John Wallace Jones

Born in Lawrence County, Alabama, John Wallace Jones was the fourth of six children born to Benjamin Elliott Jones (26 March 1790 – 19 January 1863) and Viney Wallace (20 May 1792 – 29 August 1840), both originally from Kentucky.Last will and testament of Benjamin Jones. 7 Jan. 1865. The couple relocated from Kentucky to the Alabama Territory in 1818, which soon thereafter achieved statehood.{{cite news |author=|date=19 June 1937|title=Fayette's Picturesque Personalities|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/413914561/|work=The Montgomery Advertiser|page=4|location=Montgomery, Alabama|access-date=}} Initially, they settled in Lawrence County where their four younger children were born. In 1837, the family moved to Fayette County, where Benjamin Jones achieved considerable success as a planter, cultivating over 2,500 acres of cotton for several decades.Benjamin Jones (Lawrence Co., AL.) homestead patent no. 16825 (https://images.findagrave.com/photos/2011/10/36346154_129479428439.jpg) Benjamin's father was Reverend Elliot Jones (1764 – 16 Dec 1841), a Methodist-Episcopal preacher, whose religious impact would manifest itself in several of John Wallace's more prominent political decisions later in life. Details regarding John Wallace Jones's early life are sparse, but it is documented that he attended LaGrange College, where he pursued legal studies.{{cite news |author=|date=7 September 1895|title=Judge John W. Jones |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/211250495|work=The Shreveport Times|page=4|location=Shreveport |access-date=}}

On 4 May 1846, John Wallace Jones was admitted to the bar in Shreveport, Louisiana, only the sixth attorney to have done so since the commencement of the parish court in August 1839.{{cite news |author=|date=10 September 1895|title=Court Records|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/599068359/|work=The Shreveport Journal|page=1|location=Shreveport |access-date=}} By 1850, he was residing in a boarding house with several other young attorneys, among whom was Henry M. Spofford, a New Hampshire native and future Louisiana Supreme Court Justice.{{cite United States census|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJQ-QG1|title=John W. Jones |year=1850 |location=Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana|roll=230 |page=17|line=42|filmnum=004193964|accessdate=2024-10-31}} In 1847, Jones was mustered into the 5th Louisiana Volunteer Infantry under Colonel Balie Peyton. Upon enlistment, he was given the rank of sergeant of Company H of that regiment.Soldier’s Certificate No. 654-518, J. W. Jones, Sergeant, Company H, 5th Louisiana Volunteer Infantry, Indexes to the Carded Records of Soldiers Who Served in Volunteer Organizations During the Mexican War, compiled 1899 - 1927, documenting the period 1846 – 1848, Record Group 94; National Archives Building, Washington, DC. In 1853, Jones emerged in public records as serving in the capacity of Justice of the Peace.{{cite news |author=|date=28 May 1853|title=Notice|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/537139149|work=The Caddo Gazette|page=3|location=Shreveport |access-date=2024-10-31}} He maintained this position until November 1854, at which point he was elected mayor of Shreveport, defeating the incumbent J. C. Beall.{{cite news |author=|date=6 September 1854|title=Committed to Jail|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/168251080/|work=The South-Western|page=3|location=Shreveport |access-date=}}

John Wallace Jones played a crucial role in the enhancement of Shreveport's infrastructure during his tenure as mayor. In May 1855, he spearheaded an ordinance mandating that downtown business and property owners construct brick sidewalks, thereby improving the urban landscape.{{cite news |author=|date=9 May 1855|title=The Board of Trustees|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/168265207/|work=The South-Western|page=3|location=Shreveport |access-date=}} In February 1856, Jones, along with the city trustees, sanctioned the installation of culverts on Travis Street to mitigate flooding issues.{{cite news |author=|date=13 February 1856|title=The Board of Trustees|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/168256703/|work=The South-Western|page=3|location=Shreveport |access-date=}}

