Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Simeon Burns

Full Name: Simeon Maxwell Burns
Birth date: March 21, 1847
Death date: September 10, 1920

(1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas 1883.

Obituary, "Pioneer Citizen, S.M. Burns, Dies in City Monday," 9/23/1920, p. 20. Date of death 9/20/1920. Cameron Herald .
Census of 1880 - Simual Burns, Panola County, age 33, born circa 1847 in Alabama, farmer.
Census of 1910 - Simeon Burns, Milam County, age 63, born circa 1847 in Alabama, retired capitalist, wife Lizzie.
S.M. Burns married Lizzie Green, Milam County, 2/5/1890. FamilySearch . 1910 1880

Simeon Maxwell Burns, birth date 3/21/1847 in Green County, Alabama, death date 9/20/1920 in Cameron, Milam County, Texas. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Postmaster appointment, "Department Dots," The Galveston Daily News, 6/1/1888, p. 1, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. S.M. Burns, Dargan, Panola County. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Marriage notice, Fort Worth Daily Gazette, "Altar and Tomb," 3/9/1890, p. 20. "Hon. S.M. Burns and Miss Lizzie Green, Cameron, March 5." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Biographical sketch, Simeon Maxwell Burns, p. 251. Born 3/21/1847 in Green County, Alabama. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.