TIMOTHY PILSBURY

Pilsbury, Timothy (1789-1858), a Representative from Texas; born in Newburyport, Mass., April 12, 1789; attended the common schools; employed in a store for about two years; became a sailor and during the War of 1812 commanded the privateer Yankee; engaged in shipping; settled in Eastport, Maine; member of the Maine house of representatives in 1825 and 1826; member of the executive council 1827-1836; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1836 to the Twenty-fifth Congress; moved to Ohio, thence to New Orleans, La., and later to Brazoria, Tex.; member of the house of representatives of the Republic of Texas in 1840 and 1841 and served in the senate of that Republic in 1842; chief justice of the county court; judge of probate for Brazoria County; again a member of the Texas senate in 1845; upon the admission of Texas as a State into the Union was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Congresses and served from March 30, 1846, to March 3, 1849; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1848 to the Thirty-first Congress; died in Henderson, Rusk County, Tex., November 23, 1858; interment in the City Cemetery.
Parents: Timothy Pillsbury, Lydia Wingate
Spouse 1: Sarah Prince
Born: 1791 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts
Died: 1 Sep 1832
Marriage: 15 Oct 1811
Children Sex Birth
Infant Pillsbury 4 Sep 1812
Albert Pillsbury M 6 Aug 1814 in Eastport, Washington, Maine
Henry Pillsbury M 12 Sep 1817
Henry Pillsbury M 12 May 1819
Edward Pillsbury M 15 Aug 1821 in Eastport, Washington, Maine
Wingate Pillsbury M 23 Sep 1823
Wingate Pillsbury M 6 May 1825
Joseph Pillsbury M 29 Apr 1827
Mary Pillsbury F 29 Aug 1829
Stover Pillsbury M Apr 1831
Spouse 2: Rebekah Carpenter
Born: 1811
Died: 5 Jan 1892 in Houlton, Aroostook, Maine
Marriage: 1846 in Lincoln, Maine

Sources:
United States Federal Census
Massachusetts Vital Records
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell