Cader Adkin Shelby

Full Name: Cader Adkin Shelby
Date of birth: March 23, 1862
Date of death: April 28, 1931

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	5	Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909	30th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Mount Vernon / Franklin		Delta, Franklin, Hopkins
H	5	Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907	29th	Democrat	Mount Vernon / Franklin		Delta, Franklin, Hopkins

(1) Candidate for re-election, "Hon. C.A. Shelby for Floater," The Sulphur Springs Gazette, 5/25/1906, p. 1, crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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House District 5
Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909
Legislatures: 30th ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Mount Vernon / Franklin
Counties in district: Delta, Franklin, Hopkins

House District 5
Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907
Legislatures: 29th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Mount Vernon / Franklin
Counties in district: Delta, Franklin, Hopkins

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Other Resources

Census of 1900 - Cater Shelby, Mount Vernon, Franklin County, birth date March 1862 in Alabama, age 38, county clerk, spouse Pinkie Shelby, children Virgie, Dixie, Lex, Charles, Hall, and Mary Shelby. FamilySearch.
Cader Adkin Shelby, death date 4/28/1931 in Leesburg, Camp County, age 69, birthplace Alabama, justice of peace and insurance business, father Warren Shelby, mother Nancy E. Parker. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
C.A. Shelby, birth date 3/23/1862, death date 4/28/1931, burial in Glade Springs Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Franklin County. Find a Grave.
29th Legislature (1905) - C.A. Shelby, postoffice Mt. Vernon, nativity Alabama, age 42 (born circa 1863), merchant and f'r'm, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual.

Photographs

Photograph. C.A. Shelby, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. C.A. Shelby, 29th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

29th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
30th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

30th R.S. - 1907 Judicial Districts Liquor Traffic Penitentiaries Penitentiaries Subcommittee to Visit Penitentiaries Public Health Roads, Bridges and Ferries State Asylums
29th R.S. - 1905 Commerce and Manufactures Education Judicial Districts Roads, Bridges and Ferries State Asylums

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