HON. A. W. De BERRY, ARANSAS PASS. The death
of this distinguished lawyer and honored citizen of Texas occurred at his
home in Aransas Pass at 5:30 p. m., April 4, 1903.
He was appointed Secretary of State by Gov. Richard
Coke January 27, 1874, was reappointed to the position by Gov. Coke April
28, 1876, and filled it until December 7, 1876, when he was succeeded by
Hon. I.G. Searcy, Gov. Hubbard’s appointee.
Year Book for Texas:
party conventions, election returns, inauguration of Governor
Lanham and Lieutenant-Governor Neal, legislative work, public
officials and current reports of departments and state
institutions, important events, obituaries of distinguished dead,
industrial development, statistics, biographical sketches, and
historical manuscripts never before published. Raines, Cadwell
Walton, Austin, Tex.: Gammel-Statesman Pub. Co., 1903, page 165.
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