David Derden

Full Name: David "Dave" Derden
Date of birth: November 15, 1846
Date of death: February 28, 1918

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	77	Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 8, 1901	26th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Hillsboro / Hill		Bosque, Hamilton, Hill, Somervell
H	39	Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893	22nd ⁽⁴⁾	Democrat	Hillsboro / Hill		Ellis, Hill, Johnson, Navarro

(1) District 17: Hill, Bosque, Hamilton and Somervell counties. Texas Legislative Manual.
(2) District 17: Hunt and Kaufman counties; District 77: Hill, Bosque and Hamilton counties; 22nd Legislature, 1 C.S., chapter 21. General Laws of the State of Texas.
(3) District 77: Hill, Bosque, Hamilton, and Somervell counties. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(4) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.

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House District 77
Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 8, 1901
Legislatures: 26th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Hillsboro / Hill
Counties in district: Bosque, Hamilton, Hill, Somervell

House District 39
Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893
Legislatures: 22nd ⁽⁴⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Hillsboro / Hill
Counties in district: Ellis, Hill, Johnson, Navarro

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Resolutions and Journal entries

35th Legislature, 4th C.S., 3/4/1918, p. 116. Death date 3/1/1918. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Obituary, "A Pioneer Is Dead: Captain David Derden of Amarillo Was 71 Years Old," The Wichita Beacon (Wichita, Kansas), 3/2/1918, p. 1. "He was a representative to the state legislature from Hill county, Texas, for three terms and also held the office of district and county clerk while in that county." Newspapers.com.
Portrait and biographical sketch, David Derden, pp. 284-285. Born 11/15/1846 in Perry County, Alabama; married Texana Collins in Hill County, 1871. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
Biographical sketch, David Derden. Lewis Publishing Company. Memorial and Biographical History of Johnson and Hill Counties, Texas, 1892, pp. 506-507, crediting Dallas Genealogical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Sergeant and Private, Company K, 13th Texas Regiment Volunteers, which subsequently became Company F, 15th Texas Infantry Regiment, enlisted 11/11/1861. David Derden, death date 2/28/1918 in Potter County, Texas. Widow Mrs. Texanna Derden of Hillsboro, Hill County, marriage date 7/18/1870 in Hill County. Pension File No. 36334, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com.

Other Resources

David Derden, birth date 11/15/1846, death date 2/28/1918, burial in Hillsboro City Cemetery, Hill County, with spouse Texanna Derden. Find a Grave.

Photographs

Photograph. Dave Derden, 26th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

22nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
26th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

26th R.S. - 1899 Counties and County Boundaries Judiciary No. 1 Public Buildings and Grounds Towns and City Corporations
22nd R.S. - 1891 Federal Relations Internal Improvements Judiciary No. 1 Representation and Apportionment on Senatorial and Representative Districts Roads, Bridges and Ferries

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