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Robert Lynn Batts Full Name: Robert Lynn Batts Date of birth: November 1, 1864 Date of death: May 19, 1935 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 74 Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893 22nd (1)   Democrat Bastrop / Bastrop   Bastrop (1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Photo and biographical sketch, pp. 87, 89. Austin Lawyers: A Legacy of Leadership and Service, 2005. Biographical sketch, Robert Lynn Batts, Volume IV, p. 1605. A History of Texas and Texans, 1914. Portrait and biographical sketch, Robert L. Batts, pp. 246-247. Born 11/1/1864 in Bastrop, Texas, married Harriett F. Boak 11/12/1889 in Austin. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892. Biographical sketch and portrait, Robert Lynn Batts, pp. 433-434. Born 11/1/1864 in Bastrop, Texas, graduated from the University of Texas in 1886. Texas, the Country and Its Men: Historical, Biographical, Descriptive, 1918. Military Service Notes State volunteer guard, captain of Sayers Rifles. "The Sayers Rifles having become disorganized, the company called upon him to assume charge as captain, and he successfully lead them at the State encampment at Galveston, in 1889, and San Antonio, in 1890." Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892. Other Resources Robert Lynn Batts, birth date 11/1/1864, death date 5/19/1935, burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, with wife Harriet Fiquet Boak. Find a Grave. "Old Methodist Bell at Bastrop: Address of Hon. R.L. Batts," 2/19/1928, pp. 10-14. 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. Robert Lynn Batts, birth date 11/1/1864, death date 5/19/1935, Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. Political Graveyard: a Database of Historic Cemeteries. Photographs Photograph. R.L. Batts, 22nd 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. Committee Informationtop 22nd R.S. - 1891 Comptroller's and Treasurer's Department, Examine   Enrolled Bills (Chair)  Federal Relations   Finance   Judiciary No. 1   Mining and Minerals   Representation and Apportionment on Congressional Districts

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