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James Oscar Nicholson
Full Name: James Oscar Nicholson
Date of birth: March 29, 1847
Date of death: January 5, 1904
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Terms of Service top
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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Counties in District |
H
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96
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Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 6, 1904
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28th
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Democrat
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Laredo / Webb
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Webb
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H
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86
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Jan 8, 1901 - Jan 13, 1903
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27th
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Democrat
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Laredo / Webb
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Webb, Encinal
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Resolutions and Journal entries |
29th Legislature, R.S., 1/13/1905, p. 93.
Resolutions - Memorial.
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Biographical Sketches |
Biographical sketch, James Oscar Nicholson, p. 693. Birth date 3/29/1847 in Pike County, Illinois; engaged in practice of law in Laredo since 1881.
Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century, 1904.
Biographical sketch, James O. Nicholson, pp. 115-116.
The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901.
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Military Service Notes |
Union Army, 137th Illinois infantry regiment, and Company D, 7th Illinois regiment, Civil War.
The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901.
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Other Resources |
Census of 1900 - G.O. (J.O.) Nicholson, Laredo, Webb County, born March 1849 in Illinois, lawyer, spouse M.W. Nicholson, daughters Mary and Bessie Nicholson and Lily Daisy.
FamilySearch.
James Oscar Nicholson, birth date 3/29/1847 in Pittsfield, Illinois; death date 1/5/1904 in Laredo, Texas; burial in Laredo City Cemetery, Webb County.
Find a Grave.
Death notice, "J.O. Nicholson Dead," 1/6/1904, p. 4.
Galveston Daily News.
27th Legislature (1901) - J.O. Nicholson, postoffice Laredo, nativity Illinois, age 51 (born circa 1850), lawyer, Democrat.
Texas Legislative Manual.
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Photographs |
Photograph.
J.O. Nicholson, 28th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
J.O. Nicholson, 27th Legislature, State Preservation Board
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Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
27th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
28th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
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