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Jonathan Lewter

Jonathan Lewter
Full Name: Jonathan Lewter
Other surnames: Luter
Birth date: August 5, 1818
Death date: June 21, 1903

Terms of Service

  • House, 11th (2) Legislature
    8/6/1866 - 2/7/1870
     
  • House, 8th Legislature
    11/7/1859 - 11/4/1861
     
  • House, 7th (1) Legislature
    11/2/1857 - 11/7/1859
     
(1) Party affiliation, Democrat, 8/18/1857, p. 2. Civilian and Gazette (Galveston, Texas) .
(2) Roster of 11th Legislature, House of Representatives, "Texas Legislative Proceedings," 8/11/1866, p. 1. Galveston Daily News .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

  • Jonathan Luter. House Journal . 8th R.S.

Photographs

Other Resources

  • Confederate States Army, Captain, Company D, Spaight's Regment, Texas Volunteer Infantry, 1861. Jonathan Lewter, Texas, U.S., Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900.
    Confederate States Army, Company D, 15th Texas Volunteer Infantry, Polignac's Brigade, per veteran's application. Jonathan Lewter of Dexter, Cooke County, age 81, born circa 1818. Pension File No. 00960, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com .
  • Confederate States Army, Captain, 15 Texas Volunteer Infantry Service. Capt. Jonathan Lewter, birth date 8/5/1818, death date 6/21/1903, portrait, burial in Dexter North Cemetery, Dexter, Cooke County. Find a Grave .
  • LEWTER, JONATHAN (1818-1903). Handbook of Texas Online .
  • Listed in "Smith County and Seventh Senatorial District Legislators, 1st—16th Regular Sessions, 1846-1879," The Tyler Journal, 5/29/1936, p. 67, crediting Smith County Historical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
  • Biographical sketch and portrait. Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature 1860.
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