Alfred Elkins Pace

Full Name: Alfred Elkins Pace
Date of birth: June 29, 1811
Date of death: January 20, 1868

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Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 4 Nov 5, 1849 - Sep 7, 1850 3rd (1) (2) (3)     Bonham / Fannin   Fannin

(1) "Merchant and farmer in Bonham, Fannin County." Handbook of Texas Online.
(2) Harrison G. Hendricks, sworn 11/18/1850, succeeded Alfred E. Pace, resigned 9/7/1850. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) Roster of members elect of the 3rd Legislature, Matthewson, R.C., Texas State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 9/29/1849, p. 6, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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House District 4
Nov 5, 1849 - Sep 7, 1850
Legislatures: 3rd (1) (2) (3)  
Home City/County: Bonham / Fannin
Counties in district: Fannin

(1) "Merchant and farmer in Bonham, Fannin County." Handbook of Texas Online.
(2) Harrison G. Hendricks, sworn 11/18/1850, succeeded Alfred E. Pace, resigned 9/7/1850. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) Roster of members elect of the 3rd Legislature, Matthewson, R.C., Texas State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 9/29/1849, p. 6, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

  • Alfred Elkin Pace, birth date 6/29/1811, death date 1/20/1868, burial in Willow Wild Cemetery, Bonham, Fannin County, with wife Elizabeth Saphrona Hardaway. Interment record shows he was reburied from Pace Cemetery in March 1880. Includes biographical sketches from the Bonham News, 2/26/1909, and A History of Constantine Lodge; mentioned in biographical sketch of his father Twitty Pace in The History of Fannin County. Find a Grave.
  • PACE, ALFRED ELKINS (1811-1868). Handbook of Texas Online.

Military Service Notes

  • Texas State Troops, Brigadier General, District 14. Alfred Elkins Pace, legislator, birth date 6/29/1811, death date 1/20/1868, burial in Willow Wild Cemetery, Bonham, Fannin County. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
  • Brigadier General of the Texas State Troops, 1861, pp. 58-59. Texas in the War, 1861-1865, 1965.

Other Resources

Committee Information top

3rd R.S. - 1849
Apportionment, Special  
Privileges and Elections  
Public Debt  
Public Printing  

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