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Simon Pierce Burns Full Name: Simon Pierce Burns Date of birth: January 1, 1834 Date of death: April 8, 1898 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 108 Jan 12, 1897 - Apr 8, 1898 25th   Democrat Brownwood / Brown   Brown, Coleman H 108 Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897 24th   Democrat Brownwood / Brown   Brown, Coleman   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Col. Simon Pierce Burns, birth date 1/1/1834 in Ohio; death date 4/8/1898 in Granbury, Hood County, Texas; biographical sketch and portrait; interment in Heflin Cemetery, Owens, Brown County. Find a Grave. Biographical sketch, birth date 1/1/1835. Texas State Government: a Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897. Military Service Notes "Although Simon Pierce Burns obtained the rank of Brigadier General in the Missouri Confederate Army, he was not officially commissioned by the War Department before the war ended. He was known throughout his life as Colonel Burns." Biographical sketch, Col. Simon Pierce Burns. Inscription: Col. S.P. Burns. Find a Grave. Simon Peter Burns, birth date 1/1/1834, death date 4/8/1898. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002. Confederate States Army, Colonel, Company A, 11th Missouri Infantry. Discusses later appointment as Brigadier General. Biographical sketch, S.P. Burns, pp. 75-76. Texas State Government: a Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897. Other Resources Col. Simon Pierce Burns, Sr., birth date 1/1/1834 in Logan, Ohio; death date 4/8/1898 in Granbury, Hood County, Texas. Ancestry.com. "Hon. S.P. Burns Dead," Houston Daily Post, 4/16/1898, p. 5, crediting the UNT Libraries. "Colonel Burns served two terms as a member of the Texas house of representatives from the Brownwood district . . . ," Confederate veteran. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). Brown County records, Heflin Cemetery, Brownwood, Texas, lists Col. S.P. Burns, birth date 1/1/1834, death date 4/8/1898. RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service. Photographs Photograph. S. P. Burns, 24th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. S. P. Burns, 25th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 24th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 25th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 24th session composite photo of House members by Hill (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Committee Informationtop 25th R.S. - 1897 Contingent Expenses   Internal Improvements   Judiciary No. 2   Land Office, Special   Public Debt (Chair)  Public Lands and Land Office   University of Texas, Investigate, Special   24th R.S. - 1895 Agricultural Affairs   Confederate Home, Special   Federal Relations   Internal Improvements   Stock and Stock Raising

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