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Jesse Abram Thomas Full Name: Jesse Abram Thomas Date of birth: December 19, 1868 Date of death: July 8, 1915 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 34 Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909 30th   Democrat Leonard / Fannin   Fannin H 34 Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907 29th   Democrat Leonard / Fannin   Fannin   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Biographical sketch of Jesse Abram Thomas included in "Vasser Items," Pickens County Herald and West Alabamian (Carrollton, Alabama), 11/12/1902, p. 2. Birth date 12/19/1868 near Palmetto, "this county," Alabama; son of Dr. M.N. Thomas; editor of the Leonard Graphic, Texas; lawyer in Sulphur Springs, Texas, and "has been twice elected judge of Hopkins County, Texas." Newspapers.com. Other Resources Jesse Abram Thomas, birth date 12/19/1868 in Alabama, death date 7/8/1915 in Texas, death notice from Cleburne Morning Review, "Mineola Editor Dies," 7/11/1915 ("served in the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth legislatures from Fannin County"); interment in Cedars Memorial Gardens, Mineola, Wood County. Find a Grave. Obituary, "Texas News Letter," Editor and Publisher, Volume 48, Number 6, 7/17/1915, p. 149. Google Books. Brief vignettes on members of the 30th Legislature, "Kodaks by the Chaplain," Houston Post, 5/12/1907, p. 6, col. 6, crediting UNT Libraries. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). 29th Legislature (1905) - J.A. Thomas, postoffice Leonard, nativity Alabama, age 35 (born circa 1870), editor, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual. Photographs Photograph. J.A. Thomas, 29th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. J.A. Thomas, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 29th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 30th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 30th R.S. - 1907 Engrossed Bills   Forestry   Judicial Districts   Judiciary   Public Printing (Chair)  Revenue and Taxation   State Affairs   29th R.S. - 1905 Common Carriers   Counties   Engrossed Bills   Public Lands and Land Office   Public Printing

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