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Line 1: {{Short description|American politician}} {{about||his son, the American educator|David Abner Jr.}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder Line 6 ⟶ 8: | term_start = January 13, 1874 | term_end = March 15, 1875 | birth_date = c. 1826 | birth_place = [[Selma, Alabama]], U.S. | death_date = {{death year and age|1902|1826}} | death_place = [[Marshall, Texas]], U.S. | spouse = Line 19 ⟶ 21: }} '''David Abner Sr.''' (c. 1826–1902) was an ==Early life== At the age of seventeen, Abner in 1843 was taken to [[Upshur County, Texas|Upshur County]] in [[East Texas]].<ref name=TSHA /> After being [[Emancipation Proclamation|emancipated]] after the [[American Civil War]], he moved to [[Marshall, Texas|Marshall]] in [[Harrison County, Texas|Harrison County]], also in East Texas. There, he rented a plot of land and a mule from the sister of his original master. A few years later, he purchased the farm and became wealthy.<ref name="TSHA">{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fab06|title=David Abner Sr.|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|author1-link=Merline Pitre|author=Merline Pitre|accessdate= October 30, 2013}}</ref> ==Political life== In 1873, Abner was appointed to the executive committee of the first Colored Men's State Convention.<ref>{{cite web|last=Barr|first=Alwyn|authorlink=Alwyn Barr|title=Black State Conventions|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/pkb01|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|accessdate=October 31, 2013}}</ref> Later, he was elected to the position of treasurer for Harrison County.<ref name="Harvey2003">{{cite book|last=Harvey|first=Bill|title=Texas Cemeteries: The Resting Places of Famous, Infamous, and Just Plain Interesting Texans|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fMCAuw4JifYC&pg=PA181|date=February 1, 2003|publisher=University of Texas Press|isbn=978-0-292-73466-1|page=181}}</ref> In 1874, Abner was elected to the legislature for Harrison and [[Rusk County, Texas|Rusk]] counties.<ref>{{cite web|title=David Abner Sr.|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=5310|publisher=Legislative Reference Library of Texas|accessdate=October 31, 2013}}</ref> Halfway through his term in the state House, in August 1875, a convention was called to rewrite the 1869 [[Texas State Constitution]]. Abner was one of three delegates elected to the convention from the [[Texas State Senate]] district that After his state legislative term, Abner was the vice president of the Republican State Convention in 1876.<ref name=Harvey2003 /> Line 38 ⟶ 42: ==Notes== *{{note|citation|a}} Article 16, section 56 of the Texas State Constitution states: "The Legislature shall have no power to appropriate any of the public money for the establishment and maintenance of a bureau of immigration, or for any purpose of bringing immigrants to this State." It was part of the Constitution from 1875 until ==External links== Line 49 ⟶ 53: {{DEFAULTSORT:Abner, David}} [[Category: [[Category:1902 deaths]] [[Category: [[Category:African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era]] [[Category:African-American state legislators in Texas]] [[Category:American slaves]]▼ [[Category:Politicians from Selma, Alabama]] [[Category:People from Upshur County, Texas]] [[Category:People from Marshall, Texas]] [[Category:Texas Republicans]]▼ [[Category:Burials in Texas]] ▲[[Category:19th-century American slaves]] [[Category:20th-century African-American politicians]] [[Category:20th-century American legislators]] ▲[[Category:20th-century Texas [[Category:People enslaved in Alabama]] |