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Sam H. Parsons

Samuel Holcroft Parsons

Full Name: Samuel Holcroft "Sam" Parsons
Date of birth: October 12, 1910
Date of death: November 29, 1973

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 16 Jan 10, 1961 - Jan 8, 1963 57th   Democrat Henderson / Rusk   Rusk
H 16 Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 10, 1961 56th   Democrat Henderson / Rusk   Rusk
H 16 Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959 55th (1)   Democrat Henderson / Rusk   Rusk

Terms of service footnotes


(1) Restaurant, owner and operator. "55th Texas Legislature: 20 Senators, 62 Representatives of 55th Legislature Are Lawyers; Other Legislators Have Varied Occupations, Jobs," Volume 20, Number 1, January 1957, pp. 6, 7, 48. Texas Bar Journal.

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
57th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Henderson / Rusk
Counties in district:
Rusk

Legislatures:
56th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Henderson / Rusk
Counties in district:
Rusk

Legislatures:
55th (1)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Henderson / Rusk
Counties in district:
Rusk

Terms of service notes


(1) Restaurant, owner and operator. "55th Texas Legislature: 20 Senators, 62 Representatives of 55th Legislature Are Lawyers; Other Legislators Have Varied Occupations, Jobs," Volume 20, Number 1, January 1957, pp. 6, 7, 48. Texas Bar Journal.

Biographical Information

  • Samuel Holcroft Parsons, birth date 10/12/1910. FamilySearch Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1936.
  • Samuel H. Parsons, birth date 10/12/1910 in Texas; death date 11/29/1973 in Henderson, Rusk County; station operator, Mobil consignee. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
  • Samuel H. Parsons, birth date 10/12/1910, death date 11/29/1973, burial in Strong Cemetery, Henderson, Rusk County. Find a Grave.
  • Obituary, Sam Parsons, "S. Parsons Rites Set in Henderson," 11/30/1973, p. 11. Former state representative from Rusk County. Tyler Morning Telegraph.

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