Max Meitzen

Full Name: Max Meitzen
Date of birth: January 23, 1845
Date of death: June 26, 1918

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	57	Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 10, 1905	28th	Democrat	Fayetteville / Fayette	Fayette
H	45	Jan 8, 1901 - Jan 13, 1903	27th	Democrat	Fayetteville / Fayette	Fayette
H	45	Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 8, 1901	26th	Democrat	Fayetteville / Fayette	Fayette

Terms of Service top

House District 57
Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 10, 1905
Legislatures: 28th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Fayetteville / Fayette
Counties in district: Fayette

House District 45
Jan 8, 1901 - Jan 13, 1903
Legislatures: 27th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Fayetteville / Fayette
Counties in district: Fayette

House District 45
Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 8, 1901
Legislatures: 26th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Fayetteville / Fayette
Counties in district: Fayette

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, Max Meitzen, pp. 164-165. Born 1/23/1845 in Germany. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, M. Meitzen, Private, 5th Texas Field Battery (Captain Cruezbaur), enlisted 6/1/1863 at Fort Brown. Max Meitzen, application date 11/25/1914, birth year estimated 1845, born in Saxony, Germany, residence in Fayette County for 65 years, lawyer, age 69. Pension File No. 30927, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com.
Confederate States Army, "As a Confederate soldier he entered the service a member of Wellhausen's light artillery, attached to Duff's regiment, but was transferred later to Griffin's regiment of infantry." The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901.

Other Resources

Census of 1900 - Max Meitzen, Fayetteville, Fayette County, born January 1845 in Germany, lawyer, spouse Bettie. FamilySearch.
Max Meitzen, birth date 1/23/1845 in Saxony, Germany; death date 6/26/1918 in Fayetteville, Fayette County, Texas; attorney at law. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Max Meitzen, birth date 1/23/1845, death date 6/26/1918, burial in Fayetteville City Cemetery, Fayette County, spouse Barbara Elizabeth "Bettie" Heinschel Meitzen ("Bettie Meitzen" on grave marker). Find a Grave.
27th Legislature (1901) - Max Meitzen, postoffice Fayetteville, nativity Germany, age 56 (born circa 1845), farmer, lawyer, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual.
Hon. Max Meitzen, one of the first settlers of Fayetteville and the first mayor of Fayetteville; mentioned in excerpt from Fayette County, Her History and Her People. Death of Mrs. Antonia Meitzen, mother of Hon. Max Meitzen of Fayetteville, Schulenburg Sticker, 6/4/1908. Fayette County, TXGenWeb Project. Fayette County History Mrs. Antonia Meitzen

Photographs

Photograph. Max Meitzen, 28th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Max Meitzen, 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.

Committee Information top

28th R.S. - 1903 Agricultural Affairs Commerce and Manufactures Contingent Expenses Judiciary No. 2 Labor
27th R.S. - 1901 Contingent Expenses Irrigation Labor Mining and Minerals Private Land Claims
26th R.S. - 1899 Contingent Expenses Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts State Asylums

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