William Turner Sadler
Full Name: William Turner SadlerDate of birth: July 27, 1797
Date of death: February 18, 1884
Terms of Service top
Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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H | Houston | Dec 13, 1847 - Nov 5, 1849 | 2nd (1) | Elkhart / Houston | Anderson, Houston | ||
H | Houston | Feb 16, 1846 - Dec 13, 1847 | 1st (2) (3) (4) | Elkhart / Houston | Anderson, Houston |
(1) Roster of members of the 2nd Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 12/15/1847, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(2) At his death, Sadler's home was "near Elkhart, in Anderson County, Anderson having been created from Houston County on March 24, 1846." Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832-1845, 1942.
(3) Democrat. Table of members of the 1st Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 5/20/1846, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(4) 1st and 2nd Legislature - Houston County. Texas House of Representatives: A Pictorial Roster 1846-1992, 1992.
Biographical Notes and Resources top
Biographical Sketches
- Biographical sketch, p. 166. Death date 2/18/1884. Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832-1845, 1942.
- William Turner Sadler, Veteran of San Jacinto, birth date 7/27/1797 in Tennessee, death date 2/18/1884, burial in Sadler Cemetery, Anderson County. Includes portrait, biographical sketch. Find a Grave.
- SADLER, WILLIAM TURNER (1797-1884). Birth date 7/26/1797, death date 2/18/1884. Handbook of Texas Online.
Military Service Notes
- Texas Army, Private, 1st Company, 2nd Regiment, Texas Volunteers, Texas Revolution, "took part in battle of San Jacinto." Handbook of Texas Online.
- William Turner Sadler, birth date 7/27/1979 in Lincoln County, North Carolina; death date 2/18/1884 near Elkhart. "Reportedly served in (Confederate States Army) Company E, 34th Texas Cavalry . . . " Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
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