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D.T. Hearne Full Name: David Thomas "Tom" Hearne Date of birth: April 8, 1831 Date of death: December 31, 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 16 Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887 19th (1)   Democrat Avinger / Cass   Cass H 16 Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885 18th (2) (3)   Unaffiliated Avinger / Cass   Cass (1) Elected as an Independent in 1884 election for Cass county state representative. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885. (2) Party affiliation listed as "no politics." Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883. (3) Included on roster of members of the 18th Legislature as an Independent, p. 228. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Biographical sketch, Relatives: David Thomas Hearne and Robert Henry Guinn (died 1/8/1888), brothers-in-law, pp. 656-659, including portrait of David Thomas Hearne and Mrs. Jane (Hearne) Guinn, Brief history and genealogy of the Hearne family : from A.D. 1066 . . . to 1680 . . . on down to A.D. 1907, William T. Hearne, Press of Examiner Print. Co., 1907. HeritageQuest Online. Biographical sketch. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885. Biographical sketch included in "Hearne History Traced to 1066," Avinger Citizen, 6/18/1954. RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service. Biographical sketch, p. 253. Elected as an Independent. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883. Military Service Notes Confederate States Army, Gen. W.P. Lane's regiment, Green's Cavalry. "He was Second Lieutenant at the Mansfield and Pleasant Hill fights and in all the cavalry engagements in Louisiana and Arkansas." Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885. Confederate States Army, Captain. "Hearne History Traced to 1066," Avinger Citizen, 6/18/1954. RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service. Other Resources Capt. David Thomas "Tom" Hearn, Sr., birth date 4/8/1831, death date 12/31/1915, interment in Hearn Cemetery, Avinger, Cass County. Find a Grave. Photographs Photograph. D.T. Hearne, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. D.T. Hearne, 19th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board. 19th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 19th R.S. - 1885 Federal Relations   State Affairs   Stock and Stock Raising   18th R.S. - 1883 Accompany Remains of Hon. A.L. Adams of Wood County   Federal Relations   State Affairs

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