Henry Addington Gilpin
Full Name: Henry Addington GilpinDate of birth: May 13, 1808
Date of death: November 11, 1895
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| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | 30 | Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874 | 13th | Democrat | Corpus Christi / Nueces | Atascosa, Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, El Paso, Frio, Hidalgo, Karnes, Kinney, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen, Maverick, Medina, Nueces, Presidio, Starr, Uvalde, Webb, Zapata, Zavala, Encinal |
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House District 30
Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874 Legislatures: 13th Party: Democrat Home City/County: Corpus Christi / Nueces Counties in district: Atascosa, Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, El Paso, Frio, Hidalgo, Karnes, Kinney, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen, Maverick, Medina, Nueces, Presidio, Starr, Uvalde, Webb, Zapata, Zavala, Encinal |
Biographical Information top
Biographical Sketches
- "Henry Gilpin, Early County Judge, Left Some Loose Ends," 5/30/2012. Henry Addington Gilpin, death date 11/11/1895. "In 1873, Gilpin was elected to the Texas House for a district that covered 22 counties and ran from Corpus Christi to Brownsville, Laredo to El Paso." Corpus Christi Caller-Times.
- Henry A. Gilpin, birth 1808, death date November 1895 (11/11/1898 on grave marker). Biographical sketches, obituary, grave marker photo, interment in Old Bayview Cemetery, Corpus Christi, Nueces County. Corpus Christi Public Libraries.
Military Service Notes
- Confederate States Army, Captain Assistant Quartermaster, 8th Texas Infantry. Military grave marker, Henry A. Gilpin, born 1808, death date 11/11/1898, reprint of obituary from Beeville Weekly Picayune 11/14/1895, burial in Old Bayview Cemetery, Corpus Christi, Nueces County. Find a Grave.
Other Resources
- Henry Addington Gilpin, birth date 5/13/1808 in Newport, Rhode Island, parents John Bernard Gilpin and Mary Elizabeth (Miller) Gilpin. Rhode Island and Pawtucket, Massachusetts, U.S., Birth Index, 1800-1855; Rhode Island, U.S., Vital Extracts, 1636-1899. Ancestry.com.
- H.A. Gilpin, Corpus Christi, age 65, born in Rhode Island, stock-raiser. Directory of the Members of the Thirteenth Legislature of the State of Texas, 1873.
- Census of 1870 - Henry A. Gilpin, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, age 62, born circa 1808 in Rhode Island, stock raiser. FamilySearch.
Photographs
- Photograph. Henry Gilpin, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
- Photograph. Henry Gilpin, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
- 13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
- Pictorial Monogram of the State Government of Texas 1873 (DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection). DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs.
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13th R.S. - 1873
Agriculture and Stock Raising Apportionment Commerce and Manufactures Counties and County Boundaries Privileges and Elections |
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