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Gary Bonner Sanford
Full Name: Gary Bonner Sanford
Date of birth: June 30, 1890
Date of death: December 21, 1966
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Terms of Service top
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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8
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Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927
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39th
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Democrat
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Timpson / Rusk
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Rusk
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8
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Jan 9, 1923 - Jan 13, 1925
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38th
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Democrat
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Timpson / Rusk
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Rusk
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6
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May 6, 1922 - Jan 9, 1923
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37th
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Democrat
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Timpson / Rusk
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Rusk
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(1)
Timpson.
House Journal.
(2)
Timpson, Rusk County.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3)
Garrison.
Texas Legislative Manual.
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Timpson.
House Journal.
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Timpson, Rusk County.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
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Garrison.
Texas Legislative Manual.
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District 6 composed of the county of Rusk, Acts 1911, 32nd Legislature, 1st C.S., ch. 10,
Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(8)
Census of 1920 - Gary Sanford listed in the Charles E. Sanford household in Arlam [incorporated place: voting precinct 26, Caledonia], Rusk County.
FamilySearch.
(9)
TIMPSON, TEXAS. "Timpson is on the Southern Pacific Railroad at the junction of U.S. highways 87, 84, and 59, fifteen miles northwest of Center in northwestern Shelby County."
Handbook of Texas Online.
(10)
Gary B. Sanford, in special election 5/6/1922, succeeded Lumpkin Webb, died after 2nd Called Session [sic].
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
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Timpson, Rusk County.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(12)
Assumed Democrat based on listing as Democrat in 38th and 39th Legislatures.
Texas Legislative Manual.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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| Biographical Sketches |
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Biographical sketch, Capt. Thomas Smith Garrison, Volume III, pp. 1410-1411. Born 5/17/1837 in Carroll County, Georgia. Relatives: Caleb Garrison and Thomas Smith Garrison - brothers. Relatives: Thomas Smith Garrison - grandfather; Gary Bonner Sanford [son of Adele Bonner Garrison Sanford] - grandson. Relatives: Caleb Garrison - great-uncle; Gary Bonner Sanford - great-nephew.
A History of Texas and Texans, 1914.
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Gary Bonner Sanford, birth date 6/30/1890 in Timpson, Texas; death date 12/21/1966 in Jasper County, Texas.
FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Gary B. Sanford, birth date 6/30/1890, death date 12/21/1966, burial in Caledonia Cemetery, Caledonia, Rusk County.
Find a Grave.
Calculated relationship based on James Freeborn Garrison, Susan Mandeville Garrison, and Edgar Hubbard Carter family group sheets. Relatives: Edgar Hubbard Carter and Gary Bonner Sanford - cousins once removed.
Garrison-Logan Family History & Genealogy, 2001.
Garrison-Logan Family History & Genealogy
Garrison-Logan Family History & Genealogy
In 1898, Sanford's maternal grandfather helped to establish a settlement between Timpson and Carthage; the new town was named Gary, Texas, "in honor of Garrison's grandson."
Handbook of Texas Online.
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| Photographs |
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Photograph.
Gary B. Sanford, 39th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
G.B. Sanford, 38th Legislature, State Preservation Board
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| Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
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37th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
38th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, south wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
39th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
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