Texas Legislators: Past & Present

William Henry Jones

Full Name: William Henry Jones
Birth date: October 6, 1836
Death date: April 5, 1913

Terms of Service

House, 19th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ Legislature
1/13/1885 - 1/11/1887
Democrat
House, 15th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ Legislature
4/18/1876 - 1/14/1879
Democrat

(1) Mentioned in "The news from Austin . . . Resignations of Representative Barziza and four others accepted after critical debate . . . Hunter restored to his seat . . . Other resignations not improbable," Thursday, 8/3/1876, p. 1. Galveston Daily News .
(2) W.H. Jones, Gonzales County. House Journal .
(3) W.H. Jones, Gonzales, Gonzales County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-1992 1992.
(4) W.A. Jones, Belmont, Gonzales County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(5) W.H. Jones, postoffice Belmont, Gonzales County. Rules of Order of the House of Representatives of the Nineteenth Legislature 1885.
(6) W.A. Jones. Texas House of Representatives: A Pictorial Roster 1846-1992 1992.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. W.H. Jones, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.H. Jones, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Biographical sketch of William D.C. Jones (born 1866), Volume III, pp. 1493-1494. Relatives - brothers: Charles Hill Jones, William Henry Jones, Benjamin F. Jones, and George Washington 'Wash' Jones (Lieutenant Governor 1866-1867), sons of William Dandridge Claiborne Jones (1799-1892) and Rachel Burleson Jones. A History of Texas and Texans 1916.
William Henry Jones, birth date 10/6/1836 in Tipton County, Tennessee; death date 4/5/1913 in Belmont, Gonzales County, Texas. Marriages to Sarah Elizabeth Hardeman (1858) and Carrie P. David (1871). Parents William Dandridge Claiborne Jones and Rachel Burleson. Branch Family Tree. Ancestry.com .
James Slaughter Jones, birth date 12/8/1875 in Bastrop County; death date 11/27/1924; burial in Bastrop; lawyer; spouse Vesta A. Craft. Relatives: Benjamin Frank Jones - father, James Slaughter Jones - son. Charles Hill Jones, William Henry Jones, and George Washington 'Wash' Jones (Lieutenant Governor 1866-1867) - uncles, James Slaughter Jones - nephew. Goodman & Allied Families and Wilson Family Trees; U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918; Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982. Ancestry.com .
Census of 1900 - W.H. Jones, Justice Precinct 2, Gonzales County, age 63, born October 1836 in Tennessee, spouse Carrie P., grandson Towns Albert W.
Census of 1910 - William H. Jones, Justice Precinct 2, Gonzales County, age 72, born in Tennessee, farmer, spouse Carry P. FamilySearch . 1910 1900
William Henry Jones, birth date 10/6/1836 in Tipton County, Tennessee; death date 4/5/1913 near Belmont; burial in Belmont Cemetery, Belmont, Gonzales County. Find a Grave .
W.H. Jones, "Ready to make laws . . . Eighty members present (House)" (organization of the 15th Legislature), 4/19/1876, p. 1. Galveston Daily News .
Mentioned in Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature 1885.
Obituary, "Death Claims W.H. Jones: Widely-Known Belmont Man Expires at home," San Antonio Express, 4/7/1913, p. 1, Column 7, crediting the Abilene Library Consortium. "In the eighties [he] was a member of the Texas Legislature." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Charles H. Jones, captain of a company in Burnet's Regiment and member of the first Legislature after the Civil War; William H. Jones, represented his county in two Legislatures; and Benjamin F. Jones, represented Bastrop county in the Legislature in 1880; all children of William D.C. and Rachel (Burleson) Jones. Mentioned in biographical sketch of their brother, Colonel G.W. Jones, elected Lieutenant Governor on the Throckmorton ticket in 1866. Lewis Publishing Company. History of Texas, Together with a Biographical History of Milam, Williamson, Bastrop, Travis, Lee and Burleson Counties, 1893, pp. 671-672. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Biographical sketch, W.H. Jones, pp. 129-130. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878 1876.
Mentioned in obituary about son, W.D.C. Jones. "His father, W.H. Jones, was once state representative from Belmont, in Gonzales County." October 1955, p. 605. Texas Bar Journal .