Joseph Sale Strother

Full Name: Joseph Sale Strother
Date of birth: August 22, 1836
Date of death: September 15, 1903

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	37	Jan 13, 1903 - Sep 15, 1903	28th	Democrat	Garland / Dallas	Dallas
H	73	Jan 8, 1901 - Jan 13, 1903	27th	Democrat	Garland / Dallas	Dallas
H	73	Jan 12, 1897 - Jan 10, 1899	25th	Democrat	Garland / Dallas	Dallas

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House District 37
Jan 13, 1903 - Sep 15, 1903
Legislatures: 28th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Garland / Dallas
Counties in district: Dallas

House District 73
Jan 8, 1901 - Jan 13, 1903
Legislatures: 27th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Garland / Dallas
Counties in district: Dallas

House District 73
Jan 12, 1897 - Jan 10, 1899
Legislatures: 25th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Garland / Dallas
Counties in district: Dallas

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Resolutions and Journal entries

29th Legislature, R.S., 1/19/1905, p. 145. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Obituary and sketch of the life of Joseph S. Strother, father of president of Chappell Hill Female College, Rev. William K. Strother. Chappell Hill Female College. The Collegian, Volume [3], Number 1-2, September-October [1903], pp. 10-12, crediting Chappell Hill Historical Society Museum. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Biographical sketch, Joseph S. Strother, pp. 117-118. Born 8/22/1836 near Huntsville, Alabama, married Emily McCullough, children include son Edwin B. Strother. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897.
Brief biographical sketch, Joseph S. Strother, p. 208. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Sergeant and Private, Company C, 15th Texas Infantry, enlisted 1/15/1862. Joseph Sale Strother, death date 9/15/1903 in Dallas County. Pension File No. 43118, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com.

Other Resources

Joseph Sale Strother and Emily McCullough, parents of Edwin Bower Strother, death date 9/1/1958. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
J.S. Strother (1836-1903), portrait, burial in Pioneer Cemetery, Garland, Dallas County. Find a Grave.

Photographs

Photograph. J.S. Strother, 27th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.S. Strother, 25th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

25th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
27th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
28th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

28th R.S. - 1903 Agricultural Affairs Commerce and Manufactures Public Buildings and Grounds Public Health and Vital Statistics Railroad Commission State Affairs
27th R.S. - 1901 Education Heads of State Departments, Investigate Public Health and Vital Statistics Roads, Bridges and Ferries Senatorial Districts State Affairs Towns and City Corporations
25th R.S. - 1897 A. & M. College Exercises, Special Education Public Buildings and Grounds Public Health and Vital Statistics Secretary of State's Department, Special State Asylums State Asylums at Austin, Special

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