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Lemuel Jones
Full Name: Lemuel "Lem" Jones
Date of birth: January 16, 1816
Date of death: June 28, 1900
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Terms of Service top
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Chamber |
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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Counties in District |
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Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879
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15th
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Democrat
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White Rock / McLennan
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McLennan
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(1)
White Rock Creek is in northern McLennan County; settlement along the creek began in the 1840s.
Handbook of Texas Online.
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L. Jones, McLennan County.
House Journal.
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Lew Jones, home address, Waco; home county, McLennan.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
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Lew Jones, home county, McLennan.
Texas House of Representatives: a Pictorial Roster 1846-1992, 1992.
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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.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Biographical Sketches |
Biographical sketch, Lemuel Jones, pp. 567-568.
A Memorial and Biographical History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties, Texas, 1893.
Biographical sketch, Lem Jones, pp. 125-126. 60 years old in 1876, "resides at White Rock, McLennan county."
Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876.
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Military Service Notes |
Confederate States Army, Captain, Company E, 3rd Missouri Brigade. Military grave marker, Lemuel Jones.
Find a Grave.
Confederate States Army, Captain, description of Confederate service. Biographical sketch, Lemuel Jones, pp. 567-568.
A Memorial and Biographical History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties, Texas, 1893.
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Other Resources |
Capt. Lemuel "Lem" Jones, birth date 1/16/1816, death date 6/28/1900, interment in White Rock Cemetery, Ross, McLennan County.
Find a Grave.
Census of 1870 - Lemuel Jones, Waco post office, McLennan County, age 54, born in NC, farmer.
Census of 1880 - Lemuel Jones, Enumeration District 109, McLennan County, age 64, born in NC, farmer.
HeritageQuest Online.
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Photographs |
Photograph.
Lem Jones, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board
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Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
15th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
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