James Buckner Barry
Full Name: James Buckner "Buck" BarryDate of birth: December 16, 1821
Date of death: December 16, 1906
Terms of Service
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H | 40 | Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885 | 18th (1) | Unaffiliated | Iredell / Bosque | Bosque, Erath, Hood, Somervell |
Terms of service footnotes
(1) Party affiliation: "Democratic Principle, but not Party." Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883. ↩
Terms of Service
- Legislatures:
- 18th (1)
- Party:
- Unaffiliated
- Home City/County:
- Iredell / Bosque
- Counties in district:
- Bosque, Erath, Hood, Somervell
Terms of service notes
(1) Party affiliation: "Democratic Principle, but not Party." Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883. ↩
Biographical Information
- Photo and biographical information, "Brave Pioneers Who Blazed the Way for Tarrant's Present Greatness," 12/15/1912, Part Four, p. 1. Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
- BARRY, JAMES BUCKNER (1821-1906). Handbook of Texas Online.
- Biographical sketch, p. 259. Elected as an Independent Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.
- Biographical sketch, Colonel James Buckner Barry, Volume I, pp. 96-101. "Such was Colonel Barry's success as an Indian fighter and defender of the frontier that the state legislature at its twelfth session voted him a present of the finest gun that could be bought." A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of North and West Texas, 1906.
- Describes the James Buckner Barry papers, including reports, correspondence, and diary reminiscences. Confederate Military Manuscripts: Series C: Holdings of the Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin, 2003.
- Texas Rangers; Texas Mounted Riflemen, Mexican War; Lieutenant Colonel, Confederate States Army. Handbook of Texas Online.
- Buck Barry portrait, circa 1905. Ancestry.com.
- Portrait. Ancestry.com.
- Jas. Buckner Barry, birth date 12/16/1821 in Onslow County, North Carolina, death date 12/16/1906, burial in Barry Cemetery, Walnut Springs, Bosque County. Includes biographical sketch, portraits. Find a Grave.
- Buckner was "reared in the household of democracy and traveled that road thirty year before joining the populists," 8/22/1898, p. 4. Galveston Daily News.
- Obituary, "Col. Buck Barry Dead," Southern Mercury United with the Farmers Union Password (Dallas, Texas), 12/20/1906, p. 1. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
- Historical marker, James Buckner "Buck" Barry, C.S.A. (Confederate States Army), Walnut Springs, Bosque County. Texas Historic Sites Atlas (Texas Historical Commission).
- Photograph. J.B. Barry, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- 18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
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