Erwin Wilder

Full Name: Erwin M. Wilder
Date of birth: May 13, 1808
Date of death: July 21, 1876

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H Harrison Dec 13, 1847 - Dec 21, 1847 2nd (1)     Unknown / Harrison   Harrison, Panola, Upshur

(1) Wilder was granted compassionate leave 12/21/1847, and did not return. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

Terms of Service top

House District Harrison
Dec 13, 1847 - Dec 21, 1847
Legislatures: 2nd (1)  
Home City/County: Unknown / Harrison
Counties in district: Harrison, Panola, Upshur

(1) Wilder was granted compassionate leave 12/21/1847, and did not return. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

Biographical Information top

Resolutions and Journal entries

  • 2nd Legislature - Request for leave to return home, p. 88, 12/21/1847. House Journal.

Military Service Notes

  • United States Army, Captain, Company C, 2nd Texas Mounted Volunteers. Erwin M. Wilder, birth date 5/13/1808, death date 7/21/1876. Find a Grave.

Other Resources

  • Mention in "The Dark Corner," 12/11/1873, p. 1. "Capt. E.M. Wilder, who won his title on the battlefield in Mexico, and who in the Second Legislature represented Rusk county . . ." Austin Weekly Statesman.
  • Census of 1850 - E.M. Wilder, Harrison County, age 44, born circa 1806, North Carolina, farmer.
    Census of 1860 - E.M. Wilder, Division, Hill County, age 56, born circa 1804 in North Carolina, farmer, in household with Sarah Wilder. FamilySearch. 1850 1860
  • Mention in WILDERVILLE, TX. Handbook of Texas Online.
  • Death notice, The Belton Review, 7/28/1876, p. 2, crediting the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. "Capt. E.M. Wilder, of Wilderville, Falls county." Death date 7/20/1876. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
  • Included on list of "Texas Whigs Named in Newspapers and Identified From the Census of 1850," in "The Whig Party of Texas in the Elections of 1848 and 1852," The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 73, Number 1, pp. 30-33, crediting Texas State Historical Association. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Committee Information top

2nd R.S. - 1847
Claims and Accounts  
Penitentiary  
State Affairs  

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