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John Charles Amsler

John C. Amsler
Full Name: John Charles Amsler
Birth date: March 30, 1864
Death date: September 17, 1946

Terms of Service

  • House, 39th (1) Legislature
    1/13/1925 - 3/31/1926
    Democrat
  • House, 38th Legislature
    1/9/1923 - 1/13/1925
    Democrat
(1) Adolph B. Anderson, sworn 9/13/1926, succeeded John C. Amsler, resigned 3/31/1926. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.

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  • "Amsler Estate is in Bankruptcy Too," Hempstead, 3/27/1925, p. 1. "The Amsler estate was founded here more than 30 years ago by the elder John Asmler [sic] . . . the surviving son, John C. Amsler, is representative in the State legislature from this county." Bryan Eagle .
  • Census of 1880 - John Amsler, Montgomery County, age 16, born circa 1864 in Texas, son of C. Amsler (born circa 1836) and Julia Amsler (born circa 1846).
    Census of 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, and 1940 - John C. Amsler, Waller County, born March 1865 in Texas, mgr. oil mill and bank president, spouse Anna/Annie, sons Carl, Lamar, Jack, and Francis.
    John Charles Amsler in son Francis Julian Amsler's birth record. FamilySearch . 1930 1940
    • 1910 1900 1920 1880 Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935
  • John C. Amsler, birth date 3/30/1864 in Austin County; death date 9/17/1946 in Hempstead, Waller County; father John Charles Amsler, mother Julia Meyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
  • John C. Amsler (1864-1946), burial in Hempstead Cemetery, Hempstead, Waller County; spouse Annie E. LaMair Amsler, children Carl, Lamar, Jack, and Francis Julian. Find a Grave .
  • "Amsler Family Celebrated: Event at Hempstead Was Unique Affair," 7/10/1914, p. 5, commemoration of the "eightieth anniversary of settling in Texas of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Conrad Amsler and the seventy-ninth anniversary of the birth of Charles Amsler, decased husband of the hostess [Mrs. Julia Amsler]." Houston Post .
  • Obituary, Charles C. Amsler, John C. Amsler's father, Galveston Daily News, 3/27/1891, p. 4, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. "One of the owners of the oil mill recently started here . . . left a wife, two sons and three daughters." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
  • Biographical sketch of John C. Amsler's father Charles Amsler, son of Charles Conrad Amsler and Mary Lowenberger Amsler; marriage to Julia Meyer 7/11/1861; two sons, John C. and Louis D., three daughters. "Soon after his marriage Mr. [Charles] Amsler moved to Montgomery County . . . until 1885, when he settled in Hempstead, where he subsquently lived." Brown, John Henry. Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas, 1880, p. 506. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
  • A Guide to the John C. Amsler Papers, 1891. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin. "Comprised of biographical sketches of Mary Loewenberger Amsler and Charles Conrad Amsler, settlers in Austin's Colony who helped found Cat Spring, Texas." Texas Archival Resources Online 2010.
  • 39th Legislature (1925) - John C. Amsler, postoffice Hempstead, nativity Texas, age 60 (born circa 1865), manufacturer, member of former legislatures: 38th. Texas Legislative Manual .
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