Texas, and he served 4 years in department stationed in Anderson, Grimes County, Texas. No Confederate service identified by Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, 2/5/1921. H.K. White, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com .
  • Obituary, "Major H.K. White," 6/17/1896, p. 4. Major Henry Kirk White, birth date 6/19/1828 in Sumpter County, Alabama; settled in Grimes County in 1841. "He was twice called to the legislature and served with credit to himself and the state." Bryan Eagle .
  • Henry Kirke White, birth date 1/19/1828, death date 6/15/1896, burial in Bryan City Cemetery, Bryan, Brazos County. Find a Grave .
  • Biographical sketch and portrait, H.K. White, pp. 420-421. Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas 1890.
  • Biographical sketch, p. 265. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.

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