[1] Jeffries[2] was born in Kentucky but in 1859 was living in Washington County in southeast Texas, where he married the former Annie Munsen (or Munson).
[3] He is listed in the 1860 census for Milam County, Texas, as a lawyer and was the trustee/guardian for Annie's two siblings.
Jeffries then served as a private in Company F of the 8th TX Infantry Confederate States of America during the Civil War.
He became a member of the General Leroy Stafford Camp #3 of the United Confederate Veterans.
[5] Jeffries is interred at Greenwood Cemetery in Shreveport in Caddo Parish in northwestern Louisiana, where he lived in his later years.