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D.C. Kelley Full Name: D. C. Kelley Other surnames: Kelly Date of birth: March 24, 1857 Date of death: February 22, 1913 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 45 Jan 14, 1913 - Feb 22, 1913 33rd (1)   Democrat Kaufman / Kaufman   Kaufman (1) E.E. Thompson, in special election 3/17/1913, sworn 3/25/1913, succeeded D.C. Kelley, died 2/23/1913. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries 33rd Legislature, R.S., 2/24/1913, p. 667. Resolutions - Memorial. Biographical Sketches "Legislative Halls Almost Forsaken . . . Death of Representative Hunt Shocking," 3/23/1913, p. 8; Obituary, "J.C. Hunt Dies in Austin: Representative from Randall County Had Been Ill Since Feb. 15 - His Is Fourth Death This Session," 3/23/1913, p. 10. Cause of death: cerebro-spinal meningitis; other members who died "succumbing to the same disease" were Representatives Neal [sic: McNeal], Killingsworth, and Kelly [sic: Kelley]. Galveston Daily News. Obituary, "Kaufman Representative, Hon. D.C. Kelley, Dies," 2/23/1913, p. 3. Died 2/22/1913 of meningitis. "Mr. Kelley was born in Opelika, Ala. [Alabama], in 1857, on March 24, and came to Texas in 1872, where he located in Dallas County. There he lived for five or six years and then moved to Kaufman County, where he spent the remainder of his life." "Funeral of D.C. Kelley Held Sunday," 2/24/1913, p. 8. Galveston Daily News. Memorial services and tributes for Thomas McNeal, J.C. Hunt, Lee Killingsworth, and D.C. Kelley, including biographical sketches - 33rd Legislature, Sunday, 3/23/1913, pp. 1469-1485. D.C. Kelley born in 1856, p. 1475. House Journal. Report describing memorial services on the deaths of Representatives McNeal, Killingsworth, Kelley, and Hunt, 3/24/1913, p. 2. San Antonio Light. Other Resources D.C. Kelley, birth date 3/24/1857 in Alabama, death date 2/22/1913 in Kaufman. Occupation "Farmer & Member of Legislature." FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. D.C. Kelly, birth date 3/24/1856, death date 2/22/1913, burial in Kaufman Cemetery. Find a Grave. Photographs Photograph. D.C. Kelley, 33rd Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 33rd session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 33rd R.S. - 1913 Judicial Districts   Privileges, Suffrage and Elections   Roads, Bridges and Ferries   State Affairs   State Asylums

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