Louis Mountville Lankford

Full Name: Louis Mountville Lankford
Date of birth: March 29, 1878
Date of death: November 19, 1940

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	42	Jan 12, 1937 - Jan 10, 1939	45th	Democrat	Commerce / Hunt		Hunt, Rains

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

47th Legislature, R.S., HSR 57, 1/20/1941, p. 136. Resolutions - Memorial.

Military Service Notes

Lankford, Louis M. Co. L, 40 Reg't, USV. Inf. Philippine Insurrection.
Lankford, Louis M. Service: L 40 U.S. Vol. Inf. FamilySearch. United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 United States Index to General Correspondence of the Pension Office
40th U.S. Volunteer Infantry, Private, Commerce, Texas. Louis Mountville Lankford, birth date 3/29/1878, enlistment date 10/5/1899, discharge date 10/27/1899. FamilySearch United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, 1985.
40th U.S. Volunteer Infantry, Private. Military grave marker and application for headstone, Louis M. Lankford, death date 11/19/1940, burial in Stewart Cemetery, Hunt County. Includes obituary from Greenville Evening Banner, 11/21/1940. Find a Grave.
Spanish-American War. 47th Legislature, R.S., HSR 57, 1/20/1941, p. 136. Resolutions - Memorial.

Other Resources

Louis M. Lankford, birth date March 1878, death date 11/19/1940, son of Elijah Lankford and Margaret Carter, "Texas State Senator from Hunts and Rains County, Texas." Genealogy.com, 2004.
Louis M. Lankford, death date 11/19/1940 in Muskogee County, Oklahoma. Oklahoma State Vital Records Index, 2016.
Death notice, "Lankford Is Buried: Former Legislator Who Died in Oklahoma Goes to Grave," 11/23/1940, p. 9. Waco News-Tribune.

Photographs

Photograph. Louis Lankford, 45th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

45th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, west wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

45th R.S. - 1937
Constitutional Amendments
Education
Privileges, Suffrage and Elections
Public Printing (Vice Chair)

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