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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	70	Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 13, 1891	21st (1) (2) (3)	Democrat	Flatonia / Fayette		Fayette

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2) C. Wellhausen. House Journal.
(3) C. Wollhausen. Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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Biographical Sketches

• WELHAUSEN, CHARLES (1835-1916). Death date 11/3/1916. Handbook of Texas Online.
• Biographical sketch, Charles Wellhausen, p. 364. Born 1835 in Hanover, Germany. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889.

Military Service Notes

• Confederate States Army, Captain, 5th Texas Field Artillery (Creuzbauer's/Welhausen's Battery). Handbook of Texas Online.
• Charles Welhausen, birth date 9/2/1835, death date 11/8/1916, state legislator. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
• Account of Captain Wellhausen's participation in the Battle of Calcasieu Pass. "Calcasieu Pass Victory, Heroism 'Equal Dowling's,'" Port Arthur News, 1/3/1971. W.T. Block, Jr..

Other Resources

• Chas. Welhausen, death date 11/8/1916 in Shiner, Lavaca County. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
• Chas. Welhausen, birth date 9/2/1835 in Hanover, death date 11/3/1916 in Shiner, Texas, photos, burial in Shiner Cemetery, Shiner, Lavaca County. Find a Grave.
• Text of Lavaca County historical marker 4686 at the Shiner-Welhausen homestead. Texas Historic Sites Atlas (Texas Historical Commission).
• Text of Lavaca County historical marker 712 at Welhausen Park, Shiner, TX. Texas Historic Sites Atlas (Texas Historical Commission).
• Obituary, "Captain Welhausen Dead," 11/10/1916, p. 7, report from Shiner, Tex., Nov. 3, "Captain Charles Welhausen died very suddenly this morning . . . " Weimar Mercury (Weimar, Colorado County, Texas).

Photographs

• Photograph. C. Welhausen, 21st Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

• 21st session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

21st R.S. - 1889 Education   Mining and Minerals   Private Land Claims   Representation and Apportionment   Roads, Bridges and Ferries