J.G. Davis

Joseph Green Davis

Full Name: Joseph Green Davis
Date of birth: July 28, 1844
Date of death: October 10, 1929

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 38 Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 8, 1895 23rd (1)   Democrat Gladstone / Walker   Montgomery, Trinity, Walker

(1) Gladstone post office closed in 1909. Handbook of Texas Online.

Terms of Service top

House District 38
Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 8, 1895
Legislatures: 23rd (1)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Gladstone / Walker
Counties in district: Montgomery, Trinity, Walker

(1) Gladstone post office closed in 1909. Handbook of Texas Online.

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

  • Biographical sketch, Joseph Green Davis, Volume V, pp. 2225-2226. Born 7/28/1844 in Crenshaw County, Alabama. Relatives: Joseph Green Davis - father; Wilbur Claud Davis - son. A History of Texas and Texans, 1914.

Military Service Notes

  • Confederate States Army, Private, Company A, 17th Alabama Infantry. Military grave marker, Joseph Green Davis, birth date 7/28/1844, death date 10/10/1929, burial in Shiro Cemetery, Shiro, Grimes County, with spouse S.A. Davis; includes portrait and obituary from the Navasota Daily Examiner, 10/11/1929. Find a Grave.

Other Resources

  • J.G. Davis, birth date 7/20/1844 in Alabama; death date 10/10/1929 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; retired. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
  • Obituary, J.G. Davis, "Confederate Veteran Dies in Hospital," 10/11/1929, p. 7. Born 7/29/1844 in Crenshaw County, Alabama; served in the Texas legislature during Governor Hogg's administration. Houston Chronicle.
  • Mentioned in "A Historical Overview of Shiro, Texas," Shiro Preservation Society. RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service.

Photographs

  • Photograph. J.G. Davis, 23rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. J.G. Davis, 23rd Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

23rd R.S. - 1893
Contingent Expenses  
Irrigation  
Penitentiaries  

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