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William Sidney Coleman Full Name: William Sidney Coleman Date of birth: October 10, 1841 Date of death: June 12, 1880 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 79 Jan 14, 1879 - Jun 12, 1880 16th (1)   Democrat Marshall / Harrison   Cherokee, Harrison, Panola, Rusk, Shelby H 79 Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879 15th (2)   Democrat Marshall / Harrison   Cherokee, Harrison, Panola, Rusk, Shelby (1) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News. (2) Mentioned in "The news from Austin . . . Resignations of Representative Barziza and four others accepted after critical debate . . . Hunter restored to his seat . . . Other resignations not improbable," Thursday, 8/3/1876, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Biographical sketch. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876. Biographical sketch, William Sidney Coleman, p. 272. Birth date 10/10/1841. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879. Military Service Notes Confederate States Army, Company A, 3rd Texas Cavalry. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879. Other Resources William Sidney Coleman, birth date 10/10/1841, death date 6/12/1880, burial in Greenwood Cemetery, Marshall, Harrison County. Find a Grave. William S. Coleman, Marshall lawyer and Democratic politician, pp. 311-313; "redemption" election of 1878, pp. 350, 353; railroad subsidy issue, pp. 327, 357-358. A Southern Community in Crisis: Harrison County, Texas, 1850-1880, 1983. Photographs Photograph. W.S. Coleman, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 15th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 16th R.S. - 1879 Assessment and Collection of Taxes   Claims and Accounts   Finance (Chair)  Judiciary No. 2   New Judiciary Article to the Constitution   Penitentiaries, Subcommittee on   Penitentiary   Privileges and Elections   Rules   Towns and City Corporations   15th R.S. - 1876 Assessment and Collection of Taxes   Constitutional Amendments   Finance   Judiciary No. 1   Judiciary No. 2   Penitentiary (Chair)  Privileges and Elections   State Penitentiary (Chair)  Towns and City Corporations

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