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Edward M. Chrestman Full Name: Edward M. Chrestman Date of birth: September 21, 1872 Date of death: January 21, 1963 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Legislation Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 29 Jan 14, 1913 - Jan 12, 1915 33rd   Democrat Grand Saline / Van Zandt   Van Zandt   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Mayor Edward M. Chrestman, Grand Saline, born 9/21/1872 "four miles southeast of Grand Saline in Van Zandt County," marriage to Flora Simpson 12/24/1893. "Personalities of the Past," published about 1905, 10/16/1969, p. 8. Death notice for Flora Chrestman, "Mrs F. Chrestman Rites Held at Sand Flat Saturday," 5/18/1961, p. 2. Survived by "her husband, Edd M. Chrestman, of Grand Saline, a former member of the Texas state legislature and former editor of the Grand Saline Sun." Grand Saline Sun. Other Resources Census of 1900 - Edward M. Chrestman, Van Zandt County, age 28, born September 1872 in Texas, school teacher, spouse Flora. Census of 1910 - Edward M. Chrestman, Van Zandt County, age 37, publisher/newspaper, spouse Flora. Census of 1940 - Edward M. Christman, Van Zandt County, age 67, farmer/farm, spouse Flora. FamilySearch. 1900 1910 1940 Edward M. Chrestman, birth date 9/21/1872, death date 1/21/1963 in Terrell, Kaufman County, farmer/farming. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. Edward M. Chrestman (1872-1963), burial in Sand Flat Cemetery, Grand Saline, Van Zandt County, same cemetery as Flora Chrestman. Find a Grave. 33rd Legislature (1913) - E.M. Chrestman, postoffice Grand Saline, nativity Texas, age 40 (born circa 1873), publisher, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual. Photographs Photograph. E.M. Chrestman, 33rd Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 33rd session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 33rd R.S. - 1913 Juvenile Reforms   Public Debt   Public Printing   Roads, Bridges and Ferries   State Asylums

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