Davenport, Harbert, papers, 1800, 1835-1836, 1923
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A native of Eastland, Texas, Harbert Davenport (1882-1957) married Elizabeth Pettit in 1904, and they moved to Austin in 1906. In 1908 Davenport earned his L.L.B. degree from the University of Texas. After practicing law in Anahuac, in 1912 he moved to Brownsville to work as a law associate to Judge James B. Wells, Jr. (1850-1923). Davenport became a second lieutenant in the air corps during World War I, and then returned to legal practice. He wrote several legal and his...