In March 1856, Jones empowered the Streets Committee to investigate potential locations for a modern wharf on the Red River, a development aimed at augmenting both revenue and efficiency for the city and its cotton industry.{{cite news |author=|date=12 March 1856|title=Proceedings of The Board of Trustees|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/168258786/|work=The South-Western|page=2|location=Shreveport |access-date=}} In May 1856, to alleviate congestion and support the town's expansion, Jones and the city trustees proposed the establishment of Sprague Street.{{cite news |author=|date=7 May 1856|title=Proceedings of The Board of Trustees|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/168262130/|work=The South-Western|page=3|location=Shreveport |access-date=}}

October 1856 saw Jones introduce stringent standards requiring property owners to grade and pave their sidewalks in accordance with city guidelines, with the threat of the city regrading at the owner's expense if these standards were not met.{{cite news |author=|date=22 October 1856|title=Proceedings of The Board of Trustees|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/168271879/|work=The South-Western|page=1|location=Shreveport |access-date=}} During the same month, Jones nominated delegates from the Shreveport Board of Trustees to attend a railroad convention in Monroe on June 30, 1857, to discuss transportation developments, underscoring his proactive approach to enhancing the city's connectivity and infrastructure.{{cite news |author=|date=24 June 1857|title=The Board of Trustees and The Railroad|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/168317686/|work=The South-Western|page=2|location=Shreveport |access-date=}} One of his final significant actions as mayor was the confirmation of a contract with A.L. Shotwell in 1857, to operate a steam ferry across the Red River for five years.{{cite news |author=|date=22 October 1856|title=Proceedings of The Board of Trustees|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/168272056/|work=The South-Western|page=3|location=Shreveport |access-date=}} This initiative was expected to significantly enhance commercial opportunities and infrastructure development between Shreveport and the emerging Bossier City on the opposite bank of the river.

In July 1855, local physicians petitioned the board of trustees to drain Silver Lake for health reasons, underscoring the community's concern about public health.{{cite news |author=|date=25 July 1855|title=Proceedings of The Board of Trustees|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/168268222/|work=The South-Western|page=3|location=Shreveport |access-date=}} The city council also deliberated on the implementation of a yellow fever quarantine in October 1855, but ultimately voted against it, citing concern with the lasting economic damage a quarantine might cause.{{cite news |author=|date=3 October 1855|title=Proceedings of The Board of Trustees|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/168273157/|work=The South-Western|page=3|location=Shreveport |access-date=}} During the same month, Jones proposed an ordinance banning the sale of liquor in quantities of less than a gallon within the corporate bounds of Shreveport, effective January 1, 1856.{{cite news |author=|date=10 October 1855|title=The Board of Trustees|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/168273775/|work=The South-Western|page=3|location=Shreveport |access-date=}} Although this ordinance was not implemented, in the December 1855 public vote, retail liquor sales licenses were made available for $500, at least guaranteeing some compensatory profit for the city.{{cite news |author=|date=12 December 1855|title=Proceedings of The Board of Trustees|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/168278114/|work=The South-Western|page=3|location=Shreveport |access-date=}} Additionally, in January 1856, Jones proposed a $5 penalty for allowing horses to run wild in town and legislated against locking wagon wheels on the plank road within city limits.{{cite news |author=|date=9 January 1856|title=Proceedings of The Board of Trustees|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/168255043/|work=The South-Western|page=3|location=Shreveport |access-date=}} By January 1857, Jones had successfully introduced a $1 fine for roaming goats within city limits, a measure that was subsequently approved by the board.{{cite news |author=|date=21 January 1857|title=Proceedings of The Board of Trustees|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/168310171/|work=The South-Western|page=2|location=Shreveport |access-date=}}

