Dr. William Chamberlayne Jones
Leonard, Fannin County, Texas
Marker Inscription
(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.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
An Alabama native, William Chamberlayne Jones came to Texas in 1852 and settled near Monkstown in northeastern Fannin County. Trained as a lawyer, he sold his Red River plantation after the Civil War, studied medicine in New Orleans, and spent his later years doctoring the Grove Hill and Leonard communities while raising fifteen children with his wife Ellen.
Why it matters
Jones's reinvention from planter-attorney to frontier physician mirrors the upheaval the Civil War brought to Southern livelihoods and the enduring need for doctors on the Texas frontier.
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Related people
- · William Chamberlayne Jones
- · Ellen O'Meara
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