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W.M. Craddock Full Name: W. M. Craddock Date of birth: September 6, 1880 Date of death: November 17, 1954 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 34 Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 12, 1937 44th   Democrat Quitman / Wood   Wood   Biographical Notes and Resources top Other Resources Census of 1920 - Walter M. Croddoct [sic: Craddock], Yantis, Wood County, age 39, born circa 1881 in Texas, cashier/state bank, spouse Lula, children Mable, Reba, Windall, Bennie M., Grace. Census of 1930 - William M. Craddock, Quitman, Wood County, age 49, born circa 1881 in Texas, agent/insurance, spouse Lula, children Oliver W., Bennie M., and Grace P. FamilySearch. 1920 1930 W.M. Craddock, birth date 9/6/1880, death date 11/17/1954 in Wood County, farmer-retired, burial in Quitman Cemetery, Quitman. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. Walter M. Craddock, birth date 9/6/1880, home address Yantis, Wood County, Texas, banker, spouse Lula Craddock. FamilySearch United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Walter Mims Craddock, residence in Prec. #1, Quitman, Wood County, Texas; birth date 9/6/1880, contact listed Mrs. Lula Craddock. FamilySearch United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942. Walter Mims Craddock, birth date 9/6/1880, death date 11/17/1954, burial in Quitman City Cemetery, Quitman, Wood County, first spouse Bettie Estella Wheatley Craddock (1886-1910, married 1905), second spouse Betty Lula Farr Craddock (1878-1956, married 1912). Name on grave marker, Walter M. Craddock. Find a Grave. 44th Legislature (1935) - W.M. Craddock, postoffice Quitman, Wood County, nativity Texas, age 54, salesman. Texas Legislative Manual. Obituary, "Former Legislator Dies from Heart Attack Wednesday," Wood County Democrat (Quitman, Tex.), 11/18/1954, p. 1. Wendell M. Craddock, "74-year-old former member of the Texas Legislature from Wood County," "served in the Texas Legislature in the early 1930s and at one time operated a bank in Yantis." Birth date 9/6/1880, death date 11/17/1954. Earlier article identifies Wendell Craddock as son of Rep. W.M. Craddock, "Craddock Accepts Position in Adjutant Gen Office," Wood County Democrat (Quitman, Tex.), 1/31/1935, p. 1. Wood County Democrat (Quitman, Texas). Photographs Photograph. W.M. Craddock, 44th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 44th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 44th R.S. - 1935 Criminal Jurisprudence   Labor   Liquor Traffic   School Districts

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