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Charles Hill Jones Full Name: Charles Hill Jones Date of birth: December 20, 1833 Date of death: September 23, 1880 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 3 Aug 6, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870 11th (1)     Woodville / Tyler   Hardin, Tyler (1) Roster of 11th Legislature, House of Representatives, "Texas Legislative Proceedings," 8/11/1866, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Lieut. Charles Hill Jones, birth date 12/22/1833, death date 8/23/1880 on grave marker, biographical sketch, burial in Magnolia Cemetery, Woodville, Tyler County. Parents William Dandridge Claiborne Jones and Rachel Burleson Jones. Find a Grave. JONES, CHARLES HILL (1833-1880). Son of William D.C. and Sarah (Burleson) Jones, elected to 11th Legislature for Tyler County in 1866. Handbook of Texas Online. 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. Military Service Notes Confederate States Army, Captain, 13th Texas Cavalry, John H. Burnett's Regiment. Handbook of Texas Online. 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. Photographs Photograph. Charles H. Jones, 11th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 11th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, south wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 11th R.S. - 1866 Enrolled Bills   Federal Relations

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