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C.C. Beavens

Christopher Conway Beavens

Full Name: Christopher Conway Beavens
Date of birth: March 29, 1874
Date of death: May 23, 1924

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 15 Jan 11, 1921 - Jan 9, 1923 37th   Democrat Houston / Harris   Harris
H 15-1 May 20, 1920 - Jan 11, 1921 36th (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)   Democrat Houston / Harris   Harris

Terms of service footnotes


(1) Included in "New Legislators in the Texas House," list of 12 new members elected to fill vacancies since the last session, 5/21/1920, p. 11. Austin American. ↩
(2) 36th Legislature, 3rd C.S. - Oath of Office Administered (to Lidiak, Jackson, Garrett, Daniel, Vickers, Biggers, Merriman, Beavens, Neal, Baldwin, Morris, and Pollard), 5/20/1920, pp. 1-2. No committee appointments listed for these members in 3rd-4th C.S. House Journal. ↩
(3) "Davidson Winner in Senatorial Race," 3/11/1920, p. 11. "Captain C.C. Beavens, E.W. Neal and J. Lewis Thompson were all easily the successful candidates for representative from the Fifteenth Representative District. In the representative race all of the non-partisan [league] candidates were defeated." Lockhart Post-Register. ↩
(4) Christopher C. Beavens, sworn 5/20/1920, succeeded Norman G. Kittrell, Jr., resigned 1/19/1920. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩
(5) Assumed Democrat based on listing as a Democrat in the 37th Legislature. Texas Legislative Manual. ↩

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
37th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Houston / Harris
Counties in district:
Harris

Legislatures:
36th (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Houston / Harris
Counties in district:
Harris

Terms of service notes


(1) Included in "New Legislators in the Texas House," list of 12 new members elected to fill vacancies since the last session, 5/21/1920, p. 11. Austin American. ↩
(2) 36th Legislature, 3rd C.S. - Oath of Office Administered (to Lidiak, Jackson, Garrett, Daniel, Vickers, Biggers, Merriman, Beavens, Neal, Baldwin, Morris, and Pollard), 5/20/1920, pp. 1-2. No committee appointments listed for these members in 3rd-4th C.S. House Journal. ↩
(3) "Davidson Winner in Senatorial Race," 3/11/1920, p. 11. "Captain C.C. Beavens, E.W. Neal and J. Lewis Thompson were all easily the successful candidates for representative from the Fifteenth Representative District. In the representative race all of the non-partisan [league] candidates were defeated." Lockhart Post-Register. ↩
(4) Christopher C. Beavens, sworn 5/20/1920, succeeded Norman G. Kittrell, Jr., resigned 1/19/1920. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩
(5) Assumed Democrat based on listing as a Democrat in the 37th Legislature. Texas Legislative Manual. ↩

Biographical Information

  • Captain, 1st Texas Volunteer Cavalry, Spanish-American War. "Capt. C.C. Beavens . . . ," 8/23/1909, p. 4. El Paso Herald.
  • United States Army, Captain, Company K, 357th Infantry, World War I. Christopher C. Beavens. FamilySearch Texas World War I Records, 1917-1920 (Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin).
  • Captain, Infantry. Christopher Conway Beavens, residence in Houston, birth date 3/29/1874, enlistment date 8/5/1917, discharge date 10/13/1919, death date 5/23/1924. FamilySearch United States Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, 1985.
  • Obituary and photo, C.C. Beavens, "Veteran of Two Wars Dies in Houston," 5/24/1934, p. 10. "He served as captain of Troop B, Houston Cavalry, during the Spanish-American war, and saw service as captain in the Thirty-Sixth and Ninetieth Division in the world war. He was engaged in active duty on the front with the Fifty-Fifth Pioneers, attached to the Ninetieth Division." Houston Chronicle.
  • Captain, Troop B, Houston Cavalry, Spanish-American War; Captain, 36th and 90th Divisions, World War I. Obituary and photo, "Captain Beavens Funeral Sunday: Was Member in Legislature and Leader in American Legion," 5/24/1924, p. 2. Houston Post.
  • Data on U.S. Army Divisions during World War I, 36th Division (Texas and Oklahoma National Guard). RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service.
  • Data on U.S. Army Divisions during World War I, 90th Division (Texas and Oklahoma) (National Army). RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service.
  • Beavens, Christopher, Texas Volunteer Guard, Call Number: 401-181. Captain/1st Lieutenant, Troop "B" Houston Cavalry (1st Texas Volunteer Cavalry), Spanish-American War. Texas Adjutant General Service Records 1836-1935.

  • Christopher C. Beavens, birth date 3/29/1874 in Houston; death date 5/23/1924 in Houston, Harris County; real estate and insurance. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
  • Capt. C.C. Beavens (1874-1924), burial in Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County. Find a Grave.
  • "Captain C. Conway Beavens, one of the four members of the legislature from Harris County, has announced his candidacy for re-election." 5/11/1922, p. 3. Galveston Daily News.

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