Leander Taylor Beaty

Full Name: Leander Taylor "Lea" Beaty
Date of birth: April 24, 1847
Date of death: September 24, 1934

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	60	Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909	30th	Democrat	Lockhart / Caldwell	Caldwell
H	60	Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907	29th	Democrat	Lockhart / Caldwell	Caldwell
H	60	Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 10, 1905	28th	Democrat	Lockhart / Caldwell	Caldwell
H	51	Jan 8, 1901 - Jan 13, 1903	27th	Democrat	Lockhart / Caldwell	Caldwell
H	51	Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 8, 1901	26th	Democrat	Lockhart / Caldwell	Caldwell

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

43rd Legislature, 3rd C.S., 9/25/1934, p. 455. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, Leander Taylor Beaty, p. 34. Born 4/24/1847 in Wayne County, Kentucky, died in Luling, Caldwell County, 9/24/1934. "He selected the Beaty plum (from a Chickasaw seedling found near Luling) and introduced it to the horticultural trade in 1877." Member of 27th-30th Legislatures. Horticulture and Horticulturists in Early Texas, 1945.
Obituaries, "Maj. Lea Beaty Called by Death," 9/27/1934, pp. 1, 10, and "Maj. Lea Beaty's Life Inspiration to Men," 10/11/1934, p. 7. Lockhart Post-Register.
Biographical sketch, Lea Beaty, pp. 174-175. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Trans-Mississippi Department, member of Slayton's (Gonzales) company, Ragsdale's cavalry battalion, and later Gould's regiment of infantry, Walker's division. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901.

Other Resources

Lee T. Beaty, birth date 4/24/1847 in Wayne County, Kentucky; death date 9/24/1934 in Lockhart, Caldwell County, Texas; farmer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Lee T. Beaty, birth date 4/24/1847, death date 9/24/1934, burial in Lockhart Municipal Burial Park, Lockhart, Caldwell County. Find a Grave.

Photographs

Photograph. Lea Beaty, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Lea Beaty, 29th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Lea Beaty, 28th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Lea Beaty, 27th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Lea. Beaty, 26th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

26th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
27th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
28th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
29th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
30th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

30th R.S. - 1907 Agriculture Claims and Accounts Penitentiaries Penitentiaries Subcommittee to Visit Penitentiaries Revenue and Taxation State Asylums (Chair)
29th R.S. - 1905 Agriculture Appropriations Subcommitttee on the Epileptic Colony at Abilene (Chair) Claims and Accounts (Chair) Penitentiaries Revenue and Taxation State Asylums State Penitentiaries (Chair)
28th R.S. - 1903 Beeville Experimental Station Claims and Accounts (Chair) Contingent Expenses Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts Public Lands and Land Office Revenue and Taxation State Asylums
27th R.S. - 1901 Asylums Claims and Accounts Contingent Expenses Public Lands and Land Office Representative Districts Revenue and Taxation Roads, Bridges and Ferries
26th R.S. - 1899 Agricultural Affairs Claims and Accounts Constitutional Amendments Counties and County Boundaries Revenue and Taxation State Asylums

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