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James Hurst Full Name: James Hurst Date of birth: October 17, 1831 Date of death: July 12, 1923 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 46 Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885 18th (1)   Democrat Weatherford / Parker   Parker H 54 Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881 16th (2)   Democrat Weatherford / Parker   Jack, Parker, Young (1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883. (2) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Biographical sketch, p. 266. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879. Biographical sketch, p. 260. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883. Military Service Notes Confederate States Army, Private, Company A, Griffin's Battalion, 21st Regiment, Texas Infantry. James Hurst of Running Water, Hale County, born circa 1831 in Indiana. Death date 7/17/1923 in Plainview, Hale County. Pension File No. 56318, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com. Other Resources James Hurst, birth date 10/17/1831, death date 7/17/1923, burial in Spring Creek Cemetery, Weatherford, Parker County. Find a Grave. Obituary, "James Hurst Buried, Hood Pays Tribute To His Memory," The Weekly Herald (Weatherford), 7/26/1923, p. 7. "He was also a member of the legislature for two terms, the 16th and the 18th." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). Photographs Photograph. Jas. Hurst, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 18th R.S. - 1883 Judicial Districts   Public Debt   Validity of University Fund Claims in Comptroller's Office   16th R.S. - 1879 Agriculture and Stock Raising   Indian Affairs   Judicial Districts, Select   Public Buildings and Grounds   Public Health, Vital Statistics and History of Texas

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