Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Thomas Jefferson Towles

Full Name: Thomas Jefferson Towles
Birth date: December 29, 1843
Death date: January 21, 1909

Terms of Service

House, 21st ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ Legislature
1/8/1889 - 1/13/1891
Democrat
House, 15th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ Legislature
4/18/1876 - 1/14/1879
Democrat

(1) Representative apportionment - Ordinance adopted by Constitutional Convention of the State of Texas, 1875. "Twenty-second District - The counties of Kaufman, Raines, Wood and Van Zandt shall elect two representatives; Kaufman to be the returning county." University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History. Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950 1950.
(2) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(3) T.J. Towles, Kaufman County [sic]. House Journal .
(4) Thomas J. Towles, Canton, Van Zandt County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(5) Democrat. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.
(6) T.H. Towles, Center. Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(7) Thomas J. Towles, Van Zandt County. Texas House of Representatives: A Pictorial Roster 1846-1992 1992.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

31st Legislature, R.S., 2/3/1909, p. 278. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Photograph. T.J. Towles, State Preservation Board
Photograph. T.J. Towles, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Census of 1870 - Thos. J. Towles, Canton, Van Zandt County, age 27, born circa 1843 in Georgia, "Sheriff of [V.Z.?] County," living in household with Nancy A. Towles (age 26).
Census of 1880 - Thomas J. Towles, Canton, Van Zandt County, age 37, born circa 1843 in Georgia, retail grocer, wife Anna (age 36), daughters Minnie and Emera, and son Bonner. FamilySearch . 1880 1870
Confederate States Army, Captain, Company G, 3rd Regiment, Texas Cavalry. Military grave marker, Thomas J. Towles, birth date 12/29/1843, death date 1/21/1909, burial in Hillcrest Cemetery, Canton, Van Zandt County. Includes historical marker photo; reprint of obituary in the Wills Point Chronicle, 1/28/1909; photo of Van Zandt County officials. Find a Grave .
TOWLES, THOMAS JEFFERSON (1843-1909). Handbook of Texas Online .
Biographical sketch, Thomas Jefferson Towles, birth date 12/29/1842. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.
Biographical sketch, pp. 82-83, 32 years old in 1876, "resides in Canton, in Van Zandt county." Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878 1876.
Biographical sketch, Capt. Thomas Jefferson Towles, pp. 136-137. Birth date 12/29/1849. Some History of Van Zandt County 1919.
Biographical sketch and portrait, pp. 111-112. Texans Who Wore the Gray 1907.
Historical marker, Thomas Jefferson Towles, Hillcrest Cemetery, Canton, Van Zandt County. Texas Historic Sites Atlas (Texas Historical Commission) .
Listed in "History of Legislative Representatives From This County [Henderson] Compiled," from Athens Weekly Review, 11/10/1938. Henderson County, TXGenWeb Project .