Elias Beall Lewis
Full Name: Elias Beall LewisDate of birth: May 6, 1845
Date of death: February 16, 1925
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| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | 4 | Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893 | 22nd (1) | Democrat | Nacogdoches / Nacogdoches | Angelina, Nacogdoches |
(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
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House District 4
Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893 Legislatures: 22nd (1) Party: Democrat Home City/County: Nacogdoches / Nacogdoches Counties in district: Angelina, Nacogdoches |
(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
Biographical Information top
Biographical Sketches
- Portrait and biographical sketch, Elias Beall Lewis, pp. 269-270. Born 5/6/1845 in La Grange, Troupe County, Georgia, son of the late Dr. Howell Lewis, physician in Marshall, Harrison County, and Sarah Beall. Married L.H. Spain 11/3/1869 in Shreveport, Louisiana. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
Military Service Notes
- Confederate States Army, Company H, Texas Cavalry, Parson's Brigade, Morgan's Battalion on soldier's application, affidavits of witnesses. No rolls on file for Company H, Morgan's Regiment Texas Cavalry (formerly known as Morgan's Battalion Texas Cavalry) and no record of E.B. Lewis, according to War Department memo. E.B. Lewis, residence in Nacogdoches, age 70 in 1915, born circa 1845 in Troup County, Georgia, attorney, death date 2/16/1925 in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County. Pension File No. 31669, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com.
- Confederate States Army, member of Morgan's battalion, Parson's Texas brigade of cavalry, trans-Mississippi department. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
Other Resources
- Census of 1900 - E.B. Lewis, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, age 55, born May 1845 in Georgia, lawyer, wife L.H.
Census of 1910 - Ellis B. Lewis, Nacogdoches County, age 64, born circa 1846 in Georgia, lawyer, wife Lucy H.
Census of 1920 - Elias B. Lewis, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, age 74, born circa 1846 in Georgia, lawyer, widowed. FamilySearch. 1900 1910 1920 - Elias Beall Lewis (1845-1924), burial in Oak Grove Cemetery, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, with spouse Lucy Spain Lewis. Find a Grave.
- Obituary, Judge Elias B. Lewis, 2/17/1925, p. 3. Obituary, Judge Lewis, 2/18/1925, p. 4. Death date 2/16/1925 at his home in Nacogdoches, son of the late Dr. and Mrs. Howell Lewis. "Judge Lewis came to Harrison county with his parents from Georgia, when a small boy, and settled near Elysian Fields, where he grew to manhood. He has lived in Nacogdoches for some years past." Marshall News Messenger.
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
- 22nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
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