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Elam Henderson Full Name: Elam Henderson, Sr. Date of birth: February 20, 1873 Date of death: March 26, 1947 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 59 Jan 8, 1901 - Jan 13, 1903 27th   Democrat Athens / Henderson   Henderson, Navarro   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Obituaries and photo, "Elam Henderson, Sr. Dies, Was Leading Mason Here," 3/26/1947, p. 6, and "Henderson Rites Set for This Afternoon," 3/27/1947, p. 20. "Mr. Henderson, a native of Rusk County, came to Fort Worth in 1917 from Athens, where he was in the grocery business." Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Brief biographical sketch, Elam Henderson, p. 203. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901. Other Resources Census of 1880 - Elam Henderson, Smith County, age 7, father Hugh Henderson, mother Mary E. Henderson. Census of 1900 - Elam Henderson, Athens, Henderson County, age 27, born February 1873 in Texas, school teacher, mother Elizabeth Henderson, brothers Emmett and Watson Henderson. Elam Henderson, marriage to Lela [Leila] Parker 6/30/1901 in Henderson County. Census of 1910 - Elam Henderson, Athens, Henderson County, age 36, merchant/retail grocery, spouse Linda I. [Leila I.], son Elam, Jr., daughter Mary E. Census of 1920 - Elam Henderson, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, age 37 [sic], clerk, spouse Leila, son Elam, Jr., daughter Elizabeth. Census of 1930 - Elam Henderson, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, age 55, clerk/grocery, spouse Leila. Census of 1940 - Elam Hendesson, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, age 67, clerk/grocery, spouse Leila. FamilySearch. 1880 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965 Elam Henderson, Sr., birth date 2/20/1873 in Rusk County, death date 3/26/1947 in Fort Worth, Leonards Dept. Store clerk, father Hugh Henderson, mother Betty (Elizabeth) Stevens. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. Elam Henderson, birth date 2/20/1873, permanent home address in Fort Worth, laborer, nearest relative Mrs. Lelia Henderson, draft registration 9/12/1918 in Tarrant County. FamilySearch United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Elam Henderson, Sr., birth date 2/20/1873, death date 3/26/1847, burial in Greenwood Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Fort Worth, Tarrant County. Find a Grave. Elam Henderson, general manager of Leonards Department Store in Fort Worth, born in Athens and moved to Fort Worth in 1915. Texas Merchant: Marvin Leonard and Fort Worth, pp. 129-130, 137-138, 140, by Victoria Buenger, Walter L. Buenger, 2008. Google Books. 27th Legislature (1901) - Elam Henderson, postoffice Athens, age 28 (born circa 1873), teacher and farmer, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual. Listed in "History of Legislative Representatives From This County [Henderson] Compiled," from Athens Weekly Review, 11/10/1938. TXGenWeb Project. Photographs Photograph. Elam Henderson, 27th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 27th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 27th R.S. - 1901 Claims and Accounts   Congressional Districts   Counties and County Boundaries   Education   Military Affairs   Roads, Bridges and Ferries   Southwestern Lunatic Asylum in San Antonio

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