Sylvester Gould Parsons

Full Name: Sylvester Gould Parsons
Date of birth: October 9, 1799
Date of death: January 21, 1863

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 19 Nov 7, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855 5th     Warsaw Prairie / Kaufman   Henderson, Kaufman

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

  • 5th Legislature - Roll of Members, S.G. Parsons, age 53, native state Louisiana, emigrated from Louisiana in 1845, farmer, postoffice Warsaw Pra'e, Kaufman County. House Journal.

Biographical Sketches

Other Resources

  • Sylvester G. Parsons, birth date 10/8/1799, death date 1/21/1863, burial in Kaufman Cemetery, Kaufman, Kaufman County. Find a Grave.
  • Listed in "History of Legislative Representatives From This County [Henderson] Compiled," from Athens Weekly Review, 11/10/1938. Henderson County, TXGenWeb Project.

Committee Information top

5th R.S. - 1853
Claims and Accounts  
Enrolled Bills  
Private Land Claims No. 2  
Public Debt  
Treasury Building (Co-Chair) 

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