Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Thomas Robert 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

Photograph. T.R. Mears, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Thos. B. Mears, State Preservation Board

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 .