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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 Note 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   Biographical Notes and Resources 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, 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 Informationtop 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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