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W.W. Oxier

William Wilson Oxsheer

Full Name: William Wilson Oxsheer
Date of birth: March 3, 1815
Date of death: December 13, 1905

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 41 Jan 12, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883 17th (1) (2) (3)   Democrat Maysfield / Milam   Bell, Falls, Milam
H 41 Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881 16th (4)   Democrat Maysfield / Milam   Bell, Falls, Milam
H 17 Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876 14th   Democrat Cameron / Milam   Bell, Falls, Milam

Terms of service footnotes


(1) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News. ↩
(2) Oxsheer oath of office, 1/12/1881, p. 3. House Journal. ↩
(3) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881. ↩
(4) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News. ↩

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
17th (1) (2) (3)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Maysfield / Milam
Counties in district:
Bell, Falls, Milam

Legislatures:
16th (4)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Maysfield / Milam
Counties in district:
Bell, Falls, Milam

Legislatures:
14th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Cameron / Milam
Counties in district:
Bell, Falls, Milam

Terms of service notes


(1) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News. ↩
(2) Oxsheer oath of office, 1/12/1881, p. 3. House Journal. ↩
(3) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881. ↩
(4) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News. ↩

Biographical Information

  • OXSHEER, WILLIAM WILSON (1815-1905). Handbook of Texas Online.
  • Portrait and biographical sketch, William Wilson Oxsheer. Lewis Publishing Company. History of Texas, Together With a Biographical History of Milam, Williamson, Bastrop, Travis, Lee and Burleson Counties, 1893, pp. 255-260. Born 3/9/1815 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, "has represented this county in the State Legislature three sessions, the fourteenth, sixteenth and serventeenth," p. 260. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
  • Biographical sketch, William Wilson Oxsheer, p. 263. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.

  • W.W. Oxsheer, birth date 3/3/1815, death date 12/13/1905, burial in Oxsheer-Smith Cemetery, Cameron, Milam County. Includes reprint of obituary in Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12/24/1905. Find a Grave.
  • Obituary, "Death of Pioneer: W.W. Oxsheer of Cameron, an Honored Citizen of Texas for Many Years," 12/24/1905, p. 4. Birth date 3/8/1815; death date 12/13/1905. Fort Worth Telegram.
  • Obituary, Hilliard F. Smith, Jr., 6/14/1959, p. 1. "He [Hilliard F. Smith, Jr.] was the son of Milam County pioneers, Hilliard F. Smith and Viola Oxsheer Smith, a banking family with extensive land holdings dating back before the Texas Republic. He was a grandson of W.W. Oxsheer, a state representative of Milam County during reconstruction days." Relatives - William Wilson Oxsheer, father-in-law; Hilliard Fort Smith, Sr., son-in-law. Waco Tribune-Herald.

  • Photograph. W.W. Oxier, 17th Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
  • Photograph. W.M. Oxsheer, 14th Legislature, State Preservation Board

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