Full Name: Wiley Jones
Birth date: November 8, 1803
Death date: August 13, 1867
Terms of Service
House,
10th Legislature
11/2/1863 - 8/6/1866
Biographical Notes and Resources
Other Resources
Biographical sketch, John M. Mathis, Volume IV, p. 1997. Born 1870 in Smith County, Texas. Selected as Clerk to Speaker R.T. Milner in 1892; Democratic elector in 1912; former member and chairman of Eighth District Democratic Committee. Son of Rev. John S. and Aurelia (Jones) Mathis. Relatives: John M. Mathis - grandson; Wiley Jones - grandfather. Aurelia (Jones) Mathis' father [Wiley Jones], "during his residence at Asheville, North Carolina, served as sheriff of the county, and coming to Texas after the close of the war located in Cooke county, which he represented in the state legislature and for many years served as sheriff."
A History of Texas and Texans 1914.
Census of 1860 - Wiley Jones, Cooke County, age 56, born circa 1804 in North Carolina, living in household with Anna Jones.
FamilySearch . 1860
Biographical sketch, John Manson Mathis, Texas Under Many Flags, 1930, Volume I, pp. 178-179. Born 9/8/1870 in Smith County, Texas. (Created 9/17/2009.)
HeritageQuest Online .
"Wiley Jones was born on November 8, 1803. He married Annie Duckett. They moved to Leo, Texas where they remained. Wiley died on August 13, 1867 . . . "
Jones Family 2000.