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Lemuel Jones Full Name: Lemuel "Lem" Jones Date of birth: January 16, 1816 Date of death: June 28, 1900 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 57 Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879 15th (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)   Democrat White Rock / McLennan   McLennan (1) White Rock Creek is in northern McLennan County; settlement along the creek began in the 1840s. Handbook of Texas Online. (2) L. Jones, McLennan County. House Journal. (3) Lew Jones, home address, Waco; home county, McLennan. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. (4) Lew Jones, home county, McLennan. Texas House of Representatives: a Pictorial Roster 1846-1992, 1992. (5) 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.   Biographical Notes and Resources top 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. 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. 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. Photographs Photograph. Lem Jones, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board 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. Committee Informationtop 15th R.S. - 1876 Agriculture and Stock Raising   Claims and Accounts   Printing

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