Jones implemented several regulatory measures aimed at maintaining order within the city, with a particular focus on race relations. In September 1854, Jones advanced an ordinance stipulating that any slave proven to have sheltered, hidden, or fed a runaway slave, or any slave found wandering without proper passage documents, would be subjected to whipping and imprisonment.{{cite news |author=|date=20 September 1854|title=The Board of Trustees|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/168251697/|work=The South-Western|page=3|location=Shreveport |access-date=}} This ordinance exemplified the punitive measures aimed at preventing solidarity and mutual aid among enslaved individuals. The following year, in July 1855, Jones and the board of trustees published an ordinance banning any white person "from visiting the house of any negro slave [...] at an improper hour of the night," under threat of both fines and imprisonment, a clear attempt to curtail sexual relations between races in Shreveport.{{cite news |author=|date=25 July 1855|title=Proceedings of the Board of Trustees|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/168268222/|work=The South-Western|page=3|location=Shreveport |access-date=}} Later the same year, he endorsed the imposition of a $20 fine on any slave owner who permitted their slaves to "go at large and trade, or to occupy any house...as a free person."{{cite news |author=|date=22 August 1855|title=To Owners of Slaves|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/168270189/|work=The South-Western|page=3|location=Shreveport |access-date=}} This policy underscored the rigid societal hierarchy and the control exerted over enslaved individuals' autonomy. Furthermore, in November 1856, Jones and the city trustees proposed an ordinance that strictly prohibited slaves from residing away from their owner’s premises or engaging in trade as free persons. Owners who violated this rule faced penalties.{{cite news |author=|date=12 November 1856|title=Proceedings of The Board of Trustees|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/168273314/|work=The South-Western|page=3|location=Shreveport |access-date=}} This ordinance was an explicit effort to reinforce the boundaries of the institution of slavery and prevent any semblance of economic independence among the enslaved. Additionally, free blacks were explicitly banned from residing in Shreveport, reflecting the pervasive racial discrimination and the efforts to limit the presence and influence of free African Americans within the city. These policies, enacted under Jones’s administration, were indicative of the broader socio-political climate of the period, which sought to maintain racial hierarchies and control over both enslaved and free African American populations.

During his tenure as mayor, Jones was actively engaged in political and community affairs, demonstrating a strong commitment to the principles of the American Party, also known as the Know Nothings. This nativist political movement emerged in the mid-19th century, advocating for stricter immigration controls and promoting the interests of native-born Americans over those of immigrants.{{cite web|last=Boissoneault|first=Lorraine|title=How the 19th-Century Know Nothing Party Reshaped American Politics|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/immigrants-conspiracies-and-secret-society-launched-american-nativism-180961915/|website=Smithsonian Magazine|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|access-date=2020-01-13}} Jones's involvement in the American Party reflected his alignment with these ideals and his dedication to shaping the political landscape of his community. In May 1856, Jones was appointed secretary of the Caddo Parish chapter of the American Party, a role that underscored his leadership and organizational skills.{{cite news |author=|date=21 May 1856|title=Meeting of the American Party|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/168263274/|work=The South-Western|page=2|location=Shreveport |access-date=}} His responsibilities included coordinating party activities, managing communications, and mobilizing support for the party's platform. That same month, he was selected as a delegate to the American Party convention in Minden, where he represented the interests of his parish and contributed to the party's strategic planning.{{cite news |author=|date=28 May 1856|title=Minden, LA., May 23, 1856|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/168263618/|work=The South-Western|page=2|location=Shreveport |access-date=}} The Caddo Parish American Club, a local branch of the American Party, was renamed the Fillmore American Club in August 1856, reflecting the party's admiration for former President Millard Fillmore, who had run as the Know Nothing candidate in the 1856 presidential election.{{cite news |author=|date=6 August 1856|title=American Party|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/168267880/|work=The South-Western|page=2|location=Shreveport |access-date=}} Jones's involvement in this rebranding effort highlighted his influence within the party and his commitment to its cause. In May 1857, Jones was named a delegate to the American Party conference in Alexandria, where he participated in the nomination of a congressional candidate.{{cite news |author=|date=27 May 1857|title=American Meeting|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/168316325/|work=The South-Western|page=2|location=Shreveport |access-date=}} This role further demonstrated his active engagement in the political process and his dedication to advancing the party's agenda at both the local and national levels. Jones's affiliation with the American Party was a significant aspect of his political identity, shaping his actions and decisions as a public servant. His efforts to promote the party's principles and his active participation in its activities underscored his commitment to the nativist movement and his desire to influence the direction of American politics during a period of significant social and political change.

