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Felix Ezell Smith Full Name: Felix Ezell Smith Date of birth: August 10, 1831 Date of death: February 5, 1891 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 75 Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 13, 1891 21st (1) (2)   Democrat Bluff Springs / Travis   Travis H 75 Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887 19th (3) (4) (5)   Democrat Bluff Springs / Travis   Travis H 75 Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885 18th (6)   Democrat Bluff Springs / Travis   Travis H 65 Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881 16th (7)   Democrat Bluff Springs / Travis   Travis H 28 Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876 14th (8) (9) (10)   Democrat Bluff Springs / Travis   Blanco, Burnet, Concho, Lampasas, Llano, McCulloch, San Saba, Travis, Williamson (1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives. (2) F.E. Smith, Austin. Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). (3) Listed as the Democratic candidate in the 1884 election for State Representative of Travis county. Galveston Daily News. (4) Del Valle, Travis County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. (5) "In 1851, he came to Texas and settled at his present home, Bluff Springs, Travis county," p. 52. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885. (6) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883. (7) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News. (8) Austin, Travis County. Directory of the Members and Officers of the Fourteenth Legislature of the State of Texas . . ., 1874. (9) BLUFF SPRINGS, TEXAS. Bluff Springs is on Onion Creek eight miles south of Austin and two miles east of Interstate Highway 35 in southern Travis County. It was settled in the early 1850s, and a post office opened there in 1853 with William S. Smith as postmaster. Handbook of Texas Online. (10) Bluff Springs, Travis County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries 22nd Legislature, R.S., 3/13/1891, pp. 589-598. Resolutions - Memorial. Biographical Sketches SMITH, FELIX EZELL (1831-1891). Smith died at his home at Bluff Springs on 2/5/1891. Handbook of Texas Online. Biographical sketch, F.E. Smith, p. 52. Born 8/10/1831 in Lincoln, now Moore County, Tennessee. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885. Portrait and biographical sketch, Felix Ezel Smith, pp. 306-309. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889. Biographical sketch, p. 269. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879. Biographical sketch, p. 266. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883. Military Service Notes Confederate States Army, 1st Lieutenant, "Confederate forces in the Rio Grande district under John S. Ford." Handbook of Texas Online. Confederate States Army, 1st Lieutenant, Ford's Texas Brigade; Captain of an independent volunteer company of infantry. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885. Other Resources Mentioned in "Through the Years - San Saba Representatives in Legislative History," 4/1/1948, p. 9. San Saba News. Photographs Photograph. Felix Smith, 21st Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. F.E. Smith, 19th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. F.E. Smith, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. F.E. Smith, 14th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 14th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. 18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board. 19th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board. 21st session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 21st R.S. - 1889 Claims and Accounts   Penitentiaries   Public Buildings and Grounds (Chair)  Revenue and Taxation   19th R.S. - 1885 Agricultural   Public Buildings and Grounds (Chair)  Revenue and Taxation   18th R.S. - 1883 Commerce and Manufactures   County Government and County Finance   Finance   Internal Improvements   Public Buildings and Grounds (Chair)  16th R.S. - 1879 Claims and Accounts   Public Buildings and Grounds (Chair)  State Asylums   14th R.S. - 1874 Asylums   Internal Improvements   Lighting the State House with Gas   Privileges and Elections   Public Buildings   Rooms in Capitol Building   Town and City Corporations

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