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Sanctus Emmett Waskom Full Name: Sanctus Emmett "Sank" Waskom Other surnames: Waskum Date of birth: October 16, 1838 Date of death: April 8, 1920 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 47 Jan 11, 1887 - Jan 8, 1889 20th (1)   Democrat Terrell / Kaufman   Kaufman (1) Roster of senators and representatives of the 20th Legislature with their postoffice address, Austin Weekly Statesman, "Governmental," 12/30/1886, p. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Biographical sketch, Sanctus E. Waskom, pp. 871-872. Born 10/16/1838 in Yazoo County, Mississippi, parents John M. and Nancy (Cook) Waskom. Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families, 1889. Obituary, Sanctus E. Waskom, "Death of Former Citizen This County, 4/10/1920, p. 8. Born 1838 in Yazoo County, Mississippi. "He served in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Legislature [sic] and was a member of the committee that received on behalf of the State the present Capitol building." Marshall News Messenger. Military Service Notes Confederate States Army, Private, Company A, 14th Texas Infantry, and served in Trans-Mississippi department in Walker's division. Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families, 1889. Other Resources O'Brien Family Tree, birth date 10/16/1838, death date 4/8/1920, marriages to Mary Elizabeth Lacy (1860) and Marie Goldin (1875). Ancestry.com. Death notice, Sanctus E. Waskom, "Record of Deaths, 4/11/1920, p. 4. No death date given. Dallas Morning News. Sanctus Emmett Waskom, birth date 10/16/1837 in Mississippi, death date 4/8/1920 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, retired farmer, parents Jno. M. Waskom and Nancy Cook. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. S.E. Waskom, burial in Oakland Cemetery, Dallas. Includes obituary of Sanctus Emmett Waskom, published in the 4/10/1920 edition of The Marshall News Messenger. Find a Grave. Death notice, Mr. S.E. Waskom, 4/9/1920, p. 3. "News was received here this morning of the death of Mr. Sank Waskom, who died in Dallas yesterday morning about four o'clock." Death date 4/8/1920. Marshall Messenger. Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 20th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 20th R.S. - 1887 Claims and Accounts   Constitutional Amendments   Educational Affairs   Finance   Memorial Resolution for Hon. B. Rush Plumley   Private Land Claims   Revenue and Taxation

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