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Rufus K. Hartley Full Name: Rufus K. Hartley Date of birth: January 10, 1825 Date of death: July 27, 1871 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 1 Nov 4, 1861 - Aug 6, 1866 9th (2) (3)   10th (1)     Galveston / Galveston   Chambers, Galveston, Jefferson, Liberty H 35 Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861 8th     Galveston / Galveston   Galveston (1) 10th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call by district (holdover Senators), 11/2/1863, pp. 1-3. Senate Journal. (2) 9th Legislature, Regular Session - Classification of Senators (drawing for terms of office) - drew "the long term" (four years), 11/12/1861, p. 42. Senate Journal. (3) 9th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators, oath of office administered, 11/4/1861, p. 1. Senate Journal.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries Member roster, 9th Legislature, Regular Session: name, district, resident county, post office, state of nativity, occupation, and age. Senate Journal. Other Resources R.K. Hartley, born 1/10/1825, died June 1871. O.C. Hartley, born 3/31/1828, died January 1886 [sic]. Grave marker photos, burials in Trinity Episcopal Cemetery, Galveston, Galveston County. Find a Grave. Find a Grave - O.C. Hartley Find a Grave - R.K. Hartley "Death of Rufus K. Hartley, Esq.," and "The Funeral," Saturday, 7/29/1871, pp. 2-3. Died on Thursday evening (7/27/1871). "The brothers [Oliver C. Hartley and Rufus K. Hartley] made the first digest of Texas laws, and the first report of the Supreme Court decisions." "District Court," 7/30/1871, p. 3, Memorial resolution for Rufus K. Hartley. Galveston Daily News. Description of Rufus K. and Oliver Hartley's time at Marshall College, p. 183. Dubbs, Joseph Henry, History of Franklin and Marshall College: Franklin College, 1787-1853, Marshall College, 1836-1853; Franklin & Marshall College 1853-1903, Franklin and Marshall College Alumni Association, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1903. Google Books. Hartley, Oliver C. A Digest of the Laws of Texas. Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1850. "Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1850, by O.C. and R.K. Hartley, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania." Google Books. Hartley, Oliver C. Reports of Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Texas, During a Part of December Term, December 1849, Volume 4, Galveston: Civilian Book Office, 1852. "Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1852, by O.C. & R.K. Hartley, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Texas." Google Books. HARTLEY, TEXAS and HARTLEY COUNTY named for Rufus K. and Oliver C. Hartley. Handbook of Texas Online. Handbook of Texas Online Relatives: Oliver Cromwell Hartley and Rufus K. Hartley - brothers. HARTLEY, OLIVER CROMWELL (1823-1859). Handbook of Texas Online. Portrait. Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature, 1860. Photographs Photograph. Rufus K. Hartley, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature Photograph. Rufus K. Hartley, Texas Jurists Collection Committee Informationtop 10th R.S. - 1863 Confederate Relations   Internal Improvements   Public Lands   9th R.S. - 1861 Finance   Internal Improvements   Judiciary   State Affairs (Chair)  8th R.S. - 1859 Finance   Judiciary   Printing   Privileges and Elections   State Affairs

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