Samuel Fountain Moseley

Full Name: Samuel Fountain Moseley, Sr.
Other surnames: Mosely
Date of birth: November 15, 1818
Date of death: February 23, 1878

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H Bowie Dec 13, 1847 - Nov 5, 1849 2nd (1)     Unknown / Bowie   Bowie, Cass, Titus

(1) Moseley, Bowie. Roster of members of the 2nd Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 12/15/1847, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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House District Bowie
Dec 13, 1847 - Nov 5, 1849
Legislatures: 2nd (1)  
Home City/County: Unknown / Bowie
Counties in district: Bowie, Cass, Titus

(1) Moseley, Bowie. Roster of members of the 2nd Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 12/15/1847, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

  • Biographical sketch and photo, Samuel Fountain Moseley, Esq., by Weldon Nash, Jr., John T. Taylor, and Mitchel Whitington, Fall/Winter 2015, p. 8. Jeffersonian.

Military Service Notes

  • 1st Lieutenant, Company F, 3rd Texas Mounted Volunteers, Mexican War. Jeffersonian.

Other Resources

  • Census of 1860 - Saml F. Moseley, Marion County, age 41, born circa 1819 in Alabama, attorney at law, in household with Eliza E. Moseley. FamilySearch. 1860
  • Samuel Fountain Moseley Sr., birth date 11/15/1818, death date 1/23/1878, burial in Wilkinson Cemetery, Smithland, Marion County. Find a Grave.
  • Death notice, Marion County, Sam F. Moseley, The Galveston Daily News, 3/6/1878, p. 3, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. "He had been a successful lawyer, as also a legislator and editor." Death date 2/23/1878.
    Will of Sam F. Moseley, State of Texas, County of Marion. Will date 12 day of March AD 1874, death date 2/23/1878. STIRPES, Vol. 25, No. 2, June 1995, pp. 63-64, crediting Texas State Genealogical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). Death notice STIRPES

Committee Information top

2nd R.S. - 1847
Judiciary  
Laws of the State of Coahuila and Texas and of Spain, Select  
Penitentiary  
Printing  

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