Alfred Sturgis Thurmond
Full Name: Alfred Sturgis ThurmondDate of birth: 1816
Date of death: January 1875
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Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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H | 24 | Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874 | 13th (1) | Democrat | Rockport / Aransas | Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria | |
H | 69 | Aug 6, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870 | 11th (2) (3) | Refugio / Refugio | Goliad, Refugio, San Patricio |
(1) Aransas county demarked from Refugio County on on April 18, 1871, Rockport designated as county seat of Aransas. Handbook of Texas Online.
(2) Roster of 11th Legislature, House of Representatives, "Texas Legislative Proceedings," 8/11/1866, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(3) By the Civil War Thumond moved back to Refugio County and established a ranch at Mesquite Landing. After the war he took the oath of amnesty and retired to his ranch. Handbook of Texas Online.
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House District 24
Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874 Legislatures: 13th (1) Party: Democrat Home City/County: Rockport / Aransas Counties in district: Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria |
House District 69
Aug 6, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870 Legislatures: 11th (2) (3) Home City/County: Refugio / Refugio Counties in district: Goliad, Refugio, San Patricio |
(1) Aransas county demarked from Refugio County on on April 18, 1871, Rockport designated as county seat of Aransas. Handbook of Texas Online.
(2) Roster of 11th Legislature, House of Representatives, "Texas Legislative Proceedings," 8/11/1866, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(3) By the Civil War Thumond moved back to Refugio County and established a ranch at Mesquite Landing. After the war he took the oath of amnesty and retired to his ranch. Handbook of Texas Online.
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Resolutions and Journal entries
- Memorial of Mrs. Julia Thurmond, widow of the late Alfred S. Thurmond, relating to property of Shell Bank Island, in Aransas county, granted by the Legislature to her deceased husband on 5/16/1873, 15th Legislature, R.S., 69th Day, 7/8/1876, p. 479. Senate Journal.
Biographical Sketches
- Biographical sketch, Major Alfred S. Thurmond, p. 583. Served in the legislature of 1866 and 1873; Thurmond's vessel was lost at sea after 1/8/1876, when he left Rockport for Tuxpan, Mexico. The Encyclopedia of the New West, 1881.
- Alfred Sturgis Thurmond (1816-January 1876), includes partial biographical sketch in Frontier Times, August 1939, p. 472, Houston Wade, in "Notes and Fragments of the Mier Expedition." Find a Grave.
- THURMOND, ALFRED STURGIS (1816-1873?). Born 1816 in Tennessee. "The sailing boat on which he was a passenger bound for Tuxpan was lost at sea, probably late in 1873." Handbook of Texas Online.
- Alfred S. and Pulaski A. Thurmond mentioned in biographical sketch of brother, Columbus Lafayette Thurmond, pp. 100-101:
"Alfred Seymour [Thurmond], a lawyer of Victoria . . . His brother Alfred organized a company in San Antonio for the Confederate service during the war, of which he was made Captain, and he was with Green's Brigade in all the engagements of the trans-Mississippi Department. He was later a member of the Texas Legislature, and was a man of note. While on board a schooner bound from Rockport to Tucpan, Mexico, he was lost at sea and nothing has ever since been heard of the vessel or people."
"Dr. Pulaski A. Thurmond, still another brother, became a resident of the Lone Star State in 1854-55 and settled in Lavaca County, his death resulting from the kick of a horse in 1880 at Hallettsville." Memorial and Genealogical Record of Southwest Texas: Containing Biographical Histories and Genealogical Records of Many Leading Men and Prominent Families, 1894. - Biographical sketch, Alfred Sturgis Thurmond, "Notes and Fragments of the Mier Expedition," The La Grange Journal, 6/22/1939, p. 8, crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives. "Alfred Sturgis Thurmond was born in Rutherford, Gibson county, Tennessee, in the year 1815, not 1816 as is usually given by historians." Quoting Alexander W. Terrell, "From Texas to Mexico and the Court of Maximilian in 1865": "Capt. Alf. Thurman, of Tom Green's brigade in our Civil War, was one of the Mier Prisoners and was chained to Cameron. In 1867, he was shipwrecked and drowned en route for South America." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Military Service Notes
- Chronicle of military service as Texas volunteer and on the frontier, the battle of Salado, and the Mier and Somervell expeditions. Confederate Army, Captain and Major in New, Texas, and Louisiana. Major Alfred S. Thurmond, p. 583. The Encyclopedia of the New West, 1881.
