Terms of Service

• House, 12th ^{(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)} Legislature
  2/10/1870 - 8/15/1870
   
  

(1) Currently the county seat of Angelina county, Lufkin was founded in 1882 as a stop on the Houston, East and West Texas Railway, when the line built from Houston to Shreveport, Louisiana. Handbook of Texas Online .
(2) James "Dr. Jim" Abney received his diploma on March 2, 1871, and established a practice in Homer. Handbook of Texas Online .
(3) 12th Legislature, Provisional Session - Qualified and took the oath of office on 2/10/1870. House Journal .
(4) Abney resigned after Called Session, and a special election 11/28/1870, led to an election contest in Regular Session between Moses T. Roberts and William Phillips, both declared ineligible and the seat vacant; in special election 10/3/1871-10/6/1871, Polley won, sworn 10/31/1871. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(5) Lufkin, Angelina County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(6) Party affiliation, Conservative. Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas .
(7) Shelby County. Texas House of Representatives: A Pictorial Roster 1846-1992 1992.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Other Resources

• Dr. J.A. Abney, birth date 11/6/1846 in Mississippi, death date 7/29/1947 in Brownwood, Brown County, Texas, physician. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
• James A. Abney, birth date 11/6/1846, death date 7/29/1947, portrait, burial in Greenleaf Cemetery, Brownwood, Brown County. Find a Grave .
• "The Abney and Chapman Families of Angelina County, Texas" by Dwight Albert Sharp. Abney born 11/6/1846 in Neshoba County, Mississippi. Genealogy.com 2004.
• ABNEY, JAMES ADDISON (1846-1947). Handbook of Texas Online .
• Confederate States Army, served under Captain H.G. Lane, Company E, John Pelham Border's Battalion, Thomas Scott Anderson's Regiment. Handbook of Texas Online .
• Mentioned in "A Mother of the Confederacy," The Daily Bulletin, 5/1/1917, p. 3. HeritageQuest Online .
• James Addison Abney, "One of Texas' last surviving Confederate veterans at the age of 100 years, 8 months, 23 days." Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide 2002.
• Portrait and biographical sketch, Part 2, Angelina County, pp. 114-120. The Medicine Man in Texas 1930.

Committee Information

• 12th 1st C.S. - 1870
• Examine Comptroller's and Treasurer's Office (Chair) 
• Internal Improvement  
• Judiciary