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M.H. McCuistian

Mitchell Henderson McCuistion

Full Name: Mitchell Henderson McCuistion
Other surnames: McCuistian, McCuiston, McCuition
Date of birth: August 7, 1828
Date of death: June 11, 1897

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	18	Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879	15th	Democrat	Paris / Lamar		Lamar
H	11	Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876	14th	Democrat	Paris / Lamar		Fannin, Lamar

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

M.H. McCuiston. House Journal.

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, Mitchell Henderson McCuistion, pp. 549-550. Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families, 1889.
MCCUISTION, MITCHELL HENDERSON (1828-1897). Also referred to as McCuition. Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, M.H. McCuistion, pp. 78-80. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Company K, 9th Texas Infantry Regiment. Served as lieutenant, commissary officer, and quartermaster. Handbook of Texas Online.

Other Resources

Mitchel H. McCuistion, birth date 8/7/1828, death date 6/11/1897, burial in Shady Grove Cemetery, Pattonville, Lamar County. Find a Grave.

Photographs

Photograph. M.H. McCuistian, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. M.H. McCuiston, 14th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

14th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
15th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

15th R.S. - 1876 Agriculture and Stock Raising Judiciary No. 2 Penitentiary Rules (Chair)
14th R.S. - 1874 Agriculture and Stock Raising Internal Improvements Penitentiary

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