Everard Delius Kottman

Full Name: Everard Delius Kottman
Date of birth: August 10, 1818
Date of death: Deceased, date unknown

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Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 69 Elected but never sworn 5th (1) (2)     Brownsville / Cameron   Cameron, Hidalgo

(1) Kottman not listed as sworn, present, or voting during the legislative session. House Journal.
(2) Kottman elected to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Dr. Sutherland. Tri-Weekly State Times (Austin, Texas), 1/10/1854, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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House District 69
Elected but never sworn
Legislatures: 5th (1) (2)  
Home City/County: Brownsville / Cameron
Counties in district: Cameron, Hidalgo

(1) Kottman not listed as sworn, present, or voting during the legislative session. House Journal.
(2) Kottman elected to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Dr. Sutherland. Tri-Weekly State Times (Austin, Texas), 1/10/1854, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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Biographical Sketches

  • Everard Delius Kottmann, born 8/10/1818 in Savannah, Georgia, married Julia Gillet 11/14/1838 in Richmond, Virginia. Includes note "Julia Stark Whitney wrote on 4/14/1927 [that] Everard was last heard from at Brownsville, TX in 1846 on his way to California. It was supposed that he perished while crossing the desert." Kottman Family Tree. Ancestry.com.

Other Resources

  • Census of 1850 - E.D. Kottman, Rio Grande Valley, Cameron, Starr, and Webb counties, age 32, born circa 1818 in Georgia, Justice of the Peace. FamilySearch.
  • E.D. Kottman served as Cameron County Justice of the Peace in Brownsville in February of 1852. Reports from the Court of Claims submitted to the House of Representatives . . . , p. 12. Google Books.

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