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Zimri Williams Eddy

Full Name: Zimri Williams Eddy
Birth date: October 10, 1816
Death date: 1863

Terms of Service

  • Senate, 4th (1) (4) Legislature
    11/3/1851 - 11/7/1853
     
  • House, 2nd (3) Legislature
    12/13/1847 - 11/5/1849
     
  • House, 1st (2) Legislature
    2/16/1846 - 12/13/1847
     
(1) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act passed Feb. 2, 1853, 4th Legislature, 1st C.S., ch. 4, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950 1950.
(2) Texan. Table of members of the 1st Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 5/20/1846, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(3) Roster of members of the 2nd Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 12/15/1847, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(4) 4th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators elect presented their credentials, qualified, and took their seats, 11/3/1851, pp. 3-4. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Other Resources

  • Texas State Troops, Captain, Sabine Pass Guards, Jefferson County, 2nd Brigade. Z. Williams Eddy. (Also written "Z. Williamson Eddy") Ancestry.com .
  • Zimri William Eddy, birth date 10/10/1816 in Somerset, Bristol County, Massachusetts, death 1863 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson County, Texas. Wife Mariah Avis Walker. Eddy Family Tree. Ancestry.com .
  • Census of 1850 - Z.W. Eddy, Jasper, Jasper County, age 33, born circa 1817 in Massachusetts, farmer, in household with Marria A. Eddy. FamilySearch . 1850
  • EDDY, Z. WILLIAMS (1817?-1863). "Eddy and his family settled in Jasper County, Texas, sometime before 1846." Handbook of Texas Online .
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