Philip Edward Peers
Full Name: Philip Edward PeersDate of birth: September 23, 1832
Date of death: February 8, 1933
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| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | 48 | Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885 | 18th (1) | Democrat | Mumford / Robertson | Robertson | |
| H | 27 | Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879 | 15th | Democrat | Hearne / Robertson | Robertson |
(1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.
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House District 48
Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885 Legislatures: 18th (1) Party: Democrat Home City/County: Mumford / Robertson Counties in district: Robertson |
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House District 27
Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879 Legislatures: 15th Party: Democrat Home City/County: Hearne / Robertson Counties in district: Robertson |
(1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.
Biographical Information top
Biographical Sketches
- Biographical sketch, Philip E. Peers, pp. 90-91. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876.
- Biographical sketch, P.E. Peers, pp. 260-261. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.
Military Service Notes
- Confederate States Army, Commissary Sergeant, Company E, 2nd Missouri Calvary, commanding officers Captain Frank J. Smith and Colonel Robert McCulloch. Application date 6/8/1917. Phillip Edward Peers, postoffice Dickinson, Galveston County. Pension File No. 34244. Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com.
Other Resources
- Death notice, "Phillip E. Peers, Harvard's Oldest Graduate, Is Dead," 2/10/1933, p. 1. Bryan Eagle.
- Census of 1880 - Phillip Peers, Robertson County, age 48, born circa 1832 in Missouri, planter.
Census of 1910 - Philip E. Peers, Houston, Harris County, age 76, born circa 1834 in Missouri, clerk.
Census of 1920 - P.E. Peers, Travis County, age 89, born circa 1831 in Missouri, inmate in Confederate House. FamilySearch. 1880 1910 1920 - Phillip E. Peers, birth date 9/23/1832 in Farmington, Missouri, death date 2/8/1933, burial in Masonic Cemetery of Farmington South, Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri. Find a Grave.
Photographs
- Photograph. P.E. Peers, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. P.E. Peers, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
- 15th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
- 18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
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