Jones's tenure as mayor lasted until 1858, when he was succeeded by Jonas Robeson.{{Cite book |last=Brock |first=Eric J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dy2G-wG-eoAC |title=Eric Brock's Shreveport |date=2001-01-31 |publisher=Pelican Publishing |isbn=978-1-4556-0386-2 |pages=90 |language=en}} Upon retiring from the office of mayor, Jones again took up the mantle of Justice of the Peace.{{cite news |author=|date=6 October 1858|title=Notice|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/168255784|work=The Shreveport Times|page=4|location=Shreveport |access-date=}} During this time, we also have the first evidence of Jones entering into the private practice of law, or "hanging out his own shingle" in Shreveport.{{cite news |author=|date=5 January 1859|title=John W. Jones|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/143821347/|work=The South-Western|page=3|location=Shreveport |access-date=}}

On 1 May 1860, Jones married Elizabeth Hanson Weems (6 July 1839 – 14 April 1918), the St. Francisville-born daughter of Judge James Isaac Weems (7 November 1796 – 7 March 1872) and his wife Mary Catherine "Kitty" Brandt (1 August 1800 – 16 February 1869). Both elder Weemses were natives of Port Tobacco, Maryland, who migrated to Louisiana in 1828 following Judge Weems's appointment to West Feliciana Parish magistrate.{{cite news |author=|date=1 July 1846|title=James J. Weems|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/25865843/|work=The Times-Picayune|page=3|location=New Orleans|access-date=}} John and Elizabeth Jones had six children:

• Mary Jane "Mae" Jones (1 May 1861 – 11 July 1931)
• Hanson Weems Jones (July 1868 – 8 January 1944)
• Elizabeth "Bessie" Brandt Jones (13 July 1870 – 4 February 1872)
• Theodora Jones (1 April 1873 – 27 December 1945)
• William Weems Jones (14 July 1875 – 13 February 1949)
• Wilmer Jones (28 September 1878 – 7 July 1879)

On 18 September 1861, at Camp Moore, Jones was mustered into Company I of the 19th Louisiana Volunteer Infantry, known as the Keachi Warriors, at the rank of second lieutenant. His unusually high rank was due to the fact that he had previously served as a sergeant in the Mexican-American War.{{cite news |author=|date=9 January 1885|title=Shreveport|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/28278626/|work=The Times-Picayune|page=1|location=New Orleans|access-date=}}{{cite news |author=|date=7 September 1895|title=Judge John W. Jones|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/20706677/|work=The Galveston Daily News|page=1|location=Galveston|access-date=}}{{cite magazine |editor-last=Shaw |editor-first=Albert |date=October 1895 |title=Record of Current Events - Obituary |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Review_of_Reviews/YndHAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22j.+w.+jones%22+shreveport&pg=RA1-PA408&printsec=frontcover |magazine=The Review of Reviews - An International Magazine|volume=XII|issue=4 |location=New York|page=408 |publisher=The Review of Reviews Co. |access-date=}} On 8 May 1862, Jones was promoted to first lieutenant in Company K (the Anacoco Rangers), and on 27 June, he was promoted again to captain in command of that same unit.

