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David Thomas Hearne

D.T. Hearn
Full Name: David Thomas Hearne
Other surnames: Hearn
Birth date: April 8, 1831
Death date: December 31, 1915

Terms of Service

  • House, 19th (1) Legislature
    1/13/1885 - 1/11/1887
    Democrat
  • House, 18th (2) (3) Legislature
    1/9/1883 - 1/13/1885
    Unaffiliated
(1) Elected as an Independent in 1884 election for Cass county state representative. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature 1885.
(2) Party affiliation: "No Politics." Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas 1883.
(3) Independent, p. 228. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

Photographs

Other Resources

  • D.T. Hearn, death date 12/31/1915 in Cass County. Texas, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1833-1974. Children John T. Hearn and Mrs. Frances Archer. Ancestry.com .
  • Biographical sketch, David Thomas Hearne, pp. 656-659. Born 4/8/1831, went to Cass County, Texas, in 1854; married Elmina Abernathy 1/10/1866; "elected to the Legislature twice and served both terms credibly." Relatives: David Thomas Hearne and Robert Henry Guinn (died 1/8/1888), brothers-in-law. Includes portrait of David Thomas Hearne and Mrs. Jane (Hearne) Guinn. Brief History and Genealogy of the Hearne Family 1907.
  • Enlisted in Confederate Army in 1861, elected 1st Lieutenant and promoted to Captain, p. 656. Brief History and Genealogy of the Hearne Family 1907.
  • Census of 1880 - David T. Hearn, Cass County, age 48, born circa 1832 in Georgia, farmer, wife Elmira, daughter Sarah T., son John T.
    Census of 1910 - David T. Hearn, Cass County, age 79, born circa 1831 in Georgia, farmer, widowed. FamilySearch . 1910 1880
  • Capt. David Thomas "Tom" Hearn, Sr., birth date 4/8/1831, death date 12/31/1915, burial in Hearn Cemetery, Avinger, Cass County. No grave marker photo. Find a Grave .
  • Confederate States Army, Gen. W.P. Lane's regiment, Green's Cavalry. "He was Second Lieutenant at the Mansfield and Pleasant Hill fights and in all the cavalry engagements in Louisiana and Arkansas." Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature 1885.
  • Biographical sketch, D.T. Hearn, pp. 30-31. Born in Couheta County, Georgia, in 1881. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature 1885.
  • Death notice, Mrs. E.A. Hearne, The Cass County Sun, 5/3/1904, p. 3, crediting Atlanta Public Library. Death date 4/13/1904, children Jno. T. Hearn and Mrs. J.G. Archer. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
  • Biographical sketch, D.T. Hearne, p. 253. Elected as an Independent. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.
  • Biographical sketch, David Thomas Hearne, included in "Hearne History Traced to 1066," Avinger Citizen, 6/18/1954. Cass County, TXGenWeb Project .
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