- Joseph Eve
Joseph Eve (
17 July ,1784 –1843) was an Americanpolitician .Eve was born July 17, 1784 in
Culpeper County, Virginia . As a young man he moved toKnox County, Kentucky . He married Betsey Withers Ballinger in 1811. They had no children.He was an
attorney in Kentucky and was elected to theKentucky House of Representatives three times. He was acolonel in the U.S. Army during theWar of 1812 , and later served four years as a senator in theKentucky Senate . Still later he was acircuit court judge for a period of ten years.On April 15, 1841, Eve was appointed to post of Chargé d’Affaires for the United States mission to the Republic of Texas. He was a strong advocate of U.S. annexation of
Texas . During this time, conflict between Texas andMexico grew, and the government of Texas was moved several times. Eve moved his legation to Galveston, hoping to benefit from the climate, as histuberculosis was getting worse. He was succeeded byWilliam S. Murphy on April 3, 1843. He died in Galveston in June 1843, and his wife returned to Kentucky.External links
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* [http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/publications/journals/shq/online/v043/n2/contrib_DIVL3652.html letters and biography of Joseph Eve]
* [http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/exhibits/annexation/part2/jos_eve_oct7_1842_1.html letters from Eve to Sam Houston]
* [http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/publications/journals/shq/online/v043/n3/contrib_DIVL5728.html more letter from Eve]
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