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Tom Shires

Tom Shires
Full Name: George Thomas "Tom" Shires, Sr.
Birth date: January 30, 1889
Death date: August 21, 1931

Terms of Service

  • House, 38th Legislature
    1/9/1923 - 1/13/1925
    Democrat

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Other Resources

  • Obituary, "Former Member of Texas Legislature Dies . . . ," 8/21/1931, p. 8. Corsicana Daily Sun .
  • Obituary, "Funeral Service Held for Tom Shires, 41," 8/23/1931, section II, p. 8. "Tom Shires, 41, former member of the Texas Legislature from Waco." Dallas Morning News .
  • Tom Shires, birth date 1/30/1899 in Columbia, Tennessee, death date 8/21/1931 in Tyler, Smith County, Texas, lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
  • George Thomas Shires (1889-1931), burial in Grove Hill Memorial Park, Dallas. Includes reprints of death notice and obituary in Dallas News, 8/22/1931 and 8/23/1931. Find a Grave .
  • 38th Legislature (1923) - G. Tom Shires, postoffice Waco, nativity Tennessee, age 33 (born circa 1890), lawyer, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual .
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