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Eli Craig Full Name: Eli Taylor Craig Date of birth: December 4, 1812 Date of death: September 22, 1867 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 15 Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861 8th     Marshall / Harrison   Harrison H 15 Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 7, 1859 7th (1) (2)     Marshall / Harrison   Harrison (1) Democrat. Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). (2) Election of L.T. Wigfall for State Senator and Eli T. Craig, William F. Baldwin, and lawyer Pendleton Murrah, for House of Representatives in election of August, 1857 - "the state legislative races were decided in favor of the Democrats . . .," p. 169. A Southern Community in Crisis: Harrison County, Texas, 1850-1880, 1983.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches CRAIG, ELI TAYLOR (1812-1867). Handbook of Texas Online. Biographical sketch and portrait. Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature, 1860. Other Resources Mentioned in discussion of Harrison County religious life and denominations, pp. 102-103. A Southern Community in Crisis: Harrison County, Texas, 1850-1880, 1983. Profile of election judge Craig's precinct south of Marshall, Craig's Mill, pp. 191-192. A Southern Community in Crisis: Harrison County, Texas, 1850-1880, 1983. Photographs Photograph. Eli Craig, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature Committee Informationtop 8th R.S. - 1859 Court of Claims   Education   Private Land Claims   Roads, Bridges and Ferries (Chair)  Rules, Select   7th R.S. - 1857 Education   Penitentiary   Privileges and Elections   Roads, Bridges and Ferries

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