James Loughridge

Full Name: James Rodgers Loughridge
Date of birth: November 12, 1821
Date of death: November 10, 1886

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Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 41 May 9, 1864 - Aug 6, 1866 10th (1)     Corsicana / Navarro   Hill, Navarro

(1) James R. Loughridge, sworn 5/9/1864, did not attend Regular Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

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House District 41
May 9, 1864 - Aug 6, 1866
Legislatures: 10th (1)  
Home City/County: Corsicana / Navarro
Counties in district: Hill, Navarro

(1) James R. Loughridge, sworn 5/9/1864, did not attend Regular Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

  • Census of 1880: J.R. Loughridge, Justice Precinct 1, Fort Bend, age 55, born circa 1825 in South Carolina, lawyer, spouse Mary F., sons Samuel L. and Jackson B., daughter Mary A. FamilySearch.
  • Capt. James R. Loughridge, birth date 11/12/1821 in South Carolina, death date 11/10/1886; biographical sketch, served in the Confederate States Army ("Judge Loughridge resigned in July to go with the Navarro Rifles to Virginia. He came out of the war as a captain"), cenotaph in Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Navarro County; burial Ingram Cemetery, Rural Shade, Navarro County. Find a Grave. Ingram Cemetery Oakwood Cemetery
  • LOUGHRIDGE, JAMES RODGERS (1821-1886). Handbook of Texas Online.

Military Service Notes

  • Confederate States Army, captain, Hood's Texas Brigade. "Loughridge was elected first lieutenant in Company I, also known as the Navarro Rifles, of the Fourth Texas Volunteer Infantry and served in Hood's Texas Brigade. He was wounded at Gaines' Mill in June 1862. On July 21, 1863, after Clinton McKamy Winkler was wounded at the battle of Gettysburg, Loughridge was promoted to captain of his company. He was cited for bravery at the battle of Chickamauga and then resigned from the army on November 10, 1863, upon his election to the Texas House of Representatives." Handbook of Texas Online.

Committee Information top

10th R.S. - 1863
Counties and County Boundaries  
Lunatic Asylum (Chair) 
Private Land Claims  

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