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Robert Snead Kimbrough Full Name: Robert Snead Kimbrough Date of birth: September 19, 1851 Date of death: October 11, 1905 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District S 16 Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 10, 1893 21st (3) (4) (5)   22nd (1) (2)   Democrat Mesquite / Dallas   Dallas, Kaufman, Rockwall H 33 Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887 19th   Democrat Mesquite / Dallas   Dallas (1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives. (2) 22nd Legislature - 1/14/1891, p. 5. Seats formerly occupied by Townsend, Kimbrough & Burney were reserved for them, seat formerly occupied by his predecessor was reserved for Carter, those Sens. being absent. Kimbrough indefinitely excused. Senate Journal. (3) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives. (4) List of Senators of the 21st Legislature, "The State Senate: Members-Elect in the Different Districts - Austin Local Notes," Galveston Daily News, 11/20/1888, p. 6, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. "There are two independents in the list. The rest are democratic nominees." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). (5) 21st Legislature - Roll call of new members, oath of office administered, 1/8/1889, p. 1. Senate Journal.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches "Condition of R.S. Kimbrough," 10/11/1905, p. 4. Obituary and photo, "R.S. Kimbrough Dead," 10/12/1905, p. 4. Former State Senator, death date 10/11/1905. "Resolutions of Respect: Action by Commercial Club Directors on the Death of Hon. R.S. Kimbrough," Dallas Morning News. Mentioned in biographical sketch, Judge Thomas Fletcher Nash, by John H. Cullom, p. 34. Pace's Texas Scrap Book: Containing Gems of Thought From Bench - Bar - Pulpit - Rostrum on Religious, Political and Educational Subjects, Consisting of Sermons, Prayers, Poems, Funeral Orations and Extracts From Various Sources, 1933. Biographical sketch, R.S. Kimbrough, pp. 36-37. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885. Biographical sketch, R.S. Kimbrough, pp. 151-152. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889. Biographical sketch and portrait, Robert Snead Kimbrough, pp. 203-205. Born 9/19/1851 near Madisonville, East Tennessee; married Fannie Wesson in 1873 at Litle Rock, Arkansas, and married Jennie Curtis in 1878. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892. Biographical sketch, Robert Snead Kimbrough, p. 388. Born 9/19/1851. Elected to Senate for one term. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999. Other Resources Wesley Fletcher And Elizabeth (Pearl) Curtis, from Proud Heritage, Volume III. Daughter Jennie married Robert Snead Kimbrough "often called Mesquite's 'town father'"; death date 10/10/1905. Dallas County Pioneers Association. R.S. Kimbrough, birth date 9/19/1851, death date 10/11/1905, burial in Mesquite Cemetery, Mesquite, Dallas County. Find a Grave. Photographs Photograph. R.S. Kimbrough, 22nd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. R.S. Kimbrough, 21st Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. R.S. Kimbrough, 19th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 21st session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board. 22nd session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board. 19th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 22nd R.S. - 1891 Commerce and Manufactures   Constitutional Amendments   Contingent Expenses   Counties and County Boundaries   Engrossed Bills   Federal Relations   Finance   Insurance and Statistics   Internal Improvements   Judicial Districts   Military Affairs   Mining and Irrigation   North Texas Asylum at Terrell   Penitentiaries   Public Debt   Public Lands   Roads and Bridges (Chair)  State Affairs   State Asylums   Stock and Stock Raising   Towns, Cities and Corporations   Treasurer's and Comptroller's Offices   21st R.S. - 1889 Claims and Accounts (Chair)  Constitutional Amendments   Contingent Expenses   Employees of the Senate   Engrossed Bills   Federal Relations   Finance   Incorporation Laws   Insurance and Statistics   Internal Improvements   Judicial Districts   Military Affairs   Public Debt   Public Lands   Quarantine Station at Galveston, Investigate   Road Legislation   Roads and Bridges   State Affairs   State Asylums   Stock and Stockraising   Treasurer and Comptroller's Offices   19th R.S. - 1885 Contingent Expenses (Chair)  Finance   Internal Improvement   Penitentiaries   Towns, Cities, and Corporations

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