Full Name: Edward Hughes Vontress
Birth date: December 20, 1825
Death date: June 17, 1864
Terms of Service
House,
5th Legislature
11/7/1853 - 11/5/1855
Biographical Notes and Resources
Resolutions and Journal entries
5th Legislature - Roll of Members, Edward H. Vontress, age 26 (born circa 1827), native state Kentucky, emigrated from Kentucky in 1851, lawyer, postoffice Georgetown, Williamson County.
House Journal .
Other Resources
Captain Edward Hughes Vontress, born 12/20/1825 in Warren, Knox County, Kentucky, died 6/17/1864 in Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. Vontress Family Tree, includes portrait.
Ancestry.com .
Edward H. Vantress, marriage to Eunice A. Allen 2/25/1858 in Williamson County.
Census of 1860 - Ed H. Vantress, Williamson County, age 33, born circa 1827 in Kentucky, judge 17th district.
FamilySearch . 1860Texas Marriages, 1837-1973
Edward Hughes Vontress, born 1825, death date 6/17/1864, burial details unknown, no grave marker photo, includes death notice from 6/25/1864 that "Capt. Vontress was killed on the 17th inst. by lightning." Spouse Eunice Margaret Amelia Allen Coffee's record includes biographical information on Judge Ed. H. Vontress.
Find a Grave . Edward Hughes VontressEunice Margaret Amelia Allen Coffee
Confederate States Army, Captain, Company A, Charles Leroy Morgan's cavalry battalion.
Handbook of Texas Online .
Obituary of Mrs. Eunice A. Coffee. "She was married to Judge Ed. H. Vontress, Feb. 25, 1858. Judge Vontress was judge of this judicial district, and later organized a company in the Confederate army, and was killed by a stroke of lightning in Louisiana, June the 6th, 1862." "Mrs. Coffee of Georgetown Dead," The Bartlett Tribune and News, 3/14/1919, p. 1, crediting Bartlett Activities Center and the Historical Society of Bartlett.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .