Samuel A. Belden
Full Name: Samuel A. BeldenDate of death: Deceased, date unknown
Terms of Service top
Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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H | 73 | Nov 2, 1863 - May 8, 1864 | 10th (1) | Brownsville / Cameron | Cameron |
(1) Belden did not attend the called sessions. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
Terms of Service top
House District 73
Nov 2, 1863 - May 8, 1864 Legislatures: 10th (1) Home City/County: Brownsville / Cameron Counties in district: Cameron |
(1) Belden did not attend the called sessions. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
Biographical Information top
Other Resources
- Census of 1870 - Samuel Belden, Brownsville, Cameron County, age 32, born circa 1838 in Connecticut, customs clerk.
Census of 1880 - Samuel Belden, Brownsville, Cameron County, age 42, born circa 1838 in Texas, mercantile clerk, wife Frances.
Census of 1900 - Sam'l A. Belden, San Antonio, Bexar County, age 62, born April 1838 in New York, accountant.
Sam A. Belden, age 37, married Francisca Garcia, age 21, on 1/6/1876 in Cameron County. FamilySearch. 1870 1880 1900 Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977. - Possibly Samuel A. Belden, birth 1838, death date 2/25/1907, burial in Old City Cemetery, Brownsville, Cameron County. Includes obituary from Brownsville Daily Herald, 2/25/1907. No grave marker photo. Find a Grave.
- Account of efforts of Valley landowners to create an independent territory between the Nueces and Rio Grande rivers, pp. 115-117. I Would Rather Sleep in Texas: a History of the Lower Rio Grande Valley and the People of the Santa Anita Land Grant, 2003.
- Obituary, "S.A. Belden Dies Here," The San Antonio Daily Express, 2/26/1907, p. 7, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Birth date 4/8/1838. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Committee Information top
10th R.S. - 1863
Public Buildings Retrenchment and Reform Stock and Stock Raising |
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