Sydney Lee Ramsey

Full Name: Sydney Lee Ramsey
Date of birth: July 12, 1873
Date of death: May 29, 1949

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	18	Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907	29th	Democrat	Timpson / Shelby		Shelby
H	18	Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 10, 1905	28th	Democrat	Timpson / Shelby		Shelby

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House District 18
Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907
Legislatures: 29th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Timpson / Shelby
Counties in district: Shelby

House District 18
Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 10, 1905
Legislatures: 28th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Timpson / Shelby
Counties in district: Shelby

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Resolutions and Journal entries

Sidney L. Ramsey. House Journal. 28th R.S.
51st Legislature, R.S., HSR 246. Resolutions - Memorial.

Other Resources

Sydney Lee Ramsey, birth date 7/12/1873 in Timpson, Shelby County, Texas. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. Sydney L. Ramsey, marriage to Bessie Crim 1905 in Rusk County. Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965. Ancestry.com.
Census of 1880 - Sydney Ramsy [Ramsey], Shelby County, son of L.C. and Victoria Ramsy.
Census of 1900 - S.L. Ramsey, Shelby County, born July 1873, son of L.C. and V.A. Ramsey.
Census of 1910 - Sidney L. Ramsey, Rusk County, spouse Bessie A.
Census of 1920 and 1930 - Sydney L. Ramsey, Henderson, Rusk County, spouse Bessie A.
Census of 1940 - Sidney L. Ramsey, Henderson, Rusk County, spouse Bessie A. FamilySearch. 1880 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940
S.L. Ramsey, birth date 7/12/1873 in Timpson, Texas; death date 5/29/1949 in Henderson, Rusk County; laborer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Sydney Lee Ramsey, home address in Henderson, birth date 7/12/1873, editor and publisher, wife Mrs. Bessie Ramsey, draft registration 9/12/1918 in Rusk County. FamilySearch United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
Sydney Lee Ramsey, birth date 7/12/1873, death date 5/29/1949, burial in Lakewood Memorial Park, Henderson, Rusk County. Includes funeral notice from Longview News-Journal, 5/31/1949. Find a Grave.
Sidney L. Ramsey. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
Obituary, "Judge Sidney L. Ramsey Dies at Henderson," Timpson Weekly Times, 6/3/1949, p. 10, crediting the Timpson Public Library. Birth date 6/12/1873, death date 5/29/1949. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Photographs

Photograph. S.L. Ramsey, 29th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. S.L. Ramsey, 28th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

28th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
29th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

29th R.S. - 1905 Appropriations Appropriations Subcommitttee on the Epileptic Colony at Abilene Education Forestry Insurance Labor
28th R.S. - 1903 Finance Labor Roads, Bridges and Ferries

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