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Nelson R. Strong Full Name: Nelson R. Strong Date of birth: February 11, 1862 Date of death: February 26, 1930 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 55 Jan 8, 1929 - Feb 26, 1930 41st (1)   Democrat Slocum / Anderson   Anderson (1) N.R. Strong, excused from 3rd Called Session through the 5th Called Session, died 2/26/1930. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries 41st Legislature, 5th C.S., 2/26/1930, pp. 174-175. Resolutions - Memorial. Biographical Sketches Photo and biographical sketch, Cora Gray Strong, pp. 95-96. One of the first two widows of legislators elected to the Texas Legislature (with Frances Mitchell Rountree.) Relatives: N.R. Strong - husband, Cora Strong - wife. Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999, 2000. Other Resources Obituary, "Palestine Solon Died Wednesday; Second in Week," 2/27/1930, p. 3. Bryan Eagle. Census of 1880 - Nelson R. Strong, Stephenson County, Illinois, age 18, son of Nelson and Ellen Strong. Census of 1920 - Nelson Strong, Anderson County, Texas, age 57, born circa 1863 in Illinois, spouse Cora, mother Ellen Strong. FamilySearch. 1880 1920 Col. N.R. Strong, birth date 2/11/1862 in Illinois, death date 2/26/1930 in Palestine, Anderson County, Texas. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. Col. N.R. Strong (1862-1930), burial in Strongs Memorial Park, Slocum, Anderson County. Find a Grave. Obituary, "First Mayor of City Succumbs," 2/27/1930, p. 1. Port Arthur News. Nelson R. Strong and Cora Gray were married on 10/4/1905, "Marriages - 1905 - Coke County, Texas." USGenWeb Project, 1996. Photographs Photograph. N.R. Strong, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 41st session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 41st R.S. - 1929 Education   Insurance   Liquor Traffic (Vice Chair)  Municipal and Private Corporations   Revenue and Taxation

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