Obituary, "Pioneer Citizen of Sherman Is Dead," Gainesville Daily Register and Messenger, 8/28/1919, p. 2, crediting Cooke County Library. Member of Texas and New Mexico legislatures. "Judge J.H. Dills, former citizen of Sherman, and at one time a Grayson county representative in the Texas Legislature . . . Judge Dills' home for the past several years has been in New Mexico, where he was a member of the State legislature until about a year ago, when he retired on account of ill health." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Private, Company D, 9th Regiment, Kentucky Mounted Infantry. John H. Dills, U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865. Ancestry.com.
Confederate States Army, Company D, 9th Kentucky Regiment, discharged 2/12/1862 on account of disability by disease. John H. Dills, pp. 59-61, 832, 1054; roster of Company D, 9th Regiment. "He has been twice elected to represent Grayson county in the Legislature." History of the Orphan Brigade (First Kentucky Brigade), 1898.

Other Resources

John Harmon Dills, birth date 12/4/1836, death date 8/26/1919, burial in West Hill Cemetery, Sherman, Grayson County, with spouse Julia Ellen Desha; includes obituary from The Times (Shreveport, Louisiana) and excerpt from History of the Orphan Brigade (Kentucky) by Ed Porter Thompson. Find a Grave.
23rd Legislature (1893) - J.H. Dills, postoffice Sherman, nativity Kentucky, age 56 (born circa 1837), engineer, 18 years in Texas, member of previous legislatures: 22nd, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual.

Photographs

Photograph. J.H. Dills, 23rd Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Photograph. J.H. Dills, 23rd Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

22nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
23rd session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
23rd session composite photo of House members by Hill (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
23rd session composite photo of House members by Journeay (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Committee Information top

23rd R.S. - 1893 Penitentiaries Privileges and Elections Public Buildings and Grounds Stock and Stockraising
22nd R.S. - 1891 Federal Relations Public Lands and Land Office Public Printing

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