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O.P. Carswell

Oliver Perry Carswell

Full Name: Oliver Perry Carswell
Other surnames: Caswell
Date of birth: January 21, 1848
Date of death: June 20, 1936

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 14 Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907 29th   Democrat Carthage / Panola   Panola
H 27 Jan 12, 1897 - Jan 10, 1899 25th   Democrat Carthage / Panola   Panola, Rusk

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
29th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Carthage / Panola
Counties in district:
Panola

Legislatures:
25th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Carthage / Panola
Counties in district:
Panola, Rusk

Biographical Information

  • Confederate States Army, Company A, 6th Georgia Infantry Regiment (per soldier's applications; includes correspondence and affidavits; no O.P. Carswell found by War Department on the rolls of Company A, 6th Regiment Georgia Infantry). Oliver Perry Carswell of Carthage, Panola County, Texas, birth date 1/21/1848 in Talbot County, Georgia; lived in Panola County since 1866; death date 6/20/1936 in Carthage, Panola County; wife Mary R. Carswell. Pension File No. 44066, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958; Georgia, U.S., Confederate Pension Applications, 1879-1960. Ancestry.com.

  • Oliver Perry Carswell, birth date 1/21/1848 in Georgia; death date 6/20/1936 in Carthage, Panola County, Texas; teacher. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
  • Oliver Perry Carswell, birth date 1/21/1848, death date 6/20/1936, burial in Carthage City Cemetery, Carthage, Panola County. Find a Grave.

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