Jesse Watkins
Full Name: Jesse J. WatkinsDate of birth: December 25, 1828
Date of death: August 31, 1911
Terms of Service top
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | 4 | Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885 | 18th (1) | Democrat | Douglass / Nacogdoches | Angelina, Nacogdoches |
(1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.
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House District 4
Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885 Legislatures: 18th (1) Party: Democrat Home City/County: Douglass / Nacogdoches Counties in district: Angelina, Nacogdoches |
(1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.
Biographical Information top
Biographical Sketches
- Biographical sketch, Jesse J. Watkins, p. 250. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.
Other Resources
- Census of 1870 - J.J. Watkins, Nacogdoches County, age 42, born circa 1828 in Tennessee, farmer, wife Laura.
Census of 1880 - Jesse J. Watkins, Douglass, Nacogdoches County, age 52, born circa 1828 in Tennessee, laborer, wife Laura.
Census of 1900 - Jassie J. Watkins, Nacogdoches County, age 72, born December 1828 in Tennessee, saw milling, wife Laura. FamilySearch. 1870 1880 1900 - Jesse J. Watkins, age 82 years, death date 8/31/1911 in Douglass, Nacogdoches County. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
- Jesse Watkins, birth date 12/25/1828, death date 8/31/1911, burial in Douglass Cemetery, Douglass, Nacogdoches County. Find a Grave.
- Death notice, "Jesse J. Watkins Dead," 8/31/1911, p. 7. "Jesse J. Watkins, Nacogdoches, Texas . . . served this and Angelina county many years ago two terms in the legislature." Houston Post.
Photographs
- Photograph. J.J. Watkins, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
- 18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
Committee Information top
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18th R.S. - 1883
Federal Relations Revenue and Taxation |
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