Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Henry Shaper

Full Name: Henry Shaper, Sr.
Birth date: December 25, 1835
Death date: January 30, 1911

Census of 1900 - Henry Shoper, Goliad County, age 64, born December 1836 in Germany, stock raiser, wife Martha L., son Jasper W.
Census of 1910 - Henry Shaper, Goliad County, age 73, born circa 1837 in Germany, judge, county court, wife Martha L. FamilySearch . 1910 1900
Henry Shaper, Sr., birth date 12/25/1835 in Germany, death date 1/30/1911 in Goliad, Goliad County, Texas, county judge, farming. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1977-1986 .
H. Shaper, birth date 12/25/1835, death date 1/31/1911, burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, Goliad, Goliad County. Find a Grave .
Portrait and biographical sketch, Henry Shaper, pp. 297-300. Born 1835 in Germany, married Martha L. Hancock in October 1857, sons Joel, Henry, and Jasper. Elected county judge of Goliad County in 1888. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature 1892.
Confederate States Army, Company A, commanded by Captain Jones, Hobby's battalion. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature 1892.
Death notice, "Judge Henry Shaper Dead," Galveston Tribune, 1/31/1911, p. 5, crediting Rosenberg Library. "An early day settled [settler] and for several terms county judge of Goliad county." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .