Stephen Augustus Venters
Full Name: Stephen Augustus VentersDate of birth: June 27, 1822
Date of death: March 12, 1881
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Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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H | 51 | Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881 | 16th (1) | Democrat | Denton / Denton | Denton | |
H | 22 | Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874 | 13th | Democrat | Denton / Denton | Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Denton, Grayson, Hardeman, Haskell, Jack, Knox, Montague, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Wise, Young |
(1) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
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House District 51
Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881 Legislatures: 16th (1) Party: Democrat Home City/County: Denton / Denton Counties in district: Denton |
House District 22
Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874 Legislatures: 13th Party: Democrat Home City/County: Denton / Denton Counties in district: Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Denton, Grayson, Hardeman, Haskell, Jack, Knox, Montague, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Wise, Young |
(1) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
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Resolutions and Journal entries
- 17th Legislature, R.S., resolution by Mr. Kendall noting the death of Hon. S.A. Venters of Denton County, 3/14/1881, p. 263. House Journal.
Biographical Sketches
- VENTERS, STEPHEN AUGUSTUS (1822-1881). Handbook of Texas Online.
- S.A. Venters, portrait and biographical sketch, birth date 6/27/1822, death date 3/12/1881, p. 28; elected to Legislature in 1874, pp. 121-122. History and Reminiscences of Denton County, 1918.
- Biographical sketch, Stephen Augustus Venters, pp. 265-266. Birth date 6/27/1833 in Pitt County, North Carolina. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
Other Resources
- Census of 1870 - Stephen A. Venters, Denton County, age 48, born circa 1822 in North Carolina, dry goods merchant, living in household with Mary L. and Jefferson D. Venters.
Census of 1880 - Stephen A. Veters [Venters], Denton County, age 58, born circa 1822 in North Carolina, Representative to Legislature of Tex, wife Mary L., son Jefferson D. FamilySearch. 1870 1880 - Judge S.A. Venters, birth date 6/27/1822, death date 3/12/1881, burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Denton, Denton County. Find a Grave.
- S.A. Venters, chief justice (county judge), August 1856, p. 64; postmaster at New Alton in 1851, pp. 66-67; and county judge, pp. 76 and 193. History of Denton County, From Its Beginning to 1960, 1978.
- Death notice, Hon. S.A. Venters, "Letter from Denton County," The Galveston Daily News, 3/17/1881, p. 4, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Photographs
- Photograph. Stephen Venters, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
- Photograph. Stephen Venters, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
- 13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
- 13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
- Pictorial Monogram of the State Government of Texas 1873 (DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection). DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs.
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