Texas Legislators: Past & Present

James W. Carlton

Full Name: James W. Carlton
Birth date: November 1814
Death date: October 15, 1904

(1) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News .

Census of 1870 - J.W. Carleton, Hardin County, age 55, born circa 1815 in Georgia, dentist, living in household with F.M. and Wm. E. Carleton.
Census of 1880 - Jas. W. Carlton, Beaumont, Jefferson County, age 65, born circa 1815 in Georgia, occupation: Member Legislature, wife Francis E.
Census of 1900 - J.W. Carleton, Alvin town, Brazoria County, age 86, born November 1814 in Georgia, living in household of grandson Timothy Carleton. FamilySearch . 1900 1880

Death notice, Dr. J.W. Carlton, Alvin, Texas, October 16, The Houston Post, 10/17/1904, p. 2. Death date Saturday 10/15/1904.
Obituary, Dr. J.W. Carlton, The Alvin Sun, 10/21/1904, p. 4, crediting Alvin Community College. Born 11/29/1815 in Greensburgh, Georgia, died 10/15/1904, burial in Confederate cemetery. "He was a member of the Sixteenth Texas legislature from Jefferson county and took a prominent part in the deliberations of that body, having his state at heart." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) . Alvin Houston
Confederate States Army, Debray's regiment, served in the battle of Shiloh and siege of Vicksburg. Obituary, Dr. J.W. Carlton, The Alvin Sun, 10/21/1904, p. 4, crediting Alvin Community College. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Biographical sketch, James W. Carlton, p. 252. Born 1814 in Greensboro, Georgia, dentist. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.
Confederate States Army, 6th Mississippi Infantry. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.