William Giles Jones:
Born: November 7, 1808
Birthplace: Powhatan County Virginia
Father: Samuel Bennett Jones 1784 – 1860
Mother: Nancy Ann Branch Moseley 1785 – 1854
Wife: Eliza Ann Frances Hobson 1822 – 1913
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery Birmingham Alabama)
Children:
Matthew Hobson Jones 1845 – 1886
(Buried: Greensboro Cemetery Greensboro Alabama)
Ann Giles Jones 1847 – 1848
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery Mobile Alabama)
Mary Eliza Jones Nelson 1849 – 1929
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery Birmingham Alabama)
Virginia Amanda Jones 1851 – 1852
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery Mobile Alabama)
Education:
Attended Hampden – Sydney College
Attended University of Virginia
Occupation before War:
1830 – 1834: Attorney in the State of Virginia
1834 – 1836: Clerk for U.S. Land Office in Demopolis Alabama
1836 – 1843: Attorney in Greene and Eutaw Alabama
1843: Alabama State Representative
1843 – 1860: Attorney in Mobile Alabama
1849: Alabama State Representative
1857: Alabama State Representative
1859 – 1861: Judge U.S. District Court of Middle Alabama
1859 – 1861: Judge U.S. District Court of Northern Alabama
1859 – 1861: Judge U.S. District Court of Southern Alabama
1861: Resigned from federal service on January 12th
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1865: Judge Confederate District Court of Alabama
Occupation after War:
1866 – 1883: Attorney in Mobile Alabama
Died: April 1, 1883
Place of Death: Mobile Alabama
Age at time of Death: 74 years old
Burial Place: Magnolia Cemetery Mobile Alabama
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