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Lea Beaty

Leander Taylor Beaty

Full Name: Leander Taylor "Lea" Beaty
Date of birth: April 24, 1847
Date of death: September 24, 1934

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 60 Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909 30th   Democrat Lockhart / Caldwell   Caldwell
H 60 Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907 29th   Democrat Lockhart / Caldwell   Caldwell
H 60 Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 10, 1905 28th   Democrat Lockhart / Caldwell   Caldwell
H 51 Jan 8, 1901 - Jan 13, 1903 27th   Democrat Lockhart / Caldwell   Caldwell
H 51 Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 8, 1901 26th   Democrat Lockhart / Caldwell   Caldwell

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
30th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Lockhart / Caldwell
Counties in district:
Caldwell

Legislatures:
29th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Lockhart / Caldwell
Counties in district:
Caldwell

Legislatures:
28th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Lockhart / Caldwell
Counties in district:
Caldwell

Legislatures:
27th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Lockhart / Caldwell
Counties in district:
Caldwell

Legislatures:
26th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Lockhart / Caldwell
Counties in district:
Caldwell

Biographical Information

  • Biographical sketch, Leander Taylor Beaty, p. 34. Born 4/24/1847 in Wayne County, Kentucky, died in Luling, Caldwell County, 9/24/1934. "He selected the Beaty plum (from a Chickasaw seedling found near Luling) and introduced it to the horticultural trade in 1877." Member of 27th-30th Legislatures. Horticulture and Horticulturists in Early Texas, 1945.
  • Obituaries, "Maj. Lea Beaty Called by Death," 9/27/1934, pp. 1, 10, and "Maj. Lea Beaty's Life Inspiration to Men," 10/11/1934, p. 7. Lockhart Post-Register.
  • Biographical sketch, Lea Beaty, pp. 174-175. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901.

  • Lee T. Beaty, birth date 4/24/1847 in Wayne County, Kentucky; death date 9/24/1934 in Lockhart, Caldwell County, Texas; farmer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
  • Lee T. Beaty, birth date 4/24/1847, death date 9/24/1934, burial in Lockhart Municipal Burial Park, Lockhart, Caldwell County. Find a Grave.

  • Photograph. Lea Beaty, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. Lea Beaty, 29th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. Lea Beaty, 28th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. Lea Beaty, 27th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. Lea. Beaty, 26th Legislature, State Preservation Board

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