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Erwin Wilder

Full Name: Erwin M. Wilder
Birth date: May 13, 1808
Death date: July 21, 1876

Terms of Service

  • House, 2nd (1) Legislature
    12/13/1847 - 12/21/1847
     
(1) Wilder was granted compassionate leave 12/21/1847, and did not return. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

  • 2nd Legislature - Request for leave to return home, p. 88, 12/21/1847. House Journal .

Other Resources

  • Mention in "The Dark Corner," 12/11/1873, p. 1. "Capt. E.M. Wilder, who won his title on the battlefield in Mexico, and who in the Second Legislature represented Rusk county . . ." Austin Weekly Statesman .
  • Census of 1850 - E.M. Wilder, Harrison County, age 44, born circa 1806, North Carolina, farmer.
    Census of 1860 - E.M. Wilder, Division, Hill County, age 56, born circa 1804 in North Carolina, farmer, in household with Sarah Wilder. FamilySearch . 1860 1850
  • United States Army, Captain, Company C, 2nd Texas Mounted Volunteers. Erwin M. Wilder, birth date 5/13/1808, death date 7/21/1876. Find a Grave .
  • Mention in WILDERVILLE, TX. Handbook of Texas Online .
  • Included on list of "Texas Whigs Named in Newspapers and Identified From the Census of 1850," in "The Whig Party of Texas in the Elections of 1848 and 1852," The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 73, Number 1, pp. 30-33, crediting Texas State Historical Association. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
  • Death notice, The Belton Review, 7/28/1876, p. 2, crediting the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. "Capt. E.M. Wilder, of Wilderville, Falls county." Death date 7/20/1876. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .

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