Abraham Conn Isaacs

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Biographical Sketches

• Biographical sketch of Dr. A.C. Isaacs included in sketch of son Leonard Isaacs, Volume II, pp. 665-666. A History of Central and Western Texas, 1911.
• Portrait and biographical sketch, Dr. A.C. Isaacs; born 11/26/1826 in Lincoln County, Tennessee; represented Milam County in the 15th Legislature. Lewis Publishing Company. History of Texas, Together With a Biographical History of Milam, Williamson, Bastrop, Travis, Lee and Burleson Counties, 1893, pp. 759-760. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
• Biographical sketch, A.C. Isaacs, p. 110. Native of Tennessee, age 50, doctor of medicine. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876.

Other Resources

• Abraham/Abram Conn Isaacs, father of Edgar Isaacs, Lucinda Maria Isaacs, and Irvine Clifford Isaacs, all born in Milam County.
  Census of 1880 - Abraham C. Isaac, Milam County, age 54, born circa 1826 in Tennessee, farmer, father born in Alabama, mother born in Georgia, wife Alice, sons Abraham Y., Bazel, Alan C., Robert S., and Edgar. FamilySearch. 1880 Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981 (1) Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981 (2) Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981 (3)
• Dr. A.C. Isaacs, birth date 11/16/1826, death date 7/6/1901, burial in Isaacs Cemetery, Minerva, Milam County. Includes reprint of obituary in Rockdale Messenger. Find a Grave.
• "Mortuary, Isaacs," 7/9/1901, p. 3, dateline Cameron, Tex., July 8. Account of funeral service "at the old family burying ground near Minerva," for Dr. A.C. Isaacs, "a leading citizen of this county since the close of the Civil War." Galveston Daily News.
• Excerpt from The Elder Daniel Burford: His Ancestors & Descendants of America (1684-1996), by Betty Arnold Loftiss, Burford Brothers Print, 1997, 787 pages. "Leonard Isaacs was born 26 November 1854 in Lavaca County, Texas. He was the son of Abraham Conn ISAACS and Elizabeth HUNNICUTT. Leonard died 12 August 1932 in Rockdale, Texas, and was buried in Rockdale, Texas, IOOF Cemetery. He married (1) Alice Tyler BROADNAX 17 December 1875 in Texas. . ." Google Books.
• Abraham C. Isaacs. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
• Obituary (partial), Dr. A.C. Isaacs, Rockdale Messenger, Thursday, 7/11/1901. Represented Milam County in the Legislature, died Saturday, 7/6/1901. Notice of Resolution of Respect by Royal Arch Masons, Thursday, 8/8/1901. Newspapers: Rockdale Messenger 1901. Milam County, TXGenWeb Project.

Photographs

• Photograph. A.C. Isaacs, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

• 15th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.

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