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P.L. Crossley

Pleasant Lewis Crossley

Full Name: Pleasant Lewis Crossley, Sr.
Date of birth: August 4, 1895
Date of death: December 3, 1971

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 106 Jan 14, 1941 - Sep 27, 1941 47th (1)   Democrat Eastland / Eastland   Eastland
H 106 Jan 10, 1939 - Jan 14, 1941 46th   Democrat Eastland / Eastland   Eastland

Terms of service footnotes


(1) Lonnie H. Flewellen, in special election 7/25/1942, succeeded Pleasant L. Crossley, resigned 9/27/1941. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
47th (1)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Eastland / Eastland
Counties in district:
Eastland

Legislatures:
46th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Eastland / Eastland
Counties in district:
Eastland

Terms of service notes


(1) Lonnie H. Flewellen, in special election 7/25/1942, succeeded Pleasant L. Crossley, resigned 9/27/1941. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩

Biographical Information

  • Memorial, February 1972, p. 172. Pleasant Lewis Crossley, Sr. Texas Bar Journal.

  • United States Army, Sergeant, World War I. Lewis P. Crossley, World War I record; Lewis Pleasant Crossley, residence in Carbon, Eastland, County; born in Geneva, Alabama. Application for Victory Medal on 5/16/1921- Sgt. Candidate, C.I.O.T.S. Waco, Tex. FamilySearch Texas World War I Records, 1917-1920 (Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin). Application for Victory Medal World War I Record
  • United States Army, Sergeant, Company D, Central Officers' Training School, Camp McArthur. Pleasant Lewis or Lewis Pleasant Crossley, residence in Carbon, Texas; birth date 8/4/1895, enlistment date 9/5/1917, discharge date 11/26/1918, death date 12/3/1971. FamilySearch United States Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, 1985.
  • Pleasant Lewis Crossley, birth date 8/4/1895 in Geneva, Alabama; home address in Carbon, Texas; draft registration 6/5/1917 in Eastland County, Texas. FamilySearch United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
  • United States Army, Sergeant, World War I. "On Sept. 5, 1917, Mr. Crossley entered the U.S. Army and was stationed at Camp McArthur in San Antonio. He was made a sergeant on Dec. 11, 1917 and honorably discharged the next year." Memorial, February 1972, p. 172. Texas Bar Journal.

  • Pleasant Lewis Crossley, birth date 8/4/1895 in Alabama; death date 12/3/1971 in Lubbock, Lubbock County; County Judge, Eastland Co. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
  • Pleasant Lewis Crossley, birth date 8/4/1895, death date 12/3/1971, burial in Eastland City Cemetery, Eastland County, with spouse Mavanee Crouch Crossley. Find a Grave.
  • Obituary and photo, "P.L. Crossley's Services Slated," 12/5/1971, p. A-7. Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.

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