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Francis Earl Perkins Full Name: Francis Earl "Frank" Perkins Date of birth: April 12, 1896 Date of death: March 2, 1977 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Legislation Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 38 Jan 11, 1921 - Jan 9, 1923 37th (1) (2) (3)   Democrat Sumner / Lamar   Fannin, Lamar (1) Sumner, Lamar County. House Journal. (2) Candidate announcement, "Frank E. Perkins: Candidate for Flotorial Representative, District 38," 2/8/1920, p. 8, served when "the great war broke out in Europe." Paris News. (3) Home post office Paris. Texas Legislative Manual.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Obituary, Frank E. Perkins, 3/3/1977, p. 2. Marriage to Dema Holt 9/23/1953 in Hugo, Oklahoma. Paris News. Military Service Notes United States Army, Private First Class, Battalion C, 110th Field Artillery, World War I. Francis Earl "Frank" Perkins, birth date 4/12/1896 in Garretts Bluff, residence in Garretts Bluff or Sumner, Lamar County, farmer, inducted 3/29/1918 in Paris, Lamar County. FamilySearch. Texas, World War I Records, 1917-1920 United States World War I Draft Registration Cards United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940 United States Army, Private First Class, World War I. Military grave marker, Frank E. Perkins. Find a Grave. Other Resources Francis Earl "Frank" Perkins, birth date 4/12/1896 in Lamar County, residence in Sumner, employed by Chicota School in Chicota, Texas in 1942; death date 3/2/1977 in Paris, Lamar County, retired printer, father John M. Perkins, mother Annie Reid, spouse Dema Perkins. U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942; Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982. Ancestry.com. Census of 1900 - Francis E. Perkins, Lamar County, age 4, birth date April 1896, son of John and Annie E. Perkins. Census of 1910 - Frank E. Perkins, Lamar County, age 14, born circa 1896 in Texas, farm laborer, son of Jennie [Annie] E. Perkins. Census of 1920 - Francis E. Perkins, Lamar County, age 23, born circa 1897 in Texas, farmer, son of Annie E. Perkins. Census of 1940 - Frank Perkins, Lamar County, age 46, born circa 1894 in Texas, farmer, son of Annie Perkins. FamilySearch. 1900 1910 1920 1940 Frank E. Perkins, birth date 4/12/1896, death date 3/2/1977, World War I veteran, interment in Evergreen Cemetery, Paris, Lamar County, with spouse Dema Holt Perkins. Find a Grave. 37th Legislature (1921) - Frank E. Perkins, postoffice Paris, nativity Texas, age 24 (born circa 1897), 24 years in Texas, farmer, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual. Photographs Photograph. Frank Perkins, 37th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 37th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 37th R.S. - 1921 Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts   Oil, Gas and Mining   Privileges, Suffrage and Elections   Public Health

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