Captain Jones was furloughed in January 1865 after a serious case of flux and returned to Shreveport shortly thereafter. By June 1865, he had resumed the practice of law.{{cite news |author=|date=7 June 1865|title=John W. Jones Attorney at Law|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/168406298/|work=The South-Western|page=3|location=Shreveport |access-date=}} In July of that same year, Jones was appointed Justice of the Peace, along with J. C. Beall, but both declined to accept their appointments.{{cite news |author=|date=26 July 1865|title=Louisiana in the Next Congress|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/168408403/|work=The South-Western|page=2|location=Shreveport |access-date=}} The following month, Jones was appointed by a unanimous vote of the Trustees of the city of Shreveport to the position of city attorney.{{cite news |author=|date=9 August 1865|title=Proceedings of the Board of Trustees|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/168409353/|work=The South-Western|page=3|location=Shreveport |access-date=}} In 1869, while still acting in his capacity as city attorney, Jones was elected to the Shreveport board of trustees (effectively the city council), which position he held until the following year.{{cite news |author=|date=18 March 1869|title=For Trustee|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/387638595/|work=The Daily South-Western|page=2|location=Shreveport |access-date=}} As a result of his Methodist-Episcopal upbringing, and in keeping with the anti-alcohol stance of his professed American Party, Jones took it upon himself to introduce, in the first session of the newly elected board, motions to levy taxes on gambling halls and to curtail the rampant growth of brothels to a finite area.{{cite news |author=|date=7 May 1869|title=Municipal|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/387640461/|work=The Daily South-Western|page=2|location=Shreveport |access-date=}} Two months later, the Shreveport board of trustees promulgated an ordinance banning "houses of ill-fame" within the precinct of the city of Shreveport bound by Common, Commerce, Fannin and Cotton Streets.{{cite news |author=|date=18 May 1869|title=Municipal|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/387640800/|work=The Daily South-Western|page=2|location=Shreveport |access-date=}} By May 1871, Jones was no longer a member of the board of trustees, but the circumstances of his removal or loss in an election are unclear.{{cite news |author=|date=28 May 1871|title=Parish Officers|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/387513478/|work=The Daily South-Western|page=1|location=Shreveport |access-date=}} In September 1872, the city and parish government had been restructured again, such that the Board of Trustees was now formally known as a City Council; the restructuring had also created the new position of Parish Attorney, who was answerable directly to the Caddo Parish Police Jury, and whose first occupant was John W. Jones.{{cite news |author=|date=14 September 1872|title=Police Jury Proceedings|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/210507990/|work=The Daily South-Western|page=1|location=Shreveport |access-date=}} From 1873 to 1878, Jones appears only sporadically in the newspapers, and never in a professional capacity, implying his retirement from the practice of law. In 1878, he again appeared as a private citizen, having been appointed to a yellow fever relief committee, representing his native ward.{{cite news |author=|date=5 September 1878|title=The Board of Health|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/212565685/|work=The Shreveport Daily Timespage=3|location=Shreveport |access-date=}}

The Louisiana Constitution of 1879 abolished parish courts and necessitated a restructuring of the legal mechanism in the state. As a result, Jones was provisionally appointed "additional judge" of the First District, consisting of Caddo Parish, in 1879.{{cite news |author=|date=13 December 1883|title=When Will the Term of Office of Judge J. W. Jones Expire?|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/211404213/|work=The Shreveport Times|page=2|location=Shreveport |access-date=}} He was formally elected to the position in 1882 and presided over the criminal division until the next election in 1884. Because Judge Jones's appointment was somewhat irregular, rather than filling a vacancy, he entered a position created of whole cloth, not in line with the existing judicial election cycle, there was a concern that Jones would not stand for re-election in 1884, but rather retain his position until 1886.{{cite news |author=|date=6 March 1884|title=Judicial Muddle in the Twelfth and Third Districts|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/211431335/|work=The Shreveport Times|page=2|location=Shreveport |access-date=}} An anonymous member of the Shreveport Bar penned the following endorsement of Judge Jones in the leadup to the 1884 judicial election, which gives insight into how Jones was perceived by his peers:

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|text= It is in his judicial capacity that we see the true qualities and superiority of the man. As a judge, he is upright, impartial, independent, fearless, and decisive in the discharge of his official duties. His judgments on the law and the evidence before him are his honest convictions, which cannot be moved or changed by outside animadversions or criticisms, whether coming from the bar or any other class of men. Judge Jones administers justice, according to law, and not according to his individual notions of equity or what the law of the case ought to be. He indulges in no presumption of fact against a party which the law itself does not create against him. He makes no distinctions in the law against a party which the law itself does not make. He writes no long, plausible opinions, which are really nothing but arguments in favor of the party to whom he gives his judgment and against the other party to the litigation. But Judge Jones, on the contrary, satisfies himself with his judgment by reason of the law and the evidence before him, which will go before the appellate court as they really are, without any coloring from his judicial, official pen.

