Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	47	Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887	19th	Democrat	Terrell / Kaufman		Kaufman
H	22	Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883	17th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Kaufman / Kaufman		Kaufman, Rains, Van Zandt, Wood

(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

Biographical sketch, J.S. Wood, p. 60. Born in Haywood County, Tennessee, in 1850. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885.

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

19th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
17th session composite photo of House members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Committee Information top

19th R.S. - 1885 Finance J.M. Tryon, Clerk of Judiciary Committee No. 1 Judiciary No. 2 Lunatic Asylum, North Texas Insane Asylum at Terrell Privileges and Elections (Chair) State Asylums Stock and Stock Raising
17th R.S. - 1881 Federal Relations Judicial Districts (Chair) Judiciary No. 1 Privileges and Elections

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