Alexander Jesse Northington
Full Name: Alexander Jesse "Alex" Northington
Birth date: August 1, 1840
Death date: February 22, 1905
Birth date: August 1, 1840
Death date: February 22, 1905
Terms of Service
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House,
20th
(2)
Legislature
1/11/1887 - 1/8/1889
Democrat
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House,
15th
(1)
(3)
Legislature
4/18/1876 - 1/14/1879
Democrat
(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) "In politics he is a Democrat, but ran as an independent candidate. . .," p. 136. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878 1876.
Biographical Notes and Resources
Photographs
- Photograph. A.J. Northington, State Preservation Board
Other Resources
- Confederate States Army, Private, Company A, 18th Texas Cavalry, "possibly buried" in Oak Hill Cemetery, Lampasas County, Texas (1840-1905). Alexander J. Northington, U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865.
Private, Williamson County Company, 27th Brigade, Texas Militia, enlistment date 1/15/1861, commanding officer Captain John W. Mullins. Alex J. Northington, Texas, U.S., Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900. Ancestry.com . - Biographical sketch, Alexander Jesse Northington, p. 208. Daughters of the Republic of Texas Patriot Ancestor Album 1995.
- A.J. Northington, death date 2/22/1905 in Lampasas, Lampasas County, age 95. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
- Alex. J. Northington, birth date 8/1/1840, death date 2/21/1905, burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, Lampasas, Lampasas County. Includes reprints of obituaries in The Lampasas Leader. Find a Grave .
- MORGAN’S TEXAS CAVALRY BATTALION. 18th Texas Cavalry, "Company A, under Edward H. Vontress, came from Williamson County." Handbook of Texas Online .
- Confederate States Army, Morgan's Battalion, Trans-Mississippi Department. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature 1887.
- Biographical sketch, A.J. Northington, p. 162. Born 8/1/1840 in Lamar County. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature 1887.
- Biographical sketch, Alexander Jesse Northington. Texas Historical Commission. [Historic Marker Application: A.J. Northington House], 1964. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
- Biographical sketch, Alex. J. Northington, pp. 135-136. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878 1876.
- Historical marker, A.J. Northington House, Lampasas, Lampasas County. Texas Historic Sites Atlas (Texas Historical Commission) .
Committee Information
- 20th R.S. - 1887
- Stock and Stock Raising (Chair)
- 15th R.S. - 1876