| Marker Number |
8904 |
| Atlas Number |
5147008904 |
| Marker Title |
Dr. William Chamberlayne Jones |
| Index Entry |
Jones, William Chamberlayne, Dr. |
| Address |
|
| City |
Leonard |
| County |
Fannin |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
755490 |
| UTM Northing |
3697100 |
| Subject Codes |
medical topics and health professionals |
| Marker Year |
1981 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
Leonard Cemetery on Hunt St. |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
14" x 24" Grave Marker |
| Marker Text |
(Aug. 31, 1829 - June 11, 1903) A native of Alabama, William Chamberlayne Jones migrated to Texas in 1852 and resided near the Monkstown settlement in northeastern Fannin County. Trained as an attorney, he sold his Red River plantation after the Civil War and began studying medicine in New Orleans. He later served this area as a physician in the Grove Hill and Leonard communities. Jones and his wife Ellen O'Meara (Birmingham) had fifteen children. |
