J.W. Davis

John Wesley Davis

Full Name: John Wesley Davis
Date of birth: July 26, 1843
Date of death: May 1, 1912

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 107 Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 10, 1905 28th   Democrat Blanket / Brown   Brown, Coleman

Terms of Service top

House District 107
Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 10, 1905
Legislatures: 28th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Blanket / Brown
Counties in district: Brown, Coleman

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

  • Biographical sketch and photo, "Sketches of Prominent Veterans: Members of Camp Stonewall Jackson Who Are in Attendance Upon the Reunion This Week," Daily Bulletin (Brownwood), 8/26/1909, p. 7, crediting Howard Payne University Library. "He came to Brown county in 1899, locating at Blanket, and has since served the people of this county in the Texas Legislature." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Military Service Notes

  • Confederate States Army service, biographical sketch, John Wesley Davis, Brownwood, Texas. Born 7/26/1843 near Aberdeen, Mississippi. Yeary, Mamie, 1876-. Reminiscences of the Boys in Gray, 1861-1865, 1912, pp. 177-178. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
  • Confederate States Army, Company E, 10th Texas Cavalry. Biographical sketch, J.W. Davis, "Sketches of Prominent Veterans: Members of Camp Stonewall Jackson Who Are in Attendance Upon the Reunion This Week," Daily Bulletin (Brownwood), 8/26/1909, p. 7, crediting the Howard Payne University Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Other Resources

  • John Westley Davis, birth date 7/26/1842 in Mississippi; death date 5/1/1912 in Brownwood, Brown County, Texas; lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
  • John Wesley Davis, United Confederate Veterans, birth date 7/26/1843, death date 5/1/1912, burial in Greenleaf Cemetery, Brownwood, Brown County. Includes photo and reprint of Brownwood Bulletin, 8/26/1909. Find a Grave.
  • 28th Legislature (1903) - J.W. Davis, postoffice Blanket, nativity Mississippi, age 59 (born circa 1844), attorney-at-law, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual.

Photographs

  • Photograph. J.W. Davis, 28th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

28th R.S. - 1903
Judicial Districts  
Public Lands and Land Office  
Stock and Stock Raising  

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