Overton Fletcher Davenport
Full Name: Overton Fletcher Davenport
Birth date: February 10, 1820
Death date: June 22, 1909
Birth date: February 10, 1820
Death date: June 22, 1909
Terms of Service
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House,
13th
(1)
Legislature
1/14/1873 - 1/13/1874
Democrat
Biographical Notes and Resources
Photographs
- Photograph. Overton Davenport, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. Overton Davenport, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
Other Resources
- Confederate States Army, Company H, 10th Texas Infantry; 1st Lieutenant then elected Captain, Company K, 10th Texas Infantry, per widow's application and interrogatories. Overton Fletcher Davenport, death date 8/5/1909 [sic] in Eastland; widow Mrs. E.A. Davenport, marriage date 8/5/1852 in Campbell County, Georgia. Pension File No. 23488, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com .
- O.F. Davenport, birth date 2/10/1820, death date 6/22/1909, burial in Pioneer Cemetery, Ranger, Eastland County. Find a Grave .
- DAVENPORT, OVERTON FLETCHER (1820-1909). Handbook of Texas Online .
- Confederate States Army, Captain, Company A, 10th Texas Infantry Regiment. Also served in Company H and Company K. Handbook of Texas Online .
- Obituary, Overton Fletcher Davenport, Texas Christian Advocate (Dallas, Texas), 7/22/1909, p. 14, crediting Texas State Library and Archives Commission. "Born in Oglethorp County, Georgia, February 10, 1820, removed to Texas in 1855, and settled on Station Creek, Coryell County, and lived there until 1892, when he moved to Eastland County, Texas, and died at his home in Ranger, June 22, 1909." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
- Mentioned in "Through the Years - San Saba Representatives in Legislative History," 4/1/1948, p. 9. San Saba News .
Committee Information
- 13th R.S. - 1873