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David Henry Hamilton
Full Name: David Henry Hamilton
Date of birth: August 7, 1843
Date of death: May 30, 1929
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Terms of Service top
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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38
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Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 8, 1895
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23rd
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Democrat
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Centralia / Trinity
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Montgomery, Trinity, Walker
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Selected Newspaper articles
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| Biographical Sketches |
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Biographical sketch, D.H. Hamilton, by Wilma Smith Orwick. Birth date 8/8/1843.
Ancestry.com.
David Henry 'D.H.' Hamilton, birth date 8/7/1843 on military grave marker, death date 5/30/1929, biographical sketch, portrait, interment in Bennett Cemetery. Great-great-grandfather of Gov. Rick Perry of Texas.
Apple Springs, Trinity County.
Find a Grave.
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| Military Service Notes |
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Confederate States Army, Sergeant, Company M, Texas Volunteer Infantry. Military grave marker, David H. Hamilton.
Find a Grave.
D.H. Hamilton's personal narrative of Civil War experience in LRL collection, RARE 973.7 H18H 1925.
History of Company M: First Texas Volunteer Infantry, Hood's Brigade, Longstreet's Corps, Army of the Confederate States of America, 1925, 1962.
Confederate States Army, Sergeant, Company M, 1st Texas Infantry, Hood's Brigade. David Henry Hamilton.
Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
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"Rick Perry: From Aggie Yell Leader to Texas Governor, Farmer's Son Stands on Side of Tradition," 2/10/2010. Relatives: D.H. Hamilton - Rick Perry's great-great-grandfather.
Austin American-Statesman.
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| Photographs |
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Photograph.
David Hamilton. Photo courtesy of Kenny Dee., Donated Material
Photograph.
David Hamilton, 23rd Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
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| Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
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23rd session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
23rd session composite photo of House members by Hill (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
23rd session composite photo of House members by Journeay (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
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