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William E. Moore
Full Name: William E. Moore
Date of birth: January 9, 1836
Date of death: May 22, 1916
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Terms of Service top
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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Counties in District |
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11
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Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876
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14th
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Democrat
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Blossom Prairie / Lamar
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Fannin, Lamar
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Postoffice: Blossom Prairie, Lamar County.
Directory of the Members and Officers of the Fourteenth Legislature of the State of Texas . . ., 1874.
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BLOSSOM, TEXAS. Post office opened under the name Blossom Prairie in 1849; name shortened to Blossom in 1888, two years after incorporation.
Handbook of Texas Online.
(3)
14th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call of Senators elect, oath of office administered, 1/13/1874, p. 1.
Senate Journal.
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"Because of the adoption of the new constitution [of 1876], any member of the 14th Legislature who wished to continue to serve had to run for reelection," p. 220.
The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Biographical Sketches |
Biographical sketch and portrait, William Folsom Moore, Chief Justice, Texas Supreme Court, 1940-1941. Relatives: William Folsom Moore - son; William E. Moore - father.
Justices of Texas, 1836-1986 (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2004.
Biographical sketch, pp. 193-194. "Little is known of William E. Moore save for his Civil War account in Reminiscences of the Boys in Gray."
The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.
Biographical sketch, obituary excerpt and description of the Moore home in Blossom, Texas. Lamar County,
TXGenWeb Project.
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Military Service Notes |
Confederate States Army, enlisted at Shreveport, Louisiana as member of the Confederate Grays. W.E. Moore, Blossom, Texas, born 1/9/1836 in Leon County, Florida, account of the Civil War. Yeary, Mamie. Reminiscences of the Boys in Gray, 1861-1865, 1912, Dallas, Texas, pp. 536-537.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
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Photographs |
Photograph.
W.E. Moore, 14th Legislature, State Preservation Board
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Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
14th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
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