Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Thomas Henry Hayes

Full Name: Thomas Henry Hayes
Other surnames: Hays
Birth date: November 17, 1844
Death date: March 28, 1928

Terms of Service

House, 21st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
1/8/1889 - 1/13/1891
Democrat
House, 14th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ Legislature
1/13/1874 - 4/18/1876
Democrat

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(2) Gainesville, Cooke County. Directory of the Members and Officers of the Fourteenth Legislature of the State of Texas . . . 1874.
(3) Gainesville, Montague County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(4) T.H. Hays. Roster of representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. T.H. Hayes, State Preservation Board
Photograph. T.H. Hayes, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Confederate States Army, Corp. Capt. C.B. Sutton's Co. (served as escort for Maj. Gen. Magruder latter part of the war), enlisted 2/18/1863; not found on rolls of Company G, 32nd Regiment, Texas Cavalry from November 1861-April 1864, according to War Department memo. T.H. Hayes, "72 years old will be 73 Nov. 17th 1917," born in Carroll County, Tennessee, residence in Groesbeck, Limestone County, death date 4/10/1928 on application for mortuary warrant. Pension File No. 34489, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com .
Thomas Henry Hayes, death date 3/28/1928 in Limestone County. FamilySearch Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 .
Thomas Henry Hayes, birth date 11/17/1844 in Clay County, Tennessee; death date 3/28/1928 in Groesbeck, Limestone County, Texas; retired. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
T.H. Hayes, birth date 11/17/1844, death date 4/10/1928, burial in Faulkenberry Cemetery, Groesbeck, Limestone County. Find a Grave .
Thomas Henry Hayes, Democrat, farmer, age 44 in 1889, born in Tennessee. Legislative Reference Library Card File .
Biographical sketch, Thomas H. Hayes, pp. 315-316. Born 11/17/1844 in Carroll County, Tennessee, married Serena B. Parker of Lamar County in August 1871. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.
Confederate States Army, Bennett's company of McCulloch's escort, enlisted February 1862, participated in battle of Elk Horn; transferred to Colonel Andrews' regiment of infantry; then Captain C.B. Sutton's company of Magruder's escort. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.
Obituaries, "Old Citizen Gone," "Captain Hayes of Groesbeck: Pioneer Here Dies at 5 A.M.," The Mexia Weekly Herald, Friday, 4/13/1928, pp. 2 and 4, crediting Gibbs Memorial Library. States Captain T.H. Hayes died Tuesday morning (4/10/1928) at home in Groesbeck. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) . April 13, 1928, p. 2 April 13, 1928, p. 4
Confederate States Army, Private, Hood's Texas Brigade. Commander of the Joe Johnston Camp of Confederate Veterans. The Mexia Weekly Herald, 4/13/1928, p. 4, crediting Gibbs Memorial Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .