James Stanton Woods
Full Name: James Stanton Woods
Date of birth: January 9, 1848
Date of death: August 8, 1929
Terms of Service top
Chamber |
District |
Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
Party |
City/County |
Note |
Counties in District |
H
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47
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Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887
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19th
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Democrat
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Terrell / Kaufman
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Kaufman
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H
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22
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Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883
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17th
(1)
(2)
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Democrat
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Kaufman / Kaufman
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Kaufman, Rains, Van Zandt, Wood
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(1)
Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2.
Galveston Daily News.
(2)
Democrat.
Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.
Biographical Notes and Resources top
Biographical Sketches
Military Service Notes
- Confederate State Army, Private (guard), Company G, Camps Regiment. James Stanton Woods.
FamilySearch. United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949
- Confederate States of America, Company G, Camps Infantry. Military grave marker, James Stanton Woods, burial in Kaufman Cemetery, Kaufman, Kaufman County.
Find a Grave.
- Death notice, James S. Wood, 8/12/1929, p. 6. "He was twice elected to the legislature. Mr. Woods served in the Confederate army, belonging to Capt. B.F. McAnulty's company, Kemp's regiment, General Jamieson's brigade, and was stationed at Camp Ford to guard federal prisoners."
Longview News-Journal.
Other Resources
- Census of 1880 - James S. Woods, Kaufman, Kaufman County, age 30, born circa 1850 in Texas, lawyer, wife Mollie.
Census of 1910, James S. Woods, Kaufman County, age 60, lawyer, born circa 1850 in Tennessee, wife Virginia.
Census of 1920 - James S. Woods, Kaufman County, age 72, born circa 1848 in Tennessee, lawyer, wife Virginia.
FamilySearch. 1880
1910
1920
- James Stanton Woods, birth date 1/9/1848 in Tennessee, death date 8/8/1929 in Kaufman, Kaufman County.
FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Photographs
- Photograph.
J.S. Woods, 19th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph.
J.S. Woods, 17th Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
Committee Information top
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