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George Oliver Craven Full Name: George Oliver Craven Date of birth: September 20, 1856 Date of death: January 28, 1938 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 48 Jan 14, 1913 - Jan 12, 1915 33rd (1) (2) (3) (4)   Democrat Pilot Point / Cooke   Cooke H 81 Jan 10, 1911 - Jan 14, 1913 32nd   Democrat Pilot Point / Cooke   Cooke H 81 Jan 12, 1909 - Jan 10, 1911 31st (5)   Democrat Pilot Point / Cooke   Cooke (1) Pilot (Pilot's) Point, in northeastern Denton County, received a post office in 1855, incorporated in 1866, and reincorporated in 1906. Handbook of Texas Online. (2) Pilot Point, Cooke County. House Journal. (3) Pilot Point. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. (4) Cooke County. Texas House of Representatives: A Pictorial Roster 1846-1992, 1992. (5) Democrat; roster of members of the 31st Legislature with biographical and party information. "Year Book 1909," Number 13, May-June 1910, pp. 408-415. Bulletin (Texas Department of Agriculture), 1910.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Other Resources Obituary, George Oliver Craven, "Father of Jake Craven is Buried," 1/31/1938, p. 5. Came to Texas at age 11 and "settled in Southeast Cooke Co. near Pilot Point." Moved to Gainesville in 1919 after retiring as a farmer; former member of State Legislature. Denton Record-Chronicle. George Oliver Craven, birth date 9/20/1856, death date 1/28/1938 in Gainesville, Cooke County, burial in Pilot Point. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. George Oliver Craven, birth date 9/20/1856, death date 1/28/1938, burial in Pilot Point Community Cemetery, Denton County. Find a Grave. 33rd Legislature (1913) - G.O. Craven, postoffice Pilot Point, nativity Georgia, age 56, farmer, 43 years in Texas, member of former legislatures: 31st-32nd, Democrat, counties composing district: Cooke. Texas Legislative Manual. Photographs Photograph. G.O. Craven, 33rd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. G.O. Craven, 32nd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. G.O. Craven, 31st Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 31st session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, north wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 32nd session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 33rd session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 33rd R.S. - 1913 Agriculture   Capitol Basement, Inspect   Claims and Accounts   Conduct of Newspaper Representatives, Investigate   Constitutional Amendments   Contingent Expenses   Liquor Traffic   Stock and Stock Raising   32nd R.S. - 1911 Agriculture (Chair)  Appropriations   Appropriations Subcommittee on the Confederate Home   Appropriations Subcommittee on the West Texas Normal at Canyon City and Epileptic Colony (Chair)  Constitutional Amendments   Contingent Expenses   Representative Districts   31st 1st C.S. - 1909 Constitutional Amendments   Public Buildings and Grounds   State Affairs   State Asylums   Stock and Stock Raising   31st R.S. - 1909 Constitutional Amendments   Public Buildings and Grounds   State Affairs   State Asylums   Stock and Stock Raising

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