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John Edward Puryear Full Name: John Edward Puryear Date of birth: October 28, 1885 Date of death: March 6, 1971 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 122 Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935 43rd (1)   Democrat Wellington / Collingsworth   Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Wheeler (1) Name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, relationship to persons in state or county government. Resolution, 9/18/1933, pp. 45-48, and Questionnaire Authorized and Directed by Resolution Adopted by the House, 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Other Resources John Edward Puryear, birth date 10/28/1885, death date 3/6/1971, burial in South Fairview Cemetery, Wellington, Collingsworth County. Find a Grave. Obituary, "J.E. Puryear, Longtime County Resident Dies," The Wellington Leader, 3/11/1971, pp. 1, 8. John Edward Puryear, "retired Wellington farmer and former member of the State Legislature from this district . . . Mr. Puryear served in the 43rd Texas Legislature during 1933 and 1934," birth date 10/28/1885. Newspapers.com. 43rd Legislature (1933) - John Puryear, postoffice Wellington, Collingsworth County, nativity Texas, age 47, stock farmer. Texas Legislative Manual. Photographs Photograph. John Puryear, 43rd Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 43rd session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 43rd R.S. - 1933 Agriculture   Claims and Accounts (Vice Chair)  Game and Fisheries   Livestock and Stock Raising

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