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Thomas Memucan Hunt Full Name: Thomas Memucan Hunt Date of birth: April 24, 1839 Date of death: June 19, 1911 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 72 Jan 11, 1887 - Jan 8, 1889 20th (1)   Democrat Caldwell / Burleson   Burleson, Lee, Washington (1) Roster of senators and representatives of the 20th Legislature with their postoffice address, Austin Weekly Statesman, "Governmental," 12/30/1886, p. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Biographical sketch, Thomas Memucan Hunt, pp. 139-140. Born 4/24/1839 in Danville, Kentucky. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature, 1887. Military Service Notes Possibly Thos. M. Hunt, Company A, R.T.P. Allen's Regiment, Texas Volunteer Infantry. 18th Brigade, Texas State Troops. Enlistment date 3/25/1862 in Lexington, Burleson County, mustered in 3/27/1862, age 23. Texas, U.S., Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900. Ancestry.com. "He volunteered in the Southern army in March, 1862, serving in the Trans-Mississippi department. His last service was rendered as inspector-general on the staff of General Richard Waterhouse, of the famous Walker Division of Texas Volunteer Infantry." Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature, 1887. Obituary of Judge Thomas M. Hunt, "prominent confederate veteran," Obituaries of Burleson County Civil War Veterans. TXGenWeb Project. Other Resources Thomas M. Hunt, birth date 4/24/1839 in Danville, Kentucky, death date 6/19/1911 in Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas, retired lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. Thomas M. Hunt, birth date 4/24/1839 in Danville, Kentucky, death date 6/19/1911 in Cleburne, Texas, burial in Cleburne Memorial Cemetery, Cleburne, Johnson County, with spouse Adelaide V. Hunt. Includes reprint of obituary in the Dallas Morning News, 6/22/1911. Find a Grave. Obituary, "Judge T.M. Hunt Dead," Burleson County Ledger and News-Chronicle (Caldwell, Texas), 6/23/1911, p. 2, crediting Harrie P. Woodson Memorial Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). Thomas M. Hunt, burial in Cleburne Memorial Cemetery, Johnson County. TXGenWeb Project. Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 20th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 20th R.S. - 1887 Comptroller's and Treasurer's Office, Examine   Engrossed Bills (Chair)  Internal Improvement   New Capitol, Grounds and Cost of Furnishing   Roads, Bridges and Ferries

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