Cader Adkin Shelby
Full Name: Cader Adkin ShelbyDate of birth: March 23, 1862
Date of death: April 28, 1931
Terms of Service
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H | 5 | Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909 | 30th (1) | Democrat | Mount Vernon / Franklin | Delta, Franklin, Hopkins | |
| H | 5 | Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907 | 29th | Democrat | Mount Vernon / Franklin | Delta, Franklin, Hopkins |
Terms of service footnotes
(1) Candidate for re-election, "Hon. C.A. Shelby for Floater," The Sulphur Springs Gazette, 5/25/1906, p. 1, crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). ↩
Terms of Service
- Legislatures:
- 30th (1)
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- Mount Vernon / Franklin
- Counties in district:
- Delta, Franklin, Hopkins
- Legislatures:
- 29th
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- Mount Vernon / Franklin
- Counties in district:
- Delta, Franklin, Hopkins
Terms of service notes
(1) Candidate for re-election, "Hon. C.A. Shelby for Floater," The Sulphur Springs Gazette, 5/25/1906, p. 1, crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). ↩
Biographical Information
- Census of 1900 - Cater Shelby, Mount Vernon, Franklin County, birth date March 1862 in Alabama, age 38, county clerk, wife Pinkie Shelby, children Virgie, Dixie, Lex, Charles, Hall, and Mary Shelby.
Census of 1930 - Cader A. Shelby, Camp County, born circa 1862 in Alabama, age 58, justice of peace precinct, wife Mattie E. Shelby. FamilySearch. 1900 1930 - Cader Adkin Shelby, age 69; birthplace Alabama; death date 4/28/1931 in Leesburg, Camp County; justice of peace and insurance business; father Warren Shelby, mother Nancy E. Parker. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
- C.A. Shelby, birth date 3/23/1862, death date 4/28/1931, burial in Glade Springs Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Franklin County. Find a Grave.
- Obituary, "C.A. Shelby Buried Monday in Mount Vernon," The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Texas), 4/30/1931, p. 1, crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society. Cedar A. Shelby, "He was a member of the State Legislature from 1904 to 1908, served as District and County Clerk in Franklin County and taught school in this section for more than twenty-five years. At the time of his death he was Justice of the Peace at Newsome." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
- 29th Legislature (1905) - C.A. Shelby, postoffice Mt. Vernon, nativity Alabama, age 42 (born circa 1863), merchant and f'r'm, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual.
- Photograph. C.A. Shelby, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. C.A. Shelby, 29th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- 29th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
- 30th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
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