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Benjamin Bryant Beaird Full Name: Benjamin Bryant "Ben" Beaird Date of birth: August 1, 1840 Date of death: January 20, 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 24 Jan 12, 1897 - Jan 10, 1899 25th (1)   Democrat Tyler / Smith   Camp, Smith, Upshur H 24 Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897 24th (2)   Democrat Tyler / Smith   Camp, Smith, Upshur (1) Logan's District 24, Smith County; Beaird's District 24, Smith, Upton, and Camp counties. Texas Legislative Manual. (2) District 24, Smith, Upshur, and Camp counties. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries 34th Legislature, R.S., 1/30/1915, p. 276. Death date 1/18/1915. Resolutions - Memorial. Biographical Sketches Biographical sketch, B.B. Beaird, pp. 91-92. Born 8/1/1840 in Bibb County, Alabama. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897. Military Service Notes Confederate States Army, Corporal, Company D, 15th Texas Infantry, enlisted 5/1/1862. Benjamin B. Beaird, U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865; U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865. Ancestry.com. Confederate States Army, Company D, 15th Texas Infantry, Polignac's Brigade. Biographical sketch and portrait, pp. 52-53. Texans Who Wore the Gray, 1907. Other Resources Benjamin Bryant Beaird, birth date 8/1/1840 in Alabama, death date 1/20/1915 in Tyler, Smith County, Texas; lawyer, mayor of Tyler. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. Judge B.B. Beaird, birth date 8/1/1840, death date 1/20/1915, burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Tyler, Smith County. Find a Grave. Photographs Photograph. B.B. Beaird, 25th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. B.B. Beaird, 24th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 24th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 25th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 24th session composite photo of House members by Hill (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Committee Informationtop 25th R.S. - 1897 Constitutional Amendments   County Government and County Finances (Chair)  Internal Improvements   Towns and City Corporations   24th R.S. - 1895 Absence of Hon. T. R. Watkins, Investigate, Special (Chair)  Austin Daily Statesman Reporter Conduct (Chair)  Education   Internal Improvements   Revenue and Taxation   State Affairs

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