Myers Martindale Felder
Full Name: Myers Martindale FelderOther surnames: Felde
Date of birth: July 13, 1832
Date of death: March 11, 1899
Terms of Service
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H | 71 | Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893 | 22nd (1) | Democrat | Chappell Hill / Washington | Washington | |
| H | 71 | Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 13, 1891 | 21st (2) (3) | Democrat | Chappell Hill / Washington | Washington |
Terms of service footnotes
(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives. ↩
(2) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives. ↩
(3) M.M. Felde, Brenham. Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). ↩
Terms of Service
- Legislatures:
- 22nd (1)
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- Chappell Hill / Washington
- Counties in district:
- Washington
Terms of service notes
(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives. ↩
(2) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives. ↩
(3) M.M. Felde, Brenham. Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). ↩
Biographical Information
- Miers M. Felder, Chapter 4, Hood's Texas Brigade Moves into Action, about Miers and his cousin Rufus King Felder, pp. 45-57 (including Mr. and Mrs. Miers Felder and Children, photo, pp. 53-54). Miers M. Felder wounded at Second Manassas, discharge from the service on 2/14/1863, and married Catherine Felder in Chappell Hill on 12/31/1863, p. 101. Biographical sketch and drawing, pp. 202-205, served in Texas Legislature in 1889 and 1891, died 3/11/1899. The Confederates of Chappell Hill, Texas: Prosperity, Civil War and Decline, 2005.
- Portrait and biographical sketch, Myers Martindale Felder, pp. 338-342. Born 7/13/1832 in Laurens District, South Carolina. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889.
- Portrait and biographical sketch, Myers Martindale Felder, pp. 674-677. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
- Confederate States Army, Company E, 5th Texas Infantry, Hood's Texas Brigade, enlisted 7/19/1851 at Washington, Texas, discharge 2/14/1863 at Columbia, South Carolina, as a Private; records show as M.M. Felder, also born as Miers Felder, according to War Department Memo. Miles Martindale Felder, death date 3/11/1899 in Washington County, Texas; widow Mrs. M.M. Felder, marriage date 12/26/1896 in Oktibbeha, Mississippi. Pension File No. 47995, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Miers Felder, Corporal, U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865. Ancestry.com.
- Confederate States Army, 1st Corporal, Company E, 5th Regiment, Texas Infantry. Military grave marker, M.M. Felder, birth date 7/13/1832 in Laurens County, South Carolina, death date 3/11/1899, burial in Masonic Cemetery, Chappell Hill, Washington County. Find a Grave.
- Myers Martindale Felder, Democrat, farmer, age 71 in 1891, born in South Carolina. Legislative Reference Library Card File.
- Photograph. M.M. Felder, 21st Legislature, State Preservation Board
- 21st session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
- 22nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
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