January 26, 1882(1882-01-26) (aged 58) Liberty, Texas, U.S.
Spouse
Virginia Orange Bell
Children
5
Parent(s)
Hugh W. Pickett Louanna Looper
Edward Bradford Pickett (1823–1882) was an attorney, a Confederate soldier, a Texas senator, and the president of Texas Constitutional Convention.
Life
Pickett was born in 1823 in Buckingham County, Virginia. He served as a private in the U. S. Army in the War against Mexico, in 1845. "His service in the U.S. Army during the War against Mexico prompted his move to Texas. But before that, he married Virginia Orange Bell. During the 1850s, he served as a lawyer in several southeastern Texas counties. He had a brother named Howell L. Pickett.[2]