B.F. Cameron

Benjamin Franklin Cameron

Full Name: Benjamin Franklin Cameron
Date of birth: December 13, 1841
Date of death: December 28, 1914

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 36 Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897 24th   Democrat Liberty / Liberty   Chambers, Hardin, Jefferson, Liberty, Orange, Tyler

Terms of Service top

House District 36
Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897
Legislatures: 24th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Liberty / Liberty
Counties in district: Chambers, Hardin, Jefferson, Liberty, Orange, Tyler

Biographical Information top

Military Service Notes

  • B.F. Cameron, Confederate States Army, Captain and A.Q.M. of the 35 (Likens') Texas Cavalry, 10/7/1863, relieved from duty from the 35th Texas Cavalry 3/29/1864, and assigned to duty at Liberty, Texas; appears on list of Quartermasters and Quartermaster Agents on duty in the Trans-Mississippi Department, 2/13/1865, on duty at Liberty, Texas. Benjamin Franklin Cameron, death date 12/28/1914 in Bexar County; widow Mrs. Mattie Bird Cameron of San Antonio, Bexar County, marriage date 3/8/1906 in Bexar County. Pension File No. 47705, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958; Postwar clerk, district court, Liberty Co., Texas, 1865-87; state legislator, banker and realtor. U.S., Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865. Ancestry.com.

Other Resources

  • B.F. Cameron, birth date 12/13/1841 in Alabama; death date 12/28/1914 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; retired county clerk. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
  • Capt. B.F. Cameron (1841-1914), burial in Liberty City Cemetery, Liberty County. Find a Grave.
  • Obituary, Capt. B.F. Cameron, 1/1/1915, p. 2. "For twenty years or more he served as county and district clerk of Liberty county and at one time represented this district in the state legislature." The Liberty Vindicator.

Photographs

  • Photograph. B.F. Cameron, 24th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

24th R.S. - 1895
Counties and County Boundaries  
Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts  
Finance  
Public Lands and Land Office  
State Affairs  

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