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Alfred H.H. Tolar

A.H.H. Tolar
Full Name: Alfred Hays Hamilton Tolar
Other surnames: Toler
Birth date: July 27, 1841
Death date: July 1, 1927

Terms of Service

  • House, 21st (1) (2) (3) Legislature
    1/8/1889 - 1/13/1891
    Democrat
(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(2) Democrat. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.
(3) 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

Other Resources

  • Alf H.H. Tolar, birth date 7/27/1841 in North Carolina, death date 7/1/1927 in Houston, Harris County, Texas. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
  • Confederate States Army, 2nd Lieutenant and Captain, description of military service in 18th North Carolina Regiment, Company K, "Heroes of the Lost Cause: Alf. H.H. Tolar When He Enlisted and Today." Alf. H.H. Tolar (1841-1927), burial in Forest Park Cemetery, Houston, Harris County. Includes reprint of obituary from Houston Post-Dispatch, 7/2/1927, and biographical sketch of Dr. Alf. H.H. Tolar, "Recalling a Name," from Ancestry.com. Find a Grave .
  • Mentioned in ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS. Handbook of Texas Online .
  • Mentioned in TOLAR, TEXAS. Handbook of Texas Online .
  • Biographical sketch and historical notes, Captain Alfred Hamilton Hayes Tolar, born 7/26/1845, died 7/1/1927. Hood County Texas Genealogical Society 2004.
  • Obituary, Alfred Hamilton Hayes Tolar, Sr., reprinted from the Houston Post-Dispatch, 7/2/1927. Birth date 7/27/1841. Includes Tolar's eyewitness account of the death of General Stonewall Jackson. Hood County Texas Genealogical Society 2004.
  • Obituary and photo, "Captain Tolar, Veteran Civil War Hero, Dies," 7/1/1927, p. 23. Includes account of Captain Alf H.H. Tolar on "The Death of Stonewall Jackson" in the "History of the North Carolina Troops," and service as state representative from the 43rd District. "He was author of the Tolar land bill, Texas book law, school district bond bill and many other educational bills and measures, as well as agricultural and irrigation measures for relief and progress of the state of Texas." Houston Chronicle .
  • Portrait and biographical sketch, Alfred Tolar (Dr. Alfred Hays Hamilton Tolar), pp. 346-347. Born 7/26/1842 in Cumberland County, North Carolina, married Adelade Alston McNeill. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.
  • Confederate States Army, Company K, 18th Regiment, North Carolina Troops, Lane's Brigade, A.P. Hill's Division, Army of Northern Virginia. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.
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