Truman Phelps
Full Name: Truman PhelpsDate of birth: August 7, 1806
Date of death: July 10, 1892
Terms of Service top
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | 62 | Aug 6, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870 | 11th (1) (2) (3) (4) | Anaqua / Victoria | Calhoun, DeWitt, Jackson, Victoria |
(1) Roster of 11th Legislature, House of Representatives, "Texas Legislative Proceedings," 8/11/1866, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(2) Anaqua, Victoria County. "In 1857 he settled on a homestead on the San Antonio River in Anaqua, Texas, approximately twenty miles south of Victoria." Handbook of Texas Online.
(3) Victoria, Victoria County. House Journal.
(4) Anaqua, Victoria County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
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House District 62
Aug 6, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870 Legislatures: 11th (1) (2) (3) (4) Home City/County: Anaqua / Victoria Counties in district: Calhoun, DeWitt, Jackson, Victoria |
(1) Roster of 11th Legislature, House of Representatives, "Texas Legislative Proceedings," 8/11/1866, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(2) Anaqua, Victoria County. "In 1857 he settled on a homestead on the San Antonio River in Anaqua, Texas, approximately twenty miles south of Victoria." Handbook of Texas Online.
(3) Victoria, Victoria County. House Journal.
(4) Anaqua, Victoria County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
Biographical Information top
Biographical Sketches
- PHELPS, TRUMAN (1806-1892). Phelps "served Catahoula Parish several times as a representative, from 1837 through 1840, and again in 1844, to the Louisiana legislature." Handbook of Texas Online.
- Portrait and biographical sketch, Edwin M. Phelps, pp. 612-613. Clerk in the General Land Office of the State of Texas. Born 8/30/1842 in Vincennes, Indiana. Relatives: Truman Phelps - father, Edwin M. Phelps - son. Mother Miss Cornelia McNamee. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
- Obituary, Judge Truman Phelps, "Death of Judge Phelps," Newspaper Abstract, Beeville Bee, Beeville, Texas, 7/22/1892. Born 8/7/1806 near Uniontown, Mississippi. Also served in the Louisiana legislature. Refugio County, TXGenWeb Project.
Other Resources
- Hon. Truman Phelps, death date 7/10/1892, burial in Evergreen Cemetery, Victoria, Victoria County. Find a Grave.
- Mentioned in biographical sketch of son, Edwin M. Phelps, pp. 163-164. Texans Who Wore the Gray, 1907.
Photographs
- Photograph. T. Phelps, 11th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
- 11th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, south wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
Committee Information top
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11th R.S. - 1866
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