D.W. Harris

Pryor Nance Harris

Full Name: Pryor Nance Harris
Date of birth: January 15, 1837
Date of death: November 3, 1923

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 39 Jan 12, 1897 - Jan 10, 1899 25th   Democrat Galveston / Galveston   Galveston

Terms of Service top

House District 39
Jan 12, 1897 - Jan 10, 1899
Legislatures: 25th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Galveston / Galveston
Counties in district: Galveston

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

Military Service Notes

  • Confederate States Army, Captain, Company I, 4th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment. Pryor Nance Harris, U.S., Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865; U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865. Ancestry.com.
  • Confederate States Army, Company F, Starr's 3rd Tennessee Battalion, afterwards the 4th Tennessee Cavalry, Forest's original Brigade, promoted to Captaincy of Company I. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897.

Other Resources

  • Obituary, "Pioneer Texan Dies at Daughter's Home After Brief Illness: Captain P.N. Harris, Confederate Veteran, Answers Last Call Saturday," 11/4/1923, p. 2. Austin Statesman.
  • Pryor Nance Harris, birth date 1/15/1837 in Kentucky; death date 11/3/1923 in Austin, Travis County, Texas; retired. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
  • Pryor Nance Harris, birth date 1/15/1837, death date 11/3/1923, burial in North Belton Cemetery, Belton, Bell County. Find a Grave.

Photographs

  • Photograph. D.W. Harris, 25th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

25th R.S. - 1897
Internal Improvements  
Labor  
Towns and City Corporations  

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