Samuel Lee Chambliss
Full Name: Samuel Lee ChamblissDate of birth: April 8, 1814
Date of death: June 18, 1889
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| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | 9 | Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876 | 14th | Democrat | Corsicana / Navarro | Freestone, Limestone, Navarro |
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House District 9
Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876 Legislatures: 14th Party: Democrat Home City/County: Corsicana / Navarro Counties in district: Freestone, Limestone, Navarro |
Biographical Information top
Biographical Sketches
- Short biography of Samuel Lee Chambliss, biographical sketch and research in Texas Republic Pension Records, compiled by George Mullins III, Austin, Texas, May 10, 2016. Birth date 4/9/1814, death date 6/18/1889. Donated Material.
- CHAMBLISS, SAMUEL LEE (1814-1878). Birth date 4/8/1814, death date September 1878. Handbook of Texas Online.
- Colonel S.L. Chambliss, "represented his county [Navarro] in the Fourteenth Texas Legislature; his death occurred in 1890, at the age of seventy years." Mentioned in biographical sketch of son-in-law Prosper K. Montgomery, who married Ruth Chambliss, daughter of Colonel S.L. and Jane T. (Scott) Chambliss, pp. 819-821. A Memorial and Biographical History of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone and Leon Counties, Texas, 1893.
Military Service Notes
- Includes military service with volunteer company of militia from Carroll Parish, Louisiana, to fight in Texas with the Texas Army during the Texas Revolution and afterward with General Sam Houston. Donated Material.
- Colonel of the Louisiana Partisan Rangers, "soldier in the war of 1835-'36, an old Texas veteran." A Memorial and Biographical History of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone and Leon Counties, Texas, 1893.
Other Resources
- Samuel Lee Chambliss, age 66, born ca. 1814 in Mississippi, spouse Jane Truett Scott. Census of 1880, Corsicana, Navarro County; James Robertson 1759 Virginia Family Tree. Ancestry.com.
- S.L. Chambliss, Corsicana, Navarro County, farmer, born in Mississippi, age 60. Directory of the Members and Officers of the Fourteenth Legislature of the State of Texas . . ., 1874.
- Col. Samuel Lee Chambliss, birth date 4/8/1814, death date 6/18/1889, burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Navarro County. Find a Grave.
Photographs
- Photograph. S.L. Chambers, 14th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
- 14th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
Committee Information top
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14th R.S. - 1874
Asylums (Chair) Commerce and Manufactures Public Lands and Land Office Texas Central Railroad (Chair) |
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