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James Lafayette German

J.L. German
Full Name: James Lafayette German
Birth date: May 8, 1835
Death date: April 19, 1913

Terms of Service

  • House, 14th (1) Legislature
    1/13/1874 - 4/18/1876
    Democrat
(1) Orangeville lost its post office in 1904. Handbook of Texas Online .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

  • Photograph. J.L. German, Constitutional Convention of 1875 Composite Photo. From the collection of the Texas State Library and Archives Commisison.
  • Photograph. J.L. German, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

  • Confederate States Army, Private, Company G, 11th Regiment Missouri Infantry, enlisted 7/19/1862, Ordnance Sergeant in 1863, Sergeant Major in 1864, discharged 6/8/1865. James L. German, death date 4/19/1913 in Fannin County, Texas; widow Mrs. Eliza P. German, marriage date 1/11/1870 in Fannin County. Pension File No. 49768, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com .
  • James Lafayette German, death date 4/25/1913 in Fannin County. FamilySearch Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 .
  • James Lafayette German, birth date 5/8/1835, death date 4/25/1913 in Whitewright, Fannin County, farmer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
  • James L. German, birth date 5/8/1835, death date 4/19/1913, burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, Whitewright, Fannin County. Includes photo and biographical sketch from the Savoy College Yearbook. Find a Grave .
  • GERMAN, JAMES LAFAYETTE (1835-1913). Handbook of Texas Online .
  • Confederate States Army, adjutant general under Gen. Sterling Price. Handbook of Texas Online .
  • James Lafayette German, including family photo. Bonham Public Library. Fannin County Folks & Facts, 1977, Bonham, Texas, crediting Fannin County Historical Commission, pp. 190-191. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
  • Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1875. Included in Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Texas: Begun and Held at the City of Austin Texas. Constitutional Convention (1875). Galveston : Printed for the Convention at the "News" Office, 1875, pp. 3-4. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin) 2009.
  • Obituary, J.L. German, 4/25/1913, p. 6. Death date 4/19/1913. "James Lafayette German died late Saturday afternoon, April 19th, at his home one mile southeast of Whitewright . . . Funeral services were held at three o'clock Sunday afternoon [4/20/1913]." Whitewright Sun .

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