Terms of Service

• House, 20th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  1/11/1887 - 1/8/1889
  Democrat
  

(1) Roster of senators and representatives of the 20th Legislature with their postoffice address, Austin Weekly Statesman, "Governmental," 12/30/1886, p. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Other Resources

• Mentioned in Burr Under the Buckle of the Bible Belt 2004.
• Census of 1880 - James B. Cone, Wilson County, age 55, born circa 1825 in Georgia, farmer, wife Ann, sons Claude, John W., and Norman D. FamilySearch .
• Confederate States Army. Footstone, J.B. Cone, C.S.A. James Baker Cone, birth date 3/10/1825 in Washington County, Georgia, death date 3/25/1897 in Gonzales, Texas, burial in Gonzales City Cemetery, Gonzales County. Includes reprint of obituary in Gonzales Inquirer, 4/1/1897. Find a Grave .
• Biographical sketch of Marshall N.D. Cone, son of James B. Cone. Includes reprint of 4/23/1931 article from the Gonzales Inquirer. "You Just Didn't Mess with N.D. Cone." Murray Montgomery's Lone Star Diary 2004.
• Biographical sketch, J.B. Cone, p. 121. Born 3/10/1825 in Georgia. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature 1887.
• "For a good portion of the time of the late war, Mr. Cone served with Colonel J.E. McCord, and also with Colonel Stephen H. Darden." Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature 1887.
• Death notice, Hon. J.B. Cone, Gonzales, death date 3/25/1897. "Mortuary," Galveston Daily News, 3/27/1897, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .

Committee Information

• 20th R.S. - 1887
• County Government and County Finance  
• Deficiency in Public School Fund and Delay in Payments of Interest on Land Notes  
• Finance  
• Revenue and Taxation  
• Roads, Bridges and Ferries