|
Mordello Stephen Munson
Full Name: Mordello Stephen Munson
Date of birth: April 25, 1825
Date of death: October 3, 1903
|
|
|
Terms of Service top
|
| Chamber |
District |
Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
Party |
City/County |
Note |
Counties in District |
|
H
|
12
|
Jan 12, 1875 - Apr 18, 1876
|
14th
(1)
(2)
|
Democrat
|
Brazoria / Brazoria
|
|
Brazoria, Galveston, Matagorda
|
|
H
|
35
|
Aug 7, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870
|
11th
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
|
|
Brazoria / Brazoria
|
|
Brazoria, Galveston
|
|
H
|
52
|
Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861
|
8th
|
|
Brazoria / Brazoria
|
|
Brazoria
|
|
H
|
52
|
Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 7, 1859
|
7th
(8)
|
|
Brazoria / Brazoria
|
|
Brazoria
|
|
(1)
14th Legislature, 2nd C.S. - Col. M.S. Munson, member elect from the 12th Senatorial District, oath of office and added to committees, 1/12/1875, pp. 4, 8.
House Journal.
(2)
Mordello S. Munson, in special election 4/16/1874, sworn 1/14/1875, succeeded William L. Moody, resigned 3/14/1874.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3)
Roster of 11th Legislature, House of Representatives, "Texas Legislative Proceedings," 8/11/1866, p. 1.
Galveston Daily News.
(4)
BAILEY'S PRAIRIE, TX. "Bailey's Prairie is between Angleton and West Columbia (which was was founded as Columbia in 1826) in southwest Brazoria County . . . The town grew up around James Britton Bailey's plantation and the league of land granted by the Mexican government to M. S. Munson."
Handbook of Texas Online.
(5)
Brazoria, Brazoria County.
House Journal.
(6)
Not present at organization of the House on 8/6/1866. M.S. Munson sworn 8/7/1866, p. 4.
House Journal.
(7)
Columbia, Brazoria County.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(8)
Democrat. Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
|
|
|
|
Biographical Notes and Resources top
|
| Biographical Sketches |
|
Biographical sketch and description of the Mordello Stephen Munson papers.
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin, 2006.
MUNSON, MORDELLO STEPHEN (1825-1903). Munson had a 1500-acre plantation named Ridgely in Bailey's Prairie, and he practiced law in Brazoria County.
Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch and portrait.
Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature, 1860.
Memorial, December 1950, p. 631. Son of Col. Modello S. Munson; birth date 9/26/1869; death date 10/14/1950.
Texas Bar Journal.
|
| Other Resources |
|
Mentioned in biographical sketch of his father, MUNSON, HENRY WILLIAM (1793-1833).
Handbook of Texas Online.
Mordello Stephen and Sarah K. Munson and their eight children and seven stepchildren at Ridgley Plantation 1865 - 1903.
Munsons of Texas — an American Saga, 2006.
Mordello Stephen and Sarah K. Munson early years at Bailey's Prairie — 1850-1862
Munsons of Texas — an American Saga, 2006.
Mordello Stephen and Sarah K. Munson — the Civil War years.
Munsons of Texas — an American Saga, 2006.
Photo,
Munsons of Texas — an American Saga, 2006.
Relatives: Mordello Stephen Munson - father; Milam Stephen Munson, Sr. - son; Milam Stephen Munson, Sr. - father; Milam Stephen Munson, Jr. - son; Mordello Stephen Munson - grandfather; Milam Stephen Munson, Jr. - grandson.
Munsons of Texas — an American Saga, 2006.
|
| Photographs |
|
Photograph.
Mordello Munson, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature
Photograph.
Mordello Munson, 11th Legislature, State Preservation Board
|
| Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
|
11th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, south wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
14th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
|
|
