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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 Note 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. Leander Taylor Beaty, birth date 4/24/1847, death date 9/24/1934, photo, 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 Informationtop 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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