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Francis Pinckney Powell Full Name: Francis Pinckney "Frank" Powell Date of birth: July 21, 1853 Date of death: September 21, 1914 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 70 Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 8, 1901 26th   Democrat Waxahachie / Ellis   Ellis, Johnson   Biographical Notes and Resources top Other Resources Judge F.P. Powell, death date 9/21/1914, moved from Waxahachie to Amarillo in 1904, then to Plainview. Obituary, "F.P. Powell Passes at Plainview Home: Death Was Unexpected—Was Formerly Attorney and Prominent Citizen of Amarillo," 9/23/1914, p. 8. Amarillo Daily News. Census of 1900 - F.P. Powell, Waxahachie, Ellis County, age 47, born July 1853 in Texas, lawyer, spouse Myrtle Powell, son Charles D., and daughter Marguerite. Census of 1910 - Francis O. [P.] Powell, Amarillo, Potter County, age 56, born circa 1854 in Texas, lawyer, spouse Myrtle, son Dunn, daughters Margaret, Elizabeth, and Florence. FamilySearch. 1900 Francis Pinckney Powell, birth date 7/21/1853 in Madison County, death date 9/21/1914 in Plainview, Hale County, lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. F.P. Powell, birth date 7/21/1853, death date 9/21/1914, spouse Myrtle Middleton Powell ("her husband, Frank Powell, died in 1914"), burial in Plainview Cemetery, Plainview, Hale County. Find a Grave. 26th Legislature (1899) - F.P. Powell, postoffice Waxahachie, nativity Texas, age 45 (born circa 1854), lawyer, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual. Photographs Photograph. F.P. Powell, 26th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 26th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 26th R.S. - 1899 Constitutional Amendments (Chair)  Internal Improvements   Judicial Districts   Judiciary No. 1   Rules

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