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Armistead Elisha Watson Full Name: Armistead Elisha Watson Date of birth: January 28, 1834 Date of death: February 26, 1911 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 55 Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887 19th   Democrat Marlin / Falls   Falls   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries 32nd Legislature, R.S., 3/7/1911, p. 1150. Death date 2/27/1911. Resolutions - Memorial. Biographical Sketches Biographical sketch, A.E. Watson, born in Prince Edward County, Virginia in 1834. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885. Biographical sketch and portrait, Armstead E. Watson. A Memorial and Biographical History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties, Texas, 1893, pp. 198-199, crediting Lena Armstrong Public Library. Born 1/28/1834 in Prince Edward County, Virginia, elected to 19th Legislature in 1884. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). Military Service Notes Confederate States Army, Private, Company G, 4th Texas Infantry, enlistment date 7/1/1861. A.E. Watson, U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865; U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865. Ancestry.com. Confederate States Army, 4th Texas Regiment, Hood's Brigade. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885. Other Resources Cal [sic: possibly Col.] A.E. Watson, death date 2/26/1911 in Marlin, Falls County, Texas; burial in Marlin. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. Armistead Elisha Watson, birth date 1/28/1834 in Prince Edward County, Virginia; death date 2/26/1911 in Falls County, Texas;, burial in Calvary Cemetery, Marlin, Falls County. Find a Grave. Photographs Photograph. A.E. Watson, 19th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 19th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 19th R.S. - 1885 Agricultural and Mechanical College at Bryan, Prairie View Normal School, and Sam Houston Normal School at Huntsville   Finance   Penitentiaries   Public Land and Land Office

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