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Henry Augustus Tillett
Full Name: Henry Augustus Tillett
Date of birth: May 23, 1860
Date of death: March 4, 1930
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Terms of Service top
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Legislatures |
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28
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Jan 12, 1897 - Jan 10, 1899
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25th
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Democrat
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Abilene / Taylor
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Andrews, Borden, Callahan, Crane, Dawson, Eastland, Ector, Fisher, Gaines, Garza, Glasscock, Haskell, Howard, Jones, Kent, Loving, Lynn, Martin, Midland, Mitchell, Nolan, Palo Pinto, Rains, Reeves, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Stonewall, Taylor, Terry, Upton, Van Zandt, Ward, Winkler, Yoakum
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(1)
25th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/12/1897, p. 1.
Senate Journal.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Resolutions and Journal entries |
41st Legislature, 5th C.S., Simple Resolution 13, 3/6/1930, p. 110.
Resolutions - Memorial.
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Biographical Sketches |
"Senate Honors Judge Tillett: Page of Journal Is Set Aside to Memory of Abilenian," 3/9/1930, p. 2.
Abilene Reporter-News.
Obituary, "Funeral Service Held Today for Abilene Jurist," 3/5/1930, p. 8. Judge H.A. Tillett, former State Senator, "his father being a noted Methodist minister of North Carolina, where Judge Tillett was born in 1860"; survived by son Henry A. Tillett, Jr.
Bryan Eagle.
H.A. Tillett, birth date 5/23/1860, death date 3/4/1930, burial in Abilene Municipal Cemetery, Abilene, Taylor County. Includes biographical information, photo of Henry Augustus Tillett, Texas Senate portrait, and death notice, "Senator Tillett Dies," Breckenridge American, 3/6/1930 (died Tuesday, 3/4/1930).
Find a Grave.
"Mr. Henry Augustus Tillett, the youngest son of John Tillett, a lawyer residing at Abilene, Texas, in giving recollections of his father . . . ", p. 167. Mentioned, p. 153. Biography of H.A. Tillett's father, The Iron Duke of the Methodist Itinerancy: An Account of the Life and Labors of Reverend John Tillett of North Carolina, by A.W. Plyler, Nashville, Tennessee: Cokesbury Press, 1925.
Google Books.
Autobiographical sketch, H.A. Tillett, "Review of Taylor County's Earliest Settlers," An Early History of Pioneer Settlers, 1923, p. 5, crediting Hardin-Simmons University Library.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Biographical sketch, Henry A. Tillett, p. 59. Born 5/23/1860 in Pittsboro, North Carolina, married Mary B. Smith on 6/11/1885 in Dallas County, Arkansas.
Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897.
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Henry A. Tillett, born circa 1861 in North Carolina, birth date May 23, age 69, death date 3/3/1930 in Abilene, Taylor County, lawyer.
FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
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Photographs |
Photograph.
H.A. Tillett, 25th Legislature, State Preservation Board
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Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
25th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
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