Napoleon Bonaparte Barbee
Full Name: Napoleon Bonaparte "Bunk" BarbeeDate of birth: June 6, 1837
Date of death: December 28, 1928
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| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | 31 | Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 8, 1901 | 26th | Democrat | Crockett / Houston | Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Houston | |
| H | 31 | Jan 12, 1897 - Jan 10, 1899 | 25th | Democrat | Crockett / Houston | Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Houston |
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House District 31
Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 8, 1901 Legislatures: 26th Party: Democrat Home City/County: Crockett / Houston Counties in district: Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Houston |
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House District 31
Jan 12, 1897 - Jan 10, 1899 Legislatures: 25th Party: Democrat Home City/County: Crockett / Houston Counties in district: Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Houston |
Biographical Information top
Resolutions and Journal entries
- 41st Legislature, R.S., 2/11/1929, p. 589. Col. Napoleon Bonaparte Barbee. Resolutions - Memorial.
Biographical Sketches
- Family history of Dr. James G. Barbee by Mrs. Fannie Mae Barbee Hughes of Wharton, daughter of J.G. Barbee, Jr., pp. 127-128. Dr. James G. Barbee and Miranda Burrow Barbee, parents of J.G. Barbee, Jr., born 1851 in Crockett and married Fannie Barker Fifer. J.G. Barbee, Jr. and Col. N.B. Barbee - brothers. "Col. N.B. Barbee was his [J.G. Barbee, Jr.] oldest brother." The History of Houston County, Texas, 1943.
- Brief biographical sketch, N.P. Barbee, p. 158. Born 6/6/1837 in Carroll County, Tennessee. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897.
Military Service Notes
- Confederate States Army, Private, Company E, 6th Texas Cavalry (Gould's Battalion), Napoleon B. Barbee, enlisted 5/17/1862. N.B. Barbee of Crockett, Houston County, born circa 1837 in Clara County, Tennessee; death date 12/28/1928 in Crockett, Houston County, Texas. Pension File No. 21523, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com.
- Detailed account of Civil War military service "as a soldier in Company E, Gould's Battalion, Walker's Division." Interview with N.B. Barbee, "Crockett Man is Texas 'Forty-Niner,'" by W.S. Adair, in Dallas Semi-Weekly News, 10/21/1924. Frontier Times Magazine.
Other Resources
- Census of 1900 - Barbee [Napoleon B. Barbee], Crockett, Houston County, born June 1837 in Tennessee, State Representative, spouse Margaret A., son Napoleon B., daughter Nannie. FamilySearch.
- Colonel N.B. Barba [Barbee]; birth date 6/6/1837 in Tennessee; death date 12/28/1928 in Crockett, Houston County; widowed. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
- Napoleon B. Barbee (1836-1928), photo, burial in Glenwood Cemetery, Crockett, Houston County, with spouse Margaret Ann Barbee. Find a Grave.
- Obituary, Napoleon B. Barbee, "Pioneer Texan Dies at Crockett," 12/29/1928, p. 15. Fort Worth Record-Telegram.
- Interview with N.B. Barbee, "Crockett Man is Texas 'Forty-Niner.'" Frontier Times Magazine.
- Death notice, Napoleon Bunk Barbee, "Col. Napoleon Barbee Succumbs at Crockett," 12/29/1928, p. 1. Waxahachie Daily Light.
Photographs
- Photograph. N.B. Barbee, 26th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. N.B. Barbee, 25th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
- 25th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
- 26th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
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