Terms of Service

• House, 9th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  11/4/1861 - 1/14/1862
   
  

(1) James Hooker, in special election 1/19/1863, succeeded Louis Starr, removed from district. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• Louis Starr. House Journal .

Other Resources

• Possibly Louis Star, age 39, enlisted 7/16/1861. Texas State Troops, Private, Company A, Hunt County, 14th Brigade. Ancestry.com .
• Census of 1860 - Louis Star, Hunt County, age 39, born circa 1821 in Virginia, farmer, living in household with Juvenia Star.
  Census of 1880 - Louis Star, Hopkins County, age 59, born circa 1821 in Virginia, farmer, wife Lavinia Starr. FamilySearch . 1880 1860
• Lewis Starr, birth date 11/28/1821, death date 1/3/1892, burial in City Greenwood Cemetery, Weatherford, Parker County, with wife Levenia C. Starr. Find a Grave .
• Lewis Starr, wife Levenia C. (Salling) Starr; farmer in Virginia, removed to Texas in 1858 and settled in Hunt County; represented Hunt County in the Texas Legislature 1860-1861; removed to eastern Texas in 1862; died 1/3/1892 at age 71. Biographical sketch of son Albert F. Starr, pp. 433-435. History of Texas, Together with a Biographical History of Tarrant and Parker Counties 1895.
• Death notice, Lewis Starr, "An Aged Father Gone," The Weatherford Enquirer, 1/7/1892, p. 5, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .

Committee Information

• 9th R.S. - 1861
• Contingent Expenses  
• Stock and Stock Raising