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Thomas B. Peareson Full Name: Thomas B. "Tom" Peareson Date of birth: July 1, 1878 Date of death: November 9, 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 25 Mar 26, 1906 - Jan 8, 1907 29th (1) (2)   Unknown Richmond / Fort Bend   Fort Bend, Waller (1) 29th Legislature, 2nd C.S., 3/26/1906, p. 2. Notice of vacancies in the House due to resignations of Hon. W.B. Ware and Hon. A.L. Sharpe and deaths of Hon. J.D. Woods and Hon. Lon A. Hagan; elections and oaths of office of Thos. B. Peareson, Charles Davis, Jr., J.R. Bowman, and W.J. Mathis, sworn 3/26/1906. House Journal. (2) Thomas B. Peareson, in special election 2/8/1906, succeeded Lon A. Hagan, died 1/6/1906. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Mentioned in biographical sketch of brother Judge D.R. Peareson, Volume IV, pp. 1674-1675. "Thomas B. Peareson, the present county attorney, who at one time was a member of the legislature." Father Philip E. Peareson, mother Minnie Rugeley. A History of Texas and Texans, 1914. Other Resources Census of 1900 - Tom B. Pearson, Fort Bend County, born July 1878, occupation: "at school." Living with brother De Rugeley Peareson. FamilySearch. Thomas B. Peareson (1878-1913 [sic]: grave marker photo shows 1878-1915). Interment in Morton Cemetery, Richmond, Fort Bend County, same cemetery as Lieutenant Philip E. Peareson (1841-1895), Veteran of the Civil War, Company D, 6th Texas Infantry, CSA. Find a Grave. "Peareson candidate for state Senate: Fort Bend county attorney may oppose Stanley H. Beard," 2/21/1915, p. 3 (Beard later won election to succeed L.H. Bailey in Texas Senate for 34th Legislature). Includes biographical information on Thomas B. Peareson - "product of University of Virginia law school. . .represented Fort Bend and Waller counties during a portion of the 29th Legislature." Galveston Daily News. Census of 1910 - Tom B. Peareson, Richmond, Fort Bend County, age 31 (born ca. 1879), born in Texas, lawyer, wife Sarah. No Tom/Thomas Peareson/Pearson in Census of 1900 for Fort Bend County. HeritageQuest Online. Memorial for brother De Rugeley Peareson (Judge, Fort Bend County), includes information on Peareson family, November 1950, p. 581. Texas Bar Journal. Obituary, "Death Claimed County Attorney T.B. Pearson," 11/12/1915, p. 2, from Rosenberg Herald. Tom Pearson died Tuesday night (11/9/1915) at family home in Richmond. Weimar Mercury (Weimar, Colorado County, Texas). Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 29th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 29th R.S. - 1905 Military Affairs   Penitentiaries   State Affairs

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