Henry Cox Jones:
Born: January 23, 1821
Birthplace: Jones Family Plantation near Russellville Alabama
Father: William Stratton Jones Sr. 1796 – 1870
(Buried: Jones Cemetery No. 2 Franklin County Alabama)
Mother: Ann Harris Cox 1800 – 1864
(Buried: Jones Cemetery No. 2 Franklin County Alabama)
Wife: Martha Louisa Keyes 1822 – 1887
(Buried: Florence Cemetery Florence Alabama)
Children:
Private William Stratton Jones 1845 – 1864
(Buried: Florence Cemetery Florence Alabama)
Bertha Jones Allen 1847 – 1933
(Buried: Florence Cemetery Florence Alabama)
George Presley Jones 1850 – 1916
(Buried: Florence Cemetery Florence Alabama)
Ellen Rivers Jones 1852 – 1917
(Buried: Florence Cemetery Florence Alabama)
John Rather Jones 1856 – 1911
(Buried: Florence Cemetery Florence Alabama)
Jennie Jones Kernachan 1858 – 1927
(Buried: Florence Cemetery Florence Alabama)
Martha Bolling “Mattie” Jones Jordan 1861 – 1932
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery Birmingham Alabama)
Wade Keyes Jones 1868 – 1888
(Buried: Florence Cemetery Florence Alabama)
Political Party: Democratic Party
Education:
1840: Graduated from LaGrange College
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Franklin County Alabama
1841: Franklin County Alabama Probate Judge
1842: Alabama State Representative
1853: Alabama State Senator
1856 – 1861: Attorney in Florence Alabama
1860: Douglas Democratic Party Presidential Elector
Civil War Career:
1861: Delegate to Alabama State Secession Convention
1861: Chosen to succeed David Peter Lewis in Confederate Congress
1861 – 1862: Alabama Delegate to Confederate Provisional Congress
1861: Took office in Montgomery Alabama on April 19th
1861 – 1862: Believed only emergency extra powers should be assign
1861 – 1862: Opposed new taxes, new loans, new executive powers
1861 – 1862: Opposed new uses of militia, and everything novelty
1861 – 1862: Made only three Suggestions from floor of Congress
1861 – 1862: Advocate for exempting carriages from taxation
1861 – 1862: Advocate for settling claims against the Confederacy
1862: Defeated narrowly for Regular Congressional Office
1862 – 1865: Confederate Contractor of cotton and woolens
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1876: Attorney in Florence Alabama
Associate of Josiah Patterson Campbell
1865 – 1870: Chairman of Alabama Democratic Central Committee
1876: Democratic Party Presidential Elector for Samuel J. Tilden ticket
1877 – 1895: Solicitor for his district in Alabama
Died: June 20, 1913
Place of Death: Florence Alabama
Age at time of Death: 93 years old
Burial Place: Florence Cemetery Florence Alabama
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