Texas Legislators: Past & Present

John Henry Towery

Full Name: John Henry Towery
Birth date: April 2, 1862
Death date: July 8, 1941

J.H. Towery, marriage to Anna Larue 9/28/1904 in Athens, Henderson County.
Census of 1930 - John H. Towery, Athens, Henderson County, age 67, born circa 1863 in Kentucky, salesman/oil leases, spouse Anna L. FamilySearch . 1930 Texas Marriages, 1837-1973
John Henry Towery, birth date 4/2/1862; death date 7/8/1941 in Houston, Harris County; retired merchant; burial or removal in Palestine; father F.L. Towery, mother Belinda Roberts. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Spouse Anna LaRue Towery (1876-1935), burial in Athens Cemetery, Henderson County. Obituary in Athens Review 11/14/1935 mentions former Representative J.H. Towery, marriage date 9/28/1905. Find a Grave .
"John Henry Towery of Athens, Texas, a former Caldwell county (Kentucky) boy" on a trip, "Blackford," The Crittenden Press (Marion, Kentucky), 6/18/1920, p. 8. Newspapers.com .
42nd Legislature (1931) - J.H. Towery, postoffice Athens, Henderson County, nativity Kentucky, age 69 (born circa 1862), retired, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual .
Listed in "History of Legislative Representatives From This County [Henderson] Compiled," from Athens Weekly Review, 11/10/1938. Henderson County, TXGenWeb Project .
Obituary, "J.H. Towery, 71, Dies at Athens," 7/11/1941, p. 13, Athens, special to The Telegraph. "He also served as a member of the legislature from this county in 1931." Tyler Morning Telegraph .