William Henry Jones

Full Name: William Henry Jones
Date of birth: October 6, 1836
Date of death: April 5, 1913

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	90	Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887	19th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Belmont / Gonzales		Gonzales
H	60	Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879	15th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾	Democrat	Belmont / Gonzales		Gonzales

(1) W.H. Jones, Gonzales, Gonzales County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-1992, 1992.
(2) W.H. Jones, postoffice Belmont, Gonzales County. Rules of Order of the House of Representatives of the Nineteenth Legislature, 1885.
(3) Mentioned in "The news from Austin . . . Resignations of Representative Barziza and four others accepted after critical debate . . . Hunter restored to his seat . . . Other resignations not improbable," Thursday, 8/3/1876, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(4) W.H. Jones, Gonzales County. House Journal.
(5) W.A. Jones, Belmont, Gonzales County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(6) W.A. Jones. Texas House of Representatives: A Pictorial Roster 1846-1992, 1992.

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House District 90
Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887
Legislatures: 19th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Belmont / Gonzales
Counties in district: Gonzales

House District 60
Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879
Legislatures: 15th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Belmont / Gonzales
Counties in district: Gonzales

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Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch of William D.C. Jones (born 1866), Volume III, pp. 1493-1494. Relatives - brothers: Charles Hill Jones, William Henry Jones, Benjamin F. Jones, and George Washington 'Wash' Jones (Lieutenant Governor 1866-1867), sons of William Dandridge Claiborne Jones (1799-1892) and Rachel Burleson Jones. A History of Texas and Texans, 1916.
Charles H. Jones, captain of a company in Burnet's Regiment and member of the first Legislature after the Civil War; William H. Jones, represented his county in two Legislatures; and Benjamin F. Jones, represented Bastrop county in the Legislature in 1880; all children of William D.C. and Rachel (Burleson) Jones. Mentioned in biographical sketch of their brother, Colonel G.W. Jones, elected Lieutenant Governor on the Throckmorton ticket in 1866. Lewis Publishing Company. History of Texas, Together with a Biographical History of Milam, Williamson, Bastrop, Travis, Lee and Burleson Counties, 1893, pp. 671-672. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Biographical sketch, W.H. Jones, pp. 129-130. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876.

Other Resources

James Slaughter Jones, birth date 12/8/1875 in Bastrop County; death date 11/27/1924; burial in Bastrop; lawyer; spouse Vesta A. Craft. Relatives: Benjamin Frank Jones - father, James Slaughter Jones - son. Charles Hill Jones, William Henry Jones, and George Washington 'Wash' Jones (Lieutenant Governor 1866-1867) - uncles, James Slaughter Jones - nephew. Goodman & Allied Families and Wilson Family Trees; U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918; Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982. Ancestry.com.
William Henry Jones, birth date 10/6/1836 in Tipton County, Tennessee; death date 4/5/1913 in Belmont, Gonzales County, Texas. Marriages to Sarah Elizabeth Hardeman (1858) and Carrie P. David (1871). Parents William Dandridge Claiborne Jones and Rachel Burleson. Branch Family Tree. Ancestry.com.
Census of 1900 - W.H. Jones, Justice Precinct 2, Gonzales County, age 63, born October 1836 in Tennessee, spouse Carrie P., grandson Towns Albert W.
Census of 1910 - William H. Jones, Justice Precinct 2, Gonzales County, age 72, born in Tennessee, farmer, spouse Carry P. FamilySearch. 1900 1910
William Henry Jones, birth date 10/6/1836 in Tipton County, Tennessee; death date 4/5/1913 near Belmont; burial in Belmont Cemetery, Belmont, Gonzales County. Find a Grave.
W.H. Jones, "Ready to make laws . . . Eighty members present (House)" (organization of the 15th Legislature), 4/19/1876, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
Mentioned in Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885.
Obituary, "Death Claims W.H. Jones: Widely-Known Belmont Man Expires at home," San Antonio Express, 4/7/1913, p. 1, Column 7, crediting the Abilene Library Consortium. "In the eighties [he] was a member of the Texas Legislature." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Mentioned in obituary about son, W.D.C. Jones. "His father, W.H. Jones, was once state representative from Belmont, in Gonzales County." October 1955, p. 605. Texas Bar Journal.

Photographs

Photograph. W.H. Jones, 19th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.H. Jones, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

15th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

19th R.S. - 1885 Private Land Claims Public Roads, Bridges and Ferries State Affairs
15th R.S. - 1876 Capitol Grounds, Accounts of Superintendent F. Voigt Counties and County Boundaries Indian Affairs Internal Improvements Public Debt

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