Terry H.C. Peery

Full Name: Terry H.C. Peery
Date of birth: August 9, 1839
Date of death: January 13, 1922

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	104	Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 8, 1901	26th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Seymour / Baylor		Archer, Baylor, Knox, Stephens, Throckmorton, Young
H	104	Jan 12, 1897 - Jan 10, 1899	25th	Democrat	Seymour / Baylor		Archer, Baylor, Knox, Stephens, Throckmorton, Young

(1) District 104: Baylor, Archer, Young, Stephens, Throckmorton, and Knox counties; District 107: Jones, Shackelford, Callahan, and Taylor counties [Tucker], 22nd Legislature, 1 C.S., chapter 21. General Laws of the State of Texas.
(2) District 104: Baylor, Archer, Young, Stephens, Throckmorton, and Knox counties. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) District 107: Baylor, Archer, Young, Stephens, Throckmorton, and Knox counties. Texas Legislative Manual.

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House District 104
Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 8, 1901
Legislatures: 26th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Seymour / Baylor
Counties in district: Archer, Baylor, Knox, Stephens, Throckmorton, Young

House District 104
Jan 12, 1897 - Jan 10, 1899
Legislatures: 25th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Seymour / Baylor
Counties in district: Archer, Baylor, Knox, Stephens, Throckmorton, Young

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, T.H.C. Peery, pp. 101-102. Born 8/9/1839 in Murray County, Tennessee. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897.
Biographical sketch, Captain Terry H.C. Peery, Volume II, pp. 316-317. A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of North and West Texas, 1906.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Captain, Company K, 1st/27th Consolidated Regiment, Tennessee Infantry; Captain, Company C, 27th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry. T.H.C. Peery and T.H.C. Pery, U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865. Ancestry.com.

Other Resources

T.H.C. Peery, birth date 8/9/1939 in Tennessee; death date 1/13/1922 in Seymour, Baylor County; retired merchant. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
T.H.C. Peery, birth date 8/9/1839, death date 1/18/1922, burial in Woodmen Cemetery, Seymour, Baylor County. Includes portrait. Find a Grave.
Obituary, T.H.C. Peery, "Honored Citizen Gone," The Baylor County Banner (Seymour, Texas), 1/19/1922, p. 5, crediting Baylor County Free Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Photographs

Photograph. T.H.C. Peery, 26th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. T.H.C. Peery, 25th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

25th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
26th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

26th R.S. - 1899 Public Lands and Land Office Revenue and Taxation Stock and Stock Raising (Chair)
25th R.S. - 1897 County Government and County Finances Irrigation Judicial Districts Public Lands and Land Office Redistricting State Judiciary, Special Revenue and Taxation

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