- Private in ranger company, September-December 1836. Served in Ewen Cameron's ranger company, in the battle of Salado Creek and Mier expedition in 1842, then captured and held at Perote Prison until 1844. Confederate States Army, Thomas Green's brigade. Handbook of Texas Online.
Other Resources
- Birth 1815; death, at sea, January 1876. FamilySearch.
- Old Alf. Thumond quoted in brief article on the nomination of German democrat, 11/8/1873, p. 5. Galveston Daily News.
- "John Hermodius Thurmond in Texas 1840s," message posted by Frank Richard Brown, 1/15/2004. Genealogy.com, 2004.
- Death date estimated to be in January 1875 based on newspaper clippings of Thurmond's sea voyage. "Capt. A.S. Thurmond left on Tuesday for Tuxpan, on a prospecting tour . . . ," "Texas Items," Aransas County, The Galveston Daily News, 1/21/1875, p. 2. crediting Abilene Library Consortium. "The schooner Morning Star left Rockport on the 8th of last January [1875] for Tuxpan, Mexico, having on board a number of passengers, among whom was our old friend Captain A.S. Thurmond, and as there has been nothing heard from the schooner since her departure, it is feared she is lost." "State News," Victoria County, The Galveston Daily News, 3/31/1875, p. 2. Crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). 1/21/1875 3/31/1875
- John Green Thurmond / Anna Louisa Sturges (F1439) family group sheets. Relatives:
George Murat Thurmond [I] - grandfather; Roger Harold Thurmond, Jr. and George Murat Thurmond [II] - grandsons.
George Murat Thurmond [I], Pulaski Adolphus Thurmond, and Alfred Sturgis Thurmond - brothers.
Pulaski Adolphus Thurmond and Alfred Sturgis Thurmond - uncles; Roger Harold Thurmond, Sr. - nephew.
Pulaski Adolphus Thurmond and Alfred Sturgis Thurmond - great uncles; Roger Harold Thurmond, Jr. and George Murat Thurmond [II] - great nephews. Strong McLemore Genealogy, 2006. Capt. Alfred Sturgis Thurmond Columbus Lafayette "Zip" Thurmond, Sr. George Murat Thurmond [II] George Murat Thurmond [I] Pulaski Adolphus Thurmond Roger Harold Thurmond, Sr. Thurmond family group sheet - Relatives: George M. Thurmond (54th Legislature) is a descendant of Alfred Sturgis Thurmond (11th and 13th Legislatures). "George M. Thurmond, Del Rio, can date his family's part in the Texas story back to Alfred Sturgis Thurmond, who served in the Rangers along the very same frontier where the solon now lives." Curtis Bishop, "Historic Names in the 54th: Descendants of many who made early Texas history carry on family traditions of service to their State as members of the 54th Legislature," Volume XVI, Number 1, June 1955, pp. 37, 38, 40. Texas Parade.
Photographs
- Photograph. A.T. Thurmond, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
- Photograph. A.T. Thurmond, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. A.S. Thurmond, 11th 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.
- 11th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, south 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
13th R.S. - 1873
Agriculture and Stock Raising (Chair) Military Affairs Privileges and Elections Redistricting | ||
11th R.S. - 1866
Agriculture and Stock Raising Finance General Land Office, Select Judicial Districts, Select Penitentiary, Select |
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