Texas Legislators: Past & Present

John Files Tom

Full Name: John Files Tom
Birth date: April 22, 1818
Death date: March 26, 1906

Photograph. John Files Tom. Photo courtesy of Devin R. Pipes., Donated Material
Photograph. John Files Tom, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
Photograph. John Files Tom, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
Photograph. John Files Tom. Photo courtesy of Devin R. Pipes., Donated Material
Photograph. John Files Tom, State Preservation Board

Biographical sketch, Captain John Tom, pp. 32-37. "In 1873 Captain Tom was sent to the Legislature from Atascosa County and made a true and faithful representative for his people." Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas 1900.
TOM, JOHN FILES (1818-1906). Handbook of Texas Online .
Texas Revolution, Volunteer Army of Stephen F. Austin, gunner with Col. James C. Neill's artillery, and Sam Houston's Army, fought in Battle of San Jacinto; Confederate States Army, "organized a ranger company for frontier protection." Handbook of Texas Online .
John F. Tom, mentioned in biographical sketch of nephew William E. Tom, p. 643. ". . . John F. took part in the battle of San Jacinto, and was a member of the Texas Legislature two terms. . . " Historical and Biographical Record of the Cattle Industry and the Cattlemen of Texas and Adjacent Territory 1895.
Portraits and biographical sketch. San Jacinto Musueum of History - Kemp Biographical Sketches .
John Files Tom. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide 2002.