Thomas Memucan Hunt

Full Name: Thomas Memucan Hunt
Date of birth: April 24, 1839
Date of death: June 19, 1911

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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).

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House District 72
Jan 11, 1887 - Jan 8, 1889
Legislatures: 20th (1)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Caldwell / Burleson
Counties in district: 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 Information top

Biographical Sketches

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.
  • Death notice, Judge Thomas M. Hunt, "prominent confederate veteran." Obituaries of Burleson County Civil War Veterans, 1911.
    Thomas M. Hunt, birth date 4/24/1839, death date 6/19/1911, born in Danville, Kentucky, and died in Cleburne, Texas; burial in Cleburne Memorial Park, Johnson County. Burleson and Johnson County, TXGenWeb Project. Cleburne Memorial Cemetery Obituaries of Burleson County Civil War Veterans

Other Resources

  • Obituary, Judge Thomas M. Hunt, Cleburne, Tex., 6/22/1911, p. 9. Death date Monday, 6/19/1911. Member of the Texas Legislature and Confederate veteran. Dallas Morning News.
  • 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, 1890-1977.
  • 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. 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).

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Committee Information top

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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