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Edward Tarkington Full Name: Edward "Ed" Tarkington Date of birth: October 3, 1839 Date of death: July 9, 1915 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 51 Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 10, 1905 28th (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)   Populist Hallettsville / Lavaca   Lavaca H 44 Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 8, 1901 26th (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)   Populist Williamsburg / Lavaca   Lavaca (1) Hallettsville, Lavaca County. "Members of the Twenty-Eighth Legislature, House of Representatives," 11/9/1902, p. 24. Galveston Daily News. (2) Hallettsville, Lavaca County. House Journal. (3) Hallettsville, Lavaca County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. (4) Williamsburg, Populist. Texas Legislative Manual. (5) Hallettsville. Year Book for Texas, Volume II, 1903. (6) Williamsburg. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives. (7) "State Politics; Legislative Candidates," 5/8/1902, p. 3. Article on race for Representative from Lavaca County. "Ed Tarkington, elected as a Populist in 1898, and defeated by Searcy at the general election in 1900, is also a candidate." Galveston Daily News. (8) WILLIAMSBURG, TEXAS. "The tiny settlement of Williamsburg is located off U. S. highway 77 and about four miles south of Hallettsville in central Lavaca County . . . By 1910, however, the post office closed, and the community suffered a decline." Handbook of Texas Online. (9) Lavaca County. House Journal. (10) Williamsburg, Lavaca County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. (11) Williamsburg, Populist. Texas Legislative Manual.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches TARKINGTON, EDWARD (1839-1915). Handbook of Texas Online. Military Service Notes Confederate States Army, Private, Company D, 2nd Texas Cavalry, enlisted 4/19/1861. Edward Tarkington, marriage to Margaret Tarkington 3/10/1887 in Lavaca County, death date 7/9/1915 in Lavaca County. Pension File No. 32283, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com. Other Resources "Texas News Condensed," 7/23/1915. Report of death of E. Tarkington at his home in Hallettsville, ex-Confederate soldier representing that county for two terms in the Legislature, age 76 at death. Brookshire Times (Brookshire, Waller County, Texas). Census of 1900 - Edward Tarkington, Hallettsville, Lavaca County, age 61, born October 1839 in North Carolina, spouse Margret, farmer. FamilySearch. Edward Tarkington, birth date 10/3/1839, death date 7/9/1915, burial in Mossy Grove Cemetery, Ezzell, Lavaca County. Find a Grave. Photographs Photograph. E.D. Tarkington, 28th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. E.D. Tarkington, 26th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 26th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 28th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 28th R.S. - 1903 County Government and County Finances   Labor   Public Debt   26th R.S. - 1899 Agricultural Affairs   Confederate Home, Special   Finance   Labor   Roads, Bridges and Ferries

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