Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Edward Rex Tarver

Full Name: Edward Rex Tarver
Birth date: November 3, 1840
Death date: November 22, 1910

Terms of Service

House, 26th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ Legislature
1/10/1899 - 2/9/1900
Democrat
House, 24th Legislature
1/8/1895 - 1/12/1897
Democrat

(1) Tarver was unseated 2/9/1900. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(2) Larado [sic]. Texas Legislative Manual .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

26th Legislature, 1st C.S. - Mr. Calvin offered the following resolution: Whereas, The Hon. E. R. Tarver of Webb county has accepted the position of county superintendent of education of Encinal county, Texas, be it Resolved, that his seat is vacant . . ., 1/23/1900, p. 3. House Journal .

Photographs

Photograph. E.R. Tarver, State Preservation Board
Photograph. E.R. Tarver, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Confederate States Army, staff officer of General H.P. Bee, Captain. Edward Rex Tarver, death date 11/22/1910 in Webb County. Widow Mrs. E.R. Tarver of San Antonio, Bexar County, marriage date 12/20/1868 in Guadalupe County. Pension File No. 29450, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com .
E.R. Tarver, birth date 11/3/1840, death date 11/26/1910 (grave marker illegible), burial in Laredo City Cemetery, Webb County. Includes reprint of obituary in Laredo Times, Capt. Edward Rex Tarver, 11/27/1910. Find a Grave .
Confederate States Army, Private, Terry's Texas Rangers; Captain, General Hamilton P. Bee's staff. Obituary, "Captain Tarver Dead: One of Laredo's Oldest Residents and War Veteran," Captain E[d]ward Rex Tarver, 11/27/1910, p. 9. Born 11/3/1840 in Lownes County, Alabama; married Miss Julia LeGette of Seguin after the Civil War; died 11/26/1910 in Laredo. "He has been city attorney, alderman, county attorney, street commissioner and served several terms in the state legislature." Laredo Weekly Times .
Biographical sketch, Capt. E.R. Tarver, pp. 514-515. Memorial and Genealogical Record of Southwest Texas: Containing Biographical Histories and Genealogical Records of Many Leading Men and Prominent Families 1894.
Relatives: Edward R. Tarver and Hamilton Prioleau Bee - brothers-in-law. TARVER-L Archives, Mary Mildred Tarver & brother Edward R. Tarver. RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service .