Terms of Service

• House, 7th ^{(1) (2)} Legislature
  11/27/1857 - 11/7/1859
   
  

(1) French took the oath of office on 11/27/1857, p. 186. House Journal .
(2) Democrat. Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Other Resources

• Capt. Marcellus French, birth date 2/14/1831, death date 12/13/1919, burial in Saint Johns Episcopal Church Cemetery, Halifax, Halifax County, Virginia. Company F, 35th Virginia Cavalry. Includes biographical sketch: first judge of Atascosa County and also became a First Lieutenant in the Texas Rangers. Find a Grave .
• FRENCH, MARCELLUS (1831-1919). Birth date 2/14/1831, death date 12/13/1917. Handbook of Texas Online .
• Biographical sketch of Marcellus French included in sketch of his brother, Captain James French, p. 361. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature 1892.

Committee Information

• 7th R.S. - 1857
• Federal Relations  
• Indian Affairs  
• Translation of Spanish Documents by Geo. Fisher, Esq., in the State Library