Colonel Simon Pierce Burns, "Historical Scrapbook: Simon P. Burns, Military Leader, Politician," 6/30/2021. Taken from A Few Good Horses by Simon Pierce Burns, a great grandson of Colonel Burns. Brownwood Bulletin.
Biographical sketch, S.P. Burns, pp. 75-76. Born 1/1/1835 in Logan County, Ohio. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Colonel, Company A, 11th Regiment, Missouri Infantry. Simon P. Burns, U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865. U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865. Col. Simon Pierce Burns, Sr., birth date 1/1/1834 in Logan, Ohio; death date 4/8/1898 in Granbury, Hood County, Texas. Donna Jayne Burns Family Tree. Ancestry.com.
Simon Peter Burns, birth date 1/1/1834, death date 4/8/1898. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
Confederate States Army, Colonel, Company A, 11th Missouri Infantry. Discusses later appointment as Brigadier General. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897.

Other Resources

Col. S.P. Burns, birth date 1/1/1834, death date 4/8/1898, burial in Heflin Cemetery, Owens, Brown County. Find a Grave.
"Hon. S.P. Burns Dead," The Houston Daily Post, 4/16/1898, p. 5. "Colonel Burns served two terms as a member of the Texas house of representatives from the Brownwood district . . . ," Confederate veteran. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Photographs

Photograph. S.P. Burns, 25th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. S.P. Burns, 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 Contingent Expenses Internal Improvements Judiciary No. 2 Land Office, Special Public Debt (Chair) Public Lands and Land Office University of Texas, Investigate, Special
24th R.S. - 1895 Agricultural Affairs Confederate Home, Special Federal Relations Internal Improvements Stock and Stock Raising

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