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William Turner Sadler

Full Name: William Turner Sadler
Birth date: July 27, 1797
Death date: February 18, 1884

Terms of Service

  • House, 2nd (3) Legislature
    12/13/1847 - 11/5/1849
     
  • House, 1st (1) (2) (4) Legislature
    2/16/1846 - 12/13/1847
     
(1) At his death, Sadler's home was "near Elkhart, in Anderson County, Anderson having been created from Houston County on March 24, 1846." Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832-1845 1942.
(2) Democrat. Table of members of the 1st Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 5/20/1846, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(3) Roster of members of the 2nd Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 12/15/1847, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(4) 1st and 2nd Legislature - Houston County. Texas House of Representatives: A Pictorial Roster 1846-1992 1992.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Other Resources

  • Death notice, Wm. Sadlier [Sadler], "Gone to Their Graves," 3/7/1884, p. 1, Palestine. Austin Daily Statesman .
  • Biographical sketch, p. 166. Death date 2/18/1884. Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832-1845 1942.
  • Biographical sketch, William Turner Sadler, pp. 243-244. Daughters of the Republic of Texas Patriot Ancestor Album 1995.
  • William Turner Sadler, Veteran of San Jacinto, birth date 7/27/1797 in Tennessee, death date 2/18/1884, burial in Sadler Cemetery, Anderson County. Includes photo, biographical sketch, and reprint of obituary. Find a Grave .
  • SADLER, WILLIAM TURNER (1797-1884). Birth date 7/26/1797, death date 2/18/1884. Handbook of Texas Online .
  • Texas Army, Private, 1st Company, 2nd Regiment, Texas Volunteers, Texas Revolution, "took part in battle of San Jacinto." Handbook of Texas Online .
  • Book in LRL collection, 328.764 SA15M 2000. Taming Texas : Captain William T. Sadler's Lone Star Service 2000.
  • William Turner Sadler, birth date 7/27/1979 in Lincoln County, North Carolina; death date 2/18/1884 near Elkhart. "Reportedly served in (Confederate States Army) Company E, 34th Texas Cavalry . . . " Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide 2002.
  • Relatives: William Turner Sadler, great-grandfather; Jerry Sadler, grandson. Curtis Bishop, "Historic Names in the 54th: Descendants of many who made early Texas history carry on family traditions of service to their State as members of the 54th Legislature," Volume XVI, Number 1, June 1955, pp. 37, 38, 40. Texas Parade .
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