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Thomas A. Blair

Full Name: Thomas A. Blair
Birth date: August 6, 1840
Death date: 1900

Terms of Service

  • House, 20th (1) (2) Legislature
    1/15/1887 - 1/8/1889
    Democrat
(1) Not present 1/11/1887 for organization of the House. Sworn 1/15/1887, p. 50. House Journal .
(2) Roster of senators and representatives of the 20th Legislature with their postoffice address, Austin Weekly Statesman, "Governmental," 12/30/1886, p. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Other Resources

  • Thomas A. Blair (1841-1900), residence in Victoria County (1850), Calhoun County (1870), and Bee County (1880). Marriage to Martha "Mattie" Estelle Platt in 1866, sons Dudley Thomas Blair and Samuel Alfred Blair. Borowiak Family Tree_2011-12-19; Louisiana, U.S., Compiled Marriage Index, 1718-1925.. Ancestry.com .
  • Confederate States Army, 2nd Lieutenant, Company B, 1st Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Yager's) (1st Mounted Rifles). Thomas A. Blair, U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865; T.A. Blair, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Texas, 1861, p. 7. Ancestry.com .
  • Census of 1850 - Thomas Blair, Victoria County, age 10, born circa 1840 in Texas, son of W.C. and Susan M. Blair.
    Census of 1870 - Thomas Blair, Calhoun County, age 28, born circa 1842 in Texas, wife Mattie E., son Thomas D.
    Census of 1880 - T.A. Blair, Bee County, age 39, born circa 1841 in Texas, lawyer, wife M.E., son T.D.
    Census of 1900 - Mattie E. Blair, Live Oak County, age 55, widowed, born August 1845 in Mississippi, sons Dudly T. and Alfred S. FamilySearch . 1900 1880
    • 1870 1850
  • T.A. Blair and Mattie E. Platt, parents of Dudley Thomas Blair, birth date 7/6/1867 in Texas, death date 7/10/1932 in San Antonio, Bexar County. Mattie Estelle Blair, birth date 8/19/1845 in Woodville, Mississippi, death date 9/16/1926 in Three Rivers, Live Oak County, Texas, widowed (enumerated on 6/11/1900). FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 . Dudley Thomas Blair Mattie Estelle Blair
  • Confederate States Army, 2nd Lieutenant, Company B, 1st Texas Cavalry Regiment. FamilySearch United States Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865 .
  • Portrait and biographical sketch, Thomas A. Blair, pp. 110-111. Born 8/6/1840 in Victoria County, Texas, married Mattie Platt of Louisiana, one son. Lawyer, county attorney of Refugio county in 1876. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature 1887.
  • Confederate States Army, 2nd Lieutenant, Company B, 1st Texas Cavalry, under Colonel Buchel. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature 1887.
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