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Lucius Henry Browne

Full Name: Lucius Henry Browne
Other surnames: Brown
Date of birth: December 17, 1838
Date of death: October 25, 1904

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
S 28 Apr 6, 1882 - Jan 9, 1883 17th (1) (2)   Democrat Helena / Karnes   Aransas, Atascosa, Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Karnes, Refugio, Victoria, Wilson

Terms of service footnotes


(1) No record of party affiliation. Assumed democrat due to affiliation in other sessions, service in the Confederate Army, convention attendance, or information included in biographical sketches. Legislative Reference Library. ↩
(2) Lucas H. Brown, sworn 4/6/1882, succeeded Ellsberry R. Lane, resigned 2/1/1882. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
17th (1) (2)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Helena / Karnes
Counties in district:
Aransas, Atascosa, Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Karnes, Refugio, Victoria, Wilson

Terms of service notes


(1) No record of party affiliation. Assumed democrat due to affiliation in other sessions, service in the Confederate Army, convention attendance, or information included in biographical sketches. Legislative Reference Library. ↩
(2) Lucas H. Brown, sworn 4/6/1882, succeeded Ellsberry R. Lane, resigned 2/1/1882. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩

Biographical Information

  • Confederate States Army, 1st Lieutenant, Company I, 3rd Texas Infantry. Lucias Henry Browne, birth date 12/17/1838, death date 10/25/1904, Confederate Veteran, burial in San Marcos Cemetery, Hays County. RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service.
  • "Though the freshman senators of the Seventeenth Legislature generally were Democrats . . . No fewer than eleven had fought for the Confederacy," [among them Browne, McLane, McDonald, and Davis,] p. 280. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.

  • Obituary, "Judge L.H. Browne Dead," 10/31/1904, p. 1. Brownsville Herald.
  • Census of 1880 - Lucius H. Browne, Helena, Karnes County, age 41, born circa 1839 in Arkansas, lawyer, wife Alice. FamilySearch.
  • Lucius Henry Browne, birth date 12/17/1838, death date 10/25/1904, burial in San Marcos Cemetery, Hays County. Includes death notice from the Houston Post. Find a Grave.
  • Obituary, "Judge Browne Dead: Funeral of Eminent Jurist Held in San Marcos by the Masons," 10/28/1904, p. 3. Born in Arkansas in 1838, elected to State Senate in 1882, settled in San Marcos 1885. Relatives: Lucias H. Browne - father, Hon. J.L. Browne of Karnes City - son. Galveston Daily News.
  • Lucas H. Brown. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

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