Name: Alexander Hamilton Latimer.[1][2]
Born: 16 Jan 1834 Huntingdon, Carroll County, Tennessee.[1][2]
Married: 1st Martha Jane Warren, 27 Dec 1865 Lamar County, Texas.[3]
(9 children)
Married: 2nd Tennessee Ann ("Tennie") Britton, 5 May 1885 Parker County, Texas.[4]
(1 son - They were divorced before 1900)
Military Pension: 15 Oct 1917 Custer County, Oklahoma.[5]
Received a pension for Confederate service from the State of Oklahoma.
Died: 13 Jan 1919 Arapaho, Custer County, Oklahoma.[1][2]
Buried: Arapaho Cemetery, Arapaho, Custer County, Oklahoma.[1]
Biographical Sketch
He was educated at McKenzie College in Red River County, then studied law and was admitted to the Texas State Bar before the War. He moved to Belknap in Young County and practicved law there. He was elected County Judge as the age of 21 years -- the youngest elected judge in Texas.
He was a temperance lecturer and served as a member of the 20th session of the Texas Legislature from the 42nd district. He was appointed postmaster at Fort Belknap, Young County, August 1861. He served collector of the Confederate War tax.
When war broke out, he resigned as Judge and postmaster and enlisted in Co. A, 19th Texas Cavalry, and served until the end of the War.
After the War, he returned to Belknap and resumed his law practice. He subsequently served as Reading Clerk of the convention in 1875 that adopted the new Texas Constitution.
He left Texas in 1893 for Oklahoma, where he secured a claim on land near the town of Arapaho, where he lived until his death. He continued in the practice of law until 1900. He served as District Clerk of Custer County, then was elected Custer County Judge -- the oldest to serve as County Judge in Oklahoma.
For earlier census listings, see profile of his stepfather, Claiborne Chisum.
Census 1870
Hopkins County, Texas, p. 364, dwelling/family 27/29,[6]
Latimer, Alexander 31 yrs Lawyer (real estate = $500; personal estate = $200) b. Tennessee
Latimer, Martha J. 25 yrs Keeping house b. Tennessee
Latimer, Henry W. 3 yrs b. Texas
Latimer, Osborne 1 yr b. Texas
Latimer, Byron 6/12 yr (b. Jan) b. Texas
Census 1880
Paris, Lamar County, Texas, ED 82, p. 218A, dwelling/family 74/75,[7]
Latimer, Alex 46 yrs Lawyer b. Tennessee (parents, b. Tennessee)
Latimer, Mattie 34 yrs Wife Keeping House b. Tennessee (parents, b. North Carolina)
Latimer, Osburn 11 yrs Son At Home b. Texas (parents, b. Tennessee)
Latimer, Byron 9 yrs Son b. Texas (parents, b. Tennessee)
Latimer, Pearl 7 yrs Dau b. Texas (parents, b. Tennessee)
Latimer, Lulu 4 yrs Dau b. Texas (parents, b. Tennessee)
Latimer, Laura 2 yrs Dau b. Texas (parents, b. Tennessee)
Latimer, Emma 3/12 yr (b. Feb) Dau b. Texas (parents, b. Tennessee)
Latimer, Mary 3/12 yr (b. Feb) Dau b. Texas (parents, b. Tennessee)
Census 1900
Arapaho, Custer County, Oklahoma, ED 35, p. 3, dwelling/family 74/75.[8]
Latinmer, Alexander Head 55 yrs (b. Jan 1835) (div.) b. Tennessee (parents, b. Tennessee) Lawyer
Latimer, Laura Dau 31 yrs (b. Feb 1879) (single b. Texas (parents, b. Tennessee)
Census 1910
Arapaho Cemetery, Arapaho, Custer County, Oklahoma, ED 111, p. 2B, dwelling/family [blank].[9]
Latimer, Alexander Head 76 yrs (wid.) b. Tennessee (parents, b. Tennessee) Judge (County)
Latimer, Laura Dau 32 yrs (single) b. Texas (parents, b. Tennessee)
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