O.R. Morrison

Oba R. Morrison

Full Name: Oba R. Morrison
Date of birth: August 24, 1847
Date of death: June 6, 1924

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 77 Jan 8, 1895 - May 1, 1895 24th (1)   Democrat Hico / Hamilton   Bosque, Hamilton, Hill, Somervell
H 76 Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 8, 1895 23rd   Democrat Hico / Hamilton   Bosque, Hamilton

(1) Morrison resigned 5/1/1895. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

Terms of Service top

House District 77
Jan 8, 1895 - May 1, 1895
Legislatures: 24th (1)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Hico / Hamilton
Counties in district: Bosque, Hamilton, Hill, Somervell
House District 76
Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 8, 1895
Legislatures: 23rd  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Hico / Hamilton
Counties in district: Bosque, Hamilton

(1) Morrison resigned 5/1/1895. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

Military Service Notes

  • Confederate States Army, Private, Company D, 34th Texas Cavalry. Ora [Oba] R. Morrison, born circa 1847 in Shelby County, death date 6/6/1924 in Beaumont, Jefferson County; includes letter from O.R. Morrison describing Confederate service. Pension File No. 32608, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958; U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865. Ancestry.com.
  • Confederate States Army, Private, Company D, 34th Texas Cavalry. Military grave marker, Oba R. Morrison (1847-1924), burial in Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont, Jefferson County. Find a Grave.
  • Confederate States Army, 35th Texas Cavalry commanded by Col. A.W. Terrell. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897.

Other Resources

  • Census of 1880 - O.R. Morrison, Shelby County, age 32, born circa 1848 in Texas, farmer, wife A.A.
    Census of 1900 - O.R. Morrison, Beaumont, Jefferson County, age 54, born August 1846 in Texas, real estate agent, wife A.A.
    Census of 1910 - Oba Morrison, Beaumont, Jefferson County, age 62, born circa 1848 in Texas, publisher, wife Alice A.
    Census of 1920 - Aba Morrison, Beaumont, Jefferson County, age 72, born circa 1848 in Texas, Justice of Peace, widowed. FamilySearch. 1880 1900 1910 1920
  • O.R. Morrison, birth date 8/24/1857 [sic] in Shelby County, age 76 (born circa 1848), death date 6/6/1924 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, retired county officer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.

Photographs

  • Photograph. O.R. Morrison, 24th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. O.R. Morrison, 23rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. O.R. Morrison, 23rd Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

24th R.S. - 1895
Commerce and Manufactures  
Finance (Chair) 
Judicial Districts  
Redistricting the State into Judicial Districts, Special  
Revenue and Taxation  
23rd R.S. - 1893
Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts, Examination of (Chair) 
Contingent Expenses  
Engrossed Bills  
Finance  
General Land Office, Joint Committee to investigate the  
Revenue and Taxation  
State Reformatory, Joint Committee on  

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