Thomas Price Wells

Full Name: Thomas Price Wells
Date of birth: February 17, 1873
Date of death: December 12, 1951

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	8	Jan 8, 1901 - Jan 13, 1903	27th	Democrat	Bells / Grayson		Grayson
H	8	Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 8, 1901	26th	Democrat	Bells / Grayson		Grayson

Terms of Service top

House District 8
Jan 8, 1901 - Jan 13, 1903
Legislatures: 27th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Bells / Grayson
Counties in district: Grayson

House District 8
Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 8, 1901
Legislatures: 26th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Bells / Grayson
Counties in district: Grayson

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

Brief biographical sketch, T.P. Wells, p. 211. Born 2/17/1873 in McMinn County, Tennessee. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901.

Other Resources

Census of 1900 - Thomas P. Wells, Bells, Grayson County, age 27, born February 1873 in Tennessee. FamilySearch.
Thomas P. Wells, birth date unknown; birthplace Tennessee; death date 12/12/1951 in Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas; retired lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Thomas Price Wells, birth date 11/21/1873, death date 12/12/1951, burial in Rose Hill Cemetery, Bells, Grayson County. Grave marker inscription: "Farmer-Legislator-Banker." Find a Grave.
Obituary, Thomas Price Wells, 12/19/1951, p. 18. Served two terms in the Legislature. Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Photographs

Photograph. Thomas P. Wells, 27th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Thos. P. Wells, 26th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

26th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
27th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

27th R.S. - 1901 Agricultural Affairs Agricultural Affairs Subcommittee on the Beeville Experimental Station (Chair) Asylums Claims and Accounts Confederate Home Public Printing Senatorial Districts Towns and City Corporations
26th R.S. - 1899 Agricultural Affairs Constitutional Amendments Judicial Districts State Asylums

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