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- ↑ "Henry S. Sneed". Legislative Reference Library of Texas. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
- 1 2 "TSHA | Sneed, Henry". www.tshaonline.org.
- ↑ "Forever Free: The Biographies - Page 9 | TSLAC". www.tsl.texas.gov.
- ↑ "Henry Sneed". 1876. Archived from the original (JPG) on 2021-09-22.
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