Thomas Asbury Hester
Full Name: Thomas Asbury HesterDate of birth: October 6, 1820
Date of death: April 23, 1910
Terms of Service top
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | 25 | Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874 | 13th | Democrat | Hallettsville / Lavaca | Colorado, Lavaca |
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House District 25
Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874 Legislatures: 13th Party: Democrat Home City/County: Hallettsville / Lavaca Counties in district: Colorado, Lavaca |
Biographical Information top
Biographical Sketches
- HESTER, THOMAS ASBURY (1820-1910). Handbook of Texas Online.
Military Service Notes
- Texas State Militia, 1st Lieutenant, Precinct 1, 44th Brigade. Confederate States Army, Whitfield's Rifles, eventually incorporated into 27th Texas Cavalry Regiment, promoted to Captain and Quartermaster in May 1862. Handbook of Texas Online.
Other Resources
- Thomas A. Hester, birth date 10/5/1820 in Mississippi; death date 4/23/1910 in Hallettsville, Lavaca County, Texas; lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
- T. A. Hester, birth date 10/6/1820, death date 4/23/1910, burial in Hallettsville City Cemetery, Lavaca County. Find a Grave.
- Obituaries, "Texas Pioneer Passes: Thomas Asbury Hester, for Seventy Years a Resident of Lone Star State, Expires at Hallettsville," The Daily Express (San Antonio, Texas), 4/25/1910, p. 11, crediting Abilene Library Consortium.
"Death of T.A. Hester," The Hallettsville New Era, 4/29/1910, p. 3, crediting Friench Simpson Memorial Library. Thomas Ashburry Hester, born 10/6/1820 in Lawrence County, Mississippi; elected to Legislature in 1872. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). The Daily Express The Hallettsville New Era
Photographs
- Photograph. Thomas Hester, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
- Photograph. Thomas Hester, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
- 13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
- 13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
- Pictorial Monogram of the State Government of Texas 1873 (DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection). DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs.
Committee Information top
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13th R.S. - 1873
Apportionment Federal Relations Immigration Military Affairs Pension Law Redistricting |
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