Marcellus Eugene Kleberg
Full Name: Marcellus Eugene KlebergDate of birth: February 7, 1849
Date of death: March 1, 1913
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| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | 24 | Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874 | 13th (1) | Democrat | Clinton / DeWitt | Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria |
(1) Clinton, former county seat of DeWitt County, was located on the west bank of the Guadalupe River five miles southwest of the site of present Cuero. The Clinton post office closed in 1886, and by 1900 there remained little evidence that the once prosperous town ever existed. Handbook of Texas Online.
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House District 24
Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874 Legislatures: 13th (1) Party: Democrat Home City/County: Clinton / DeWitt Counties in district: Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria |
(1) Clinton, former county seat of DeWitt County, was located on the west bank of the Guadalupe River five miles southwest of the site of present Cuero. The Clinton post office closed in 1886, and by 1900 there remained little evidence that the once prosperous town ever existed. Handbook of Texas Online.
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Resolutions and Journal entries
- 33rd Legislature, R.S., 3/6/1913, p. 885. Resolutions - Memorial.
Biographical Sketches
- KLEBERG, MARCELLUS E. (1849-1913). Handbook of Texas Online.
- Biographical sketch, Marcellus E. Kleberg, Volume II, pp. 501-502. Historical Review of South-east Texas and the Founders, Leaders and Representative Men of Its Commerce, Industry and Civic Affairs, 1910.
- Biographical sketch of Robert Kleberg, father of Rudolph and Marcellus Kleberg, pp. 24-29. Tiling, Moritz, 1851-1916. History of the German Element in Texas from 1820-1850, and Historical Sketches of the German Texas Singers' League and Houston Turnverein from 1853-1913, 1913, Houston, Texas, crediting University of Texas at Arlington Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
- Mentioned in biographical sketch of father, Robert Justus Kleberg. Relatives: Marcellus Kleberg and Rudolph Kleberg - brothers. Includes photos of Rudolph Kleberg and the three Kleberg brothers: Rudolph, Marcellus, and Robert. Sons of Dewitt Colony Texas, 1997.
- Siblings Rudolph, Marcellus, and Caroline Kleberg [Eckhardt] mentioned in biographical sketch of their father, Robert Justus Kleberg. Relatives: Rudolph and Marcellus Kleberg - granduncles; Robert Christian Eckhardt - grandnephew. Sons of Dewitt Colony Texas, 1997.
- Siblings Rudolph, Marcellus, and Caroline Kleberg [Eckhardt] mentioned in biographical sketch of their father, Robert Justus Kleberg. Relatives: Rudolph and Marcellus Kleberg - uncles; Robert J. Eckhardt - nephew. Sons of Dewitt Colony Texas, 1997.
Photographs
- Photograph. Marcellus Kleberg, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. Marcellus Kleberg, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
- 13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
- 13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
- Pictorial Monogram of the State Government of Texas 1873 (DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection). DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs.
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