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Benjamin Franklin Cameron
Full Name: Benjamin Franklin Cameron
Date of birth: December 13, 1841
Date of death: December 28, 1914
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Terms of Service top
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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Counties in District |
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36
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Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897
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24th
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Democrat
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Liberty / Liberty
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Chambers, Hardin, Jefferson, Liberty, Orange, Tyler
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Biographical Sketches |
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."
Liberty Vindicator.
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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.
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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, 1890-1976.
Capt. B.F. Cameron (1841-1914), burial in Liberty City Cemetery, Liberty County.
Find a Grave.
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Photographs |
Photograph.
B.F. Cameron, 24th Legislature, State Preservation Board
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Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
24th 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.
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