David Hamilton.  Photo courtesy of Kenny Dee.

David Henry Hamilton

Full Name: David Henry Hamilton
Date of birth: August 7, 1843
Date of death: May 30, 1929

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 38 Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 8, 1895 23rd   Democrat Centralia / Trinity   Montgomery, Trinity, Walker

Terms of Service top

House District 38
Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 8, 1895
Legislatures: 23rd  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Centralia / Trinity
Counties in district: Montgomery, Trinity, Walker

Biographical Information top

Selected newspaper articles

Biographical Sketches

  • Biographical sketch, D.H. Hamilton, by Wilma Smith Orwick. Birth date 8/8/1843. Ancestry.com.

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, 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.

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.

Photographs

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

23rd R.S. - 1893
Agricultural Affairs  
Private Land Claims  
Public Health and Vital Statistics  

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