04 (M): George Washington Jones [I21242] 16 17 Born: 15 Mar 1806 in King And Queen Co., VA 18 Died: 14 Nov 1884 in Fayetteville, Lincoln, TN 20 Buried: in Rose Hill Cemetery; Fayetteville, Lincoln, TN 21 Spouses: Cause of Death: Pneumonia 19 Occupation: 22
State court judge in TN, 1832-35; member of TN state house of rep, 1835-39;
member of TN state senate, 1839-41; U.S. Rep from TN, 1843-59 (5th District
1843-53, 6th District 1853-59); Rep from TN in the Confederate Congress,
1862-64; delegate to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1870.
Occupation: about 1820 Fayetteville, Lincoln, TN 23
After his father's death in 1820, he was apprenticed to a saddler in Fayetteville, Lincoln County. He opened his own saddler's shop after completing his apprenticeship, but he soon embarked on a political career.
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