James Hurst

Full Name: James Hurst
Date of birth: October 17, 1831
Date of death: July 17, 1923

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	46	Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885	18th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Weatherford / Parker		Parker
H	54	Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881	16th ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Weatherford / Parker		Jack, Parker, Young

(1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.
(2) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.

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House District 46
Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885
Legislatures: 18th ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Weatherford / Parker
Counties in district: Parker

House District 54
Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881
Legislatures: 16th ⁽²⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Weatherford / Parker
Counties in district: Jack, Parker, Young

(1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.
(2) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.

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Biographical Sketches

Obituary, "James Hurst Buried, Hood Pays Tribute To His Memory," The Weekly Herald (Weatherford, Texas), 7/26/1923, p. 7. Born 1831 in Indiana. "He was also a member of the legislature for two terms, the 16th and the 18th." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Biographical sketch, p. 266. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
Biographical sketch, p. 260. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Private, Company A, Griffin's Battalion, 21st Regiment, Texas Infantry. James Hurst of Running Water, Hale County, born circa 1831 in Indiana. Death date 7/17/1923 in Plainview, Hale County. Pension File No. 56318, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com.

Other Resources

James Hurst, birth date 10/17/1830 in Putnam, Indiana; death date 7/17/1923 in Plainview, Hale County, Texas; retired farmer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
James Hurst, birth date 10/17/1831, death date 7/17/1923, burial in Spring Creek Cemetery, Weatherford, Parker County. Find a Grave.

Photographs

Photograph. Jas. Hurst, 18th 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.

Committee Information top

18th R.S. - 1883 Judicial Districts Public Debt Validity of University Fund Claims in Comptroller's Office
16th R.S. - 1879 Agriculture and Stock Raising Indian Affairs Judicial Districts, Select Public Buildings and Grounds Public Health, Vital Statistics and History of Texas

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