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Thomas Joel Ponton Full Name: Thomas Joel Ponton Date of birth: February 17, 1874 Date of death: September 30, 1948 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 52 Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 10, 1905 28th   Democrat Hallettsville / Lavaca   Lavaca, Wharton   Biographical Notes and Resources top Other Resources T.J. Ponton, born circa 1873, death date 9/30/1948 in Bexar County, superintendent of schools. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. Thomas Joe Ponton, permanent home address in Shiner, Lavaca County, birth date 2/17/1874, superintendent of schools, Shiner School Board, draft registration 9/12/1918 in Lavaca County. FamilySearch United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Thomas Joel Ponton (1874-1948), burial in Shiner Cemetery, Lavaca County. Find a Grave. Obituary, "T.J. Ponton Former Resident Rites Held Friday," 10/7/1948, p. 1. Thomas Joel Ponton, birth date 2/17/1874, flotorial representative of Wharton and Lavaca counties, former head of the Shiner Public School System. Shiner Gazette. 28th Legislature (1903) - T.J. Ponton, postoffice Hallettsville, nativity Texas, age 27 (born circa 1876), teacher, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual. Photographs Photograph. J.T. Ponton, 28th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 28th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 28th R.S. - 1903 Military Affairs   Public Printing   Roads, Bridges and Ferries

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