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William Filmore Murchison
Full Name: William Filmore Murchison
Date of birth: September 16, 1851
Date of death: 1935
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Terms of Service top
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Legislatures |
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Counties in District |
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H
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30
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Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897
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24th
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Democrat
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Grapeland / Houston
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Houston
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H
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13
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Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893
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22nd
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(2)
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Democrat
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Grapeland / Houston
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Houston
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H
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13
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Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 13, 1891
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21st
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(5)
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Democrat
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Augusta / Houston
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Houston
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(1)
W.F. Murchison, Augusta.
Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
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Grapeland, Houston County (22nd and 24th Legislatures).
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
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W.F. Murchison, Augusta, Democrat.
Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
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Augusta, Houston County.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
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Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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| Biographical Sketches |
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Biographical sketch and photo, William Filmore Murchison. Death date 9/3/1925 [sic].
Grapeland Texas.
Biographical sketch, William F. Murchison, pp. 248-249. Born 9/16/1851 in Madison County, Tennessee.
Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889.
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William Filmore Murchison, Democrat, farmer, age 43 in 1895, born in Tennessee.
Card File.
Census of 1880 - W. Filmore Murchiso [Murchison], Houston County, age 29, born circa 1851 in Tennessee, farmer, son of Mary Murchison.
Census of 1900 - Wm. F. Merchison [Murchison], Houston County, age 49, born September 1850 in Tennessee, farmer, wife Sally S., mother Mary.
Census of 1910 - Phil Murchison, Houston County, age 59, born circa 1851 in Tennessee, farm manager, wife Sallie.
Census of 1920 - William F. Murchison, Grapeland, Houston County, age 69, born circa 1851 in Tennessee, farmer, wife Sallie S.
Census of 1930 - W. Filmore Murchison, Grapeland, Houston County, age 79, born circa 1851 in Tennessee, widowed, enumeration date 4/10/1930.
FamilySearch. 1880
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William Filmore Murchison (1850-1935), family photos, biographical sketch, burial in Refuge Cemetery, Refuge, Houston County.
Find a Grave.
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Photograph.
W.F. Murchison, 24th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
W.F. Murchison, 21st Legislature, State Preservation Board
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| Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
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21st session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
22nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
24th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
24th session composite photo of House members by Hill (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
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