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Talvus Alexander Wilson

Full Name: Talvus Alexander Wilson
Birth date: October 17, 1831
Death date: December 29, 1908

Terms of Service

  • House, 20th (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Legislature
    1/11/1887 - 1/8/1889
    Democrat
(1) Polk County. House Journal .
(2) Dodge, San Jacinto County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(3) Wilson "came to Texas in 1860, and settled in Polk county, where he still resides," p. 191. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature 1887.
(4) Talvus Alexander Wilson, Dodge. 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) .
(5) San Jacinto County. Texas House of Representatives: A Pictorial Roster 1846-1992 1992.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

Other Resources

  • Confederate States Army, Private/Corporal, Company B, 24th Texas Cavalry, enlisted 3/28/1862 or 3/29/1862. T.A. Wilson, death date 12/29/1908 in Polk County, Texas, widow Mrs. E.C. Wilson, marriage date 1857 in South Carolina. Pension File Nos. 11605 (T.A. Wilson) and 18258 (T.A. Wilson), Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com .
  • Census of 1900 - Talvus A. Wilson, Justice Precinct 1, Livingston, Polk County, farmer, born in South Carolina in October 1831, father of Talvus D. Wilson; Elizabeth C. Wilson, mother of Talvus D. Wilson. FamilySearch .
  • Confederate States Army, Private, Company B, Neyland's Regiment, 24th Texas Infantry. Military grave marker, T. Alexander Wilson, birth date 10/17/1831, death date 12/29/1908, burial in Union Springs Cemetery, Corrigan, Polk County. Find a Grave .
  • Biographical sketch, T.A. Wilson, p. 191. Born 1831, married E.C. Kelley. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature 1887.
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