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Brashears, Etta
Etta Brashears was elected County Treasurer for Castro County, Texas in 1916. Brashears was reelected twice more in 1918 and 1920. Widowed at the close of 1910 after the murder-suicide of her mother and husband respectively, running for ...
Douglas, Dora
Mrs. Dora Douglas was elected County Clerk and Clerk for the District Court for Andrews County, Texas in 1916. Her husband died in June of 1915, which may have contributed to her run for office as a source of income.
Black, Mrs. James A.
See Nellie McClure Black
Boyd, Elizabeth
Elizabeth Boyd was elected County Clerk and Clerk of the District Court for Lubbock County, Texas in 1908.
Burdett, Belle F.
Belle Burdett was elected to the office of County Treasurer in Red River County, Texas in 1908. She was re-elected in 1910.
Cope, Mary
Mary Cope was elected Clerk for the District Court of Fannin County, Texas in November of 1906. In a newspaper article Cope claimed that she was running only once, and due to the financial considerations on the death of her husband. In t...
Daugherty, Flora L.
Flora L. Daugherty was elected to the two offices of County Clerk and Clerk of the District Court for Brewster County, Texas in 1906. Daugherty was still serving in the office in 1910.
Blair, May Francis
May Francis Blair was elected County Clerk and Clerk for the District Court for Hemphill County, Texas in 1916. She was reelected in 1918 and again 1920. Before being elected to public office, she worked as deputy clerk. Born in New York...
Baker, Lettie I.
Miss Lettie I. Baker was elected County Treasurer for Cherokee County, Texas in 1916. She was reelected in 1918 but instead took a position working for State Comptroller O. Smith of Henderson in Austin. Baker maintained a detailed scrapb...
