Edward Thomas Branch
Edward Thomas Branch | |
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Born | |
Died | September 24, 1861 | (aged 49)
Occupation(s) | legislator, soldier and judge |
Years active | 1835-1861 |
Edward Thomas Branch (December 6, 1811 – September 24, 1861) was a
Branch was born on December 6, 1811, in Richmond, Virginia. After relocating to Jackson, Mississippi, he settled at Liberty, Texas in 1835 after having been hijacked on his way to Cuba and put ashore at Anahuac. He worked as a teacher in Liberty through early 1836.
Branch joined the Texas Army during the Texas Revolution, serving as a first sergeant under William M. Logan, and saw action at the Battle of San Jacinto. He later re-enlisted and served a stint as first lieutenant under Benjamin Franklin Hardin in 1837.
Residents of
In 1843 he served as postmaster of Liberty, and in 1846, as representative of Liberty in the
In private life, Branch split his time between farming and his law practice. Branch at one time owned over 3,000 acres (12 km2) of land and was a
Branch died on September 24, 1861, and is buried in Liberty.
Notes
- ^ Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives (1846). Journals of the House of Representatives of the First Legislature of the State of Texas (PDF). Clarksville, Texas: Standard Printing Office. pp. 105–106, 160–162. Retrieved 2007-01-12.
References
- Edward Thomas Branch from the Handbook of Texas Online