Charles B. Welhausen

Full Name: Charles B. Welhausen
Other surnames: Wellhausen, Wollhausen
Date of birth: September 2, 1835
Date of death: November 3, 1916

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	70	Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 13, 1891	21st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Flatonia / Fayette		Fayette

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2) C. Wellhausen. House Journal.
(3) C. Wollhausen. Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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House District 70
Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 13, 1891
Legislatures: 21st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Flatonia / Fayette
Counties in district: Fayette

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Biographical Sketches

WELHAUSEN, CHARLES (1835-1916). Death date 11/3/1916. Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, Charles Wellhausen, p. 364. Born 1835 in Hanover, Germany. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Captain, 5th Texas Field Artillery (Creuzbauer's/Welhausen's Battery). Handbook of Texas Online.
Charles Welhausen, birth date 9/2/1835, death date 11/8/1916, state legislator. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
Account of Captain Wellhausen's participation in the Battle of Calcasieu Pass. "Calcasieu Pass Victory, Heroism 'Equal Dowling's,'" Port Arthur News, 1/3/1971. W.T. Block, Jr..

Other Resources

Capt. Chas. Welhausen, birthplace Europe; age 81 years; death date 11/8/1916 in Shiner, Lavaca County, Texas. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Chas. Welhausen, birth date 9/2/1835 in Hanover, death date 11/3/1916 in Shiner, Texas, photos, burial in Shiner Cemetery, Shiner, Lavaca County. Find a Grave.
Historical markers, Captain Charles Welhausen and Shiner-Welhausen Homestead, Shiner, Lavaca County. Texas Historic Sites Atlas (Texas Historical Commission). Captain Charles Welhausen Shiner-Welhausen Homestead
Obituary, "Captain Welhausen Dead," 11/10/1916, p. 7, report from Shiner, Tex., Nov. 3, "Captain Charles Welhausen died very suddenly this morning . . . " Weimar Mercury (Weimar, Colorado County, Texas).

Photographs

Photograph. C. Welhausen, 21st Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

21st session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.

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21st R.S. - 1889
Education
Mining and Minerals
Private Land Claims
Representation and Apportionment
Roads, Bridges and Ferries

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