Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Stephen Augustus Venters

Full Name: Stephen Augustus Venters
Birth date: June 27, 1822
Death date: March 12, 1881

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

17th Legislature, R.S., resolution by Mr. Kendall noting the death of Hon. S.A. Venters of Denton County, 3/14/1881, p. 263. House Journal .

Photograph. Stephen Venters, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
Photograph. Stephen Venters, State Preservation Board

Census of 1870 - Stephen A. Venters, Denton County, age 48, born circa 1822 in North Carolina, dry goods merchant, living in household with Mary L. and Jefferson D. Venters.
Census of 1880 - Stephen A. Veters [Venters], Denton County, age 58, born circa 1822 in North Carolina, Representative to Legislature of Tex, wife Mary L., son Jefferson D. FamilySearch . 1880 1870
Judge S.A. Venters, birth date 6/27/1822, death date 3/12/1881, burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Denton, Denton County. Find a Grave .
VENTERS, STEPHEN AUGUSTUS (1822-1881). Handbook of Texas Online .
S.A. Venters, portrait and biographical sketch, birth date 6/27/1822, death date 3/12/1881, p. 28; elected to Legislature in 1874, pp. 121-122. History and Reminiscences of Denton County 1918.
S.A. Venters, chief justice (county judge), August 1856, p. 64; postmaster at New Alton in 1851, pp. 66-67; and county judge, pp. 76 and 193. History of Denton County, From Its Beginning to 1960 1978.
Death notice, Hon. S.A. Venters, "Letter from Denton County," The Galveston Daily News, 3/17/1881, p. 4, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Biographical sketch, Stephen Augustus Venters, pp. 265-266. Birth date 6/27/1833 in Pitt County, North Carolina. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.