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Thomas Robert Mears

Thos. B. Mears
Full Name: Thomas Robert "Tom" Mears
Birth date: January 8, 1871
Death date: February 22, 1967

Terms of Service

  • House, 30th Legislature
    1/8/1907 - 1/12/1909
    Democrat
  • House, 29th (1) (2) (3) (4) Legislature
    1/10/1905 - 1/8/1907
    Democrat
(1) Mound, Coryell County. House Journal .
(2) Mound, Coryell County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(3) Coryell County. Texas House of Representatives: A Pictorial Roster 1846-1992 1992.
(4) Gateville [sic]. Texas Legislative Manual .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Other Resources

  • Census of 1900 - Thomas Mears, Coryell County, age 29, born January 1871 in Mississippi, farmer. FamilySearch .
  • Thomas Robert Mears, birth date 1/8/1871 in Mississippi; death date 2/22/1967 in Gatesville, Coryell County, Texas; attorney. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
  • Tom R. Mears (1871-1967), photo, burial in Gatesville City Cemetery, Gatesville, Coryell County. Find a Grave .
  • MEARS, THOMAS ROBERT (1871-1967). "In 1902 Mears purchased a farm at Mound. After being elected to the Texas state legislature in 1904, he sold his farm and moved to Gatesville." Handbook of Texas Online .
  • Memorial, May 1967, p. 389. Texas Bar Journal .
  • Obituary, "Rites Saturday for Tom Mears, Pioneer Lawyer," 2/23/1967, pp. 1-A, 2-A. Waco Times-Herald .
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