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Samuel Crockett Upshaw

S.C. Upshaw
Full Name: Samuel Crockett Upshaw
Birth date: January 31, 1840
Death date: June 20, 1901

Terms of Service

  • Senate, 21st (1) (3) & 20th (2) (4) Legislatures
    1/11/1887 - 1/13/1891
    Democrat
(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(2) Roster of senators and representatives of the 20th Legislature with their postoffice address, Austin Weekly Statesman, "Governmental," 12/30/1886, p. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(3) List of Senators of the 21st Legislature, "The State Senate: Members-Elect in the Different Districts - Austin Local Notes," Galveston Daily News, 11/20/1888, p. 6, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. "There are two independents in the list. The rest are democratic nominees." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(4) 20th Legislature - Roll call of new members, oath of office administered, 1/11/1887, p. 1. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

Photographs

Other Resources

  • Confederate States Army, 2nd Lieutenant, Company B, 17th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry, enlistment and muster date 6/1/1861. Confederate States Army, 1st Lieutenant, Company E, Waul's Legion, enlisted 1862, age 22, nativity: Little Rock, Arkansas. Samuel C. Upshaw, U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865; U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865; Texas, U.S., Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900 (Civil War Index - Abstracts of Muster Rolls); U.S., Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865. Ancestry.com .
  • S.C. Upshaw, birth date 1/31/1840, death date 6/20/1901, burial in Hillsboro City Cemetery, Hillsboro, Hill County. Includes biographical sketch. Find a Grave .
  • Biographical sketch, Samuel Crockett Upshaw, p. 88. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature 1887.
  • Biographical sketch, Samuel Crockett Upshaw, pp. 172-173. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.
  • Confederate States Army, 2nd Lieutenant, Company B, 17th Mississippi Regiment. Later joined Waul's Legion and served as Captain on the staffs of different commands in the Trans-Mississippi Department. Lewis Publishing Company. Memorial and Biographical History of Johnson and Hill Counties, Texas, 1892, pp. 473-475, crediting Dallas Genealogical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
  • Portrait and biographical sketch, Captain Samuel Crockett Upshaw. Born 1/31/1840 in Little Rock, Arkansas. Lewis Publishing Company. Memorial and Biographical History of Johnson and Hill Counties, Texas, 1892, pp. 473-475, crediting Dallas Genealogical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
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