Stephen W. Beasley

Full Name: Stephen W. Beasley
Date of birth: 1809
Date of death: March 12, 1872

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
S 6 Dec 16, 1861 - Aug 6, 1866 9th (2) (3) (4)   10th (1)     Gilmer / Upshur   Harrison, Upshur

(1) 10th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call by district (holdover Senators), 11/2/1863, pp. 1-3. Senate Journal.
(2) 9th Legislature, Regular Session - Classification of Senators - "the Senator who may be elected from the 6th Senatorial district" drew "long term" (four years), 11/12/1861, p. 42. Senate Journal.
(3) 9th Legislature, Regular Session - Oath of office, 12/16/1861, p. 137. Senate Journal.
(4) Candidate for Senate seat and declared winner, took oath and was seated 12/16/1861, p. 11. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.

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Senate District 6
Dec 16, 1861 - Aug 6, 1866
Legislatures: 9th (2) (3) (4)   10th (1)  
Home City/County: Gilmer / Upshur
Counties in district: Harrison, Upshur

(1) 10th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call by district (holdover Senators), 11/2/1863, pp. 1-3. Senate Journal.
(2) 9th Legislature, Regular Session - Classification of Senators - "the Senator who may be elected from the 6th Senatorial district" drew "long term" (four years), 11/12/1861, p. 42. Senate Journal.
(3) 9th Legislature, Regular Session - Oath of office, 12/16/1861, p. 137. Senate Journal.
(4) Candidate for Senate seat and declared winner, took oath and was seated 12/16/1861, p. 11. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.

Biographical Information top

Resolutions and Journal entries

  • S.W. Beasley, Gilmer, Upshur County, nativity Georgia, farmer. Senate Journal.

Other Resources

  • Census of 1860 - S.W. Beazley, Upshur County, age 51, born circa 1809 in Georgia, farmer.
    Census of 1870 - Stephen Beasley, Upshur County, age 60, born circa 1810 in Georgia, farmer. FamilySearch. 1860 1870
  • Stephen W. Beasley, death date 3/12/1872, burial in Gilmer City Cemetery, Gilmer, Upshur County. Find a Grave.
  • Delegate to Secession Convention of Texas, 1861. Journal of the Secession Convention of Texas 1861. Edited from the original in the department of state by Ernest William Winkler, State Librarian. Texas Library and Historical Commission, the State Library. Austin: Austin Print. Co., 1912, pp. 20-22. Originally published serially in newspapers. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.

Committee Information top

10th R.S. - 1863
Engrossed Bills  
Internal Improvements  
Roads, Bridges and Ferries  
9th R.S. - 1861
Internal Improvements  
Public Buildings (Chair) 

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