Joseph Stonewall "Tee Joe" Gonzales (September 11, 1862 – April 20, 1940), was an American politician and businessman.

His father was a soldier (serving in the Confederate Army from June 10, 1862, along with his brother, John Alfred Gonzales), Captain of the New River Rangers, police chief (from 1866),[1] and sheriff of the village (1886).

[2] Joseph M. Gonzales was a descendant of Spanish settlers from the Canary Islands, who settled in Louisiana between 1778 and 1782.

[7] Tee Joe ran the family business out of his little home, situated on the main street.

[4] He and his brother bought land and sold it as smaller plots, and he encouraged policies that caused the growth of their namesake town of Gonzales.