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

77th Legislature, HR 410, Honoring the legacy of Benjamin Bryant Beaird and commending the Beaird family as its farm is recognized by the Family Land Heritage program of the Texas Department of Agriculture as a Family Land Heritage Farm. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
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. Includes biographical sketch and obituary from the Dallas Morning News, 1/22/1915, p. 5. 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 Information top

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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