Lawrence, John W., papers, 1834-1933

Clarke, William F., 1883-1961

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Nelson, Aaron Alma, 1878-1946

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Adriance, John Sabin, 1861-

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De Cordova, Jacob, 1808-1868

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Lawrence & Son

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Wells, James B., 1850-1923

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James B. Wells, Jr., attorney of Brownsville, Texas, was the central figure in South Texas Democratic politics from the mid-1880s through the first decade of the twentieth century and continued to exercise power as the Cameron County Democratic chairman until 1920. Wells served as chairman of the Texas Democratic Party from 1900 through 1904. Wells held public office for only two brief periods: as Brownsville city attorney in the early 1880s, and in 1897 he accepted a gubernatorial appointment t...

Lawrence & Edwards

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Waggaman, George Augustus, 1790-1843

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George Augustus Waggaman was born in Caroline County, Md., and was admitted to the bar in Caroline County, Md., in 1811. He served in the War of 1812 under General Andrew Jackson at New Orleans, settled in Baton Rouge, La., and commenced the practice of law in 1813. Waggaman served as attorney general of the third district of Louisiana in 1813, judge of the third judicial circuit court in 1818, and assistant judge of the criminal court in New Orleans in 1819. He was secretary of state of Louisia...

Clarke, W. H. (William Henry)

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Lawrence, John W., 1815-1909

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John William Blount Lawrence (1815-1909), lawyer, soldier, land agent, and notary public, was born in North Carolina. In 1837 he and his family moved to Florida where Lawrence had an unsuccessful career as a cotton speculator. After moving to Houston in 1841, Lawrence served in a Milam County volunteer army during the Rafael Vásquez invasion before attending law school. He voted for annexation in 1845 while practicing law in Matagorda. In 1847 he moved back to Houston t...

Lawrence & Clarke

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Cope, Charles West, 1811-1890

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Painter. From the description of Autograph signature. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270534450 ...

Lawrence, John R., 1860-1936

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Jones, C. Anson (Cromwell Anson), 1850-

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Cromwell Anson (C. Anson) Jones (1850-1888) was a lawyer, land speculator, and judge. The son of Anson Jones (1798-1858), president of the Republic of Texas, and his wife Mary McCrory, née Smith (1819-1907), he was one of four children, including Charles Elliot, Samuel Edward, and Sarah Sophia (Sallie) Jones. C. Anson took control of most of his father’s estate lands and became a county judge in 1876. His sister Sallie married R. G. Ashe, and they had several children, including Wil...