Edwin Briant Adams

Full Name: Edwin Briant Adams
Date of birth: August 15, 1817
Date of death: July 23, 1890

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	54	Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885	18th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Lovelady / Trinity		Harris, Montgomery, Trinity, Walker
H	2	Nov 2, 1863 - Aug 6, 1866	10th		Moscow / Polk		Liberty, Polk

(1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.
(2) Home post office, Lovelady [in Houston County]; home county, Trinity. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Selected Newspaper articles

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, Edwin Briant Adams, p. 262. Born 8/15/1817 in Sumpter District, South Carolina. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.

Military Service Notes

Texas State Troops, Private. Col. E.B. Adams, death date 7/23/1890, burial in Evergreen Cemetery, Lovelady, Houston County. Find a Grave.

Other Resources

Obituary, Colonel E.B. Adams. Lovelady, Tex. July 23. Galveston Daily News, 7/25/1890, p. 1, crediting the Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Photographs

Photograph. A.B. Adams, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

18th R.S. - 1883 Commerce and Manufactures Military Affairs Public Health, Vital Statistics and History of Texas
10th R.S. - 1863 Counties and County Boundaries Education Lunatic Asylum Public Debt

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