Texas Legislators: Past & Present

James Stanton Woods

Full Name: James Stanton Woods
Birth date: January 9, 1848
Death date: August 8, 1929

(1) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News .
(2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas 1881.

Census of 1880 - James S. Woods, Kaufman, Kaufman County, age 30, born circa 1850 in Texas, lawyer, wife Mollie.
Census of 1910, James S. Woods, Kaufman County, age 60, lawyer, born circa 1850 in Tennessee, wife Virginia.
Census of 1920 - James S. Woods, Kaufman County, age 72, born circa 1848 in Tennessee, lawyer, wife Virginia. FamilySearch . 1910 1920

Confederate State Army, Private (guard), Company G, Camps Regiment. James Stanton Woods. FamilySearch . United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949
James Stanton Woods, birth date 1/9/1848 in Tennessee, death date 8/8/1929 in Kaufman, Kaufman County. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Confederate States of America, Company G, Camps Infantry. Military grave marker, James Stanton Woods, burial in Kaufman Cemetery, Kaufman, Kaufman County. Find a Grave .
Death notice, James S. Wood, 8/12/1929, p. 6. "He was twice elected to the legislature. Mr. Woods served in the Confederate army, belonging to Capt. B.F. McAnulty's company, Kemp's regiment, General Jamieson's brigade, and was stationed at Camp Ford to guard federal prisoners." Longview News-Journal .
Biographical sketch, J.S. Wood, p. 60. Born in Haywood County, Tennessee, in 1850. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature 1885.