Thomas Butler Peareson

Full Name: Thomas Butler "Tom" Peareson
Date of birth: July 1, 1878
Date of death: November 9, 1915

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	25	Mar 26, 1906 - Jan 8, 1907	29th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Unknown	Richmond / Fort Bend		Fort Bend, Waller

(1) 29th Legislature, 2nd C.S., 3/26/1906, p. 2. Notice of vacancies in the House due to resignations of Hon. W.B. Ware and Hon. A.L. Sharpe and deaths of Hon. J.D. Woods and Hon. Lon A. Hagan; elections and oaths of office of Thos. B. Peareson, Charles Davis, Jr., J.R. Bowman, and W.J. Mathis, sworn 3/26/1906. House Journal.
(2) Thomas B. Peareson, in special election 2/8/1906, succeeded Lon A. Hagan, died 1/6/1906. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

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House District 25
Mar 26, 1906 - Jan 8, 1907
Legislatures: 29th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Party: Unknown
Home City/County: Richmond / Fort Bend
Counties in district: Fort Bend, Waller

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Other Resources

Census of 1900 - Tom B. Pearson, Fort Bend County, born July 1878, living with brother Desage Peareson.
Census of 1910 - Tom B. Peareson, Richmond, Fort Bend County, age 31, born circa 1879 in Texas, lawyer, spouse Sarah. FamilySearch. 1900 1910
Thos. B. Peareson (1878-1915), burial in Morton Cemetery, Richmond, Fort Bend County, with spouse Mackall Mayfield Peareson. Find a Grave.
"Peareson Candidate for Senate: Fort Bend County Attorney May Oppose Stanley H. Beard," 2/21/1915, p. 3 (Beard later won election to succeed L.H. Bailey in Texas Senate for 34th Legislature). Includes biographical information on Thomas B. Peareson - "product of University of Virginia law school . . . represented Fort Bend and Waller counties during a portion of the 29th Legislature." Galveston Daily News.
Mentioned in biographical sketch of brother Judge D.R. Peareson, Volume IV, pp. 1674-1675. "Thomas B. Peareson, the present county attorney, who at one time was a member of the legislature." Father Philip E. Peareson, mother Minnie Rugeley. A History of Texas and Texans, 1914.
Obituary, Thomas Butler Peareson, "T.B. Peareson Dead," The Houston Post, 11/4/1915, p. 13. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Memorial for brother De Rugeley Peareson (Judge, Fort Bend County), includes information on Peareson family, November 1950, p. 581. Texas Bar Journal.
Obituary, "Death Claimed County Attorney T.B. Pearson," 11/12/1915, p. 2, from Rosenberg Herald. Tom Pearson died Tuesday night (11/9/1915) at family home in Richmond. Weimar Mercury (Weimar, Colorado County, Texas).

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

29th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

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29th R.S. - 1905
Military Affairs
Penitentiaries
State Affairs

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