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{{cite news |author=|date=11 November 1883|title=Hon. Jno. W. Jones|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/220888647/|work=The Shreveport Times|page=4|location=Shreveport |access-date=}}}}

Despite the obvious esteem in which Judge Jones was held by his peers, in the 1884 election he was unseated by A.W.O. Hicks. Jones contested that decision, which led to a formal case being filed, which was tried before Judge Pike Hall (father of William Pike Hall Sr.). Judge Hall ended up deciding in favor of Hicks, effectively ending Jones's career in the judiciary, but without any animosity on the part of either party.{{cite news |author=|date=5 June 1884|title=The Judgeship|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/211459447/|work=The Shreveport Times|page=4|location=Shreveport |access-date=}} That amity, however, did not extend to all parts of the legal community. At the nominating convention of 1888, Hicks was again the selected nominee for the position of "additional judge," but in this instance, apparently, Jones took umbrage and began campaigning for himself under the noses of his legal compatriots. This confrontation led to a series of letters in the local newspaper from both Jones and his detractors, calling into question one another's characters, motives, and stooping to outright accusations of fraud and election tampering.{{cite news |author=John W. Jones|date=13 April 1888|title=Judge J. W. Jones' Claim on the Judgeship|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/211524246/|work=The Shreveport Times|page=2|location=Shreveport |access-date=}}{{cite news |author=Montfort S. Jones|date=14 April 1888|title=A Reply to Judge J. W. Jones|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/211524246/|work=The Shreveport Times|page=1|location=Shreveport |access-date=}}{{cite news |author=John W. Jones|date=15 April 1888|title=Judge Jones' Rejoinder|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/211524246/|work=The Shreveport Times|page=7|location=Shreveport |access-date=}}

Despite his advancing age, in 1891, Jones announced himself as a candidate for the position of representative in the state legislature.{{cite news|author=|date=22 December 1891|title=For Representative|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/211453639/|work=The Shreveport Times|page=2|location=Shreveport |access-date=}} Unfortunately, Jones came in third in the democratic primary and was unable to realize his political aspirations.{{cite news|author=|date=6 January 1892|title=The Primary|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/211457542/|work=The Shreveport Times|page=2|location=Shreveport |access-date=}} However, Jones did not let that defeat quash his ambition, and in 1894 he again announced his candidacy, this time for judge of the First Judicial District, the same position that he lost to Hicks in 1882 amid such vitriol in the papers.{{cite news|author=|date=21 July 1894|title=Hon John W. Jones|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/80059418/|work=The Progress|page=4|location=Shreveport |access-date=}} Unfortunately for Jones, he again did not make it past the primary, and this final election ended his political career.{{cite news|author=|date=30 August 1894|title=The Two Primaries|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/223753154/|work=The Shreveport Times|page=4|location=Shreveport |access-date=}}

John W. Jones passed away at his home on 6 September 1895 following a sudden onset attack of gastroenteritis.{{cite news |author=|date=12 September 1895|title=John W. Jones Dead|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/387644330/|work=The Weekly Caucasian|page=1|location=Shreveport |access-date=}} His funeral took place at the old St. Mark's Church on the corner of Fannin and Market Streets, which was "filled nearly to its entire capacity by a vast throng of citizens."{{cite news|author=|date=10 September 1895|title=Burial of Judge Jones|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/211251204/|work=The Shreveport Times|page=4|location=Shreveport |access-date=}} He was buried with Masonic honors in Shreveport's Oakland Cemetery on 8 September 1895, in the presence of his widow and all of his living children.{{cite news|author=|date=8 September 1895|title=Notice|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/599068274/|work=The Shreveport Journal|page=5|location=Shreveport |access-date=}}

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