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William Asburry Skillern
Full Name: William Asburry Skillern
Date of birth: December 27, 1833
Date of death: November 13, 1921
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Terms of Service top
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Chamber |
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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Counties in District |
H
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32
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Jan 12, 1897 - Jan 10, 1899
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25th
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(2)
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Populist
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La Nana / Nacogdoches
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Nacogdoches
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Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2)
La Nana, Populist.
Texas Legislative Manual.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Biographical Sketches |
SKILLERN, WILLIAM ASBURRY (1833-1921). Death date 11/13/1921.
Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, William A. Skillern, pp. 82-83. Born 12/27/1833 in Haywood County, Tennessee.
Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897.
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Military Service Notes |
Confederate States Army, Company H, 17th Texas Dismounted Cavalry, and Company A, 11th Texas Infantry on soldier's application. Includes affidavits of witnesses and letter from W.A. Skillern; War Department memo finds no William A. Skillern in those units. W.A. Skillern, Nacogdoches County, born circa 1834 in Haywood County, Tennessee, death date 11/13/1921 in Nacogdoches County. Pension File No. 21183, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958.
Ancestry.com.
Confederate States Army, 17th Texas Dismounted Cavalry and 11th Texas Infantry ("He was elected Lieutenant on one occasion and on another, Orderly Sergeant . . . ").
Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897.
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Other Resources |
Wm. Asburry Skillern, birth date 12/27/1833 in Haywood County, Tennessee; death date 11/13/1921 in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas; farmer.
FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
William A. Skillern (William Asbury "Bill" Skillern), birth date 12/27/1833, death date 11/1/1921 on grave marker, death date 11/13/1921 in biographical information from Nacogdoches--Gateway to Texas, portrait, burial in Christian Cemetery, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County.
Find a Grave.
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Photographs |
Photograph.
W.A. Skillern, 25th Legislature, State Preservation Board
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Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
25th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
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