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Pleamon Smith Sowell Full Name: Pleamon Smith Sowell Date of birth: August 8, 1856 Date of death: March 28, 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 97 Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897 24th   Democrat Seguin / Guadalupe   Guadalupe   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Obituary, Judge P.S. Sowell, Stamford, Tex., San Antonio Express, 3/30/1914, p. 4, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Death date Saturday night, 3/28/1914. "He was formerly a law partner of Judge F.C. Weinert, present Secretary of State, and was also a member of the State Legislature at one time." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). Other Resources Mentioned in "Early History of Guadalupe County" and "Ancestors of the Author," pp. 430 and 797. "Pleaman Smith is a lawyer and lives at Seguin, and served his district in the Twenty-fourth Legislature as a Democratic nominee." Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas, 1900. Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas Census of 1900 - P.S. Sowell, Seguin, Guadalupe County, age 44, born August 1856 in Texas, lawyer, wife Emma H. FamilySearch. P.S. Sowell, birth date 8/8/1854, death date 3/26/1914 in El Paso, lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. Pleamon Smith Sowell, birth date 8/8/1856, death date 3/28/1914, burial in San Geronimo Cemetery, Seguin, Guadalupe County. Find a Grave. Photographs Photograph. P.S. Sowell, 24th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 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. Committee Informationtop 24th R.S. - 1895 Commerce and Manufactures   Constitutional Amendments   Contingent Expenses   Enrolled Bills   Judicial Districts

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