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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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Counties in District |
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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 |
Biographical sketch, D.H. Hamilton, by Wilma Smith Orwick. Birth date 8/8/1843.
Ancestry.com.
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Military Service Notes |
Confederate States Army, Company M, 1st Texas Regiment, Hood's Texas Brigade. D.H. Hamilton, born circa 1844 in Mississippi, death date 5/30/1929 in Trinity County, widow Mrs. Mary J. Hamilton, marriage date 10/8/1867 in Trinity County. Pension File Nos. 30464 (D.H. Hamilton) and 45737 (D.H. Hamilton), Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958.
Ancestry.com.
Confederate States Army, Sergeant, Company M, Texas Volunteer Infantry. Military grave marker, David H. Hamilton, birth date 8/7/1843, death date 5/30/1929, portrait, burial in Bennett Cemetery, Apple Springs, Trinity County. Great-great-grandfather of Gov. Rick Perry of Texas.
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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Other Resources |
"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 |
Photograph.
David Hamilton, 23rd Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Photograph.
David Hamilton. Photo courtesy of Kenny Dee., Donated Material
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Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
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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