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Newton Lindsey Full Name: Newton R. Lindsey Date of birth: November 6, 1847 Date of death: July 18, 1908 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 77 Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885 18th (1)   Democrat Comanche / Comanche   Brown, Comanche (1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries N.R. Lindsey. House Journal. Biographical Sketches Biographical sketch, N.R. Lindsey, p. 266. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883. Military Service Notes Confederate States Army, 4th Regiment, Alabama Volunteers. Find a Grave. Other Resources Census of 1880 - Newton Lindsey, Comanche, Comanche County, age 32, born circa 1848 in Alabama, lawyer, wife Virginia Lindsey. FamilySearch. 1880 N.R. Lindsey, birth date 11/6/1847, death date 7/18/1908, burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Comanche, Comanche County. Find a Grave. Newton R. Lindsey. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. "Outstanding Comanche Pioneer, Judge Newton R. Lindsey," The Comanche Chief, 12/15/2005, p. 8A, crediting the Comanche Public Library. Provides text of Comanche County historic plaque on Lindsey. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). Death notice, "Death of Judge Lindsey," The Pioneer Exponent, 7/24/1908, p. 1, crediting the Comanche Public Library. "He was the first mayor of Comanche, and also served as county and district attorney." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). Historical marker, Lindsey-Gore Home, Comanche, Texas. "After his stint as county attorney, N.R. Lindsey served as a delegate to the 1880 democratic convention, Texas state representative, school trustee and multiple-term mayor of Comanche. Texas Historic Sites Atlas (Texas Historical Commission). Photographs Photograph. N.R. Lindsey, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 18th R.S. - 1883 Internal Improvements   Judiciary No. 1   Public Debt   Stock and Stockraising

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