Henry Eustace McCulloch

Full Name: Henry Eustace McCulloch
Date of birth: December 6, 1816
Date of death: March 12, 1895

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	27	Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 7, 1859	6th ⁽⁴⁾ 7th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾		Seguin / Guadalupe		Caldwell, Comal, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays
H	63	Nov 7, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855	5th		Seguin / Guadalupe		Guadalupe

(1) Listed in "Senators holding over: Democrats." Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(2) 7th Legislature - Roll of Senators (holdover Senator), 11/2/1857, pp. 1, 4. Senate Journal.
(3) 7th Legislature - Listed in "large cadre of returning senators," p. 276. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.
(4) 6th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment presented their credentials, and being qualified, took their seats, 11/5/1855, p. 2. Senate Journal.

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Senate District 27
Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 7, 1859
Legislatures: 6th ⁽⁴⁾ 7th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Home City/County: Seguin / Guadalupe
Counties in district: Caldwell, Comal, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays

House District 63
Nov 7, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855
Legislatures: 5th
Home City/County: Seguin / Guadalupe
Counties in district: Guadalupe

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Resolutions and Journal entries

5th Legislature - Roll of Members, H.E. McCulloch, age 36, native state Tennessee, emigrated from Tennessee in 1837, farmer, postoffice Seguin, Guadalupe County. House Journal.

Biographical Sketches

Obituary and photo, Gen. Henry Eustace McCulloch, Volume 3, Number 6, June 1895, p. 189. Confederate Veteran.
MCCULLOCH, HENRY EUSTACE (1816-1895). Relatives - Benjamin McCulloch and Henry Eustace McCulloch, brothers. Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, Volume II, History of the Texas Deaf and Dumb Asylum, pp. 11-12. Histories of American Schools for the Deaf, 1817-1893, 1893.
Biographical sketch, General Henry Eustace McCulloch, pp. 225-284. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature, 1887.
Biographical sketch, Henry E. McCulloch, p. 262. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.

Military Service Notes

Mentioned in Fourteen Hundred and 91 Days in the Confederate Army: A Journal Kept by W.W. Heartsill for Four Years, One Month, and One Day, or Camp Life, Day by Day, of the W.P. Lane Rangers from April 19, 1861, to May 20, 1865, 1954.
Texas Rangers. Lieutenant in Jack Hays' rangers. Captain of volunteer company, Mexican War. Confederate States Army, Colonel, 1st Regiment, Texas Mounted Riflemen; Brigadier General. Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, p. 54. Texans Who Wore the Gray, 1907.
Henry Eustace McCulloch. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
Biographical sketch and portrait, pp. 12-13, 34-35, 88, Plate No. 21. Texas in the War, 1861-1865, 1965.

Other Resources

Mentioned in "'Blessed with Peace!' War's Bitter Aftermath," pp. 102-136. Brush Men and Vigilantes: Civil War Dissent in Texas, 2000.
Mentioned in "Early History of Guadalupe County," p. 430. Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas, 1900.
Henry Eustace McCulloch (1816-1895), burial in San Geronimo Cemetery, Seguin, Guadalupe County. Includes additional marker listing military and legislative service, and photo from Confederate Veteran. Find a Grave.

Committee Information top

7th R.S. - 1857 Counties and County Boundaries (Chair) Education Failed Crops Finance Indian Affairs Militia Petition of Citizens on the Frontier, Relative to Indian Depredations Privileges and Elections
6th R.S. - 1855 Comptroller and Treasurer Books, Examine (Co-Chair) Counties and County Boundaries Engrossed Bills Indian Affairs Judicial Districts, Select Protection of Western Frontier, Select
5th R.S. - 1853 Contingent Expenses (Chair) Land Office Public Buildings

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