Horace B. Simonds
Full Name: Horace B. SimondsOther surnames: Simmonds, Simons
Date of birth: 1823
Date of death: January 24, 1882
Terms of Service
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H | 28 | Aug 13, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870 | 11th (1) (2) | Greenville / Hunt | Hunt |
Terms of service footnotes
(1) Not present at organization of the House on 8/6/1866. H.B. Simons sworn 8/13/1866, p. 35. House Journal. ↩
(2) Roster of 11th Legislature, House of Representatives, "Texas Legislative Proceedings," 8/11/1866, p. 1. Galveston Daily News. ↩
Terms of Service
Terms of service notes
(1) Not present at organization of the House on 8/6/1866. H.B. Simons sworn 8/13/1866, p. 35. House Journal. ↩
(2) Roster of 11th Legislature, House of Representatives, "Texas Legislative Proceedings," 8/11/1866, p. 1. Galveston Daily News. ↩
Biographical Information
- SIMONDS, HORACE B. (1823-1882). Originally Simons and also spelled Simmonds. Handbook of Texas Online.
- Census of 1860 - Horace B. Simonds, Hunt County, age 37, born circa 1823 in New York, teacher of common school.
Census of 1870 - Horace B. Simons, Hunt County, age 46, born circa 1824 in New York, attorney at law.
Census of 1880 - H.B. Simonds, Hunt County, age 57, born circa 1823 in New York, county judge, wife S.L. Simonds, son D. Jernett Simonds. FamilySearch. 1860 1870 1880 - Death notice, Judge H.B. Simonds, Hunt County, The Standard (Clarksville, Texas), 2/3/1882, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. "Clerk of that county before the war, and for many years since County Judge . . . Judge Simonds was a native of New York, mainly raised in Ohio." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
- Photograph. H.B. Simonds, 11th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- 11th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, south wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
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