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Wells Thompson, judge of the twenty-third judicial district, died
at his home in Bay City, on January 17, 1914. The Galveston News
of the day following gives a brief sketch of his life. He graduated
from the University of North Carolina in 1859, and two years later
from the law department of the University of Georgia.. After the
close of the war he took up the practice of law at Matagorda, was a
member of the constitutional convention of 1866, was elected presi-
dent of the senate in 1876, and served as a member of the board of
codifiers of the laws of Texas in 1895.
James G. Dudley, of Paris, Texas, who was appointed by Gov-
.ernor Campbell one of the commissioners to codify the laws of
Texas, died on January 17, 1914. The Dallas News of the day
following and Who's Who in America, 1906-1907, contain brief
biographies.
J. M. Oram, an inventor of distinction in electrical and telephone
fields, died at his late home in Dallas on January 17, 1914. Mr.
Oram wrote the chapter on "The Coming of the Telephone to Dal-
las" in A History of Greater Dallas and Vicinity. The Dallas
News of January 18 contains a sketch of his life.
The HIouston Chronicle of January 25, 1914, printed a column,
entitled "Stories of Ashbel Smith."
Dr. Frank Rainey died at Austin, February 2, 1914. He became
a surgeon during the Civil War, graduated from Tulane University
in 1869, and from 1874 until 1895 was superintendent of the Texas
school for the blind. A tribute to Dr. Rainey by Judge Fulmore
was printed in the Austin Tribune of February 8.
The Galveston News of March 19 and 20, 1914, contained a brief
sketch of the life of Robert G. Murray, who. participated in the
naval engagements off the coast of Texas and engaged in blockade
running during the Civil War.431
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