Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Samuel A. Belden

Full Name: Samuel A. Belden
Death date: Deceased, date unknown

(1) Belden did not attend the called sessions. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.

Census of 1870 - Samuel Belden, Brownsville, Cameron County, age 32, born circa 1838 in Connecticut, customs clerk.
Census of 1880 - Samuel Belden, Brownsville, Cameron County, age 42, born circa 1838 in Texas, mercantile clerk, wife Frances.
Census of 1900 - Sam'l A. Belden, San Antonio, Bexar County, age 62, born April 1838 in New York, accountant.
Sam A. Belden, age 37, married Francisca Garcia, age 21, on 1/6/1876 in Cameron County. FamilySearch . 1900 1880

Possibly Samuel A. Belden, birth 1838, death date 2/25/1907, burial in Old City Cemetery, Brownsville, Cameron County. Includes obituary from Brownsville Daily Herald, 2/25/1907. No grave marker photo. Find a Grave .
Account of efforts of Valley landowners to create an independent territory between the Nueces and Rio Grande rivers, pp. 115-117. I Would Rather Sleep in Texas: a History of the Lower Rio Grande Valley and the People of the Santa Anita Land Grant 2003.
Obituary, "S.A. Belden Dies Here," The San Antonio Daily Express, 2/26/1907, p. 7, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Birth date 4/8/1838. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .